Day 98: Luigi (Super Mario Bros.)

Luigi is a character from the Super Mario arcade game. He is a heroic individual from the Mushroom Kingdom who has assisted or fought alongside his brother, Mario on many occasions. Throughout his life he has lived in Mario's shadow, developing both cowardly and heroic tendencies. Originally a color swap of Mario, Luigi was created to facilitate a second player. Since the two player mode was dropped from Super Mario games beginning with Super Mario 64, Luigi has gained his own identity and personality.

Download the PDF file here and make your own Luigi toy! Also do check out the other Mario Bro. or download the PDF here.

And if you have not voted, please do so and let me know if you prefer the new 'no-glue' template or the original template. For your info, Mario is made with the old template and Luigi the new one. Try them and decide for yourself!

Update: Contest (Rules and Prizes)

I'm pleased to announce one more prize for the contest: an 8-inch vinyl Mario toy I picked up from a local toy shop yesterday! So there are two prizes now, and I'm trying to add a couple more because judging from the response I got, I want more people to have the chance to win a prize.

Now a couple things regarding the rules. I try to make it as simple as I can for everyone. Here it goes:

1) Design must be done on the standard template which I will be sending out to all those who emailed me.

2) You can use ANY medium you like. It can be done using a computer software or hand-drawn using any medium (colored pencils, paints, crayons etc.), so NO restrictions here.

3) Everyone of any age and from everywhere in the world can participate. If you win, I will try my best to send the prize to wherever you are from. However each person is allowed a maximum of three entries.

4) You must contruct the model you design and then take a picture of it and send it back to me (papertoys@mail.com). Save your picture as a jpg file at a minimum size of 400 x 400 pixels, 72 dpi (and a maximum of 600 x 600 pixels, 72 dpi).

5) Depending on the number of submissions, I might post all entries that meet the above criteria, or I might post only the shortlisted entries.

6) Remember to include your name and your website address (if you have one) so that I can credit your toy if it is posted here.

7) Closing date is 10th of July, 2008.

8) The judging process: All entries will be screened and judged by me and a guest artist (yet to finalise), and up to six finalists will be picked. The winners will then be voted by everyone.

9) Finally, I hope everyone takes this in the spirit of fun and helps make things run as smoothly as possible for all by not engaging in any disputes or complaints and respect the final outcome of the results. If you don't win this time, there'll always be another chance as I plan to run the contest again if all goes well!

If you have any questions, please leave a comment here.

To get the PDF template for the contest, send an email to papertoys@mail.com (with the title 'Toy-A-Day Contest').

Have fun!

Day 11: Super Mario

Super Mario Bros., often abbreviated to Super Mario or SMB, is a platform game developed by Nintendo Entertainment System.

In Super Mario Bros., Italian plumber Mario must save Princess Peach (Princess Toadstoal in the US version) of the Mushroom Kingdom from the evil Bowser, king of the Koopas. In two-player mode, Mario is aided in his quest by his brother Luigi.

As of 2008, Super Mario Bros., is the best selling video game of all time (selling over 40 million copies to date).

Get the free PDF file and build your own Mario toy here!