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I want to thank everybody who has sent in pics of the robots they've built, so here is a mini gallery of some photos from fellow modelers on Nice Paper Toys to show my thanks! Click on them to visit each user's photo gallery at Nice Paper Toys. See what else they make and like!

Sweet Robo built by Tito O. Glorioso

Poco Bot built by Dan Watson

Bachsy built by Dan Watson

Robo Discotronic

I've received a wonderful surprise gift! Okikteluk - www.okikteluk.net - just built some poseable bots, but he did a terrible job in keeping them locked up in their designated work zones! They escaped and immediately went rogue! Basic loyalty and productivity algorithms were quickly overwritten by outrageous dance routines and sensory addiction to random colored lights.

"Bachsy the Great" by Okikteluk - click to see the entire flickr album!

The partying seems to have gotten more serious and all of sudden the little bots blew through thousands of dollars in batteries! They made new friends in the wee hours, and threw birds around in the end when things got rowdy.

Thanks Okikteluk! Stop-motion animation and robotography were exactly what I hoped to see after posting these paper toys!

Bachsy

Are you ready for this one? Bachsy is my third take on an old design from a while back! I went a little bit crazy on the details. He's box-shaped but he still has a bit of class, even though he's just built to push crates..

- 11 points of Articulation using Screw-In Flat Axles
- Mouth opens and closes
- Eye Visor can be positioned to make "surprised" or "moody" expression

Only four pages of parts and full step-by-step photo instructions. This boxy bot is easy to build if you have a little bit of experience making paper toys.

Print on thick 110lb card stock for maximum durability and fun! The patterns fit in the margins for both Letter or A4 paper sizes.

DOWNLOAD - Bachsy Paper Toy - (2.12 MB)

DOWNLOAD - Bachsy Instructions - (869 KB)

 

Urban Robots

Urban Robots by Jean-René Ménard 

This is a paper toy kit I found while looking for paper toy books online. Urban Robots is published by DJECO, a French toy company that makes children's toys and craft kits. This Djeco kit and the other paper toys kits they've just released appeared on my radar without any warning. Searching for these kits reveals no previews in English. Paper model collectors will be happy to know there is another kit now available, Hip Hop Tanaka, featuring five toys designs by Shin Tanaka!

"Urban Robots" is a die-cut paper toy kit, in the style of Papertoy Monsters or the Paper Toys tin. You'll  just need a bottle of craft glue to get started! The robot designs are by Jean-René Ménard, an illustrator who designs plastic toys for Djeco as well.

Contents of Urban Robots: 9 pages of parts + instruction booklet

A small, illustrated instruction booklet is included with the sheets of parts. Four of the robots have two pages of parts and the other is a single page. All five of the robots have bright colors and a common design scheme full of details like hex nuts, ear mics and grills and vents -- design touches that I myself like to use on robot designs! These are some of the best cute-styled robots out there.

Each of the two-page robots, Boombox, Polok, Twitter and CMJN also have an element of pose-ability or movement. Boombox and Twitter both have hidden speakers that can pop out. Polok has a sliding panel and CMJN has a paint nozzle head that rotates, slides up and down, and the head can tuck into place. The single-page Biclo robot can be placed in and removed from his little bicycle - sweet!

Biclo - his legs stick out through the seat

The quality of the materials in the kit are good; each page is die-cut with high precision and all parts are easily removed without tear or rip damage. The sturdy card stock paper is thick enough to last a long time, but be careful when folding the edges back and forth - some delamination and peeling can occur if you aren't careful.

The complexity of each robot is easy and approachable for paper crafters of an experience level just beyond "beginner". No part is too slim or fiddly. Each shape is robustly supported by glue tabs of appropriate size. The instructions will guide smoothly through the construction of each robot.

Twitter - with pop-out top speaker

Urban Robots are fun to build and fun to play with! I'm looking forward to getting the other paper toy kits in the series, especially Hip Hop Tanaka, Spacecraft and Dragons and Chimera. Search for these kits through Google, since they seem to have been distributed mainly through educational toy channels -- these paper kits aren't really books, so they don't all show up on Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

Facebot Dances Too!

Beta Antoni has made his first stop-motion animation, and it happens to feature Facebot practicing his new dance algorithm. There are some very smooth moves here, and Beta's hard work has inspired me -- I need to make a robot design that is specially designed for being an actor in stop-motion movies just like this.



Thanks Beta! This is great!

Cubeecraft has released the Tron Bonne Cubee, and I made it! Make this along with all of Chris Beaumont's other Megaman Cubees over at Cubeecraft.com! You'll need to make about 40 Serv-bots to release the ultimate power of this Bonne pirate!

Facebot VSN Dynactron MK IV

Okay, this is one big and awesome paper toy, and so it gets a matching awesome name. The Facebot VSN Dynactron MK IV is 5 pieces of paper PACKED with parts for you to score and cut out.

The finished toy is 10 inches tall and has 10 axes of rotation!

A slightly improved design for the flat axles is built in to each disk. You'll notice one large end of each disk has little "claws" sticking out. These enable you to more easily screw the disk into their holes. Be sure to use a little bit of tape to seal the back of each entry notch in the holes, after you've screwed in each disk.

I've worked very hard to make this toy as easy to put together as I could... YEARS... really! Wait till you see what's coming up in the near future!

► DOWNLOAD Facebot VSN Dynactron MK IV PDF ( Letter and A4 compatible ) - 292 Kb

► DOWNLOAD Facebot INSTRUCTIONS - 1.63 Mb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweet Robo

Here's another cute little robot toy for you to build! Sweet Robo is just one piece of paper, and uses new "single piece" flat axle construction! Fold and glue the flat axle piece into a circle. Bend the edges on one side, then screw it into it's socket on the body pieces.

This one-piece flat axle design is easier to assemble and allows for a really tight, smooth fit. Sweet Robo will hold his pose with incredible tenacity! 

Download Sweet Robo PDF (Letter and A4 compatible ) - 582 Kb

Shock Duck

Here's another paper toy, a duck who all-of-a-sudden can go from minding his own business to completely losing his frontal lobe capacity.

Shock Duck features a movable mouth, turning arms and a turning head using exciting flat axle technology!

Another exciting feature of the construction is that these movable limbs are literally screwed into the body. It's easier to glue together AND just about twice as fun to assemble! The step-by-step illustrated instructions will show you what I'm talking about.

Recommended building material -- 110 lb. Card Stock

DOWNLOAD Shock Duck Letter-size PDF (668kb)

 

 

 

 

Bot's Got Moves

Ilikechxmx transmuted love of music, dance and paper modeling into bits and bytes and uploaded them into green Poco Bot, who is obviously unable to contain himself. Watch him tear up the dance floor!



Thanks, Ilikechxmx!