This special Blue edition of the DZ x mphLabs collaboration is limited to only 50 pieces. Each figure is signed and numbered on the bottom of one foot..arm..hand.. thing and is exclusive to the Dead Zebra Shop!
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Chinese New Year 2013 Android Mini Collectible!
Happy Year of the Snake!
But wait! That’s a.. Lion? Holding salad?
No matter the representative animal of the yearly zodiac, you’ll always find a Dancing Lion at any good Chinese New Year festival! While traditionally Chinese, the famous Dancing Lion even spans cultures with Korean and Japanese equivalents.
Each Dancing Lion Android includes one of 7 different auspicious scrolls and a head of green lettuce. The scrolls are wrapped, so you don’t know what message you get until you open it up!
If you’re not familiar with the traditions, then a couple of guys in a brightly colored furry lion suit lobbing heads of lettuce at you might be a bit alarming.. may we suggest you read more about the tradition of the dancing lion over on Wikipedia?
This year’s Special Edition release is once again primarily for our Asian retail partners including HypePulse in China, City Super in Hong Kong, Android Fan store in Taiwan and Droidstore in Singapore. If you are in or near these areas, please check your local retailers for availability. They should be available for sale soon!
However, we will have a very limited stock available in the Dead Zebra, Inc shop for $10 (plus shipping). There will be only one release time. These are limited to one per household / card holder / person / etc.. you get the idea!
Available in the Dead Zebra Shop starting Thursday, January 24th at 11AM Eastern Standard Time. They will start shipping the week after that.
We reserve the right to cancel any orders for any reason. If there is remaining stock after the initial releases we will put them back online for further orders, (unlikely in this case, so get in early)! As usual you might want to brush up on the Limited Edition release FAQ!
Meet the Androids: Series 03 Preview (pt3)
This is one of those designs that needs to be seen in person to fully appreciate! Nexus sports a smokey dark translucent body and carries the latest generation flagship 4G LTE GSM dual band tri force quadruple card 5GHz 5″ HD* completely non-functional miniature Nexus phone accessory.
Set him up near a light source for maximum effect! 2/16 ratio.
*note: phone specs may be slightly exaggerated, phone is a small piece of solid plastic.
Bonus! Click and drag on the image below to see a 360 view (requires javascript). Not working in your browser? Try this direct link.
Up in arms over an Android Series 03 update!
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| Series 03 design: Pandroid, by Kelly Denato |
Hello everyone! Sorry for the delayed update, I wanted to get some firm information from the factory before I posted anything related to a timeline for release! (Sorry Hitoshi!)
As you know we had hoped to release Series 3 end of Q2 this year (late June).. obviously that has come and gone! Unfortunately we got a little over 2 months behind on our production schedule.The good news is that we are basically done and will be releasing by the end of Q3. I’ll let you know when they are en route, and maybe I’ll even post the boat information so we can interactively track their journey across the ocean! :)
…Now for some excuses exciting information!
Series 03 features some really fun designs and quite a few complex paint applications that take a long time to get just right. However, the biggest delay can be attributed to the re-engineered arm joints that we’re debuting with Series 03.
The standard joint is made of one simple piece, and can just turn in one direction. The new joint is comprised of three pieces: a ball peg and two arm halves that are assembled around the ball peg. This allows for a much larger range of motion as the arm can be turned forwards, backwards, in and out as well as around as usual.
This also means 3x + as much work to produce and assemble the final products. The effects may seem subtle, but in our opinion they’re definitely worth it! The ability to adjust the arms just so really brings a lot of emotion to the figures. The feedback from fans who got their hands on a few SDCC preview sets has been great! We’ll be using ball joints for Artists Series as well as selectively on special editions in the future where appropriate.
P.S. Self promotion time! I have a little art show opening Tomorrow night in Brooklyn! Check out the info here!
Don Pablo Calaveroid – Day of the Dead Android
Halloween is so October 31st… We’re all about Dia de los Muertos now! This year we asked our friends Ernesto and Carlos East, aka the Beast Brothers to lend their Mexican flair to a Special Edition Android mini collectible!
The result is the beautiful and colorful “Calaveroid”! This limited special edition figure will be available at the Dead Zebra Shop starting on the Day of the Dead, November 1st, 2011 at 11am (EST) and again at 11pm (EST). In order to make it available to the most people, sales will be initially limited to 1 per person for the first few stock periods, and after we catch up we’ll let the rest out for doubles or re-orders! There will also be a few available via select Asia retailers.
Oh, and who wouldn’t want to don some Don Pablo? Delicious skull T’s on both black and limited run purple will be making an appearance as well!
Adios!
Meet the Androids: Series 02 Preview (pt3)
A few lucky people managed to get their hands on some Series 02 figures at Google’s amazing Android “booth” at this years Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (check out Phandroid’s short video of the amazing display)
Only a few more weeks before Series 02 hits shops both online and off! Look for them to start popping up stateside and Asia around the second week of March, and hitting Europe shortly thereafter. I’ll put together a list of some of the shops that will be carrying them.
Name: Bernard
Artist: Scott Tolleson
Ratio: 1/16
Name: GD-927
Artist: Andrew Bell
Ratio: 1/16
Each box includes a little folding flyer checklist with figure names and artist information.
Meet the Androids: Series 02 Preview (pt2)
Three more for you, and a little tidbit: in Series 02 there are only four 2/16 ratio designs. That means that in any full case you’ll end up with 12 different designs in total, unlike Series 01 where you would end up with only 10!
Name: Bluebot
Artist: Google, Inc
Ratio: 2/16
Name: Racer
Artist: Jeff Yaksick for the Android Team
Ratio: 1/16
Name: Rupture
Artist: Doktor A
Ratio: 1/16
Meet the Androids: Series 02 Preview (pt1)
Just a little over a year after the debut of Android Mini Collecibles Series 01, we’re showing off some sneak previews of Series 02! Many thanks to the fans, collectors, shops and most of all Google for making the first series such a success.
Name: Hexcode
Artist: Andrew Bell
Ratio: 2/16
Name: Cupcake
Artist: Gary Ham
Ratio: 1/16
Name: Greeneon
Artist: Google, Inc
Ratio: 2/16
Each of these three have a little surprise of their own, but I’ll leave that up to you to find out when they arrive!
Series 02 will be hitting the dead zebra shop and dozens of stores both online and in meatspace in early March! More details and previews as we get closer to release!
While you wait, you should see what Android fan Carsten did with one of his figures!
A-Type: Do It Yourself
Finally got some decent photos of the Do-It-Yourself edition of the A-Type figure from Dyzplastic x MPH Labs! I also uploaded a printable sketch template for everyone!
They are available at a few toy retailers already, and I’ll have a few of these figures available in the Dead Zebra shop starting tomorrow for $35.
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| Printable (PDF) Sketch Template |
Oh.. and keep your internet-brain tuned to this station for an exciting announcement in a few hours!
Meet the Androids: Worker & Octopoid
A two-for Tuesday! Excited about tomorrow? I know the one lady who will be shipping all of these orders is! Perhaps I am confusing “excited” with “terrified”.
In case you’re wondering when the figures will be available tomorrow, it will be a random time, and I will be adding stock throughout the day to give people in different time zones a chance! Don’t forget that a few cases of these will also be hitting select retailers in a couple of weeks. So if you miss out here, all hope is not lost.
Name: Worker
ID: 07
Ratio: 1/16
Will work for recharge.
Name: Octopoid
ID: 08
Ratio: 1/16
He’s all legs and suckers.
Meet the Androids: Darknet
We continue our introduction to the designs! Half-way through working on this post the power went out in my building. Coincidence? Most definitely. This guy is named “Darknet”, not “Blackout”. He features black on black artwork and a crazy look in his red eyes.
ID: 05
Name: Darknet
Ratio: 2/16
Android mini collectibles
New from artist Andrew Bell and Google’s Android™ platform comes Android mini collectibles series 01!
Andrew, an avid Android user himself, teamed up with some friends at Google to bring their little green mascot to life. Series 1 features 12 different designs in blind-boxed cases of 16. Pick up a few and try your luck, or grab a whole case to secure a nearly-full set. Be on the lookout for some super rare chase editions. Each vinyl figure stands 3” tall and features a rotating head and arms.
Check back throughout the next few weeks for more photos and info!
Series 1 will be available later this month right here in an online Android collectibles shop and in specialty retailers. For wholesale inquiries contact DKE distribution.
Android™, related logo and character design are trademark Google Inc. and are used under license.
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