A few weeks back I found out about something called vinyl toys! They’re collectible figures, usually around 3 inches tall, that come in “blind boxes.” The box usually tells you the odds of landing a certain figure, but you don’t know what you’ve got until you open it!
Now these Android toys were made by an artist named Andrew Bell, and he does some pretty cool stuff. These were very limited edition, and getting some meant following his twitter to find out when he would release more in his store. I think he usually released around 50-100 each time, but they were sold out in minutes. At first I just wanted to get a couple…but then I got the fever. I wanted them ALL! So I bought as many as I could to build my set, got a couple for my brother, and then sold the rest on ebay.
The three guys in the middle on the bottom are called “chase” figures, because they are rarer than the rest. They’re not even listed on the box. The guy in the middle is so rare that only 6 or so have shown up on ebay in the last month. I had to buy him, and I traded for the APK android on the right. I got duplicates of the invader one (looks like a game of space invaders on him), so I traded my duplicate with a guy in Ohio.
And finally, they come in cases of 16, and luckily I was able to get one of them. That’s the box they’re on top of, and it makes a really cool display piece. Not sure I’ll ever go this crazy about another vinyl toy, but it’s a fun collection to have.
