Toy Machine Skateboards was started by Ed Templeton circa 1993. Top skate talent include legends such as Chad Muska, Jamie Thomas, Bam Margera, Kerry Getz, Brian Anderson . Toy Machine artwork is famous throughout the industry, being just one creative output of Ed Templeton, who is also a celebrated artist and photographer in his own right. The iconic Toy machine monster logo has been around since day one and shows no sign of going away. It was either machine skateboards or toy skateboards. Huh? Yeah thats where Toy Machine came from.