The Bah'glenn

Recently our friend, Chris "The Bah'glenn" Negri came up to visit and spend some time sculpting and developing his Canne'boids custom figures in the mess that is known as our upstairs.

For those of you unfamiliar with Chris, he is an artist and customizer operating out of Long Island, New York and has been heavy into collecting toys of all kinds for the majority of his life. The toys he played with fueled his imagination (Chris has a freakishly rich one) leading him to build his "Creature World" stories and characters, which were all from "Planet Slauria".

While we were upstairs in the studio I was lucky enough to get some time with all of his sketchbooks and I have to say I was astonished by the depth of creativity within them. Chris has a simplified drawing style that may not be the most technically advanced, but it has heaps of soul and is very clearly defined. There are pages and pages of extremely detailed descriptions, both written and illustrated, of just about every aspect of Creature World and its inhabitants.
Very inspiring stuff. So inspiring, that I asked Chris if I could take a run at drawing some of his monstrosities as well as his more recent creations such as the Canne'boids and Alien Mercenaries. He was kind enough to allow me to have some fun.

Chris eventually sculpted some of our fused concepts and heated up the results in his little oven that he lovingly referred to as "Old Red".

It was a great time and I came away from the visit very impressed by the amount of pure dedication Chris has to his creations. He makes stuff because he really loves to, and that was pretty cool to see.

Thanks for coming to the house Chris, and double thanks for the spark of inspiration your work brought out in me.

Long Live Slauria!

Mercenary Alert

The freight is ready to ship! See more elves at work over at callgrim.com!

Pappysoup Rides Again

The mysterious and legendary (at least in our household) Pappysoup has finally returned from his covert operations and hits the ground running with an all new entry into his ongoing MT-01 saga!

Head over to pappysoup.com and check out his "short report" called Heavy Casualties, which catches us up with the battle hardened Gendrones of the MT Unit and their hard boiled leader, MT-01.

Pappysoup and I have collaborated on multiple Glyos related projects in the past (check out the sidebar on his blog), so getting the chance to do it again makes me extremely excited for what's to come. With his incredible imagination Pappy adds a unique dimension to the spinning of these tales.

Great to have you back Papioca!

Mercenary Alert

Jesse continues to work like a savage elf over at Rawshark Central.
Seeing those "skahves" gives me flashbacks to the Ayosire drop.
I had black fingers for a month.
I think Jesse will have them for life.

The Holiday Phase

 The Four Horsemen strike again with an all new Galactic Holiday Edition of the OSM Waves 3 and 4!
Packed with vac-metallized helmets (and certain weapons) featuring two special holiday themed tints (available in multiple options), these suckers really pop when you get them in hand. They are currently available at StoreHorsemen.com!

Mel's babies roll on!

Mercenary Alert

Check out Jesse's report from the shop over at Callgrim.blogspot.com!

More importantly, Happy Birthday to Jesse and our own Michelle (both December 7th). The big 4-0 for Jesse and 42 for Michelle! I'm the young fool at 38! Ha!

Runners and Hoppers

Customizing will be fun in 2012.

Ni's New Stuff

Our buddy Ni has a new round of custom craziness going live today, December 2nd, at 3PM EST.

Looking freshly painted (I think I can smell the Monster Kolor through the computer) and ready to roll, Ni continues to impress with his attention to detail and cool color combos. 

Packing Out the OMFG

Should have almost all of the OMFG out the door by Saturday afternoon.Thanks again to everyone who has shown their support for this unique project. I've said it before, but I love seeing something like this come together.

Back to it!

OMFG Shipping

Starts tomorrow and will continue into the weekend.

Good luck to Marcus on his trip! Have fun over there, 11!

A Tribe Called Glyos

Hey guys! Marcus here. I wanted to say thanks for all the positive feedback for the OMFG media and make note that they have been added to the archives: Ralph's gorgeous OMFG comic is on the sidelines here and you can find the Project: OMFG Passcode at the select screen.

In other news, I am headed overseas tomorrow to tour Europe with a new band! I will join Latin rockers Mr. Kowalksy on a 3-week adventure hitting Germany, Switzerland and France. Expect to see a few random blog posts of Pheyden crowd-surfing to strange new places... and if we're lucky, maybe a certain Bruno Orbit dude will show up in some pics...

Destroy Babylon (my band of 10+ years) will continue strong next year, but Matt and I also have some fun projects on tap for 2012. Thanks as always to everyone involved in the Glyos Community. To spend everyday of my life making music, art and toys with great friends and family is all I could ever ask for. I'll miss everyone (especially my beautiful wife Heidi) and cannot wait to jump back into it in January!!

OMFG! Extra!

It's a little bit late, but new content for tonight's OMFG! launch is ready to go, thanks to the combined talents of Marcus and Ralph!

You can checkout an all new Mini Passcode with some special interactive goodies put together by 8-Bit mastermind Marcus as well as a crazy brand new comic by the one and only Ralph Niese.
Both of these are connected in celebration of the OMFG! project and feature some sneak peeks into what's in store for January over here.

Special thanks to George and Ayleen of October Toys for spearheading the OMFG! project and  pushing to make it a reality. We are already excited for Wave 2!

OMFG! is LIVE!

OMFG! is LIVE: onelldesign.com/store (refresh!)

Edit: Stealth Glyan MK II has been added to the store as well!

Come back around 10pm for some fun extra content!

OMFG! A Wrasslin' Castle

OMFG! Stones Throw

OMFG! -The Phantom Outhouse!

The product of artist Kyle Thye (designer) and our old collaborating brojack Ralph Niese (sculptor), the Phantom Outhouse (or Shithouse) is probably the most insane of the first 5 OMFG! in terms of concept and execution.

Directly from Kyle:
  
My thoughts for the Phantom Shithouse's back story is that a backwoods part of the Ozark's where greedy corporations started dumping their toxic waste also happened to be inhabited by a hillbilly family. The toxic waste leeched into their water supply and food creating some pretty unusual trips to the outhouse. Eventually the bacteria and toxic "waste" created a symbiotic hive mentality and uprooted from the hole, taking the outhouse right with them to exact revenge on corporate greed and any who dare stand in its stinky wake!

Kyle is also responsible for the above illustration, showing what happens when Travelers don't flush. Thank you to Kyle and Ralph for bringing this hilarious pile of wood and poo to life!

Turkey Time!

Happy Thanksgiving from our Outhouse to yours!

Spectral Fumes

From the Monsterforge!

Charles "Monsterforge" Marsh, creator and sculptor of the OMFG!'s Multiskull and all around powerhouse of talent has created the above illustration to add to the OMFG! action this week! It looks like Aves Exellis is about to get his clock cleaned by a much cooler looking and flat out nastier opponent!

From Monsterforge himself:

The story behind Multiskull is that he's an amalgamation of the spirits of warriors slain in battle... he draws his power from all the dead killed throughout the history of armed combat-- both on Earth and beyond (hence the oddly sized skulls that are present in the figure). He uses the skulls of the dead to constitute a physical form.  When a part of his "body" is damaged or destroyed he summons another skull (or skulls) from some forgotten battlefield nearby.  He's a darn hard sucker to kill because there's never a shortage of death and destruction in the universe.  He's neither good nor bad.... he's just this steaming pile of anger and resentment that has taken a physical form.

Seeing a toy represented in some kind of action scene always made me want that figure that much more. Charles has cemented Multiskull's place in my pocket for the immediate future with this illustration.
Thank you Charles! 

The OMFG! Cometh

The Outlandish Mini Figure Guys! will invade the Glyos System this Friday, November 25th at 9PM EST.
$12 USD per 5 figure set, bagged with a header card. Color matched to a certain big headed space traveler, the run is in the barn and ready to ship the first week of December.

We are beyond excited to be part of such a unprecedented project. Massive congratulations to all the artists involved in putting this whole thing together!

These chunky little guys feel awesome in hand and really capture the pure intent of just making something that's fun -for all the right reasons.

More pics over the next few days!

EDIT: I tweaked the photo a bit to represent the true color a little better. These dudes mess with your peepers under the light! The hue is just about identical to the lighter Standard Pheydens we have run in the past. Without detail lines it appears even lighter, like a muted Robin's egg.

TGIF OMFG

WARPED MINDS UNITE!

Head over to Callgrim.com now to check out the all new DRT Warp Bike Sets!
A ton of energy and effort were put into the development of these mechanical mongrels and we spent many hours together trying to get all the aspects to line up just right.
Jesse is one of the most creative and talented human beings I have ever been lucky enough to know and being able to make things together is something I never take for granted. I hope that bond shows through in the work.
You did it, Dinty, and I can't wait for the next one.

Pocket Poll

As we all get ready for the Callgrim WARP Bike drop later today, I was thinking it might be fun to check out who is being carried around (if anybody is doing it) in your collective pockets.

I've been attached to the Sincroid configured Glyaxia guys in the above picture and also the White Skull Sincroid also shown above. The Glyaxia color scheme has that Commander Rann vibe happening a little more than usual in Sincroid mode, so I think that's the draw for me.

Before this batch it was the metallic green Argen in Rig Killer mode, but that was a bit much to have wedged in my pants.
Wedge+Pants=Bad.

Galactic Clarity

We were lucky to get an early set of the new Outer Space Men figures over here and they are absolutely beautiful. The paint has been applied with precision and the clear helmets are simply knockouts. Once you put the new figures with the last Infinity Edition assortment the entire scope of the line becomes clearer.

Our hats go off to Mel and the Four Horsemen for putting such energy into making these classics come back to life. We are getting so close to completing the entire original series roster that I'm personally starting to feel like a little kid at Christmas thinking about the possibilities! Come on Colossus Rex!

5-OHH - July 11th 1994 - November 15th 2011

 

On November 15th my sister Megan put to rest her cat of 17 years, 5-OHH.

If you have ever spent any time with Megan, then you most likely spent time with 5-OHH. She was one of the friendliest and most loving creatures we have ever had in our family and she will be deeply missed.

A lot of you know that my sister has played a big part in keeping things moving over here. Without her dedication and endless assistance, I'm certain that I would still be shipping things from 4 years ago.

The passing of 5-OHH marks the end of an era and the start of a brand new one for Megan and I know 5-OHH will always be just over her shoulder, making sure things go her way.
We'll never forget you Fivey.

Old Tricks

More back story on the development of the WARP Bike
over at the Callgrim blog!

Mercenary Alert

More details about Jesse's upcoming WARP Bike launch

are up over at blog.callgrim.com!

11-11-11 Callgrim Returns

Today brings the biggest Mercenary Alert yet: Callgrim finally gets his ride, and with a full production Custom Corps paint job! Check out Jesse's all new vinyl toy, the Warp Bike, right now at callgrim.com! More news as it leaks!

Huge congratulations Gimli! This one has been a long time coming.

11-11-11 Nistuff

Rolling with the days events, the Long Island creative machine known as Nistuff drops some all new customs over on his 481 Universe site shortly at 3 PM EST. Today marks the first official online release of Ni's Anomalies figures in their full PVC production versions- which were made in our Glyos factory in China.

Congratulations from all of us here Ni! You did it! Keep your eyes on this guy, he has a lot in store for 2012.

11-11-11 OSM

The Four Horsemen prepare for the next OSM Visitation today, making the all new fully painted Infinity Editions of Waves 3 and 4 available today, 11/11/11, at 11:11 EST for pre-order at Storehorsemen.com!

Combining the classic character design of the legendary Mel Birnkrant with the unparalleled talents of the FH, this new round of the Outer Space Men continues to fulfill every true OSM fan's dream of finally completing the original lineup. Package photography created by Mel himself! This is going to be a killer set.

Mercenary Alert

Start your engines...