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… and very poor.

Paizo continues to rock!

kidrobot has it!

My Plastic Heart sold out, and they are restocking!

Noble Knight Games has it!

Panik’s Toy Box has it too!

UPDATE!

fugitive toys joins in

Not to be outdone by twin launch parties for the Hoodiez, check out the response to John Kovalic’s My Little Cthulhu.

Paizo is one of, if not the largest ecommerce site dedicated gaming. Check out their top 10 and take note of numbers 5, 8, and 9. sweet.

Yesterday it was PW, today there is an awesome story by Brian Howard in the CITYPAPER!

This Saturday I will be publicly launching my new toy company - Philly style. From 6-10pm at Rarebreed (15th and South) we will be celebrating the work of Carl Jones and the toys he designed for Dreamland Toyworks.

Come on down and join us or catch the show before it closes in May.

There will be original art by Carl. Canvases by local street artists Bob Will Reign, El Toro, and Nose G. There are also canvases tagged by local graff artists. There will also be a paper box (legally obtained mind you) stickered up by some of Philly’s best sticker artists.

Oh, and we got some coverage in Philadelphia Weekly.

This March the toys will arrive here in the USA. I am so psyched! To celebrate I will be co-hosting a launch party down at Rarebreed in March. I will post details as they become available.

The bad news is I broke my toe last Thursday.

The good news is that while I was resting my foot a package arrived from China with all of the prototypes for my toys!

You can see the images at the Dreamland Toyworks for both My Little Cthulhu and the Hoodiez.

For those that don’t want to click over, here are two of my favorites ….

The prototypes have arrived. More soon …

Over the summer I launched into a project which has helped me to realize one of my dreams - I have started a toy company.

It began as a crazy idea that led me to investigate all of the aspects of toy production. I an amazing series of events all of the pieces fell in to place one by one. I found a reliable factory that has manufactured some amazing toys that I actually own. The capital came together quickly. I found some fantastic artists and designers. (more on them in a bit) I made some great contacts in distribution … one of whom is an old friend. It turns out that we have a member of the family with business partners who can go to the factory and make inspections as needed.

The most amazing part are the designers I am working with. I can only write about two of them - Carl Jones and John Kovalic.

John Kovalic

John is the creator of Dork Tower and illustrator of some very cool games - Chez Geek, Munchkin, Kobolds Ate My Baby, etc.

He is an amazing cartoonist and an icon in gamer culture.

He is designing toys inspired by the works of H.P.Lovercraft. We’re not talking scary vile toys. His designs are a mash up that results in a satirical twist on both Lovecraft’s tales of horror and popular kid’s toys and cartoons.

Carl Jones

Carl is one of the producers of the hit cartoon The Boondocks. He also illustrates the daily comic strip of the same name. His work is absolutely amazing. He has designed five original characters for a line we are calling Hoodiez (TM and all that). Together we are bringing his hip-hop inspired vision back to the Urban Vinyl movement.

As soon as I have picture of actual toys I will definitely post them here.

I can’t wait until I can see my toys out in the real world - in stores, online, and on the shelves and in the cubes of people that love them as much as i do.