The Story of Toon Santa(tm)
If you grew up in the 70's in North America, you probably spent some quality hours in December watching the Rankin/Bass stop motion classics such as the Christmas Television Favorites Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudoph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and a Year without a Santa Claus (and a selection of more religious programming). The Rankin/Bass vision did not seem to translate well into the era of computer animation. Meshbox Design created Toon Santa and friends with stop motion, claymation and modern techniques to create a new style that captures the warmth of the '70s era.

Toon Santa is our humble offering - a warm, friendly and uncomplicated holiday character in the same spirit as those original stop motion characters - and bring it to the world of Poser.

Toon Santa was first released for Poser in 2001, with several intermediary releases until he received a complete retrofit in 2006.

In 2005, the simple joy of Toon Santa found its way to the Norad Santa website - NORAD is the government agency that tracks Santa's route each Christmas. We are happy to see that at the release of Toon Santa's Christmas Village in 2008, Toon Santa is still waving in new friends to their website.

When you license Toon Santa 2009, you get all the previous releases from 2006 onward- 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. If you purchased Toon Santa 2008 after July 1, 2009, you automatically qualify for a free upgrade to Toon Santa 2009!

Toon Santa 2009 (the Gray Ice Mountain Santa)

• Light Gray Santa - He's got a light gray "ice mountain" colored outfit with a "lengthen" morph edge
• Ushanka Hat Prop - Fluffy white Russian style fur cap for wintery slopes
• Snowball Prop - A simple snowball for throwing
• Ski Poles Props - Bright Red Ski Poles
• Skis Prop - A pair of yellow skis to go along with the poles
• Toon Santa's Ski Goggles - Protective glass ski goggles
• 6 Ice Mountain Related Poses - Hit by Snowball, Look Distant, Ski Accident, Ski Jump, Ski Push, Throwing Snowball, Zero (reset)
• 1 New Body Dial - Select Toon Santa's Hip joints and easily lengthen the edge of his coat

Toon Santa 2008 (the Blue Conductor Santa)

• Dark Blue Santa - He's got the deep blue coat of a traditional European style train conductor
• Conductor's Cap Prop - Gold plated, blue conductor's cap
• Conductor's Lamp Prop - An old style train lamp for outside use
• Toon Santa's Glasses Prop - A new pair of gold rimmed glasses
• Toon Santa's Pocket Watch - Every conductor needs an accurate pocketwatch
• 6 Conductor Related Poses - Tipping Hat, Holding Out Lamp (side), Holding Out Lamp (front), Looking at Pocket Watch, Putting on Glasses, Calling Out
• 2 New Face Dials - LongBeard adjusts the frontal length of Toon Santa's Beard, ShortBeard adjusts the sides and distance from the jawline. Shorter bearded Toon Santa looks great in his blue uniform

Toon Santa 2007(the Golden King of the North Pole Santa)

• Gold Santa - King of the North Pole. Toon Santa now has a gold outfit.
• Jeweled, Golden Crown Prop - As king of the North Pole, he sometimes has to wear a traditional crown
• Guitar Prop - You knew he could play, didn't you?
• 2 Playing and Singing Poses - Two playing and singing poses for Toon Santa for use with Toon Santa's guitar
• Pipe Prop - Yes, Santa still has a bad habit or two
• Smoking Pose - a pose to go along with his new pipe prop

Toon Santa 2006 (Classic Red Santa)

• Refreshed and refined geometry with separate .obj and joint limits
• New! Displacement maps on fringe, moustache, beard and eyebrows make Toon Santa 2006 the puffiest Santa yet!
• New! Now Daz Mimic compatible!
• New! Toon Santa has hands! He isnt stuck any longer with only his big mittens.
• New! Separate OBJs of hat and gloves
• New! Included .gifs of UV maps, allowing you to tweak Toon Santa to fit your needs!
• New Face Dials: Surprise, Blink (left, right), Lbrow Up & Down, Rbrow Up & Down, Brows Up & Down, OpenLips, Mouth F, Mouth M, Mouth O, Blink, smile