ARTIST THEO JANSEN: STRANDBEEST EVOLUTION 2018

OK, THESE STRANGE CRITTERS are not exactly our usual scale model fare, but the Dutch artist Theo Jansen surely shares the care and craftsmanship we put into our own miniatures.

AMAZING MINI STRANDBEEST KIT - JUST BLOW GENTLY AND IT WALKS ON BY

WE FEATURED THE DELIGHTFUL wind-powered Strandbeest, created by Dutch artist Theo Jansen. And now a Strandbeest is available as a kit from Gakken, a highly regarded Japanese publisher.

THEO JANSEN'S EXTRAORDINARY STRANDBEEST - MECHANICAL CREATURES STROLLING ALONG BY THE SEA SHORE

DUTCH ARTIST-MODEL MAKER THEO JANSEN has been creating various mobile creations he calls Strandbeest for decades. Over the years, Theo has tweaked his mechanical creatures to the point where they can now react to their environment in a realistically lifelike way.