2 posts tagged “october”

I was labeled a Gwin fanboy recently. While I was slightly offended at first, I quickly realized it was true. Never considered myself a fanboy. I don't live in a basement, I don't haunt dark alleyways looking for comics, I bath regularly. Geek, nerd, loser maybe but never a fanboy. Oh well. Guess I'll have to move back in with my mom now.

Why was a called a Gwin fanboy? Because I've been geeking over the mini gwins that were released at San Diego Comic Con last month. Well I finally got some. 3 to be exact with a perfect little Z.O.M.B.I.E. (who hopefully will be the start or a giant Z.O.M.B.I.E. horde). They arrived on my doorstep Monday and I've been playing with them ever since. Each mini gwin came in a small bag containing an "I play with toys" sticker, a zombie magnet and was attached to an October Toys keychain. "Best promo idea ever!"

Bag

Minis

Gwins

The Z.O.M.B.I.E. came carded and bagged, individually numbered 1-50. Mine is number 7. He even has a 7 on the bottom of his feet. He's great! The perfect zombie comic con attendee. He has glasses, backpack, Star Trek shirt, no fat chicks sticker, comic con badge, poster tube. You can almost hear him panting and wheezing as he hunts for free swag and fresh brains.

Zombie1

Zombies

Zomb

Muscle

Chef

Camp1

Hat1

Mini

Cemt2

Shaun

Lock up the women and children, hide the food and dispose of any incriminating evidence, the Gwin's have invaded.
Well my house anyway.

Gwins

Wow! That's a lot of penguins!

So I'm back to toys today and what cool little toys they are. Small little penguins called Gwins produced my October Toys (www.octobertoys.com or www.gwinarmy.com). And now I have them all (well almost but we'll get to that). Thanks to the internet, some searching, some hard work and the kindness of some people behind the Gwins I now have what I am comfortable calling a Gwin Army. WooHoo! So let's break this down, a base inspired by the linux mascot, a roster of artists and the results is 2 series of really cool toys with a third on the way.

Here's series 1:

Gwins1

Series 2:

Gwins2

Even better than series 1. More interesting designs, some imaginative touches and a slicker paint. Looks like they touched on every issue the peanut gallery was concerned with. And check out the dragon gwin, weird sitting up but on it's side a great idea:

Dragon

And then there are blanks and clear gwins. So you can create your own and show the world how you too can design a great toy.

Blanks

And exclusives. What would a toy line in today's world be without exclusives? Everybody has them and the Gwins do too. Convention exclusives from last year (including a Glow in the Dark Octogwin - that is freakishly bright!) and a promo Classic Fred Gwin from the Bat Day at the Park event from a couple years back.

Exclusives