June 30, 2023

Big Donkey Kong Papercraft

Nintendo Bastelbogen
The first appearance of the Nintendo character, Donkey Kong, was in an eponymous 1981 arcade game. Since that time, Donkey Kong has appeared in numerous Nintendo video games, not to mention the 2023 Super Mario Bros. Movie. Standing at 29.7" (75 cm) tall this Donkey Kong paper model is large! The template download (found here) includes lots of files including an unlocked Pepakura PDO file and a Metasequoia 3D model file. Build photo and papercraft template design are by DeviantART member Veggiekid23.

Other Nintendo Papercraft

Bowser
Peach and Daisy
Star Fox Krystal
Solid Snake
Wolf Link & Midna

June 21, 2023

Pokemon Papercraft: Yamper

Pokémon Dog Bastelbogen
This Pokémon looks suspiciously like a corgi dog! Could it be that after 8 generations they have finally run out of ideas for new Pokémon? Nah. This paper likeness of Yamper the Pokédog was created by Emily Stell at the Paper Duplicator website. PDF and Pepakura PDO papercraft template files may be downloaded here. The finished model stands about 5" (12 cm) tall.

June 15, 2023

Garbage Pail Kids Paper Toy

DPK Printable
In the mid 1980's, Topps produced a series of sticker trading cards called "Garbage Pail Kids". Intended to be a parody of Cabbage Patch dolls, the cartoon art on the cards depicts Cabbage-Patch-like children in disturbing situations. By 1987, the cards had become so popular a live action GPK motion picture was released! To commemorate the Garbage Pail phenom, Paperfoldables offers this paper toy of "Adam Bomb" who graced the wrapper of the trading card packages for many years. The printable PDF template for the toy may be downloaded here.

Other Pop Culture Paper Toys:

Baby Yoda (Grogu)
60's Batmobile
Bowie Ziggy Stardust
Harry Potter
Totoro Catbus

June 4, 2023

STtMP Enterprise Papercraft

Star Trek Enterprise Bastelbogen
This 1:700 scale USS Enterprise paper model depicts how the starship appears in the 1979 movie, Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Rawen, the designer of this papercaft, typically produces miniature models. This is one of his larger creations. The 62 mb ZIP file containing the PDF template and instruction files necessary to build the ship may be downloaded here. There are lots of extras included in the download, including a poseable Captain Spock figure with captain's chair, alternate parts to build NCC-1701-A, and a fleet of shuttles!

Previous Star Trek Papercraft:
Mini Phaser Rifle
Borg Cube
Medical Tricorder
Voyager and Prometheus
1:200 Shuttlecraft Collection
Klingon Bird of Prey