Egyptian artist Marwan Shahin joins Toys on Tap to tell the wild story of how one piece of street art completely changed his life.

During the Egyptian Revolution, Marwan created the Anonymous Pharaoh, a stencil that became a symbol of the uprising, landed in museums, and eventually helped launch an international art career.

We talk about:

• Growing up and collecting toys in Egypt

• Creating the Anonymous Pharaoh

• Art during the Egyptian Revolution

• Moving to the United States

• Meeting artists he once looked up to

• Turning his artwork into designer toys

• Building Shahin Studios with his brother

• Printing artwork on real Egyptian papyrus

• Creating Nine Lives

• Bringing more Egyptian culture into toys

From revolution to resin, this episode is about making art that actually means something

On Instagram: @shahinstudios

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Fixed Temple Toys joins Toys on Tap to talk nostalgia, street art, resin casting, and the strange little creatures taking over his world: the Glorbles.

What started as stickers and woodcuts grew into resin toys, sofubi, costumes, videos, secret codes, and a full sci-fi universe packed with agents, cults, robots, and soul-sucking blobs.

We talk about:

• Dragon Ball Z, Spawn, and Jurassic Park

• Skateboarding, Nirvana, and street art

• Learning mold making and resin casting

• Discovering the designer toy community

• Building the Glorble universe

• Wearing a giant Glorble head at conventions

• Turning booth displays into storytelling

• Sofubi, scented toys, and future releases

• Working inside a vintage toy store

This episode is weird, funny, creative, and full of the kind of energy that makes you want to stop overthinking and start making.

On Instagram: @fixedtempletoys

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Blake Wright, publisher and editor-in-chief of Toy Collector magazine, joins Toys on Tap to talk Star Wars, lost toy history, and keeping print alive.

Blake shares how a childhood love of action figures grew into a journalism career, the Toys That Time Forgot book trilogy, and a magazine built to sit proudly beside the toys on your shelf.

We talk about:

• Growing up with the original Star Wars toys • Hunting figures in the early internet era

• Uncovering unreleased toy lines and prototypes

• Creating Toys That Time Forgot

• Funding three books through Kickstarter

• Preserving stories before they disappear

• Launching Toy Collector magazine

• Landing exclusive reveals for 25 covers

• Running nearly every part of the magazine himself

• His graphic novel Moon Man Zero

This episode is a fast, fun look at collecting, publishing, and why toy history deserves to be saved in print.

On Instagram: @toycollectr

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