[shuttertalk]

Don't have a tilt shift lens but want to make your photos look like toy models? Well you can do it via post processing with the Tilt Shift Maker!

http://tiltshiftmaker.com/

Here's my try with one of my photos of the Rhine river in Germany (I think it was near Heidelberg)

[Rabid Penguin]

Here's one I tried with one of Jen's snapshots of Surfer's Paradise, Qld. Works quite well!

[Keith Alan]

To me this is a gimmick that pokes fun at highly skilled modellers who aren't "professional" photographers yet somehow manage to get both white balance and a valid focus-point correct most of the time.
I can assure you that many are enthusiastic about using Helicon to achieve better DOF and eliminate the "scale model look".