Friday, January 8, 2010

Not Yeti Friday - Himalan



Himalan is a designer toy by Itokin Park.

It comes in many colors:


From here


From here


From here

And even has folks customizing it in neat ways.


Example: Star Yeti

It is very expensive to purchase. I will never own a Himalan.

I was going to propose that a Himalan was actually a yeti. I assumed that the designer intentionally named it "Himalan" in order to evoke "Himalayan".

However, I think it is not yeti. This post on Vinyl Pulse discusses a book called "An Encyclopedia Of Kaiju" - and look who's right there smack in the middle of the front cover, all spruced up in orange:



Can the word kaiju refer to a yeti? Maybe, but probably not. I think Himalan is in a class by itself.

1 comment:

Raven said...

he's still cool!