Mono Wave Is Live!

The extra day was just what we needed to get everything ready for you guys, thanks again for being so cool about the delay- REFRESH the store!

Especially designed to coincide with this release, Marcus and I are excited to introduce the latest entry into our Glyos gaming library- GLYOIDS!

After our trip up to Funspot with Phil Reed last month, we both started talking about how much we loved the hyper basic play value of the Golden Age (late 70's - early 80's) video games. The 1979 Atari classic Asteroids was a topic that we kept going back to, and its design and mechanics just made perfect sense to tie it in with the monochromatic nature of what we had on tap.

Designed to be a fun, simple way to virtually play with your Rig (Rig Training Simulator to be exact), Glyoids is the physical manifestation of something I actually used to dream of doing when I was young, that being to control something in a game that acts like one of my favorite toys. I used to pretend that the little ship in Asteroids was one of my guys flying his special prototype cruiser around, blasting debris that was heading for his space colony. I did the same thing when I played Space Invaders, Defender, Vanguard, Pac Man, Galaxian, Galaga and every other game that had those basic vibes. I want to thank Marcus once again for making another childhood dream come true. Simple as it is, I can't stop playing Glyoids and my inner 7 year old is psyched about it (so is the 37 year old)!

Another interesting note that I had not mentioned yet is that all the black in this wave is a little "smoother" looking than previous rounds of black. Everything still matches up nice as far as the hue, just that the consistency has a unique look and feel to it. I personally love the black PVC and it's always neat to notice the little differences from production run to production run. Thought some of you who are into those minor details would get a kick out this observation.

Marcus note: The game was fun to work on, and I hope we captured some of that vintage vibe... glitches and all. I was inspired by Matt's love for working within restricted systems to push creativity, and really enjoyed trying to build a game with no color or gradients. This one is strictly old school- no unlocking hidden pages or plastic, just a race to the highest score. It's also just a taste- we'll introduce more play modes over time. Thanks as always to everyone that supports the silly things we do!

Hint: While playing Glyoids, click each part of the rig, both the main body and each arm to swap the parts around. Who needs accurate hit detection when you have... Tank Mode!

Glyos Catches Mono, The Rest Of Us Get The Flu

Slightly knocked off course at the start of the week thanks to a wretched flu* that hit the household here pretty hard. I guess that I should not abuse poor Pheyden or I'll bring on the wrath of the Toy Lords again. Thankfully we are all feeling good enough to get back to it, so the next few days will see a few rounds of updates, showing some new builds that take advantage of the black, white and gray parts.

Most importantly are the assortment specifics, so here we go:

Gendrones (RESTOCK)
-White
-Black
-Gray
-GITD Green
-Clear Colorless

Axis Joints (RESTOCK)
-White
-Black
-Gray
-GITD Green
-Clear Colorless

Phase Arms/Gobon Blasters (RESTOCK)
Will be sold as single sets (one Phase Arm, one Gobon Blaster per set)
-White
-Black
-Gray
-GITD Green
-Clear Colorless

Gobon
-White -First time in this style!

Travelers and Sincroids
This one was tough to choose for the method of release, but it makes the most sense to offer the figures in their solid color form to make getting the parts you guys need easier without having to always buy 3 guys to make one color.

-Black Govurom w/bonus Pheyden head
-White Exellis w/bonus Govurom head
-Gray Sarvos w/bonus Phanost head

Extra Sets
Continuing the efforts to keep options easy and relatively cheap, we will be offering extra sets instead of the Echo Morph this time.

-White Extra Set -Sarvos chest, Sarvos pelvis, Sarvos head, Phanost head and Command Scar Pheyden Head with painted eyes (black)
-Black Extra Set -Sarvos chest, Sarvos pelvis, Sarvos head, Phanost head and Scar Pheyden head with painted eyes (gray)
-Gray Extra Set -Pheyden chest, Pheyden pelvis, Pheyden head, Govurom head and Scar Pheyden head with painted eyes (white)

Black Rig

Gray Armodoc

We have decided not to spring anything on you guys as far as additional offerings this time, but we are working on a mini project that hopefully will be ready to roll when we release this weekend. Final drop date will be announced tomorrow by the end of the day, but it will either be Saturday night or Sunday night, depending on how we all hold up.

Hope this list helps clarify things! Thanks for hanging in there through the latest attack on our health!

*No contaminated parts will leave the house...

Mono Wave Sneak

New stuff is on track for the end of this coming week. Black, gray and white across the boards as well as a few surprises in the mix.

I've been building like crazy and having a lot of fun continuing the Glyanaut construction patterns. These basic colors seem plain at first, but once combined they are probably my all time favorite ones to build with. Something about the simplicity brings me back to my youth. Snake Eyes, Storm Troopers, Clawtron (ha!) and of course Darth Vader all represent the most basic of color styles just to name a few.

Our little guys will never reach those iconic levels of design, but it is fun to play in the shadows cast by the old masters. Plus, I can finally make the triple colored Command Pheyden that appeared on this blog back in 2008, the original of which I had to leave in China for a paint master on one of my trips there. More pics will begin rolling out tomorrow as well as the assortment details for the Mono Wave!

Space Glyoid Scorpikoma

A little story has been starting to form involving these "Glyoid" characters. I imagine that at one point this mean looking red and black Glyoid was partnered with the white Glyoid from earlier posts. That they actually shared a form together and became separated during a mission, each thinking the other had perished. In time they each evolved, one becoming more aggressive and the other continuing to follow its primary programming, that being the exploration of alien worlds and the preservation of peace in Glyos..

I also wanted to see if I could combine a little Shirow with some Zeroid aesthetics and see what happened. The end result is an evil Robot from Lost in Space fused with a Tachikoma from Ghost in the Shell. Those Axis Joints make transformations a lot more interesting than before, at least from a building perspective.

Glyoids

Continuing with the classic sci-fi aesthetic, this build is a take on the vintage 1977 Zeroid design. It featured a different look than the first Zeroids, sporting a clear dome and simplified internal construction. The coolest version of the dome head Zeroid was the one that came with the Star Hawk flying saucer. Just an awesome toy with a tried and true, old school theme: Robots piloting U.F.O.s.