Its name is a damned mouthful! The Zorennor Exploration Division Crayboth Senyrith
is named such, I believe, because Onell Design honcho Matt Doughty is
likely a sharp tack who wants to remind me just how bad I am with naming
things. Oh sure, I say I'm bad with names, but this proves it--
I am devoid of creativity. While I realize this isn't exactly a
well-thought-out review, at four bucks, you really ought to get one.
Well, not this one, as it's sold out. Go get another one if you can,
because it's eBay or bust for the Zorennor Exploration Division Crayboth
at this point. As they're cheap and trickled out slowly, these are
repaints I always look forward to seeing. I hope they make more, and I really
hope that Onell makes other similar squat minifigures in this exact
style. When I fantasize about designing my own action figure line,
they're pretty much exactly like this in terms of construction, so it's
wonderful to see someone out there make a small, durable, cheap toy
that's fun to mess with.
While Glyos figures like Comrado Sarvos
form a line of many similar figures, they're all pretty fun and neat.
There aren't a lot of internet-exclusive direct-to-consumer figure
lines, so it's hard to be too grumpy over the fact that there are lots
and lots of repaints in this line. Particularly since the designers
throw in bonus parts, this figure is Sarvos (the round head with big
black eyes) but if you don't like it? There's a Phanost head, which is a
rocky creature with a pretty amazing paint job, covered in cracks.
If you don't have any of these yet, Callgrim The Order Triton is worth a look-- heck, they all are pretty good, and the one mold has so many configurations and colors that I'd say it's worth grabbing a couple if you're already on board with the Cult of Glyos. There's a story which plays out on the Callgrim web pages, but if someone just hands you a figure all you have to go from is a nifty toy with a trading card. The rest is pretty much up to you.
New toys! The Callgrim Shop has Deluxe Real Type Hexxer ($40, 38 parts), a massive-looking Deluxe Real Type Wraith ($200, 16-piece vinyl figure), and a pair of T-Shirts ($15 a whack) that you need to see. Trust me. See what's still there!
During the last sale, the Onell Design drop was packed with surprise items that sold out very quickly. Rather than lose them to the ages, I took a bunch of pictures and you can see what you missed, oh you lucky people of tomorrow! (That's it on the left. The film strip looking thing.) New surprises include an AWESOME new Crayboth (I missed the black one and the two glow-in-the-dark ones before and am kicking myself still!) plus tons of other great items.