UNKL Designers of Urban Vinyl Toys

Urban Vinyl Designers UNKL

The amazing Urban Vinyl Designers "UNKL" are the responsible of the creation of Urban Vinyl Toy called HUG 60 and his variation ULLIGUS, as they define it as his loyal partner,.

The two members that founded the UNKL Urban Design studio are Derek Welch and Jason Bacon back in 2004 in Portland, Oregon. The main idea of this new company of Design was to create a new path for projects that they wanted to make without the pressure or demands of clients.

The first release of UNKL Designs was in January 2005 with the launching of their first Urban Vinyl Toy called HazMaPo. That first offering of theier first Urban Vinyl character was of 1,800 figures which where sold in just about one month, so obviously that for UNKL was the confirmation that they should keep doing it.
Back in September of 2007 Derek Welch and Jason Bacon decided to take their Urban Vinyl Creations to the next level by bringing their first UNKL character to television. TinPo will support CBS Saturday morning cartoons with 30 second animated shorts.

Urban Vinyl Doll Defcon SUG by UNKL (250 units)



Urban Vinyl Doll SUG H60 "Blue" by UNKL (150 units)


Urban Vinyl Toy ULLIGUS H60 "Green" (350 units) "Blue" (150 Units)






Urban Vinyl Doll SUG H60 "Green" by UNKL (Limited to 350 units)


Urban Vinyl Toy HazMaPo by UNKL

Urban Vinyl Toys Categories - Limited Editions

Urban Vinyl Toys Categories (Part I)

When it comes to Urban Designer dolls, the options in terms of category can be divided in three main groups, which will mainly define the final price of the doll.

Designer Dolls Categories

1. Limited Editions- These group of vinyl toys come in limited editions of 100, 500, 250 or even 50 pieces, with certificate and number of unit. In most of the cases this limited runs belong to famous artists that do not want to break into the massive industry of Urban dolls and prefer to sell their pieces only to those who are really willing to pay for them the price of a not cheap collectible. An example of an artist that works with limited runs is the artist Greg Simkins AKA "Craola". His Walrus Design was released in three different editions, Blue Argyle Walrus (500 units), Orange Argyle Edition (350 units) and the White Argyle Edition (50 Signed units)

What defines an Urban Vinyl toy?

Urban Vinyl Toy or simple toy?

When we want to define something such as what defines an Urban Vinyl Toy, some times the best way to do it is buy giving lots of small things that define the whole. In most of the cases what makes the difference between a standard doll and a designer toy is the idea of design applied to it.

For example in general lines most urban vinyl toys are manufactured under some standard size such as 2" high,5", 8" and 16". Also in general all the Urban Vinyl Toys follow certain design patterns and concepts such as anthropomorphic figures (half human half animal), or Comic, Graffiti styled shapes


Some times Urban vinyl Toys, or Designer toys also can be found in plain white (unpainted) under the concept of DIY (do it yourself piece) Urban doll, and the main idea of this type of Urban Vinyl Toys is that the owner must customize it with colors and shapes.

The rest is about exploring, but trust me after this picture I am sure that you will be able to recognize from far an Urban Vinyl Doll, or Designer doll from any other current doll sold in Toy Stores.

What is an Urban Vinyl Toy?

Urban Vinyl Toys, also known as Designer toys are toys and other collectibles that in the majority of the cases are produced in limited editions created by different artists and designers usually with a backgrounds in graphic design, illustration and Street art (Graffiti, Posters, Stencils).