Toy OTD: Handcarved Anita & Jeff Wedding Figures, 2004/2005

Okay, it's not really a toy, but it seemed like the perfect entry for Valentine's Day! One of my good friends commissioned this for us as a wedding gift. It turns out that the guy who made Hardware Wars (Ernie Fosselius) is also a really great woodcarver, and whips up all kinds of cool, homemade automata.

I love the texture of this piece, and the likenesses and paint work are really good, too! Ernie knew Anita fairly well, but he didn't know me at all - he visited me at work a couple of times to figure out what I look like. I think he did a great job!

Naturally, this is a one-of-a-kind piece, so you can't get one just like it (I'm kind of assuming you really wouldn't want to, and I don't take it personally). I don't know how often he does commissions, but if you email him and ask politely (and generously), who knows what could happen?