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Viv
@toastergrl.bsky.social
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Artist, programmer, gamedev, fan designer of LEGO Ideas Sonic. On Kart Krew Dev's Ring Racers, previously SRB2 (& Kart). I like making things!｜she/her, mid-20's
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Life is about gay little outfits and taking risks. It can be scary putting yourself out there but you've gotta live
A red-haired girl in a denim-heavy outfit taking a mirror selfie. It is smiling and holding up a peace sign. There is a pink carabiner on her belt, dark denim jeans, a yellow shirt and lighter denim jacket over the top.
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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I think anyone who claims to have actually Finished a Root game is lying but it doesn't matter because it's so much fun
A photo of a game of Root in progress. Several small miniature pieces representing animals are strewn about the board, including orange cats at the focus, red rats, and a single purple crow.
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Sometimes thoughts take shape #makeaterriblecomicday
A terribly drawn comic, on paper, with a toy head on the edge. Panel 1: "le me" is slouching in a bad chair (that she has wanted to replace since 2020). She is thinking over "your participation is compul(newline)sory" from the Make A Terrible Comic Day requirements. Panel 2: le me says "lots of things in this life are compulsory huh". the desk she is sitting at is visible, with a laptop, a second monitor, and a toy. Panel 3: le me is perched over the subsequent panel, looking over a number of things that can happen in a life. she is joined by the toy from the previous panel, which is established as "T30 nightbeat customised by le me's pal~". This is the source of the toy head mentioned initially, which is placed right next to the in-comic Nightbeat. Panel 4: a long diagonal panel segmented into various moments from le me's life. they include looking at (and deciding against) glasses, two people standing at a grave, holding a baby (labeled "good thing (rare)"), waiting at the doctor's, and filling out tax forms while seeing a news story of yet another set of people being killed indiscriminately by bombing (labeled "(paid for that...)"). Panel 5: in the space under the long diagonal panel, a series of moments of processing various emotions, concluding with ending up in bed and thinking asemic thoughts. Panel 6: Back to le me at the desk. she looks over, with her gay little hand limping forward, at the toy on it. She says "what do you think, nightbeat?" Panel 7: A closeup of Nightbeat's face, in which le me is visible in the visor's reflection. He is labeled, without speech bubble (to indicate that it is thought within le me) "Isn't it nice that this compul(newline)sory thing is nice?", with the last word heavily underlined. Panel 8: le me is sweating a little while looking away in the chair. Nightbeat continues to be captioned "Also don't talk to toys. You know I'm not real. And I don't have lif-" Panel 9: le me screams "OK I GET IT" which cuts off the previous text.
June 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Only saw this now, hope I'm not too late - I love your work and I think this robo'd be up your alley
Model sheet of robot girl named "viv beepboop". Not quite passing as human - orange hair, aquamarine v-neck, blue pinnafore, and pink waist ribbon and boots, but panel lines on its relatively light skin and diamond-shaped face mask. This mask can be lifted up or taken off; a human-ish face with a series of technical ports is underneath.
May 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Happy anniversary to Ring Racers. Can't believe we launched it a year ago. Thanks for playing
An image of the characters Metal Sonic and Amy Rose standing in a black void, in a spotlight in the shape of a keyhole. They are in the style of Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers, which this is an anniversary image for; it says "1 year of Ring Racers" at the top and "24/4/24 - 24/4/25" at the bottom. Amy Rose has a goofy look of concentration on her face while shaking a magenta Spray Can in a blur with one hand (with SHK SHK onomatepeia) and holding Metal's wrist up with the other. She has attempted to give the robot nail paint, which has turned out particularly messy on the other hand. It is unclear whether Metal Sonic is furious, pleased, or embarassed by these shenanigans, because its facial expression is permanently in a scowl. All we can see externally is that Metal is looking at the camera and lifting up their (poorly) painted nails closer to it, and that there are droplets on the side of its head which resemble sweat (except they are also magenta). It, against all odds, seems to be on its best behaviour(?)
April 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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It was already inaccurate even before this! The arms form the back of Milne's altmode and the legs (and specifically the feet) form the front, while this specific toy just applies a Classics-type transformation with extra steps
A panel, from an official IDW issue, of Perceptor and Minimus Ambus putting Rodimus on a Matrix-powered crucifix. I've known writers who use subtext and they're all cowards Two panels, from an official IDW issue, of Tailgate (in robot mode) landing on Rodimus (in alternate mode).
March 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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I don't do much toyposting but Legacy Armada hits just right if you go even further beyond
A battle scene of figures in the style of Transformers Armada, including the following from the Legacy (2022-2025) lineup: - Optimus Prime (stock, with the trailer in base mode) - Hot Shot (wheels swapped for black from the Powerlinx redeco) - Jolt (stock) - Megatron (toyhax'd) - Starscream (painted wing, chest, and leg detail) - Wheeljack (white hands, hips, and feet, and gold biceps and collarbone) In addition, the original Street Action Minicon team is posed on the base, and an entirely custom Armada Sideways repaint from Legacy Animated Prowl is in the back - travelling through a Marvel Legends Doctor Strange portal, notably used by reviewer PrimeVSPrime to represent dimensional travel. Tidal Wave would be present were he not too big for my desk.
February 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Trying to get familiar with CSP after decades of struggling with gnu image manipulator, so here's my OC in a fighting game stance
A feminine robot that looks very much like a red-haired human wearing slightly bizzare clothing takes a fighting stance - one hand ready to chop, and another clenched in a fist. The bizzare clothing includes a four/five pointed mask, with a single eye and a toothy grin projected upon its surface, and headphones with little winglets. The robot's colour palette includes lime green, multiple shades of blue, and pink.
January 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Call that rotisserie because the spinning hog cooked
A selfie taken by the operator of this account, a red-haired woman with curly, fluffy hair. She is wearing a white face mask, and a black shirt with the "Kart Krew Dev" team logo on it in white. She is doing a peace sign to the camera.
December 21, 2024 at 10:14 PM
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viv with BURG (July 2022)
In a somewhat sketchy style, coloured but faded: A robot that looks very human, but not quite, is lounging sideways in a chair at a table and eating a burger one-handed, poking one pinkie up. The robot has light nougat skin, orange shoulder-length fluffy hair with spikes at the front, a green shirt with a fresh burger-sauce stain, and blue skirt. It looks quite feminine, with green-blue fingernails - but a few features betray it. A single sharp fang digs into the burger. One eye flickers like a display and has an unaturally aqua-green iris. And the other eye is a series of computer ports. It is resting one elbow on a table, with the empty hand autistically dangling forward and closed. This table has an empty burger box labeled "BURG", a glass of a colourless, slightly bubbly liquid - possibly water or lemonade - and a strange headset, balanced between two blue wings and the bottom point of an equilateral diamond screen. The headset also has pink earmuffs. This headset is the robot's; she took it off in order to eat.
October 17, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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The LEGO site was recently updated to show retiring sets... yep, mine's retiring too. If you've wanted to pick the Ideas Sonic set up, please do so before it's too late!
A screenshot of the LEGO.com web store, featuring 21331 LEGO "Sonic the Hedgehog - Green Hill Zone", a recreation of the side-scrolling level from the 1991 video game, available for £69.99. According to user reviews, the product has been rated 4.6 stars out of 5. A little yellow rectangle in the top right contains the words "Retiring soon".
September 15, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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3 months ago we launched "Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers", an unlicensed, expansive & FREE passion project. A technical take on the kart racing genre & culmination/sequel to something we started as kids. I was a programmer/artist/writer, and am incredibly proud of my friends & team.

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The title screen of "Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers". The classic character designs of Sonic characters "Tails" and "Dr Eggman" (also known as "Dr Robotnik) are posing above the name. In the bottom right hand corner, the development team "KARTKREW" is acknowledged, as is "SEGA". The tutorial of Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers, in a beach area covered in glowing machinery. The sun is low on the horizon. The text "Accelerate (A) down the ramp!" is visible at the top of the screen. The character of Dr. Eggman (also known as Dr. Robotnik) is driving a go-kart down the ramp. A screenshot of Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers, in the hidden boss fight against "Blend Eye" (whose name is visible on screen, above a slightly depleted health bar). The character Metal Sonic is driving a go-kart around the opponent, who is a giant blender throwing coffee beans towards the player. This blender is located in a giant bowl of coffee beans, sitting in the middle of a candy-like environment.
July 25, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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Five years ago today, the original "Sonic Mania" pitch on LEGO Ideas was published. After many requests, and LEGO Sonic becoming a full-on toyline, I'm finally sharing my original Bricklink Studio files!

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A screenshot of the Bricklink Studio digital design software, which can be used to build with LEGO pieces on a computer. The viewport is an angled shot of the original "Sonic Mania" themed pitch for LEGO Ideas 21331 Sonic the Hedgehog, loaded as "lego_sonicmania_concept_jan2020.io". In addition to Sonic the Hedgehog, Dr Eggman, and the Green Hill Zone modules, this rendition includes two "Hard Boiled Heavies" characters, Motobug, and three flickies, all built out of LEGO pieces.
February 24, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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Unpublished sketch (2022)
Two black & white binary-tool sketch depictions of the same feminine robot character, who looks like a slightly rounded woman with fluffy shoulder-length hair, panel lining on the skin, and a diamond-shaped mask with a face projected on it. Her clothing includes a t-shirt with a shoulder strap pinnafore dress over it, and a ribbon around the pinched part of the waist. The depiction on the left is captioned "How you think you look when laughing", and has the robot character posed somewhat dignified. She has one hand up folded towards her chest, and the face projected on her mask has its visible eye closed, light watering at the corners of the eyes, and a slightly open mouth. Next to her, the text "ufufu~" is written to represent a small laugh. The depiction on the right is captioned "How you actually look". She is bent over double and wheezing, represented by a sequence of capital H's near her head. The quality of the image is explicitly lesser, signalling a loss of composure.
February 11, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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Sonic the Hedgehog if he were epic
A LEGO Minifigure of video game star Sonic the Hedgehog (specifically, the "classic" design with black eyes from the Ideas set 21331 Green Hill Zone), holding the Marvel character Iron Man's oversized Proton Cannon over his shoulder. Sonic has a long history of fan works including "sprite comics" - pixel art visuals from multiple games arranged to tell stories. One particularly famous combination is characters unrelated to the Marvel comics series, holding a Proton Cannon (image taken from "Marvel VS Capcom") over their shoulder and firing.
November 23, 2023 at 1:37 PM
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For those who don't know, I'm Viv! I am an artist and programmer. I officially collaborated with LEGO and SEGA to release the 21331 LEGO Ideas Sonic the Hedgehog playset. Before that, I worked on the most recent versions of the "SRB2" and "SRB2 Kart" fangames.
A promotional product photo of the LEGO Ideas 21331 "Green Hill Zone" product in the foreground. It resembles the 1991 video game's first level, featuring Sonic the Hedgehog as a LEGO Minifig, and Dr Eggman and multiple Badniks as brick built figures. There is also a woman sitting in the background, blurred and distant. A screenshot of the Sonic Robo Blast 2 fan-created video game, featuring the character Miles "Tails" Prower as pixel art. Tails is teetering over the edge of an arid canyon. There are multiple HUD elements on screen. A screenshot of the SRB2Kart fan-created video game, featuring a blue-coloured Knuckles the Echidna in the Marble Zone battle course. There are multiple HUD elements on screen, including that the player has a "Jawz" item, and that this gameplay was happening in "FREE PLAY".
October 26, 2023 at 12:17 PM