toy or art?

:: VINYL-PAUSE ::i've read it somewhere (or izzit my own overflowing brainbile?) that vinyl is the new canvas. ~ and of coz we be talking about vinyl-figures/toys here, innit? and mayhap that statement/expression is valid, if but for the artists that works on them ... and tis something that seems poised (or already have) to overwhelm the mass culture-consciousness (as opposed to niche/