Convergence

All of us here would like to personally thank George and Ayleen over at Toy Break for setting up and activating a brand new official Glyos section in their forum. We are beyond lucky to have friends like these two. Head over to www.octobertoys.com/forum, take a minute to register, then join up for what should be a lot of fun and an easy way to communicate with each other. George and Ayleen, thanks again for dragging us cavemen into the modern world!

Average Intelligence

Our friends over at the Average Intelligence Podcast invited us to call in tonight for their show on favorite toys of the past...

"This week is our dedicated toy episode where we'll be discussing our fondest childhood toy memories, the jump from "playing with toys" to "admiring collectibles", and having our guest Matt Doughty of Onell Design, creator of the independent toy line "The Glyos System". Either listen live starting at 7 PM Eastern where you can call in at 347-237-4846. or listen on demand at your leisure begining at 8 PM."

Big thanks to Nate and Gary for the opportunity to chat.

Mercenary Alert

Updates at Callgrim.com.

Deployed

Just about every Custom Corps order has been shipped and should start showing up at their various destinations over the next few days. Just a few last packages to finish up and then I may go into a mini coma. Thanks again for making what was just an experiment into something solid. The next Custom Corps is already under construction......

Kaiju Blasphemy Show

Resin casting madman, KiLL! , put together a custom show recently out in Arizona that centered on his Godamnit vinyl figure. KiLL! got some great contributions for the show and we were very honored to participate. Since two of the little Godamnit figures showed up I had some more options to build. The tinkering resulted in one strange beast! A new creation, Killroth, was born from two Godamnit figures,a bunch of sacrificial Pheydens and six tubes of compound. I tried to blend KiLL!'s style with my own to put a fun twist on our two weird worlds. Killroth can move at the shoulders, elbows, knees and has a secret movable "pelvic jaw" (I know, gross). I think he might be the product of a Madball that married an Inhumanoid, who then gave birth to Killroth in a galactic sewer. Double gross. Big thanks go out to KiLL! for the chance to make some new stuff! Check out his website www.killgraffiti.com for some truly original hand cast resin.

Conversion Rate

Well, that was insane. Huge thanks to everyone who grabbed one of the Custom Corps Wave. I learned quite a bit over the past few days and was reminded again how incredible all of your support is. The final count was double what I had projected and I've been going like a lunatic putting everything together. Because of the extra figures, I won't be shipping until Wednesday so that I can mix all the figures up fairly before the packing begins. I have just a few more to complete before that happens. All the completed figures have been photographed and documented and at some point will be posted. In the interim, here's a few shots from the assortment. Thanks again to all of you for making our latest madness a lot of fun.

Enlistment

The special Custom Corps section is open. I put together a few subsets in this crazy assortment. You may get a Lost Sincroid Soldier, any number of strange Govuroms or a super rare version of Phanost or Sarvos in a mysterious black bag. All the figures have a hand cast, hand painted head attached to a customized production PVC body. Let's see how this little experiment works out.

Mercenary Alert

The Sentry Sarvos are back in stock at Callgrim's Shop.

Now is your chance to grab some if you missed them the first time.

Limited stock on hand!

Raw Materials

A few more to go...

Go! Figure and the RocketTubes

Our friends over at Go! Figure recently had a chat with us about the state of affairs here in the Glyos System. Big thanks to Ebonhorn for putting together some original questions and being someone who has truly supported us since we started this craziness. We also wanted to shine a light on Microbry's RocketTubes for his in depth review of Buildman Ranic. Thanks for the solid feedback Bry, it's greatly appreciated. One last note, the custom wave is super close, just have a few more guys to finish up....

New Breed

Custom painted figures with hand cast urethane heads are almost ready....

Mercenary Alert

Updates at Callgrim.com.

The Classifieds

It has been one insane last month. We attended NYCC then set up at Toy Fair one week after that. Got to finally meet some of you guys in person (Roy, Nate, Ray, Chris, Phil and Con just to name a few)! Saw all our New York friends and family and had some funny adventures in that amazing city. After a week of catching up we are ready to start on the road to SDCC this summer. To get things kicked off for March the store (remember to refresh) will be getting the mysterious Wave 5 of Pheyden and Exellis in individual and set options. The Craywave special is also back as well. Thanks to all of you, Buildman sold well (and out) with new colors on the horizon. The Phase Arm/Gobon Blasters are very close to shipping. Some more Sucklord crossover action is also on deck as well as a collaboration with the painting genius that is Matt Walker of Dead Presidents. Been thinking about doing a special run of hand cast Govurom heads using the new chest (with the extra hole in the back) and custom parts. Maybe a Warp Zone thing. Speaking of Warp Zones, our resident 8-bit artist and Passcode programming machine, Marcus, has whipped up another challenge over to your right. Who is that big Armodoc guy? And where the hell is Gobon? Soon the assortment will be complete. On one final note I wanted to personally thank the infamous Doctor Kent for putting together the Fans Of Pheyden blog. It is beyond humbling to see the amount of effort that the Doc has put into his collection and his archiving of the Glyos line. John, you are an actual mad scientist and I love your take on the figures and their worlds. And finally, a gigantic thanks goes out to all you guys that keep this engine rolling with your awesome support, you all allow us the chance to continue following this path.

New Blood

The official launch of Callgrim.com is here. For those of you that could not make the NYCC, the new limited edition Red Guardian Pheyden and Sentry Sarvos figures are now available through Rawshark Studios Online Store. We are all extremely excited and very proud to see Jesse make Callgrim.com a reality. Cool things are coming...

NYCC Booth #2351

We are at the New York Comic Con at booth #2351 with Rocket North and Raw Shark Studios. Come by and check out tons of new and exclusive stuff!

Buildman Operational

Buildman, something that has been a true mixture of fun and hell at the exact same time. After a year and a bit of trying to nail this guy down the time has finally arrived. Consisting of nineteen separate parts to go crazy with, Buildman opens up new possibilities for customizing your own creations. As a special thanks to everyone for their endless patience, Buildman Ranic will be offered at $8 out of the gates. I hope this makes things a little easier to tinker with in these hard economic times. Thanks a million to all that have supported the journey of the Buildman, you kept us going and are the backbone of what we do. Don't forget to look around for the secret stores- can you decipher the passcode?

Lookout

Incoming...

Eighty to Four

Jesse Moore and I were recently lucky enough to participate in the special artist's sketch card sub-series for the next round of Star Wars collector cards from Topps. I did four, the animal Jesse did about eighty. Big thanks to the Sucklord for the hook up and Dave Waldeck at Topps for the cool project. Make sure to keep your eyes peeled for a ton of other artists from our community appearing in this set.