"LUNA AND THE MAGICAL NIGHT LIGHTS" CHILDREN'S BOOK ON KICKSTARTER

UVD Toys and The Bots are back! Last time they launched a Kickstarter together, they brought Luna to life creating a vinyl art toy. Now they are asking fans for help once again to tell her story. Over the past year The Bots have written, polished, and reworked the tale that now gives their once static character depth and purpose. With illustration help of the artist couple 64 Colors, they have painted the imagery of Luna’s world into a magical landscape. They call it the “Lunaverse” and with your help they can turn this dream into a reality!

Their goal is to produce the first ever story set in the Lunaverse with an 8" x 8" hard cover , 22 page, full color children's book printed on high quality paper. They have created a wide variety of Kickstarter Backer Levels rewarding supporters with copies of the book, prints, enamel pins, a Glow in the Dark edition of their Luna vinyl figure, custom painted resin figures, original artwork from The Bots and 64 Colors and so much more!

To help bring this project to life and check out all the backer reward levels follow the link here. 

Check Out with Amazon Pay at Tenacious Toys

Pay With Amazon is changing their name to Amazon Pay, so I thought it might be a good opportunity to remind our customers that Amazon Pay is one of the 3 ways you can check out and pay at TenaciousToys.com!

If you shop on Amazon a lot (like us!) you are already set up to pay via the Amazon system. You may be signed into the Amazon system right now! Checkout with Amazon Pay (or Paypal, or Credit Card) is super easy in our cart: just look at the bottom right corner and click the payment method you prefer.

The "Check Out" button gets you to the credit card payment screen.

Why not going shopping now at TenaciousToys.com? We have such sights to show you!

Our site is even fully secured (you'll see https and the green lock icon in your browser bar) so you can be sure that when you open the box, no Pinheads will get your personal info!

Urban Vinyl Daily Designer Con Coverage Videos

This past weekend Urban Vinyl Daily traveled to Designer Con to check out all the goodies at the show! They have released a short walk through video showing off some of the great products available at the show. They also have released interviews with Ben Goretsky of Designer Con an the artist Craola. They have more on the way so make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel HERE to keep with all their DCon coverage.

FREE TOYS - Global Vinyl Idolz Toy Giveaway on Tenacious Toys Instagram

We have a really fun giveaway going on over on our @tenacioustoys Instagram! The Vinyl Idolz fan site has kindly sent us the 3 Walking Dead Vinyl Idolz figures pictured above - Michonne, Daryl & Rick. Best of all, the 3 boxes are signed by the digital sculptor Kibooki who designs all the Vinyl Idolz figures!

A truly unique and rare set of collectibles for any Vinyl Idolz or TWD fan!

Entering the giveaway is easy, all you do is go follow us on Instagram and also follow @Vinyl.Idolz. Once you've done that, go to our account and repost the giveaway post (it has all the stuff needed in there in the text, like the hashtag). That's it!

Winner will be picked randomly from the posts using that hashtag on August 30th. Open to EVERYONE worldwide, yes we will ship this set of Vinyl Idolz to you, wherever you live.

More details available on our IG. Please also check out the Vinyl Idolz website, and shop here for our selection of Vinyl Idolz figures.

Funko POP Movies Flash Gordon Figures Coming in July

Flash Gordon Funko POP figures coming in July

4 new Funko POP figures coming in July - characters from the Flash Gordon movie from 1980!!! Flash Gordon, Matthew Siegelbaum ... I mean Ming the Merciless, General Klytus and Prince Vultan.

Join our email list to get the updates on this arrival! These will go on our website and into our Amazon shop.

When Flash Gordon finds himself taken prisoner by Emperor Ming the Merciless, he does not give up!

Prince Vultan of the Hawkmen and General Klytus won't go down without a fight!

Collect all four this spring!

Transformers Combiner Wars G2 Superion Aerialbots Boxed Set

Coming soon to our Amazon shop: the new Transformers Combiner Wars G2 Superion Aerialbots Boxed Set! I'm not gonna lie... selling mass-market items like this doesn't make us much money, after fees and shipping are taken out. But HOLY FUCK IS THIS COOL!!! I might further damage my bottom line by keeping one of them for myself. If you want one, I'll have the rest up for sale here as soon as they arrive.

TOY OF THE DAY: Tenacious Toys $45 Grab Bag

GRAB BAGS ARE BACK!

We've assembled an assortment of awesome toys and collectibles which we are turning into grab bags! Tenacious Grab Bags are GUARANTEED to contain items worth at least double the price of the Grab Bag. Here we have a $45 Grab Bag containing an assortment that will be similar to the one pictured - blind boxes, open boxes, keychains and assorted art toy mini figures. You won't be sure what you get... til you open the box! Each box is hand-picked by Benny to create an experience that's worthwhile. They make great gifts for those hard-to-shop-for people in your life. We have 7 of these $45-level Grab bags available

No returns, refunds or substitutions on Grab Bags - it is what it is! While we guarantee the value, we offer NO GUARANTEES that you will get the exact items pictured.

Buy a Tenacious Toys $45 Grab Bag today!

NerdTalk Toys Announces the Launch of The Zombie Nativity

BACK THE ZOMBIE NATIVITY KICKSTARTER HERE

NerdTalk Toys, LLC is excited to announce the launch of The Zombie Nativity, a vinyl desktop collector set that includes zombie versions of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the Angel and an undead Donkey, on the online crowd-funding platform Kickstarter. Perfect for Halloween, Christmas and even Easter, The Zombie Nativity is a great way to put your own spin on the holidays. The Zombie Nativity is sure to top any list of the weirdest and best Christmas gifts. The official Kickstarter launch date for The Zombie Nativity is November 14^th.

NerdTalk Toys, LLC believes The Zombie Nativity is the perfect geeky holiday décor for any fan of trending zombie television shows like AMC’s The Walking Dead or CW’s iZombie. “With the undead being so popular right now, the Zombie Nativity is perfect for your home, regardless of your religious views,” suggests Ashley Gojic, CEO of NerdTalk Toys.

“The Zombie Nativity has been well-received by devout Christians and Atheists alike.” Gojic explains. “Our goal was to produce a cute and approachable Zombie Nativity that even your Grandma would love. We believe that we’ve done just that.”

The Zombie Nativity will be available for order on Kickstarter starting November 14^th, and sales will continue until the eve of Zombie Jesus’s birthday, December 24^th. NerdTalk Toys will produce the Zombie Nativities in Q1 of 2016 and will distribute just in time for Easter 2016, or, as they like to call it, Zombie Jesus Day.

To purchase your very own Zombie Nativity, visit their Kickstarter page at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zombienativity/the-zombie-nativity .

About NerdTalk Toys

NerdTalk Toys, LLC is a startup toy design and manufacturing firm in Phoenix, AZ. Founded by owners Ashley Gojic and Justin Contre, NerdTalk Toys aims to create geeky and collectible toys for children and adults of all ages.

Introducing Gemr - the New Social Community for collectors!

There’s a new social community for collectors and it’s called Gemr. 

What makes Gemr so unique is that it allows like-minded individuals to come together as a community to not only buy, sell and/or trade their collectibles, but also discuss and learn more about the history or value of their items. 

Gemr offers a wide range of clubs including Toys, Funko, Lego, Disney, and more. Users can join these various clubs in order to showcase their collections for others to favorite and admire.

One cool aspect of the site is that users have the ability to

"CrowdScore" items in order to give people real-time market valuations of the particular product.

In addition, Gemr has an app for iOS and Android to make it easier for people to access and upload items on the go.

Best of all, it’s free to join!

You can sign up for Gemr by clicking this link: http://gemr.it/1Y06lbN

Creatures for Kids Charity Art Auction

Creatures for Kids is a unique charity art auction which donates all
proceeds from sales of artists’ work to a local, child-focused non-profit organization.
In its second year, Creatures for Kids is excited to partner again with Vinyl Thoughts, the largest
vinyl toy show in Texas, at this year’s Vinyl Thoughts Art Show 6. More than 500 art lovers will
gather in Deep Ellum at Quixotic World, 2824 Main Street on September 17, 2015 from 7:00pm-
11:00pm. The show will provide a separate area featuring toy and art pieces donated by generous
artists specifically to Creatures for Kids, who has chosen CHILDREN AT RISK as the sole
beneficiary. CHILDREN AT RISK has been dedicated to comprehensively addressing
children’s issues through research, community education, collaboration, and advocacy
since 1989. All proceeds will help foster positive impacts for children in health, food insecurity,
human trafficking, and education.

“It’s really been a blessing to work with such incredible artists and the great team at Children at
Risk. This event is such a blast to work on and so fun to see so many artists join together to help
such a great cause.” says Toby Grauberger, Founder of Creatures for Kids.

Along with a slew of great local and national artists, music, and drinks for guests, this free event
will include over 20 artists who have donated resin and vinyl toys, prints and custom sculptures
to Creature’s for Kids, featuring such names as Vanessa Ramirez, Melodrama, DuBose Art, Mr
The Sanders and many more. The event has been generously sponsored by The UPS Store at
Lemmon Ave and The Tollway, Dallas.

For more information about Creatures for Kids, please visit www.creaturesforkids.org.
For more information about CHILDREN AT RISK, please visit www.childrenatrisk.org.
For more information about Vinyl Thoughts Art Show, please visit www.vinylthoughtsartshow.com

+The Highest Fever

REVIEW: Nannoo by Lillikit

Lillikit is a South Korean shop that collaborates with artists from all over the world to create interesting art and designs. They were kind enough to send me some of their new Nannoo figures. 

Nannoo, a kitten flying to the sky, is the creation of  Lee Seung Min, an art director for films, animation and advertising from Seoul, South Korea.  Lee, along with her ten year old son, started the design of Nannoo with the simple shape of a ball.   

Nannoo is a small sphere about the size of your hand (hands may vary, it's about the size of MY hand) with four legs, ears, a tail and an adorable cat design.  One of my favorite details is the design of the nose/mouth.  A line swoops in over the left eye curling around and joining a second line to create a smiling appearance.  Just looking at these little guys puts a smile on my face. Nannoo currently comes in five different colors, the Pastel Series, which are representative of the seasons.  Min and Lillikit have plans to release the Nannoo figures in many more fun and creative designs in the future as well as you can see below.  These toys will delight both children and adult collectors alike. 

To add Nanoos and lots of other interesting and beautiful artwork to your collection, visit Lillikit.com 

+The Highest Fever 

2015 Tenacious Toys CLEARANCE SALE - Discounts up to 50% off

New year, new inventory on the way... anything older than 6 months HAS TO GO. That's 50+ items. See all of them here in our Clearance section. We're offering increasing discounts the more you add to your cart! In many cases this will lead to you paying less than wholesale costs on many of these items.

DETAILS, CODES & FINE PRINT AVAILABLE HERE ON THE CLEARANCE PAGE

Use the following codes to get your discounts off of items you find in this section:
CLEAR50 - 10% off orders of $50+
CLEAR100 - 20% off orders of $100+
CLEAR150 - 30% off orders of $150+
CLEAR200 - 40% off orders of $200+
CLEAR250 - 50% off orders of $250+

The fine print:
This is a limited-time promotion. We are definitely running it all of January. We may or may not extend it into February. Items in this promotion are all in-stock, and all have been up for sale here for 6 months or more. As time goes by, more items will be added to this promotion. One coupon code per order. These codes are one-time use per customer. Codes will ONLY take discounts off of items that appear in this Clearance section. If your cart contains some items that are NOT in this section, discounts will not be applied to non-clearance items. However, the discounts above ARE triggered simply by the subtotal of your order, so you can add some non-Clearance items to your cart to bump you up to the next discount level.

Announcing the Tenacious Toys® My Rewards Program

We are very excited to announce the new Tenacious Toys® My Rewards Program! This is a program which AUTOMATICALLY assigns rewards points to you for each purchase you make at Tenacious Toys. Redeem your points for discounts on purchases of ANY item!

Basically this system is set up to give to 10% back on every purchase. Spend $100, get points worth $10. Spend $500, get points worth $50.

Here's how it works:

1. Once your order has shipped, your My Rewards Points will be redeemable the next day. You will know your order has shipped when you receive an email from us with tracking info. It is the act of us marking your item shipped (by adding the tracking number to your order and marking the order "Complete") that triggers the system to add the points to your account.


2. To view your My Rewards points, simply click on MyRewards in the My Account section or Rewards in the nav menu.


3. Enter the total amount (in points) you'd like to redeem (10 My Rewards points = $1). Minimum redemption is 100 points (worth $10).


4. You're now ready to save on your next purchase. Upon placing your order, your redeemed My Rewards points will automatically be deducted from the total purchase amount. You do not need to redeem all of your points at once, but you do need to redeem a minimum of 100 points (which is a $10 discount off your next order).

The best part is, this program was activated in early 2014. I wanted to test it out and make sure it was working right before I made the announcement. So, if you've completed a purchase in 2014 (and it was an in-stock item that has already shipped to you) go ahead and log into our site to check how many points you have accrued!

How to locate your My Rewards points balance:
Log in to Tenacious Toys. Click on My Account (if you're not already there). At the bottom of the My Account dashboard is the link to the My Rewards Program page.

Coffee and Fried Chicken!

M and R, stars of the Coffee and Fried Chicken blog

And now for something completely different...

Coffee & Fried Chicken (in addition to being a delicious gastronomic combo) is a new blog from Kun-I Chang and Shihwen Lin.  The New York-based duo's blog features the daily life and interactions of R, a white rabbit who lives on coffee and M, a black monkey who loves fried chicken (that's straight from the description, don't send your letters and postcards my way).  I'll let the creators explain it.

Coffee & Fried Chicken was born on April, 7th, 2012 When M and R exchanged their vows. 

M designed the monkey & rabbit characters as the body doubles for themselves, and together they share their story with friends and families through the two characters. 

Since both M and R are a bit camera shy, they decide to use monkey & rabbit to capture little moments in their lives.

While the concept seems strange, the characters are cute, the photography is beautiful and the stories look fun to follow.

-The Highest Fever

@thehighestfever

Throwback Thursday - Mighty Max

This is the first in a series of posts I'll be doing every Thursday, honoring the toys from our past and their influence today.  If you have any suggestions for toys you'd like to see on Throwback Thursday drop me an email!  - THF

Pictured: Concept artwork for the cancelled Mighty Max and the Giant Logo Playset

I was 11 back in 1992 when the Mighty Max toy line launched.  I can remember coming across them on a trip to Kmart and falling in love.  I've always had a special place for minifigures, having had LEGO, M.U.S.C.L.E, and Monsters in my Pocket figures previously.  But Mighty Max upped the ante.  Ultra-miniature figures, some even had a point of articulation, and entire playsets that could fit in your pocket!  This was action figure aisle's answer to your sister's Polly Pocket sets.

A small portion of the various sets and figures included in the Mighty Max line

But where Polly Pocket featured blondes and brunettes living it up in palm-sized dream houses and shopping malls, Mighty Max placed the titular hero in the "Horror Zone".  Transported via a magic ball cap (so sayeth the official backstory, because why not?) to a world filled with evil monsters and mad scientists, the world of Might Max allowed for a huge variety of playsets and figures.  I personally had the Skull Dungeon playset which came with Max, an Igor-esque mad scientist and a Frankenstein's monster lookalike.  

Might Max Escapes from Skull Dungeon!

The beauty of these sets were in the details.  Tons of tiny details sculpted in to every corner of the playsets. Bookshelves, stairs, cobblestone floors, bones and bugs, vials and bottles.  Everywhere you looked there was something interesting.  The Skull Dungeon playset, for instance, included a tilting table for bringing the monster to life along with tiny Tesla coils and of course a switch to throw.  

The Mighty Max line eventually expanded from the basic pocket-sized playsets to larger sets, like Trapped in Skull Island (boy there's a lot of skulls in this line) and even smaller sets like the Shrunken Heads series which mainly included enough room inside for one or two characters.  Even McDonald's got in on the action, including some exclusive sets in its Happy Meals.

Mighty Max may not have been in every boy's pocket in the early nineties, but it's influence was seen throughout the toy industry.  After seeing the popularity of the line, other companies jumped on the "tiny toys in slightly less tiny heads" fad.  I personally remember seeing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sets.  Others included Godzilla, Batman and Galoob's Star Wars minifigure and vehicle line which are still popular, although unfortunately no longer produced, today.

-The Highest Fever

@thehighestfever

Designer Toy Awards Trading Cards

This year's Designer Toy Awards spotlighted some truly amazing artists and the people and companies that support them.  One of the best of among was the Tenacious Toys toy store (but I'm a little bias).  Now Designer Toy Awards has partnered with Sidekick Lab to bring fans of designer toys a set of collector cards featuring the finalists from this years awards.  The set includes 177 base cards, 27 variants, special signature cards, and Golden Ticket Redemption cards.  Those Golden Tickets can win you everything from original art to one-off Designer Toys, print, hand painted customs, and even a complete trading card subset pack!

Each pack will cost $5 apiece and contain 8 random cards, though the true collector will definitely want one of the only 100 made Factory Sets, which include all the following in a special foil-stamped box for only $85:

All 177 base cards in the series;
all 27 variant cards in the series;
one random signature card;
one Golden Ticket Redemption Card; and
we'll even hand you one of the promo only Hello Kitty x KISS cards!

Packs and boxes are available throughout the 2013 New York Comic Con at Clutter Magazine's Booth #504 and SideKick Lab's Booth #203.

These will also be available at the 3rd Annual Designer Toy Awards ceremony itself, taking place on the night of Saturday, October 12th at Hudson Terrace NYC (621 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036), with doors opening at 8PM. Tickets to attend the ceremony are currently on sale here.

-The Highest Fever

@thehighestfever

Robot Art Show featuring Candyskull Jellybot 2.0

I have a couple of piece that will be exhibiting at a 'Robot Art Show' at the Art Of Toys Gallery over in Sacramento, CA!!!!  Im really excited about this and would like your help getting the word out!

The two pieces are candyskull jellybot 2.0s  and will also be available for purchasing at the gallery.  $35 each.

The show will go on for the month of August and the address for the gallery is:

Art Of Toys

1126 18th Street,

Sacramento, CA 95811

-Via Selena Briggs, The Jelly Empire

-The Highest Fever

@thehighestfever

Shadoe Delgado's Shadow-lings (semi-NSFW for art weiners)

Shadoe Delgado is a San Francisco based artist, working on an ongoing series of work called "The Shadow-lings".  His Shadow customs are based on fine art pieces which incorporate Ego, Personae, Masks, and Shadows as subject matter. The toys tend to be a little more light hearted and more colorful compared to the artist's ceramic pieces. [ed. note - Do yourself a favor and cruise through the ceramics section, there's some really intense work there!]

Pictured is the 4"  "Miniboss" (5th in the Shadow-ling series).  Unfortunately he has already sold, but you can find his companions at Delgado's shop - http://stuffandwhatnot.bigcartel.com/

From the artist:

With this piece I had a lot of fun playing around with the antlers and building up washes on the mask. I also introduced a new medium(crackle paste) and I'm really diggin' the way it looks and plan on incorporating it into future pieces. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the the piece.

Shadoe maintains a blog at http://shadoedelgado.blogspot.com/

Blast From The Past... Toys That Are Still Popular...

Have you ever wondered how old some of the toys you play with today really are? Well writer Maureen Denard from Findananny.net was curious as well and went back all the way to the 1970's. (Can you believe that is almost 40 years ago?) She compiled a list of 10 popular toys that date back to that time period. Ranging from Hot Wheels to Barbies this list gives us an insight into how our toys from today really aren't that much different then the ones from the ye olden times of the 70's. I did not know the Slip N' Slide was from back then, I literally thought it was an invention of the 90's since I used it almost everyday during the summer. If you would like to find out the other 7 on the list then please click HERE.

NYC Art/Toy Mob rollin deep

What's a typical night like in NYC for people like us? Here ya go: a big mob of toy artists, creators, designers, traditional artists, sculptors, toy retailers on the way to Art Battles from the Marka27 solo show. Good times.

Get some Orbitz coupon codes and join us next time.