Based on Bone, the popular Jeff Smith comic book, this new line of toys is actually a direct continuation of the original Bone action figures released by ReSaurus. “We’re going to continue with the same scale of toys that exist now and complete the set of the Bone cousins and do some new stuff,” said Steve Hamaker, who joined Cartoon Toys after designing the old figures at ReSaurus. After the license with ReSaurus expired last year, Cartoon Books decided to make the toys themselves.
The new figures, also designed by Hamaker, will include scheming cousin Phoney Bone, mysterious villain the Hooded One, the evil Kingdok (a 10 ½-inch boxed figure) and the woman who can outrun any cow in the Valley, Gran’ma Ben. Gran’ma Ben will be packaged with Smiley’s cow suit, which will actually fit on the previously released Bone cousin. So now you can stage your very own Great Cow Race right in your own home... what more could a Bone fan ask for, except even more toys?
Well, you can expect the new Cartoon Toys line to continue into the new millennium with plenty of variant and exclusive figures (still to be decided) and an animated Bone movie on the way in 2002. The first wave of the new Bone figures, still in the sculpting process, should be wandering into stores this November.
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