Hi, I’m Instafigurine. Just Not your friendly neighbourhood photographer.

Hi, I’m Instafigurine. I’m the grown man who still plays with toys and somehow turned it into both a hobby and a personality trait. My journey began in 1996 when a classmate handed me a G.I. Joe Shipwreck and unknowingly sent me down a lifelong rabbit hole of plastic heroes, villains, and endless imagination. I never grew out of it. I simply upgraded the chaos and increased the budget. I’m a father, a husband, a brother, and a son, juggling real adult life while still blowing all my money on figures, dioramas, and games. I’m too poor to be a sugar daddy because every time I try to save money, a new pre-order laughs in my face.

Toy photography became my sweetest escape from reality. When life gets loud, responsibilities stack up, or the world feels too real, I disappear into my little universe of plastic storytelling. It is where I recharge, experiment, laugh, and express the side of me that only tiny articulated humans understand. I shoot everything with my phone because I’m lazy with my DSLR and because my phone has practically become my second brain. Dark humor, NSFW-ish scenes, dramatic poses, crossover nonsense, and weird ideas that probably shouldn’t exist but definitely do. That’s my style. It’s therapy with extra steps and smaller actors.

I’m also an admin at Action Figure Maniacs, one of the wildest and most passionate toy communities on the planet. AFM is basically the Avengers Tower of collectors. People from all over the world gather to share photos, argue about articulation, complain about prices, hype new releases, and create some of the most creative toy content out there. Being part of that team means I get to help the community grow, push collabs, hype artists, and cheer on every photographer who turns plastic into magic.

So this is my world. Toy photography, humor, chaos, realism, escapism, and pure geek love all mixed together. Welcome in. Grab a seat. Just don’t touch the figures. They’re in very sensitive poses.