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Jan 14, 2014

Preorders for Miya-san Figure by Bigshot Toyworks and Martin Hsu go live January 21

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Miya-san: a Hayao Miyazaki tribute figure
The preorder window for the highly-anticipated Hayao Miyazaki tribute figure (dubbed Miya-san by Martin Hsu) opens at 2PM EST on January 21st and closes at midnight January 31st. The Miya-san tribute figure will be 6 inches tall and made of resin. It will be packed in a gift box and will retail for $95 with a run limited to 300 pieces.

Proceeds from the sales of the Miya-san tribute figures will be donated to an as-yet-undetermined charity chosen by Martin Hsu and Klim Kozinevich.

Martin Hsu provided concept and character design for the Miya-san figure. Figure development and production is being provided by Bigshot Toyworks, with a projected ship date of April 2014. Tenacious Toys will provide the point of sale for preorders, as well as fulfillment. If you're interested in preordering on Jan 21, bookmark this link or join our email list.


Click here to view a turnaround GIF of this sculpt.






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Miyazaki's filmography spans decades and features such iconic films as Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away and Ponyo among many, many others.

To celebrate the joy that Miyazaki has brought into our lives, Martin Hsu has teamed up with Bigshot Toyworks to create and produce a limited run of Miya-San figures.


Turn Get Notifications ON for Tenacious Toys Facebook page

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Yesterday I was looking at the stats for the Tenacious Toys Facebook page and I was very dismayed to see that despite having 17,000+ Likes, my five most recent posts to that page only garnered 5 views. Total. Out of 17,000 people, FB told me that only five people saw those posts.

That's... errr.. not good.

I'm not saying FB is the sole source of income for me, but people are on FB a lot and getting my products in front of them is pretty important, at least to raise awareness and generate interest. From interest comes sales, usually.

Before FB rolled out their pay-for-exposure model, I could post a few images to Facebook and generate a few sales, almost 100% of the time. This became an integral step in listing new items on my website: send em to FB and Twitter, instant sales. Now, with about 1 or 2 organic sets of eyes on my (unboosted) posts, my sales referred from FB have dropped to nearly zero.

Like I said, I was dismayed so I posted about it on my personal FB page. One of my friends Chris Unclebach who runs a video game shop in TX (Insomnia) seems to know a bunch about FB and he told me that when he checked my Tenacious FB page, the "Get Notifications" option was not checked.

The whaaaaa?! Honestly, I hadn't even heard of "Get Notifications" on FB business pages.

Apparently the new feature allows you to Like a FB page but turn OFF the notifications if that page posts too much for your tastes. That's cool- some people (like myself) post to their business pages a lot. That's not cool for everyone so I like the feature.

HOWEVER, there is a minor detail here that needs to be made public: from what I gather, when they rolled out "Get Notifications" they made the default setting "OFF" instead of "ON." On is indicated by a checkmark next to the words Get Notifications. Off is indicated by the absence of a checkmark.

Here's an example: go to my Tenacious FB page. Hopefully you already "Like" it. If you do, you will see a button that says "Liked" which shows you you're already liking my page:

Hover your cursor over the word "Liked" and watch the dropdown appear. If Get Notifications has a check next to it, you will see notifications in your News Feed from that page. If there is NO checkmark, you will NOT be shown the posts by that page.

I checked multiple other pages: ones I manage myself, plus ones I just Like, like a normal FB user. Get Notifications was OFF for every single page I like. Now that I review my feed, I can figure out what was missing: all I see is posts from PEOPLE I'm friends with, and paid advertisements. Very few, if any, updates from the Facebook business pages I like.

Very disheartening, but at least I know what's going on with Facebook now. Regretfully I don't think I can post to my Tenacious FB page and ask people to turn Get Notifications on for my page, cuz their notifications are off and they won't see my %#@($*^$*&*^@$#ing post... hence this blog post instead.

So, PLEASE, go to my Tenacious Toys FB page, and turn Get Notifications on! I have created a new cover photo template that incorporates a call-to-action encouraging visitors to turn Get Notifications on. I guess that's my crappy, ham-fisted solution to the problem.

Oh, and please share this post. There's a bajillion Share options all over this damn blog. Share it to your FB page. Whatever. Get the word out. You'll probably have to go find all the FB pages you like AGAIN and turn on Get Notifications for them as well, and if you run your own Facebook business, art, or fan page you too might have to tell people about Get Notifications somehow.

Oh and if I'm an idiot, and I got some aspect of this FB bullshit wrong, feel free to light me up in the comments. Till then, see you on Google+.

Jan 13, 2014

Grandpa Tiger Resin Figure - Amanda Visell

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Grandpa Tiger resin figure 
Amanda Visell recently released a small resin set, Grandpa Tiger with baby tiger. Hand sculpted, cast and painted, this cute set is limited to only 25 available sets and retails for $55 plus shipping. The 2 piece set comes bagged with a header card, with the Grandpa Tiger measuring roughly 4.5. Head on over to Switcheroo pick up a set and maybe another available piece.
Grandpa Tiger resin figure

Kaiju Kaos: Smackdown Presents ALIEN WEEK Custom Minifigures!

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 These may have dropped last night, but there's still plenty available at http://baileyrecords.storenvy.com!




Shima the heroic Mercenary from beyond the stars was sculpted by Super_SandBagger (JR Deem) and produced by Sandtastic Art & Toys for use in Kaiju Kaos: Smackdown. Shima journeyed to Earth to warn humanity about the coming Planet Devourer! She can often be found on the battlefield assisting Special Mission Force againt the forces of evil!

Earwig the villainous Insectien was sculpted by Steven Patt and produced by Papagrim Toys for use in Kaiju Kaos: Smackdown. Earwig is a member of the Insectiens faction.

Custom painted figures provided by: Clawfreak, Ersico, Evilos, Mark Nagata, and Super_SandBagger.

Jan 12, 2014

If Han Solo knew that one day he would become Pope...

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Yes, it's a real shot from the set of Star Wars. From Peter Mayhew's own collection
Join us for the release of Pope Solo tonight at 6PM EST on the Tenacious Toys® Super Series Sundays page! $40 gets you either the black or white version of the figure below. Resin, 4.5" tall, created by Forces of Dorkness. Buy 2 figures and get one of each: black and white colorways.
Pope Solo drops tonight at 6PM EST

Jan 11, 2014

Booty Babe Kickstarter

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"Booty Babe Art(TM) is one man’s way of expressing his passion for fantasy art, toys, fashion design, and of course the wonderful variety of female beauty. In effect the project is a tribute to the women that make our day, taking the very definition of “Booty Babe” to new levels..." 

After ten years of working as a Toy Designer in Los Angeles, Spencer Davis combined all that he is passionate about a waged his own path. Since then he has realized dreams of self-employment, constructed an office / work space, and over the years has managed to produce and sell over 10,000 of his voluptuous creations.  Surviving challenges of recession, skyrocketing costs of production, and family life, check out his progress as he wraps up the final few days of his Kickstarter campaign, with hopes of producing a 20' shipping container filled with 5 NEW Booty Babe statues to choose from.
The Kickstarter has already reached it's goal which means that the items are guaranteed. In addition they have reached their first stretch goal and are only $700 shy of the next stretch goals. THese are beautifully designed and crafted sculptures and the rewards are amazing. They even include tiers where you can get your own likeness sculpted as a booty babe. Check out the Kickstarter and follow Booty Babe on Facebook.








U wanna be in my gang? 3AA!

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Its that time of year again, if your a fan of threeA.

15th January 2014 is the date you are able to renew or start your 3AA membership.

The long awaited 1/6 Lasstranaut is included, I'm sure 2014 will break records for threeA membership.

There is toooooo much info to get across, so Ive just cut and paste from the official info I got through, but enjoy some images first!












Official info...

3AA 2014 Membership Set featuring the long-awaited Lasstranaut 1/6th Scale Figure from Ashley Wood's Popbot Series. Without a doubt the 2014 3AA membership set is the best yet, from the long awaited Lasstranaut figure to the beautiful packaging design, it sums up 3A's completely!

3AA has always been special to us, its the clarion call to the Legion, from the first set with the 1/12th Bramble its has been a point of pride and love for where we have been and where we are going!

Join us in 2014, we can all hang out together with WWR, POPBOT, ADVENTURE KARTEL, ISOBELLE PASCHA, EVENFALL and many more ORIGINAL worlds!  And lets not forget the Ashley Wood redesign of MARVEL characters! We also have a many surprises along the way from Ashley Wood and other fantastic designers/artists!

WHEN + WHERE
PRICING + INFO
  • 3AA 2014 Lasstranaut Membership Set: 200USD ( 170usd for 2013 3AA members after current discount )
  • Access to special KLUB collections such as TLKLUB etc
  • All 3AA 2014 exclusives and KLUB releases will be limited one per customer. Excluding the current TKLUB TQ sale started in 2013.
  • 15% off all sales at Bambalandstore.com and conventions or shows where 3A has an official booth.
  • Special 3AA version for every major release ( not including KLUB releases ), may include different head, clothes, weapons, 1:1 tshirt etc
  • 24 hour buying window for any 3AA exclusive or 3AA variant.

3AA 2014 MEMBERSHIP SET INCLUDES
  • 1/6th Scale Lasstranaut Collectible Figure from Ashley Wood’s Popbot Series. Not to be re-released in any other colorway.
  • 3AA 2014 Membership Card.
  • Lasstranaut Art Book (12” x 12”, Softcover, 32 pages).
  • White T-Shirt with Lasstranaut Design & Illustration on Front and Back (XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL).
  • Vellum Top Sheet with Lasstranaut Painting by Ashley Wood (approx. 17.5” x 17.5”).
  • Lithograph with Lasstranaut Painting by Ashley Wood (approx. 17.5” x 17.5”).
  • Illustrated Box Set Containing All Contents Listed Above.

3AA SIX YEAR VETS
  • For all of the 3AA Members that have been with us for all the past six years - when you purchase the 2014 set, we're including something extra as a special thank you for your support and loyalty from the beginning.
  • Everything from the main 3AA Set listed above is included, plus Lasstranaut's Long Lost Space Garb - One of four random designs in a stylish box.


Thanks for reading

Wai Man
www.onesixthbruce.co.uk

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