Download Cool Spiky Baby & Mask Hoody Paper Toys by Shin Tanaka

Thursday, May 24th, 2007, 7:45 pmRoys59 comments

Discovered Mr Shin Tanaka from the archives of Urban Retro Lifestyle, a paper toy designer who has generously offered some of his beautifully designed paper toys (the more collectable than playable type of toy) for download as templates in PDF format.


© Shin Tanaka

There are currently seven series of free Spiky Babies from Shin Tanaka. Only templates from [Series 07] can be downloaded as the older series have been sold out and cannot be downloaded anymore (You can still view the gallery of the toys in the other series to find out what you have missed out, though)

Here’s all the toys available for [Series 07].


© Shin Tanaka

I’m not sure whether series become sold out after a pre-determined number of downloads or after a certain period of time so do visit his website quickly at shin.co.nr and get your Spiky Babies before [Series 07] is sold out :)


© Shin Tanaka

By the way, there are also Mask Hoodies available for download too (Currently Series 01 to 03 are available). I prefer the Spiky Babies though – they’re much cuter :)

Another nifty thing about these Spiky Babies is that you cannot choose the template to download as the server selects a random template for you to download everytime you click on Open a box :) Feels like buying one of those Japanese toy capsules (Gashapon) or those boxed trading figurines/kits at China Square Central in SG. (BTW, there’s a pretty good SG Gashapon site @ www.gashaponrakuen.com)


&copy Shin Tanaka

The server chose Yok aka Mr Big Moustache for me. He looks like a sleepy-eyed version of the Pringles mascot :)

There’s actually a way to download the templates for Series 05 to 07 via Google Search after you download one of the templates – hint: the site: keyword will be very useful :) I’m not going to list the direct links here because I don’t think that’s very fair to Mr Tanaka. Besides, clicking repeatedly on Open a box to try to get the one you’re looking for is pretty exciting stuff ;p

UPDATE (09 Nov 2008): For the guys and gals who have been searching for templates, enter site:www.ohashi-lab.bio.kyutech.ac.jp/~shin/ + pdf in Google and save the PDF files – that should get you enough templates to play with until the next series is released :)

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59 comments:

  1. gnome SINGAPORE, Thursday, May 24th, 2007, 11:50 pm

    I don’t know how you find out about this stuff, but, really, keep doing what it is you’re doing, even if it involves sacrificing small mammals. Brilliant post, once again!

     
  2. The Download Munkey SINGAPORE, Friday, May 25th, 2007, 1:23 am

    Actually, I read about it on Urban Retro Lifestyle which I found while searching for “gnomes lair” on Google. Go try it :)

     
  3. gnome SINGAPORE, Friday, May 25th, 2007, 8:25 am

    Actually, I’ll go figure :)

     
  4. The Elderly SINGAPORE, Saturday, May 26th, 2007, 11:19 am

    (enters with cage of gerbils…..)
    …hi I was wondering if you could show me how to do the search sacrificing thing…..

    highly original and fun, theres only so much you can do with wallpaper, now this post has made me consider DVD/cd covers…

     
  5. The Download Munkey SINGAPORE, Sunday, May 27th, 2007, 7:03 pm

    I can just feel the “Just DVD Covers” blog coming soon :P

     
  6. Emilex SINGAPORE, Monday, May 28th, 2007, 4:49 am

    Awesome blog!
    These paper toys are the coolest download I’ve seen in ages. Thanks for putting me onto them. Only problem is I want them all. Please, PLEASE tell me how to download the old ones :)
    ajdinsdale@gmail.com

     
  7. The Download Munkey SINGAPORE, Monday, May 28th, 2007, 9:58 pm

    Hi emilex, sent you a mail. Have fun!

     
  8. The Elderly SINGAPORE, Tuesday, May 29th, 2007, 10:44 am

    strange you might mention a dvd/cd co ver blog… i was… oh i’d mentioned it already.. my forgetful tablets are out of date….

    :)

     
  9. Louie SINGAPORE, Wednesday, May 30th, 2007, 8:27 am

    Help! I can’t find the older ones either. Please.

     
  10. Anonymous SINGAPORE, Wednesday, July 18th, 2007, 11:45 am

    I’m wanting all of the spiky and hoodys toys. Can you email me where and how to find them? ratrod67@yahoo.com

    thanks a bunch!!!

     
  11. Roys! SINGAPORE, Wednesday, July 18th, 2007, 6:02 pm

    Hi anonymous, see instructions in the comment above yours :)

    Unfortunately, even I don’t have every Spiky Baby or Mask Hoody ever released and there really isn’t a shortcut to collect all of them.

    Use the above instructions to get the newer sets. For the older ones, you’ll just have to hunt around … can’t really help you on that.

     
  12. Anonymous SINGAPORE, Thursday, July 19th, 2007, 3:54 am

    Thanks for the reply. I’m not really sure how to hunt for them. I’ve tried typing in key words in google but it’s not bringing up any older templates. Any help sent to me via email or posted here would be appreciated.

    Thanks again for replying :)

     
  13. Anonymous SINGAPORE, Thursday, July 19th, 2007, 4:07 am

    I did do the copy and past thing as read above and got some of series 5 and on up.

     
  14. Roys! SINGAPORE, Thursday, July 19th, 2007, 7:19 pm

    Don’t worry, if I can get my hands on the older ones, I’ll host them up somewhere :)

    I have links to a Rogue Status one from Series Two over at this post (Scroll to the bottom).

     
  15. Anonymous SINGAPORE, Monday, September 10th, 2007, 3:32 am

    hi there!

    anyone out there who has spiky baby from series 1 – 4 please please send me them!!! or advise me how I mite get them!! thanks!!

    my email is y.s.p.700@gmail.com

     
  16. Mark UNITED STATES, Sunday, January 13th, 2008, 10:14 pm

    ok I understand how to get the ones you want without having to click several times but what i dont understand is what I need to put in to get the past models.

    can ya direct me a little bit further give me another hint to what im doing wrong or check it yourself and see if they fixed it now so you cant?

    Email removed to prevent spammers :)

     
  17. Roys SINGAPORE, Sunday, January 13th, 2008, 11:09 pm

    Hi Mark, try entering “site:www.ohashi-lab.bio.kyutech.ac.jp/~shin/ + pdf” in Google.

    This basically tells Google to search the website for any publicly accessible PDF – which in our case are the templates that we want.

    Note that series 1-4 are no longer available – I think Shin deleted them off his server a long time ago :(

     
  18. raadszeeell NETHERLANDS, Wednesday, February 13th, 2008, 4:23 am

    Hey i just found out about the spiky babies
    Can some one please send me series 1 to 7 or tell me how i can get them??

     
  19. Roys SINGAPORE, Wednesday, February 13th, 2008, 2:22 pm

    Hi Raadszeell , enter the search string in the comment above to get what’s available on the web. I also don’t have the rest so I can’t help you with that :(

     
  20. SpikyBaby Collector UNITED STATES, Tuesday, March 11th, 2008, 3:10 am

    [mayb hope for shin tanaka spiky baby fans out there]
    trying my best to help you,
    mayb this is a way to find Spiky Baby Series.[Series 1 to 4]
    Try finding them [hint:certain direct download hosting sites]

    & a word of advice:its quite IMPOSSIBLE to get series 1-4 by search engines or mayb forums(ive tried countless times)

    Goodluck

     
  21. Mark UNITED STATES, Tuesday, March 11th, 2008, 9:42 am

    what????

     
  22. james AUSTRALIA, Thursday, March 20th, 2008, 10:04 am

    ive tried everything to get spiky baby series 1 and onwards and the direct download websites dont have the files.
    will some one please tell me where i can find them

     
  23. Tai UNITED STATES, Friday, June 13th, 2008, 11:51 pm

    Where do you get the old ones??? Please??? The’re so cute and awesome!
    email me:
    appleshorse@sailormoon.com

     
  24. Doc Mad COLOMBIA, Monday, June 16th, 2008, 6:11 am

    i need the series 1-7 ?
    someone can help me?
    please
    basuratotal2006@hotmail.com

     
  25. gilboy MEXICO, Sunday, July 20th, 2008, 5:12 pm

    i have series 4-8 and the delux series someone can help me to find the first 3 series i mean 1-3 please mail me:
    gilboy666@gmail.com

     
  26. Caro MEXICO, Thursday, August 7th, 2008, 5:39 am

    Genial!!

     
  27. Juan MEXICO, Friday, August 8th, 2008, 4:15 am

    hi i need the series 1-7 ?
    someone can help me?

     
  28. Admirer FRANCE, Tuesday, August 19th, 2008, 4:46 am

    Hi, i have just discovered shin tanaka and I found no serie anywhere…….someone can help me ? delux series or 1-7 ?
    Please mail me lologlem@free.fr

     
  29. Roys SINGAPORE, Saturday, August 30th, 2008, 8:13 pm

    Hi Admirer, see if this link works for you – here.

     
  30. Roys SINGAPORE, Saturday, August 30th, 2008, 8:17 pm

    Sorry, just checked the above link and realized all the Spiky Babies series are no long available for download.

    You’ll have to wait for the next series though.

     
  31. kenny low SINGAPORE, Saturday, November 8th, 2008, 6:40 am

    guess i’m abit or alot too late to discover this site but i really love shin tanaka’s spiky and mask hoody paper toys. the t shirt boys are very cute too. could anyone up there could help me , where can i download all these templates ? my kids are very happy about this paper art thing and they too are hoping able to do all these paper toys. thanks a million!
    by the way, i’m 47 a father of two kids and hope i’m not too old for this kind of stuff !

     
  32. Roys SINGAPORE, Sunday, November 9th, 2008, 2:57 pm

    Updated the post with some info on getting the older templates :)

     
  33. Admirer FRANCE, Sunday, November 9th, 2008, 11:48 pm

    Good news, there is a new serie beginning on shin Tanaka’s site…..
    On the other hand, i finally found spiky babies series 1-8, if someone………
    (my email : have a look on 19/08/08 )

     
  34. Phillip UNITED STATES, Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008, 6:51 am

    i’m looking for the AF1 (Nike Air Force 1) template,

    does anyone still have it?

    if so, can you e-mail it to me over at: phillip@prettyuglyonline.com

    thanks!

     
  35. henry UNITED STATES, Wednesday, January 7th, 2009, 9:33 am

    can any1 e mail me any templates??? plz =[

     
  36. Tuesday RUSSIAN FEDERATION, Tuesday, January 13th, 2009, 8:10 am

    GOOGLESEARCH DELIVERS:
    Spiky Baby Collection 1-8
    http://rapidshare.com/files/79361421/ShinTanaka_SpikyBaby_Collection_1-8.rar

    All of SPIKY BABY DELUXE SERIES
    http://rapidshare.com/files/101531439/Shin_Tanaka_Spiky_Baby_deluxe_44_diff.rar

    +Armetty
    http://rapidshare.com/files/29695494/Shin_Tanaka_-_Armetty.pdf

    plz post any other temlpates you have

     
  37. Tuesday RUSSIAN FEDERATION, Tuesday, January 13th, 2009, 4:53 pm

    me again)
    Shin Tanaka Collection – 02-06-08
    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6rjnrsvz
    there are all ever available templates( and even more i think) , but spiky deluxe not complete (for full see above post)

     
  38. Rokwell UNITED STATES, Sunday, January 18th, 2009, 6:09 am

    wow thanks man awsome!

     
  39. Greg UNITED STATES, Thursday, January 29th, 2009, 8:06 am

    the .rar files wont work for me :( anyone w/ templates that work on a mac plz email me. I’m a HUGE fan of tanaka’s work. :) peace! ^_^

    gmadden89@gmail.com

     
  40. fengsuhi HUNGARY, Friday, February 13th, 2009, 7:15 pm

    anyone has templates from the t-boy series? especially t-boy original but im looking for t-boy jr, t-boy baby too

     
  41. Rata ROMANIA, Thursday, March 12th, 2009, 7:00 pm

    googleit ;)

    site:http://www.ohashi-lab.bio.kyutech.ac.jp/~shin/ filetype:pdf

     
  42. luks BRAZIL, Friday, March 13th, 2009, 3:20 pm

    plz, i really love then.. if anyone could send mr then by email i would really apreciate
    luksosm@gmail.com

     
  43. Esfingo SPAIN, Friday, March 13th, 2009, 6:03 pm

    I also look for t-boy series (all)

    enigmadeotromundo@hotmail.com

     
  44. fengsuhi HUNGARY, Monday, March 16th, 2009, 11:09 pm

    the google trick doesnt work anymore. anybody has the t-boy series? pls upload them and paste the link, i would be very thankful

     
  45. Awe THAILAND, Wednesday, March 18th, 2009, 4:18 pm

    t-boy series need too…Plz
    akkapol@picothai.com

     
  46. antonius UNITED STATES, Friday, March 27th, 2009, 8:15 am

    yes .. i need T-Boy series …

    anybody have link to download it ?

    antonius.chris@gmail.com

     
  47. Araik RUSSIAN FEDERATION, Saturday, March 28th, 2009, 5:32 am

    i too need t-boy…
    araik_90@inbox.ru

     
  48. pazyzy RUSSIAN FEDERATION, Monday, March 30th, 2009, 4:23 pm

    i too need t-boy…
    krasny-pavel@yandex.ru

     
  49. feng CHINA, Wednesday, April 15th, 2009, 4:02 pm

    I look for t-boy series (all) , i really love then, thank you
    245010485@qq.com

     
  50. morning MALAYSIA, Tuesday, April 21st, 2009, 12:36 pm

    i am also looking for t-boy series(all)
    if anyone have please upload it or you can e-mail it to me at pohsoon07@yahoo.com.my

    please and thanks

     
  51. Tyler Beauchamp, Thursday, July 9th, 2009, 9:23 pm

    My son took an art class and made one of your designs. He fell in love with it and wants to make more. Is there anyplace we can find templates to make you designs at home?
    Thanks.

     
  52. Roys SINGAPORE, Friday, July 10th, 2009, 11:05 am

    Hi Tyler, you can download the Hoophy templates that Mr Shin Tanaka has released for free at his official site.

     
  53. Tan CHINA, Sunday, July 19th, 2009, 11:30 pm

    I’ve been looking for the series for a long time.
    If anyone have the series,please e-mail to me,
    qian.tan09@gmail.com

    I love the series so much.

    Thanks

     
  54. admirer FRANCE, Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009, 2:53 am

    Just have a look on january, 13th 2009 , the link is still available…….

     
  55. serene SINGAPORE, Monday, August 3rd, 2009, 9:11 pm

    *both hands up* me too!!! can anyone please send me some spikey please!!! i really miss out alot :( haha please please thank you :) :) my email is slyp89@hotmail.com

     
  56. Jack zhang CHINA, Sunday, October 25th, 2009, 4:20 pm

    我需要的T男孩系列…

    任何人都链接下载呢？谢谢

     
  57. Jack zhang CHINA, Sunday, October 25th, 2009, 4:23 pm

    t-boy series need too…Plz
    jackjsw@gmail.com

     
  58. monica, Sunday, December 6th, 2009, 4:55 am

    I love the series so much.I’ ve been looking for the paper toys for a long time .please e-mail to me!caimeng_101@yahoo.com.cn
    I ndde Spiky Baby Collection 1-8
    Thanks so much!

     
  59. jdk MALAYSIA, Saturday, December 19th, 2009, 1:06 pm

    got all those spiky baby.. thanks tuesday,.. still waiting for the rest though.. still nobody have any tboy, spiky n gritty? any day?

     

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