Our weekly Woot Wednesday art contest has been won by the colourful stylings of Lau9en!

What a cozy little pad!
Nice one, Lau9en!

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Today we are introducing The Dirty Dozen Trader!
You’ll find him in a new buidling in Junkatolli – the one with a big 12, made of beads, on the front.

Inside, you’ll find a new trader who has a special way of trading:

Give him 12 items of one kind of junk. Drag one of these junk items to his drawer – and then choose a deal:

1. You can choose to swap your junk for Extra Seeds
2. You can choose to get whatever is behind the door of the Dumb Waiter Of Mystery.

It’s a toss up. Get what you see; or get a surprise. Could be good, could be GREAT! Could be a dud:)

Give him a try!

The long awaited MakeableTinkatester Beta Item – the Geloon, designed by Gelu – is now available only to Tinkatesters!

For the more domestic Tinkas among us, we introduce the Refraggerator, designed by Agg14!

Get out there, find some junk and make these awesome Makeables!
Both are available in the Furniture Workshop.

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Coolpatriot has been asking me, quite a few times, to explain how to make a 3D Tinka. So, I spent part of the weekend trying to remember how I made the one I have of BunnyMoonro.

Here goes:

All it requires is:
tape (or glue)
lightbulb box
printout of a Tinka

The printout should be downloaded through your Tinka Changer. When you print it out it should be around 6cm (top of head to toe) tall.

First, I cut the lightbulb box in half:

Unfold it and place it flat on the table, inside facing up.

Take your Tinka printout and place it in the center of the box.
Some Tinkas have taller or wider hair, so pick a box that fits, if a lightbulb box won’t do.

I have drawn on a Tinka here, since I didn’t have a printout of Bunny handy. This shows how the figure stand works.

Cut along the cut-lines.

Glue or tape the box back together – only inside out this time.
It should look like this:

I turn mine around, pinch the supports and fold it flat when I’m not using it.

Then I can take it with me – in a pocket or among my sketchbooks – on research expeditions to find new junk and organics that I will draw and put in Tinkatolli.

It’s also fun to hide and get my kids to “Find Bunny”.
We’ve been through a lot, and quite a few travels, and he’s only needed a few repairs. Those ears are pretty sensitive.

I’m going to have to make myself a new one now. As soon as I was done with Bunny’s photoshoot and had turned my back to download the pictures, my eldest daughter Tilja coloured in his eyes. I have nothing against blue eyed Tinkas… but Bunny just doesn’t look himself anymore:(

Hope that helps, coolpatriot!

Our latest Tinka Fair Contest just ended and the winning design received 126 votes!

Congratulations, Journey! Your Tinka Treadmill joins an impressive series of kid-designed Makeables and will be turned into a virtual item on Tinkatolli – for all to see and make for themselves!

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