Toy Machine
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Toy Machine is a skateboarding company started by Ed Templeton in 1993.[1] The Toy Machine brand is housed under the Tum Yeto distribution company. It is stated that Ed couldn't decide on a name, either "Toy skateboards" or "Machine skateboards", friend and fellow professional skateboarder Ethan Fowler suggested the combination of the two.
Current as of July 2011, the official Toy Machine team consists of professionals Ed Templeton, Austin Stephens, Diego "the Butcher" Bucchieri, Billy Marks, Josh Harmony, Johnny Layton, Leo Romero, Matt Bennett, Collin Provost the newest prp and amateurs Jordan Taylor and Daniel Lutheran.[2]
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- Live! was released in 1994.[3] Featured riders include Charlie Coatney, Ed Templeton, Ethan Fowler, Jahmal Williams, Jerry Fowler, Joe Nemeth, Panama Dan, Pete Lehman, and Thomas Campbell.
- Heavy Metal was released in 1995.[4] Featured riders include Ed Templeton, Jamie Thomas, Josh Kalis, Panama Dan, and Satva Leung.
- Welcome to Hell was released in 1996.[5] Notable featured riders include Elissa Steamer, Ed Templeton, Donny Barley, Mike Maldonado , and Jamie Thomas. Chad Muska's part was edited out right before the premiere, due to him inking a deal with Shorty's Skateboards the day of the premiere.[citation needed] It included a segment from Zero Skateboards.
- Jump Off A Building was released in 1998. It featured all known Toy faces like already in Welcome to Hell but also included a lot of new young Skateboarders like Bam Margera, and Kerry Getz.
- Good and Evil, Toy Machine's fifth video, premiered October 22, 2004, at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, California.[6] Riders featured are Ed Templeton, Diego Bucchieri, Austin Stephens, Billy Marks, and with breakout parts from Josh Harmony, Johnny Layton, and Matt Bennett. Coming after a few years of exiting riders and a stint where the only people on the team were Ed and Austin, Good & Evil came out and won Transworld Skateboarding Magazine's 'Video of the Year.'[citation needed]
- Suffer The Joy premiered November 9, 2006 at The Art Theater in Long Beach, CA.[7][8] Notable riders include all riders from Good & Evil and including a breakout part from Nick Trapasso.[9]
- Brainwash premiered October 26, 2010 at The Gaslamp in Long Beach, CA.[10] A promotional video, the 6.5 video release includes all past riders from Suffer The Joy and also Leo Romero, Daniel Lutheran, Jordan Taylor, and Collin Provost. The video was released on iTunes and DVD on November 8, 2010.[11]
- Tour videos: Sucking the Life (2003), Bezerker (2003), Lurk Fest (2008), and The Subhumans (2011).
