BMOG Toys

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BMOG Toys
Industry Toys
Founded 2013
Employees 2
Website http://bmogtoys.com/

BMOG Toys is a toy company started in 2013. They specialize in adult collectible robot toys.

Development

BMOG Toys was started by Trent Troop. He said he came up with the idea of BMOG Toys when playing with a Generation 1 Top-Heavy figure. He was joined by artist Greg Sepelak and engineer Alex Androski.

He also says it was inspired by Glyos, Micronauts, Starriors and Zoids.

Trent 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.

Development of BMOG has slowed since Alex Androski passed away.

Reception

The Cybercast podcast for October 19th, 2013 discussed BMOG bear mold in the news. They mentioned the Kickstarter campaign and compared BMOG s modular design to Lego bricks. Although they thought it was neat, they didn't think it was for them.[1]

The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for October 22nd, 2013 discussed the BMOG's Ursenal in the news. The hosts thought it looked great, although they thought Ursenal was a tiger, and likened him to the Action Master partner Catgut. The hosts hoped it would sell for $10 to $15.[2]

Interviews

The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for October 25th, 2013 interviewed Trent Troop about BMOG Toys, where he mentioned Ursenal, Mant-Axe, Featherblight and the Non-Dino Squad.[3]

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.[4]

Doomkick.com interviewed Trent Troop about BMOG Toys on December 2nd, 2013.[5]

The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for December 8th, 2013 interviewed Trent Troop about BMOG Toys, where he mentioned Ursenal, Mant-Axe, Featherblight, the Non-Dino Squad and Chainbill Splatterpus.[6]

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 creature is made of 1 or more pieces that can be used as weapons and accessories by other toys. The initial toys themselves were sold on a single plastic sprue, to be punched out and assembled by the customer, with stickers to apply. Later products were released on Shapeways.

2014

  • Military Black bear and manta set, Kickstarter and retail release
  • Action Hunter Orange bear and manta set, Kickstarter exclusive
  • Toxic Spill Green bear and manta set, retail release
  • Piratical Purple bear and manta set, BotCon 2014 exclusive
  • Forest Green bear and manta set, TFExpo 2014 exclusive

2015

  • Heroic Blue bear and manta set, retail release.

2017

In 2017 BMOG Toys changed their name to Prize Inside! and started releasing products through Shapeways.

2018

  • The Kuma (convention exclusive set with two bear/manta sets and an exclusive head)

2019

Unreleased designs

  • Bun-Bun-Boom (grenade rabbit)
  • Clampray (clamp eel)
  • 8-Bot/Retroid (robot)
  • Featherblight (Raging Red eagle Paraxxoid)
  • Unnamed swordfish knife

Characters

Name Species Gender Faction Color(s) Part count Notes
ApeL.A.W. Gorilla Male Heroic Blue & Military Black 10 2 bears and 2 mantas
Atomic Splatterpus Platypus Male Atomic Glow 4 Unreleased
Bearald Bear Male Augmentoid Heroic Blue 8 Heraldic Mascot/Vallet
Bearium Bear Male Parxxoid Toxic Spill Green 8 Support Specialist
Brainsaw Vine Male Parxxoid 3 Shapeways product
Brontoscope Brontosaurus Military Black & Toxic Spill Green 8 Scout, 2 bears and 1 manta
Carbearator Bear Male Augmentoid Defender Green 8 TFExpo 2014 exclusive
Chainbill Splatterpus Platypus Male Augmentoid Heroic Blue 4 Shapeways product
Chopp-Orr Manta Male Augmentoid Defender Green 2 TFExpo 2014 exclusive
Cobiak Bear Male Augmentoid Heroic Blue 8
Deep Blue Manta Male Augmentoid Heroic Blue 2
Doomchicken Chicken Heroic Blue/Piratical Purple 9 Scout
Dread Pickaxe Raybot Manta Male Paraxxoid Piratical Purple 2 BotCon 2014 exclusive
Dread Pickaxe Raybot Manta Male Paraxxoid Piratical Purple 2 BotCon 2014 exclusive
Featherblight Eagle Female Paraxxoid Raging Red 8
Gamma-Ray Manta Male Paraxxoid Toxic Spill Green 2 Sharpshooter
Griefcutter Robot/insect Male 1+ Shapeways product
Harerazor Rabbit Protoprimer 5 Unreleased
The Kuma Robot/Scorpion Male Heroic Blue/Toxic Spill Green 21 Bounty Hunter
Mant-Axe Manta Male Paraxxoid Military Black 2 Espionage
Mega-Mant-Axe Mega-Manta Male Paraxxoid Military Black 10 Made from 1 bear and 1 manta
Mega-Smackrabbit 7 Military Black Made from 1 bear
Mega-Ursenal Mega-Bear Male Augmentoid Military Black/Toxic Spinn Green 16 Made from 2 bear kits
Monoscream Platypus Male Paraxxoid Piratical Purple 4 Shapeways product
Multi-Function Pterattacktyl Rhamphorhynchus 1 Shapeways product
Peg-Paw Plundor Bear Female Paraxxoid Piratical Purple 8 BotCon 2014 exclusive
Pick-Slaughter Manta Male Paraxxoid Action Hunter Orange 2 Kickstarter Exclusive
Ray Mant the Manta-Ger Manta Male Augmentoid Heroic Blue 2 Fight promoter & manager
Scorpatron Scorpion Military Black/Toxic Spill Green
Scuttleclaw Crab Heroic Blue/Military Black
Sea-Labrys Manta Female Augmentoid Action Hunter Orange 2 Kickstarter Exclusive
Slash-Or Platypus Male Paraxxoid Raging Red 4 Shapeways product
Smackrabbit Rabbit Male Augmentoid Military Black 5
Solarbear Bear Male Augmentoid Action Hunter Orange 8 Kickstarter Exclusive
Splashpoint 1 Shapeways product
Synaxid 1 Shapeways product
Technosaurus X Technosaurus Military Black/Piratical Purple/Toxic Spill Green 30 3 bears and 3 mantas
Treblemaker Bear Male Paraxxoid Action Hunter Orange 8 Kickstarter Exclusive
Ursenal Bear Male Augmentoid Military Black 8 Field Sergeant

Prototypes gallery

Art gallery

Alternate builds gallery

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