Highly Collectable 3.5" Figure
In an interview watched via a video, Barbara Turner spoke about her collection, and she referenced having these Tim Burton's Tragic Toys for Boys & Girls. The symbolism with each one is powerful.
Tim Burton’s line of toys makes it into the inner child category because sometimes, it just sucks being a kid. Launched by Dark Horse to coincide with the filmmaker’s career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the characters in the four sets of PVC toys all come from his book of poetry, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories.
In classic Burton fashion, children are represented as ostracized freaks, such as Stain Boy, Toxic Boy, Junk Girl and The Pin Cushion Queen. It is a good bet that when we were children, we’ve all felt like Jimmy, The Hideous Penguin Boy at some point or other, and the memories from that time stick with us. So, these have a way of saying, “Hey, I like you even though you used to feel like an oyster boy.”