INTERVIEW: The Citizens of Toyburg Talk Torsobear!

3. If you were a resident of Toyburg, what sort of toy do you think you’d be and why?

Janos Honkonen:  I’ve been told that I look like some sort of a mythical storybook character in real life, so I’d say I’d be one of those garden gnomes whose wide manic grin gets more and more disturbing the longer you stare at it.

Grainne McEntee: I think I’d be one of those crazy cymballing monkeys.

Randy Haldeman: I’d definitely be a teddy. They are such fulfilled characters in their design. They seem to go about their business and never bother anyone, all while trying to become accomplished in everything they do. They are a bit hesitant in their decision making, but that’s something you’ll find out when you get a chance to read “Sour in the Sweet.” I’m all of those things and then some.

Glenn Møane: Probably the lamest character in an action figure set, with some useless power (“Look! It’s the Reattachable Ponytail Man!”). I’d love to think of myself as a bad-ass variant of He-Man or Skeletor, but one look in the mirror would tell me otherwise. Those overblown muscles just aren’t there!

Jake Young: Probably some kind of bulky, cheap, 90’s action figure.

Frank Martin: I’d be a superhero action figure…but I’d probably just wind up at the bar getting into super fights all the time.

Cy Dethan: Something poorly safety tested and probably illegal – like the old die-cast Corgi Batmobile from the 70s with the spring-mounted blade that flipped out on a pivot. I loved that thing, but in selling it to an 8-year-old you’re basically putting a clumsily designed, beautiful flick-knife in the hands of a miniature sociopath.

Nic Wilkinson: I would be a plushie Triceraptops because I excel at adventures, roaring and stomping – but am also soft and adorable.

Brockton McKinney: I like to think I’d be a good cop like Ruxby Bear but in the end I know I’d probably end up being an action figure of Gary Busey with a strap­on jet pack and junk­punch feature.

Harry Saxon: Possibly something sci-fi, like an action figure from Doctor Who, well, because I can. Dibs on Roger Delgado!

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