You may have noticed that things have been a bit slow lately on Custom Toy Lab. I would like to apologise for this but I have been extremely busy moving offices and redesigning other websites.

However the good news is that I will be changing and improving CTL in the next few weeks. You may be wondering why I am changing it so soon. The answer to that is that I feel that the current site is becoming very tedious and the current layout has no potential to expand.

The new site will be a lot more fun for me, for all artists and for readers. Here are a few ideas I have for the new site and I hope all artists and readers can leave some suggestions in the comments section;

- Interviews, more tutorials and other custom toy related features
- Artists will be able to write a post for their toy in any format they like. No more sticking to the same old template
- New and improved way of viewing images (hint. Lightbox)
- 3 Column navigation making the site easier to browse and use
- Artists will be able to design a banner for the site
- A monthly competition where you can win custom vinyl toys, plush toys, blank DIY toys and more
- A Forum??? Only if this is what artists want

In the meantime if you want to carry on viewing some great custom toys visit the following sites

Kidrobot forum
Vinyl Abuse forum
Vinyl toy forum
CTL @ Flickr