BMOG Toys
BMOG Toys is a toy company started in 2013. They specialize in adult collectible robot toys.
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Development
BMOG was started by Trent Troop. He said he came up with the idea of BMOG toy when playing with a Generation 1 Top-Heavy toy. He also says it was inspired by Glyos. He designed his, first mold, a bear, in Studio 3D. The hexagons in its design are inspired by honeycombs. Early names for this bear included Bruination and Bear Made of Guns. The name Bruination was abandoned due to it's similarity to a character owned by another company. The name Bear Made of Guns went on to inspire the name of the company.
Fundraising for the BMOG Toys bear and manta mold was done through Kickstarter. The goal of raising $19,000 was surpassed by the end of the fundraising period on December 13th, 2013.
Interviews
The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for October 25th, 2013 interviewed Trent Troop about BMOG, where he mentioned Ursenal, Mant-Axe, Featherblight and the Non-Dino Squad.[1]
The Radio Free Cybertron podcast for November 17th, 2013 interviewed Trent Troop. During the interview he mentioned Featherblight, Mant-axe, Ursenal and the Non-Dino Squad. He also mentioned wanting to make characters inspired by the Inhumanoids and Wheeled Warriors toy lines.[2]
The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for December 8th, 2013 interviewed Trent Troop about BMOG, where he mentioned Ursenal, Mant-Axe, Featherblight, the Non-Dino Squad and Chainbilled Splatterpus.[3]
Fiction
In the BMOG Toys fictional setting the Bio Mechanical Ordnance Gestalts were brought to life when weapons made by a group of evil interdimensional arms dealers were exposed to the power of the last world seed. Two factions were formed. The heroic Augmentoids and the evil Paraxxoids.
Products
BMOG toys products are designed on a 5mm peg and port system intended to make them compatible with a wide array of other toy lines. Each BMOG animal is made of 1 or more pieces that can be used as weapons and accessories by other toys. The toys themselves are sold on a single plastic sprue, to be punched out and assembled by the customer, with stickers to apply, with one to three heroic Augmentoids and evil Paraxxoids per set.
- Solarbear vs. Pick-Slaughter (Kickstarter exclusive orange bear and manta)
- Ursenal vs. Mant-Axe (black bear and manta)
- Featherblight vs. The Non-Dino Squad (bird of prey and prehistoric reptiles)
Gallery
Early concept sketch called Bruination
BMOG Toys bear design art
BMOG Toy bear and manta design art
Prime Breakdown and bear prototype
Energon Divebomb and Ursenal prototype
Prime Knock Out and bear prototype
Timelines Rapido and bear prototype
Prime Ratchet and bear prototype
Kre-O Waspinator and bear prototype
Generations Wheelie and bear prototype
Generations Jazz with manta and bear prototypes
Two bear prototypes combined into "Mega-Ursenal"
Color options for the BMOG Toys Kickstarter project
Manta art
Manta art
References
- ↑ blunghole (October 25th, 2013). "Good Morning, Cybertron!". https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Morning-Cybertron/147383341975239 (Podcast). blunghole. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1eT65x4yx0.
- ↑ Brian Kilby (November 17th, 2013). "Radio Free Cybertron". http://www.tfradio.net/ (Podcast). TFW2005. http://www.tfradio.net/podcast/2013/11/17/radio-free-cybertron-337.html.
- ↑ blunghole (December 8th, 2013). "Good Morning, Cybertron!". https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Morning-Cybertron/147383341975239 (Podcast). blunghole. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaJGR37yvzk.
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