Review: Onell Design Glyos Gold Crayboth Action Figure

It has no name, and you couldn't buy it, and I guess as of now there's no "official" record that it exists. The Gold Crayboth is another in the ongoing series of these little guys, clocking in under 2-inches tall with 4 points of articulation. Its promotional nature means you flat-out could not buy one, it was in orders as a freebie if you were to get one at all. If you didn't order stuff on December 12, 2012 you probably had to go to the secondary market, and as far as I can tell Onell Design has made no posting on its own site indicating the item was produced. If you don't read reviews like this, or aren't engaged in the Glyos community, you probably won't even be aware it exists.
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New Weaponeers of Monkaa Figures: Order Yours Wednesday

Two new Weaponeers of Monkaa figures and a couple of accessory packs are hitting on Wednesday, May 1.  Click here to read the full scoop, but here's the short version:

Bloodlust Umbreus (pictured) and Flaw the Obsidian Gohlem are $15 and $12, respectively.  They will be joined by DX Close Combat Armory and Obsidian Close Combat Armory accessory packs for $5 and $3 respectively.

Glyos Drop Arrivals (And Freebies) - April 2013

This time around, the cool people behind Onell Design tossed in a clear red Infection Crayboth (name unofficial) in some/most/all of the orders!

This figure matches the Infection Exellis and Infection Armorvor (and presumably previously-released Infection Echomorph), and it's pretty swell!   If you have any requests for reviews let me know, I'll try to get something from this drop up this week... possibly Swing Joints although that may require more time futzing with them to do a decent write-up. (They're still in the bags, my mail just got here.)

There was no sign of a grey Pheyden torso, a grey classic Pheyden head, or a grey scarf - if you found one of these in your order, please send a pic and let us know! We'd love to share it with the rest of the class.

The other arrivals all look fantastic.  Still available is the Reydurran Operations Unit Mini Blocker Rig, which I can tell you is slightly more stunning in person than in the pictures.  If you think you might regret not buying one, go ahead and snag it.  You have my permission.  It's worth it.

New Jason Frailey / The Godbeast Collab: Rhino Armorvor Head

I don't have full details yet, but when has that stopped me before?

This awesome Rhino Glyos Armorvor head showed up on the October Toys forums courtesy of Talyn (image to the right).  I'm reading it's on display and maybe up for grabs at The Godbeast's table at C2E2 and can be seen on the C2E2 exclusive Infection Armorvor body which debuts this weekend.

It's awesome, and we hope to have more details as soon as I realize where I missed the announcement for them!

UPDATE: Friend of the site (and good personal friend) Shaun Clayton was at C2E2 and confirmed these were on sale for $15 per.  He was also kind enough to snag one (image below), so you'll be seeing more pictures of this awesome noggin pretty soon!

NiStuff Outlander's Secret Head Revealed

Behold the NiStuff Outlander as previewed by Internet Personality Vangelus!

The human-like, Engineer-inspired head can be seen for the first time anywhere in this video at 1:16, so check that out. Nice scoop, Vangelus! The new figure looks fantastic - and no known release date has been teased just yet.

New Banimon Figure Preview - Blue!

New from Banimon and previewed on the October Toys forums!

While the figure has no specific name yet, it's blue and red and looks great.  Click here to see a bigger picture, and keep an eye on the Banimon Blog for more as there hasn't been a post about this one just yet.

Banimon Boston Comic Con Exclusives?

The blog over at Planet Banimon has an interesting (and actually somewhat disturbing) message.  The short version: who of you is near enough to Boston to let us know what we're missing?  Boris writes:

"[Banimon] are getting ready for the Boston Comic Con this weekend. We don't have our booth number as of right now, but we do know that a few old friends will be stopping by: Jesse Moore, PJ Bartlett, Dr Rampageo and possibly another surprise visitor or two. There WILL BE some con exclusives, stuff that WILL NOT be part of our upcoming drop. Hope to see you all there."

No pictures or hints were given, but oof, we are not close to Boston.  If you're out there, buy an extra of... whatever it is for your online buddies, whoever they may be. They will thank you, I'm sure.

New Weaponeers of Monkaa Toys Incoming

New! Since last October's release of the first Weaponeers of Monkaa figures, people have wondered what's next, or when the next phase might start. The answer?  Next week!

The story "Chronicle of Monkaa: The Bloodlust Tale" starts Monday, April 22 and the drop date for the next line-up is set for Friday... so this is an announcement of the announcement.

Will there be new molds? New colors? New characters?  Hopefully we'll find out everything within the next week.

Glyos Onell Design May 19 2013 Drop Menu

Let's run the menu!  The Reydurran Divide drop menu is archived here, ready for your perusal.

Items did not sell out instantly, although an all-red Glyan did swiftly sell out first.  Other items sold down quickly, but most of the 24 new items were still available 30 minutes later.  Two hours later, 15 of the 24 new items are still available so there's quite a bit to be had if you missed the drop's launch.

All three colors of Swing Joints are still in stock, so if you were looking to get those it's not (necessarily) too late!

Glyos Drop - Live Now, Surprise Infection Exellis

The Glyos Store has been updated right now, with a surprise - a clear red Infection Exellis!

The Red Glyan is the first figure to go, with the Crayboth and Syclodoc seemingly next to sell out - if you're reading this during the few minute window, you'd better go grab them while you can.  It looks like another night of sell-throughs is going to happen, so go ahead and order your figures or weep that you missed them.

We'll print the full menu of available releases later this evening or early tomorrow.

New Glyos The Reydurran Divide Drop Friday: Black and Grey and Red All Over

A new Glyos drop is coming!  The Glyos Transmission Web Log (which I assume you follow) has all of The Reydurran Divide details, including TBD surprises, the superb REC Commander Sannuric Sarvos (pictured), and returning favorites like the Mini Blocker Rig, Syclodoc, Armorvor, and Crayboth.  Oh, and Swing Joints in at least three different colors: red, grey, and black... the latter of which will be a mere three bucks.  Exciting.

Click here to go directly to his post with the menu of a ton of goodies.  Or, failing that in some horrible future where this post may be all that survives of humanity, I've copied his menu below... but you'll still want to go to their site to read the commentary.  Very important stuff, man.

Review: Onell Design Glyos Mordireus Sarvos Action Figure

In 2013 we saw Glyos (especially Onell Design) meet and raise expectations of what you can do, often just with deco. Callgrim's Fragrarian figure manages to Out-Strawberry a certain Ms. Shortcake, while the Mordireus Sarvos out-pinks Barbie. If you've ever wondered if it were possible to make a figure so pink it goes around and becomes manly again, yeah, this is that figure.
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