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   Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 12:21:25 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

   ALRIGHT!

   HERE WE GO!

   We're making action figures! and we're mostly using recycled plastics!

   Here's the first release candidate of a #Skypirate action figure for our #Skypirates Playset which we're building for #assemblyRequired, which is Feb 1st and 2nd (leaving in 5 days!!.)

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     Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 12:21:21 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     Anyway, if you're looking for some #revolutionaryJoy,

     Sundog and I have built a whole universe of skypirates. We have action figures, we have an in universe newspaper, we have dossiers on pirates that have not been produced yet.

     We have plans for video games (and I thought of a method for building a second today that ... well it's almost too good not to do. If I don't forget, I've probably nerdsniped myself in to it) and I have half a board game finished that I'll revisit soon.

     We have 100+ year old movies, including #filibus, which you must see if you haven't. It's an absolute delight.

     And we're going to make many more things. Maybe more videos, maybe comic books, maybe a short story collection, or even a pulp novel?

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     Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 12:21:22 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     If everything goes to plan, tomorrow I should have the final #handmade #ActionFigures finished and ready to package.

     I might still need to do some cleanup and detail work. We'll see how long my wife wants to hang out at the studio, and if I manage to finish it all.

     That leaves Tuesday for finishing whatever I don't finish tomorrow + designing and printing the packaging. Then Wednesday and Thursday will be about finishing up our promotional materials, assembling the playsets, flashing our gameboy games, building the landing pages, making our business cards, and designing our table displays.

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     Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 12:21:23 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     These action figures were designed by @djsundog and manufactured at the #EllijayMakerspace.

     The action figures are made out low density polyethylene, that's the stuff Milk Jugs are made of. Sometimes we make them out of milk jugs, sometimes we make them out of industrial regrinds, sometimes we make them out of fuse-beads (which are themselves made out of industrial regrinds.)

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     Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 12:21:23 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     We're injection molding these action figures.

     We're printing the molds in water washable resin (hopefully, one day soon we'll graduate to something plant based, but that's for another day.)

     The toys are based on characters from 1910s literature and film. You can see some of those films on our Television network (which is powered by, among other things, peertube. Hi @video)

     Check the playlist: https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/p/nQmSoz1U7RUUVqSLQdeGn2

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     Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 12:21:24 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     We still have a bunch of work to do to finish assembling and painting the action figures, getting the playsets in order, and doing all the packaging, before the show.

     There are still some minor changes to come, both before this upcoming show and after, but this gives you a general idea of what the figures will look like.

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     Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 12:30:19 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     So! If you want some hand made, recycled, #SkyPirate #actionFigures to bring and spread some joy in your life or the lives of people around you:

     1) Keep your eyes pealed, we'll be doing a big announcement post, and a video ad, and some other stuff within 10 days, when we launch the ordering portal on the website.

     2) Go ahead and let me know! Reply here or send me a DM and I'll get your name on the list and reach back out when the toys are ready.

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     Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 12:30:20 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     Eventually, we'll make things that are playmobil inspired skypirate toys, and skypirate inspired other things, and start making not-playmobil inspired Skypirate toys, and not Skypirate inspired playmobil style toys, and other other things that have nothing to do with either of those things.

     Eventually.

     But, for now, we've figured out how to make some damn fine toys, directly recycled from consumer trash and industrial waste, and we're going to put them up for sale soon!

     All the characters are CC-BY-SA, all the stories we're working with are either CC-BY-SA or in the public domain.

     We're going the distance, it's all coming together. I couldn't be more excited.

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