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From Classroom to Creator: Bobby Vala’s Journey to Becoming a Toy Maker | Valaverse

In this special Valaverse YouTube video, Bobby Vala takes fans on a personal journey back to his school days, where his dream of becoming a professional toy maker began. Bobby shares how his passion for toys, creativity, and design started in his childhood and flourished during his time in school. Through hard work, determination, and an eye for detail, Bobby laid the foundation for his career, leading to the creation of Valaverse and its iconic Action Force toy line.

Bobby Vala’s School Journey to Becoming a Toy Maker
Did you know Bobby’s first major toy project wasn’t for a big company like Hasbro, but a school assignment? In this video, Bobby opens up about how he pursued his education in industrial design, focusing on how to bring imagination to life through toy creation. He discusses the challenges he faced as a student and the invaluable lessons he learned that would later shape his approach to designing some of the most collectible and beloved action figures on the market today.

The Batman Playset: Bobby’s First Toy Design
As part of his deep dive into his school days, Bobby proudly shows off the Batman Playset he designed and built as a school project. This stunning playset, inspired by the iconic Caped Crusader, is an impressive blend of creativity, functionality, and fan love. Bobby walks viewers through the design process, explaining how he envisioned and crafted each detail, from the Batcave to Gotham’s skyline. It’s a must-see for fans of Batman, aspiring toy makers, and collectors alike.

The Batman Playset is a testament to Bobby’s ingenuity, even in the early days of his career. While it never hit store shelves, it’s a fascinating glimpse into the origins of a toy designer who would go on to redefine the action figure industry with his innovative designs for Valaverse.

What You’ll Learn in This Video
Bobby Vala’s educational journey: Why he chose toy design and the impact of his studies.
The story behind the Batman Playset and its creative process.
How Bobby’s school projects helped shape the way he designs toys today.
Advice for aspiring toy makers looking to break into the industry.
Why Watch This Video?
Whether you’re a fan of Valaverse, a collector, or someone interested in toy design, this video offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the making of a toy designer. It’s filled with inspiration for anyone chasing their creative dreams, especially those who want to bring their childhood passions to life through design and art.

More About Bobby Vala and Valaverse
Bobby Vala is the creator of the Action Force toy line, known for its highly detailed, poseable action figures that have taken the collector’s market by storm. Before founding Valaverse, Bobby worked on some of the biggest toy brands in the world, including G.I. Joe, Marvel Legends, and more. Now, he’s sharing his journey to inspire a new generation of toy makers and collectors.

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Join us for this inspiring journey into Bobby Vala’s past, and discover how a school project helped pave the way for one of today’s most exciting toy creators. Watch now and be inspired to follow your dreams!

[warfidem]

One of the drawbacks of the toy industry is that you have to move to work there... that's why I didn't continue to pursue it. Thanks for sharing your work.

[thrrax]

Funny thing: I too designed a platypus back when I worked for an animation company. That platypus design later became the inspiration for Perry the Platypus.

[robertsinfiniterealms]

I can’t wait for the Valaverse panda line. 😂😂😂

This was cool. I really enjoyed it.

[greatgibby]

A lot of this stuff is very similar to what I did when I was getting my degree in graphic design at the Art Institute of Orange County. My Branding class had us doing a lot of that concept designing with layouts and showing our processes... It was a TON of fun! My dream job would have been to get into toy package design, but sadly I never found a job in it and now have been forced into early retirement due to going blind. Thankfully I still have lots of fun memories, all my projects (including a hand drawn FAO Schwarz shopping bag with a mixture of fairy tales as the theme). This video brought back a lot of those memories... Thanks for sharing your work with us and I look forward to everything you end up coming up with in the future! 😎👍

[Stygian]

I'm enjoying the consistency of these drops and that the topics are so varied. Keep these coming. Looking forward to news & reveals for wave 6 (hoping for more villains and vehicles) hopefully soon!

[omniriven]

This is oh so interesting, I love this video!

[DanielRodriguez-bvud]

That was so cool seeing how you come up.

[Anchor]

Thanks for sharing this behind the scenes look of your schooling and training, Bobby!

[subraxas]

20:32 - Lego had a toyline named 'Insectoids' in the late 1990s. It was sci-fi; a sub-theme and a faction from their long-running 'Space Theme'.

[Micanick]

Good back ground on toys I love your stuff not trying to suck up just true I'm really a WWII action figure guy but your sets are the best on the market so far just keep it up. I'm a old man 69 but still a kid at heart.

Valaverse should make and sell the Hairball game. My kids saw that and went nuts.

[sirguy]

Remember those famous Saturday morning commercial call outs “hey kids! Do you like X? Then you’ll love Y! “ - best marketing ever.

[AcesOfZeon]

Thank you for the story telling! I learned a lot of stuff!

[subraxas]

❤❤❤ 5:20 - I would love to have the platypus! ❤❤❤

[RichardHopeless]

This was a good video. That last piece, The Insectoids, with the blind bags and a ubiquitous joint system is really cool and innovative. The making of type of videos I think are the best you do. It's a lot like Four Horseman does with their stuff and is a positive way to build your community.

[TheBane]

@Valaverse the Egyptian Game looked awesome! I wish my middle school teacher didn’t keep the clay pyramid I made, with traps, sarcophagus, snakes, beetles, spiders, and a mummy, which I had made just for fun as extra credit! I spent so much time making it, and put so many details into each room, and everything was hand crafted in clay. I should’ve asked for it back, but my teacher had put it on display in his classroom, and I felt like it would be weird to ask for it back after that!
The playset for Ra’s’ Lazarus Pit would be awesome! Such an amazing concept! I don’t know how or why they passed on that! Easily would’ve sold a ton of units!
I know I’ve hassled you about a job several times, but I have 3 characters already thought up for your Action Force line, that I feel you would love! I just wish you’d let me pitch them to you! I know you keep saying you can’t for legal reasons! I just want to work for your company so badly! I really just want to write stories, either in comic or novel form format, for your characters and teams!

[Wurdenski]

Really enjoy how this channel has been evolving. At first I wasn’t a huge fan because you seemed pretty negative (might have just been the topics you were covering) but over time I’ve grown to really enjoy your content.

[saultricoche]

Very insightful wow that's challenging but very satisfactory great designs by the way, thank you for hearing to us the fan and for making videos sharing the tips & trade of how the Toy design industry works thanks agian Mr. Vala .
Much respect !

[edd]

Insectoids sounds cool man :) I'd buy that for a dollar!

[maxruan_toy]

As a toy design student（otis）, your videos are super inspiring! Thank you for sharing your passion and knowledge! Look forward to watching your videos every Saturday!😆