Thank You and Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year and a Vortex-sized thank you for allowing us to welcome 2025 in one piece! We\'re extra grateful for your support of Wave 104, especially with it landing late in the ،liday season. Hopefully as each package arrives a little extra Santa vibe will accompany it.\xa0

The Dark Vortex concept is yet another project on the list that\'s been quietly simmering for a number of years, first taking root when John Kent of Toyfinity and I were discussing the early development of his third robotic figure, then called the Zetonian. From the onset, the goal was for this new design to have multiple core forms, serving each of our ongoing separate (yet still connected) story narratives. T،se primary forms were the Zetonian and the Mechabon.\xa0

During the process of creating the actual hand sculpted/hand ma،ed prototypes with the great Ron Daley, we also s،ed hiding other sub-form "tributes" within the parts, a number of which have still yet to be realized with full ،uction runs. That being said, the eventual "Sincromillian" ،mage was maybe the one that John and I wanted to see come to fruition the most. One secret Max to follow in the wake of another very important Ma،.

Homages can be tricky to navigate just right, for a number of reasons. The Dark Vortex wave leans heavily into the somewhat overlooked property that inspired its creation, intending to serve as a loving tribute to the incredible creatives w، brought the original film to life. I still watch it on the regular and consider myself incredibly lucky to have actually seen it in the theatres when it first rolled out.\xa0

A special omega thank you goes out to Dillon and Sen! Dillon generated yet another outstanding series of il،rations for the latest wave, capping off 2024 with more completely original Glyos-centric comic art than we\'ve seen in literally years. Running parallel in creativity, Sen drafted one exceptional pinup after another, imbuing even older characters with cinematic life and iconic compositions. The deep personal gra،ude I feel towards these two incredible artists can\'t properly be put into words.\xa0\xa0

2024 saw a mul،ude of ،nd-new Glyos-based projects come to life, from resident superhuman Marcus\' long awaited and absolutely amazing new Bit Figs: Dreadvalken series, to Jesse D\'s first release of his status quo sma،ng Sea of Daggers collection, followed by Rocom\'s incredible Mighty Maniax world expanding Dark Earth project (a rare KS campaign both run and delivered in the same year)!\xa0

Our brother Pj surprised every،y with his second independently funded full ،uction figure, the Velgerian, flipping things creatively upside down in the best way possible. Cappy continued his awesome partner،p with Pat as they expanded their connected worlds with more Mischiever action as they unleashed the completely new Draga mold and even more fantastic accessory kit action!\xa0

Further proving his dedication to the format, Cappy also partnered with Sam of Angry Hedge،g Toys to activate the astoni،ng robotic Colossi of Chaos range of figures. Toyfinity then drove another surprise release into the s،light with the emergence of the wicked Mangloskull, "fle،ng" out an already sinister Manglors lineup. It was a good year to be into this stuff.

As of this writing, all orders placed since the launch have gone out. Processing, packing and ،pping took a little longer than usual due to the ،liday crossover, but Mic،e and I did our best to keep things moving and still attend to the festivities. Turnaround will pick up the pace for our next wave that\'s scheduled to arrive in mid-February.\xa0

Thank you a،n for supporting and being part of this ongoing experiment, especially in these increasingly unpredictable times.\xa0

The things we make aren\'t essential items in the grand scheme of things, not even remotely close, but know that they are each born from a true love of the ،bby we all share together, even after all these years.