Chinese New Year Android mini collectible!

On February 3rd, over a Billion people will be celebrating the Chinese New Year! To commemorate the event and to help usher in a year of prosperity, we got together with our Asia distributor to create a new special edition Asia exclusive Android mini figure. Meet Cai Shen, the god of wealth!

Unless you are lucky enough to work for Google, Inc in Beijing, or live in China or Taiwan, these little guys will be a bit tough to get. However, I managed to snag 200 for sale over on this side of the pond.

Because there are so few, we're going to a lottery system. If you live in Americas (North and South) or Europe, you can enter for the chance to purchase one. Despite the extra accessories, they'll still be $10 like the other special editions (plus shipping).

You can enter right here!

One entry per person, entries close January 4th.

If you do live in China or Taiwan, the figure will be available for sale at these and possibly other places starting January 5th!

Taiwan:
http://www.androidfanstore.tw

China:
http://www.hypepulse.com

Singapore: (coming soon)
Ozzo Collection

Malaysia
http://www.takenshop.com

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.

Printable (PDF) Sketch Template

 
Oh.. and keep your internet-brain tuned to this station for an exciting announcement in a few hours!

Android in Spaaaaaaaaaaaaceeeee

An enterprising crew sent a few of our figures on an epic ride to the edge of the atmosphere!

Standard Green Android hitting shops

As I had mentioned a while back, future releases like the Green, DIY and Series 02 Androids will be available from a variety of shops. We got our first shipment of Standard Green Androids in, and they are showing up at retailers! The green guys have their own dedicated box this time.

Here is a quick short list of some shops that have / will have them, many of these shops have physical locations as well! I'll have mine up in a week or so.

US Based:
www.animeoc.com
www.rivetart.com
www.plasticchapel.com
www.tenacioustoys.com
www.myplasticheart.com
www.androidstickers.com

Europe:
www.artoyz.com

China:
www.hypepulse.com

Taiwan:
www.androidfanstore.tw


Coming soon to these and many more:
http://www.kidrobot.com
http://www.newburycomics.com


Sold out for now but likely restocking soon:
www.dragatomi.com
www.toyqube.com
www.rotofugi.com
www.frozenempiretoys.com

Miss out on a snowman? We'll have a few more up randomly throughout the week.


Also a good time to note that there has been a flood of the crappy knockoffs, if it sounds too cheap to be true, it probably is. Any "short box" style unopened Series 1 or Green/White toys you see for sale from questionable retailers out there are likely bad copies.

Android Snowman desktop wallpaper!

Gary has gifted us with this fantastic winter theme Android snowman wallpaper! Click the image above to start cropping your own custom desktop image!

The first release today was a success, with the server holding up perfectly! We'll be making the second drop available on 12/8 at 11PM Eastern Standard Time. Any snowmen remaining the day after that will be up for grabs in case you wanted to pick up a second one for a gift!

Android Snowman mini collectible release info

Gary Ham's Snowman Android design will sell for $10 and see two separate releases in the Dead Zebra Shop (to help accommodate the vampires and Australians). The first batch will be available starting Monday, December 6th at 11AM Eastern Standard Time. The second batch will go online Wednesday, December 8th at 11PM Eastern Standard Time.

In order to give the most people a chance, we're limiting it to ONE per person/address (not per release, just one overall). In the spirit of the holidays, please don't try to buy one for yourself and one for your cat who lives suspiciously close to you. We reserve the right to cancel any orders for any reason. If there is remaining stock after the 8th, then you can order another one!

As usual you might want to brush up on the Limited Edition release FAQ , and take a peek at the Holiday Shipping Deadlines while you're at it!

After the unfortunate spontaneous combustion of the Power Vampire release server gerbils, our replacement server wombats have been injected with steroids and given daily protein shakes. There will still be a mad dash, and I expect some slowness and a few errors, but hopefully things will be a bit smoother.

Happy Year-End Generic Non-Denominational Holidays!

This Android mini collectible special edition Snowman was designed by our friend Gary Ham.

Check back in a few days for sales and availability information!