RoadKill Toys

Grind the Rabbit

Grind the Rabbit
Grind the Rabbit is one of the characters from the RoadKill Toys collection, An
alternative designer toy range from the UK, although these are not the kind of toys
that you want to be giving your children because of the macabre theme which they
follow...Each of the characters from the RoadKill toy range have all been run over...

Born on the 3rd August 2003. Grind met his tragic death on 3rd June 2007 at the
tender age of 4. The incident occurred on the A34 Southbound when he was just
taking a casual hop, a favourite pass time of his but unfortunately his casual hop
found him being literally flattened by a Skandia Juggernaut.
He leaves behind 678 of his remaining relatives and will be missed by all at the
Communist Organisation in Worcester to which he had dedicated most of his life.
Soft Plush
This Squash plush toy measures in at 30cms from the tip of his nose to his out
stretched back paws and 12.5cms at the widest part of his splayed out squashed little
body. If you want to include the ears you can easily add an additional 12cms which I
think this rabbit would like you to do as it seems amongst his 211 brothers and sisters
Grind was in fact the runt of the litter.
The material used for his body gives him a rough and ragged fur like quality, a
realistic mangy fur look of an animal that’s been dragged under the wheels of a
Scandia juggernaut. The body itself contains a combination of stuffing which helps to
give it that realistic squidgy feel and beads which helps to give the toy a little bit of
added weight which helps to weighs him down and make it look like he is realistically
splayed out or should that be squashed!

The Expression on this rabbits face also reminds me of what might just resemble that
on a stunned rabbit in headlights which is fitting for the way in which he met his end!
Streaked across Grinds back is a tyre print gives a clue to this little rabbit’s demise.
His right eye bulges out from his head all blood shot where as the other is closed shut
and his tongue lolls out from his mouth.
To each of his sides you will find that there is a zip which once undone allows you to
disembowel this poor little rabbit making him look like a true piece of Juggernaut
RoadKill. The internal blood and guts are made using a high tech stuffing and plush
which gives it a more realistic squidgy feel to it and on his underside you will find an
embroidered red blood splat and a couple of embroided white organs as if you are
looking into the carcass of his body.
Something Quirky
Something which I find quiet quirky about this Squash Plush range is that each toy
comes in its very own little translucent zip up plastic body bag. Grind fits snugly into
the bag and the fact that its translucent means that you can see the carnage inside
before you even open it, although thankfully it comes without the smell of death
when you do get around to opening it!!!
Each toy also comes with its own personalised brown toe tag with details of the
characters demise and a certified Death certificate which has been signed by a doctor.
Grind the Rabbit retails at £25.00 and you can purchase him from
www.roadkilltoys.com