“Gumbo is the mascot for Gummy-O’s, a breakfast cereal marketed to children by Gromby Foods Co. He works very hard, tirelessly selling sugar-coated wheat products to children in order to promote his brand, and sometimes takes his job a little too seriously. When he is not being a cereal mascot, he enjoys the following activities: fishing, ping-pong, and talking long walks in the forests of Grombyland. He is sometimes a little lonely because currently he is the only resident of Grombyland forest, and he would secretly like to have a friend to play ping-pong with.”
Tom over at Blackgard is proud to present his first collaborative project with artist GeeKai, and if you guys were expecting another armour clad Ironheart-style figure, then you’d better think again! Named Gumbo, the loosely Ewok inspired character has been created to kind of “fit around” the Blackgard universe rather than being set in it- the idea being that if Blackgard was a television show from the 80’s, these bears would feature in the cereal ads during the commercial breaks… absolute genius! Standing at 4″ tall with a single point of articulation, Gumbo will initially come in two different flavours; Orange Creamsicle and Avacado Dreamsicle (each an edition of 10), which will be joined by a few one-of-a-kind customs on the day of release. Priced at $30 each ($40 for the customs), the figures come bagged with headers, featuring artwork by GeeKai… Look out for them on the Blackgard store this Friday (October 26th), at 9pm EST…
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