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Sep 21, 2005
The Army of Gwin
October Toys has just released their series 001 of the Gwins. What is a Gwin you ask? Well, you have come to right place. The shape of a Gwin is a penguin but it is more than just your ordinary flippered marine bird. Gwin is a creature based on Tux, the Linux mascot, created by Larry Ewing & The GIMP.The first army consist of 9 Gwins by artists Mimic, Doktor A, Eric Treadaway, Nixon Scratches, SpookyAMD, and idlechimp.
I first saw these in person a few months ago at SDCC. George and Ayleen, the peeps behind October Toys were utterly personable like their little creature friend. The Gwins, slightly 3 inches tall, sit comfortably on their wide bottoms, a direct result of spending all of their time eating and sleeping.The designs range from the confused Gwin Rubber_D (duck or penguin?) to Doktor A's self destructive "Hard To Swallow". Get moving and get your Gwin Army!!!
Fred
Classic
Hard To Swallow
Rubber_D
Frosty
Tim
Back Biter
Strange Fruit
SkeleGwin
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Thanks for the article!
Don't forget -- we are currently looking for new artists for series 2 and 3! If you ever wanted to get a design on a toy, send it in! We will be picking line 2 designs in mid to late october!
Thanks!
George
www.octobertoys.com
George | Sep 22, 2005 12:20:47 AM
October Toys done good..
A very nice first toy series...
Thanks for asking me to join in..
I have a special "EXTRA GORE" customised,signed and numbered edition of my design available from my website right now for all you splatter monkeys out there..
Dr.A | Sep 22, 2005 9:16:53 AM
i dont understand why there is a fat widebottomed penquins named after my family, please tell me why this was created?
robert gwin jr | Mar 10, 2006 3:05:24 PM
