At San Diego Comic-Con 2017, a small assortment of Glow in the Dark Madballs will be available from Mondo. These are repaints of their previously released Madballs from last year. They are making a total of 250 of each Glow in the Dark Madball, with 125 being available during SDCC 2017. The remaining 125 will go up for sale online at a later date. Included are:
Of all the recent Madballs releases, the 4″ scale foam Madballs by Kidrobot were my most anticipated. This assortment of classically styled Madballs are similar sculpts to our previously reviewed Blind Box Madballs Mini-Figures and the Madballs Keychains. Standing about 4″ tall each, these are made of a very dense foam and feature highly detailed sculpts at a collector friendly price. Included in the assortment are:
Toyark sponsor Entertainment Earth provided us with the first assortment and we have over 35 photos of the new 4″ foam assortment. Check out the photos and my review of the new Madballs after the jump.
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With the resurgence of Madballs, we’re seeing numerous types of releases across different sizes and product types. Kidrobot is leading the charge, with Madballs for vinyl art collectors, blind box fans, standard foam Madballs and even keychains. The Madballs Keychains are what we’re looking at today. The series comes in a blind box assortment and are the smallest of the assorted offerings from Kidrobot. Each character comes blind boxed and features a (removable) key ring attached to the top of the head. There are 16 in total:
Toyark sponsor Entertainment Earth sent along a large assortment of the Madballs Keychains. We have a full gallery of most of them. In the gallery you can see size comparisons as well as close up shots of each keychain.
Related Entertainment Earth Links: Madballs Keychains 4-Pack, Madballs Blind Box 4-Pack, All Madballs Collectibles
Here’s a quick look at the Kidrobot Madballs on display from Toy Fair 2017. Kidrobot had a few new items there, but were mainly showcasing their newly released items. These included the Madballs Vinyl Keychains, the Madballs Mini Blind Boxes, the Madballs Mega Figures and the 4″ Madballs Foam Figures. Some of the foam figures are hitting stores now, with others on the way in the near future.
Toyark sponsor Entertainment Earth has listed lots of new Madballs Pre-Orders from Kidrobot. These include new 4″ scale Madballs, blind boxed Madballs mini-figures, and more. These are marked for release in January. Fans will be happy to see that the 4″ scale Madballs are only $9.99 each. Check out the listings below:
You can check out their entire Madballs listings Here.
Keychains aren’t really items we post about too often, or ever. But, it’s also not very often where you get miniature, and official, Madballs as keychains! Revealed by Kidrobot, the Madballs Keychains are available now. Each one is a blind box item that is priced at $5.99 each. they also make for great Christmas Tree ornaments. Here are the details from Kidrobot:
Gross for one! Gross for all! We play with our…Madballs! Madballs and Kidrobot have teamed up to present the Madballs 1.5” Keychain Series. This series features 16 classic Madballs characters from the popular 80s toy series. This makes the perfect sick accessory for any set of keys! They also work as a zipper pull to add a gross out air to any backpack, purse or jacket! Collect them all and have freaky fun for everyone!
Read on for some new photos of the Madballs Keychains.
Mondo’s Brock Otterbacher has shared a couple photos on his Instagram page. The images give fans a few packaging previews. These include their new Madballs and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1/6 Scale Mousers. The Madballs preview is for the final packaged collectibles. those should be shipping out very soon. The TMNT Mousers box is a packaging sample, with those scheduled to go out in December. A nice little surprise is shown in the Mousers photo. They have a packaging preview for some Madballs Hanging Ornaments!
Read on for both photos.
It’s a Madballs news day! Back in June, it was announced that Just Play and American Greetings were teaming up for a new kid-friendly line of Madballs. They were revealed at an event, along with a press release, but we hadn’t heard much since then. A great new photo has been shared by Carlos Villagra, who is the head of Illustration and New IP over at American Greetings. He also stated that these should be in stores for Spring 2017, along with some animated shorts. Included are:
We will update as more details become available. Click the banner image above for the photo.
The Madballs license is making a huge comeback. There are multiple lines coming for fans new and old. We already have the newly designed collector edition Madballs coming from Mondo. American Greetings (the owner of the property) is teaming up with Just Play to bring a new assortment aimed at kids,which will apparently be sold in stores. Now, Kidrobot shared a new photo, showing off their own assortment of oversized Madballs! You can spot the following in the photo:
I don’t have any additional details at the moment. We’ll update as news becomes available. Click the banner image to check out the photo.
This one slipped by us a few days ago, but it’s something we’re definitely going to be covering. You may remember that back in February, Mondo unveiled their Madballs collector series. Now we have word that American Greetings has teamed with a company called Just Play and announced that they will be releasing new Madballs. Not only will they be releasing new Madballs, but also a series of animated shorts. The toy line up will see standard sized and mini Madballs, and eventually playsets and more! Plus there are more licenses announced for more collectibles.
Twitter user @stevenganne shared a photo showing the first assortment of Madballs. Licensing.biz (thanks to @FakeEyes22) has a full press release on what to expect.
UPDATE:
More photos added, showing the Madballs in great detail, courtesy of @stevenganne.
Read on to see the images and press release.