ART ASYLUM

Art Asylum is a New York City based design studio and toy company.

Originally started by Digger Mesch and Donna Soldano in 1996, Art Asylum was initially just a work-for-hire sculpting studio which designed various action figures, busts and statues for numerous toy companies such as ToyCom and Playmates.

Art Asylum has always been a home for the best sculptors and painters in the toy industry. Art Asylum stays committed to producing the most detailed, highly crafted toys anywhere.

Being a smaller company compared to industry giants like Hasbro and Mattel with a higher collector and niche focus, Art Asylum's choice of licenses can be at best described as eclectic, ranging from well known brands as Star Trek and Marvel Comics, through to things like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Madballs.

One of their enduring brands are the block-style miniature figures, Minimates.