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GO! GO NOW: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1002792664/run-a-mucks-mini-figures
The Kickstarter campaign for these little weirdos is live. Flesh and Green are up for grabs along with some other goodies and the opportunity to claim some future colorways.
The Run-A-Mucks Kickstarter will be launching soon! Up for grabs will be a classic flesh set and a Kickstarter exclusive green set. Stay tuned.
The store is open! Just look up and click the “STORE” button.
Trash Bag Bunch XL figures, stickers, pins, shirts, and Trash Bag Bunch series 2 mini figures are all available to order.
Pre-orders placed in the next couple weeks will go out with the first wave of shipping in April, and then there will be continuous shipping after that.
Trash Bag Bunch XL figures are on their way from the factory now—they should be shipping out to Kickstarter backers in a couple weeks.
Blank green, glow in the dark, and classic painted versions will be first. Exclusive versions will be a little later, and the premium painted versions will be last.
Here they are, all packaged and ready to go!
Here are some of the photos I have received from the factory documenting different stages of the production process. Most of the toys are finished and packaged at this stage and I’m arranging shipping to the US. They will soon be distributed and available for a wider sale.
I’ve worked closely with the factory to ensure quality control and color matching. They have done a brilliant job and have really given these toys the attention they deserve. It’s great to get these behind the scenes shots from the factory and to be able share some of them.
To all the friends, family, strangers, strangers who have become friends, and fellow toy fiends who backed the Trash Bag Bunch XL Kickstarter, I want to extend a very gracious “THANK YOU.” Thanks for the support, the trust that I would execute this, and the continuous positive feedback.
Here is just a small acknowledgment of all the people who contributed to the Kickstarter campaign in May-June 2018:
Jonny Look
Tyler Lucas
Lauren Malizia
Ted Melnick
Carly Mercer
Jacob Mikkelsen
Neil Moherman
Patrick Muhlberger
Magellan Mulligan
Roger Murray
Michael Neel
Tom Nimmo
Brian Oliveira
Zach Orian
Rachel Owen
Mark-Anthony Padua
Anthony Paolo
Edgar Paredes
Alisha Pearlson
Eric Perez
Brodie Perkins
Carol Petrie Sam Rauch
Freeman Reed
Harry Reep
Gavin Rehder
Casey Roberson
Emma Ross
Pierce Ryan
David Sabol
Mik Samaniego-Lira
Kara Schaub
Mckean Scheu
Jenna Schoenfeld
Emil Sempf
Paul Sewell
Tony Simon
James Singleton
Liz Slabodnick
David Sobolov
Meredith Sottili
Joshua Sterling
Nicholas Stevens
Thomas Stump
Robb Sturtcman
Shannon Sullivan
Nick Swain
Nate Theis
Faith Thumath
Hazel Thumath
Charles Thurlow
Adrianne Tompkins
Gabe Uhr
Manuel Utrera
Bryan Walman
Gabriel Waluconis
Scott Williams
Simon Wilson
Ulise Acosta
Andrew Adams
Kahil Agnew
Jeremiah Barber
Vincent Bargo
Judson Beecher
Rick Behnke
Alex Bickmore
Erin Blake
Bryan Borgman
Blake Boyd
Bryce Brentlinger
David Brocca
Amanda Brown
Isidro Buenrostro
Ryan Bury
Edwardo Cabrer
Malori Cefoli
Jake Chambers
Suman Chatterjee
Iris Chu
Joshua Cole
Heather Conley
James Collett
Andrea Cornell
Andrew Crabtree
Juan Pablo Cuello
Mike Deas
Jesse DeStasio
Razvan Dragan
Adam Edgley
Daniel Elmore
Stephanie Feinerman
Janet Fulk
Duane Fulk
The Creative Fund
Justin Gadze
Greg Gallant
George Gaspar
Eric Gibeau
Ryan Hertel
Cory Howard
Steve and Donna Jackson
Kipp Jarden
Dan Johnson
Brian Kameoka
Scott Katler
Klaus
Benny Kline
Simon Kock
Eric Koch
Jason Kreiger
Justine Law
Amy Leach
Ben Leach
Brian Leak
Samantha Levy
Christopher Lick
This is the Tenacious Toys exclusive BLUE MUCKOID, only available from Tenacious Toys. This Muckoid features an all-new color palette. The green, pink, and purple are all different shades from the classic version, and the blue body gives ol’ Mucky a whole new appearance. It’s a limited release, so stay up to date with Tenacious Toys on social media for ordering info! In the meantime, enjoy some photos of the new colorway:
Things are trucking right along, it’s time consuming and hard to keep pace with updates!
Some blank green and blank glow units arrived in time for Designer Con and they are beautiful.
It was great to have a presence at Dcon and show the toys to the world and also preview some upcoming prototypes.
Take a look at the Last Resort Toys booth:
I met a handful of Kickstarter backers, which was so nice, and was able to connect with many other talented artists. Such a good convention!
Production is moving along well and I'm starting to get some goodies in! I've got some photos from the factory here (please excuse some blurriness, I'll replace them once I get a chance to photograph the pins.)
The details and colors on these came out beautifully. These will be available at Designer Con 2018 and fulfillment of the pin reward tier from Kickstarter will also start in just a couple months!
Here are some cool photos from the factory. These are the wax copies used to make the metal molds. Once the factory has made their molds, all the vinyls can be pulled with the same details and no degradation to the mold itself.
As you can see, the waxes are beautiful and well polished with all the details transferred from the prototypes.
Last Resort Toys will be vending at Designer Con 2018 in Anaheim, CA November 16-18.
Wait...that means there should be some merch...right? Right! So what's going to be available? All the Trash Bag Bunch XL stickers, enamel pins, and t-shirts. And hopefully some actual Trash Bag Bunch XL vinyl toys! And some other stuff...wait and see.
If all goes swimmingly with the first parts of production, I might have some stock by November. These will probably be blanks (maybe some exclusive DCon 2018 customs) in "exclusive" packaging (because the regular packaging won't be ready yet).
Anything else? Yeah. Prototypes of some new toys. Maybe a few surprises, maybe a few announcements. I can't post it all here or what reason would you have to come check out the booth?
The Kickstarter was successfully funded on June 7th!
So what's next? Now I'm just working out details, figuring out numbers, and placing my order with factory. There is still a lot to do! I'm finalizing things for the shirts, stickers, and pins too.
And of course, I'm planning more toys!
Thanks to everyone who pledged to the Kickstarter, and/or shared the campaign. It was a lot of fun, and a ton of work, and there's still much to be done, but these toys are happening!
These dudes will be hanging out at the Tenacious Toys booth #234 at Five Points Fest in NYC this weekend June 2-3. Drop in and check them out!
Half way through the campaign and over half the money pledged so far, but still a ways to go!
Please keep up the support, and thanks!
Click on the pic to go to the page:
Some of the best toy blogs and news sites on the web are helping spread the word about TBBXL!
Big thanks to SpankyStokes.com, ToysREvil, Tenacious Toys, and Action Figure Insider for sharing the the Trash Bag Bunch XL Kickstarter!
Here it is! Finally!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1002792664/trash-bag-bunch-xl-vinyl-art-toys
Look at it...it's beautiful! Time to shove the baby from the nest! Spread the word!
The Kickstarter will be live as soon as I hear back from Kickstarter! Don't worry, I'll post about that too.
I've spent DAYS building the Kickstarter and creating the reward tiers and doing math and whatnot--so much involved!
The final surprise I've been keeping up my sleeve is a re-release of the 12 Trash Bag Bunch mini figures only released in TBB series 2.
If you're a fan of this line--then you already know what these are. Time to complete that collection!
Both Liceplant and Muckoid done up with extra detailing. Using hand-painted and airbrushed enhancements to really bring out the features of the larger sculpts. Both figures have additional colors to show off their unique elements.
Check out the below comparison shots to the classic figures so you can see where the details have been enhanced.
Most notable on Liceplant are the color changes. White teeth with airbrushed details, and yellow to red fades on the leaves giving them an autumn orange appearance. The eyes and all the vines have added details, and all the leaves are shaded with airbrushing giving it a generally darker, and more realistic appearance.
A dark wash on the bark texture and brown vines on the feet:
And check out those pearly whites:
Muckoid has airbrushing on all his wrinkles and disgusting crevices to bring out the detail and darker fades on all his spots. He has a generally darker, and more realistic appearance
Airbrushing on the throat and tongue create more depth and enhance the details. Hand painted aging on the teeth give a more realistic feel to the mouth.
The eyes have some bloodshot shading and the claws are enhanced with some aging. All the musculature pops with airbrushed shading.
On the broader parts of the figure, there is a general mottled pass of airbrushed detail to add to the overall feeling of grossness.
Muckoid also has some toe jam details, and a puss-filled yellowish hue to some of his pimples.
Along with the purple spots, the tops of his eye stalks also have a darker gradient for added detail.
Coming in at the low end of the Kickstarter rewards are a selection of stickers. Seven designs in total: Trash Bag Bunch classic logo, Trash Bag Bunch XL logo, Last Resort Toys logo, Liceplant, Muckoid, Skuzbeast, and Stink Buzzard.
