Hall was often asked after New Readings in Female Anatomy was shown, "When are you going to do something about the MALE body?". She often answered " Maybe when I find something about it I can take seriously". Invited to donate a piece to a local fund-raiser, Hall began to play with both this question and this answer.

A large series of BOYTOYS emerged- constructed from plaster casts and purchased plastic toys from the Dollar Store, they incorporated vehicles and tools and toy weapons, and were obviously "male". They were accompanied by "advertising" graphics, which Hall intended to incorporate in packaging for the toys. While humour often finds its way into Hall's work, she found she couldn't sustain her interest, or her sense of humour, and left the series incomplete. She keeps many of the "toys" in her bathroom cabinet, and gives others away to friends. In all ways, they represented "something to play with."