Superfun Console

The Avalanches

Music · 2026

Trade Arts made the physical Superfun Console for The Avalanches, working with Henry King Creative. A retro-futurist campaign prop, painted and assembled in the workshop.

Blue Superfun console with its cartridge and both green controllers on the Trade Arts workshop bench

The physical console and both controllers in the workshop, before the final campaign cartridge artwork.

The brief

A physical console prop for The Avalanches’ Superfun campaign. Trade Arts was brought on by Henry King Creative to make the console and controllers as objects that could be photographed and handled.

From print parts to paint

The original print models show the console shell, fascia, cartridge and controller components. The workshop photographs follow those separate pieces through painting and assembly into the finished prop.

Built for handling

We pulled apart old Xbox controllers and reused their joystick mechanisms inside the custom controllers. Magnets let the cartridge click into place and the controller cords click into the console.

Integrated lighting and an internal rechargeable battery completed the build. The fascia is held by six magnets and removes to give access to the battery for the green indicator light, keeping the components accessible while retaining the console’s clean external form.

Colour and assembly

The blue shell, pale fascia and green-and-red controllers were finished as individual components before assembly. The small buttons, joysticks and coloured details are visible throughout the making sequence below.

Campaign photography: Dean Podmore. Workshop photographs and process frames: Trade Arts.

01 — Original print models

Rhino Arctic view of the original Superfun console print model, with shell, fascia and cartridge
Original console print model, shown in Rhino Arctic view.
Rhino Arctic view of the original Superfun controller print model
Original controller print model, shown in Rhino Arctic view.

02 — Painting and assembly

Individual Superfun controller components and buttons arranged in the paint booth
Individual components during paint preparation and finishing.
A hand airbrushing the blue Superfun console shell in the paint booth
Airbrushing the console shell in the Trade Arts paint booth.
Painted blue console shell, separate fascia and a tray of controller components on the assembly bench
The painted shell, removable fascia and small components before assembly.
Finished green and red Superfun controller with blue joystick and coloured buttons
The assembled controller, with its painted components and attached cord.

03 — From workshop to campaign

The finished Superfun console, cartridge and both controllers packed in protective foam
The console and controllers packed in protective foam.
The Superfun console and a person holding a controller in the blue-lit Avalanches campaign photograph
The finished prop in The Avalanches’ campaign. Photograph: Dean Podmore. Published credit ↗
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