The Council certainly captured the public's interest, on a Sunday free of terror chatter, by issuing a report called "Swimming in Trash?" The cover photographs, including those of what looked like a dead rat and a syringe, seemed to suggest that the answer was an emphatic yes, unless the photos were actually of poorly conceived beach toys.
The drummer was soon ditched for a more glamorously conceived "space toy" named Lunar Larry, later renamed Buzz Lightyear in honour of famed astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
For Ms. de Jonge's current exhibition in Southport, playful assemblages, some clever calendars as well, are conceived with paint, toys, computer parts, action figures, magnets and mirrors.
Three years ago, when the company's designers first conceived of the toy, it would have cost $500, but this fall, when the Lego Studios Steven Spielberg Movie Maker Set first reached toy shelves, the company was able to sell it for $180, said Michael Boland, a senior brand manager at Lego.
Toy, conceived as a reimagining of Bowie's early work, appeared on file-sharing websites this week, with Bowie's reps refusing to comment.
Even Wii Music, a toy conceived to foster a greater appreciation for the joy of composition and performance, among those without the necessary musical talent to realise that simple pleasure.
It's been expressly designed for the most advanced tricks taught at the site at which the toy was conceived.
(Because many fans choose to believe that movies 3-5 don't exist, NECA does likewise, save two figures that tied in to the release of Genisys). So to keep the line moving, their latest figures are remakes of the Kenner toy designs, conceived as if they had appeared in the movies, with screen-accurate detail.
Jurassic lords of the earth Universal seem hellbent on increasing their box-office bite: they've queued up Ted 2 – in which Mark Wahlberg heads to the sperm-donor clinic to help his newly married plush-toy buddy to conceive – for 30 territories next week.
When the executives at Disney conceived of Infinity, they imagined a video game that resembled a toy box: random toys could be pulled out for any adventure.
"The Sympathique is an ingenious and amusing toy such as only Breguet could conceive," Mr. Daniels wrote.
