O.M.F.G. Series 3

OMFG Series 3 gold set (LukesToyStore.com exclusive)

OMFG Series 3 standard flesh set

The army of "Outlandish Mini Figure Guys" is growing.

First launched in 2011 with an initial set of five figures followed by a second one early this year, the O.M.F.G. mini figure line is now up to 15 sculpts with the release of its third series this Fall. This new set of five plastic figures was once again funded through a Kickstarter campaign from October Toys, after its characters were chosen by popular vote from fan-submitted concepts on the October Toys forum.

The five characters this time include:

• Dr. Decay (by Jonathan Wojcik and George Gaspar)
• Barbarianaut (by Charles Marsh)
• Pugnacious (by Bill MacKay and George Gaspar)
• Fruit Punch (by Scott Tolleson and George Gaspar)
• TenCan (by Richard Brown, Nikolos Sardos and Bryan Fulk)

Flesh color comparison of series 1 (left), 2 (middle) & 3 (right)

I've got Series 3 in standard flesh and black sets that were offered through Kickstarter, as well the very eye-catching metallic gold color that is available as an exclusive through LukesToyStore.com (Luke's Toy Store has also offered Series 1 and 2 in metallic gold).

The flesh color is a bit different than it was for Series 2 figures; it's deeper and more pinkish, closer to the flesh color of the Series 1 figures. Check out the photo to the right to see what I mean.

As for the gold, it's always one of my favorites for O.M.F.G. The details really pop in this color, and you don't find too many gold mini figures, so it definitely adds extra appeal.

Here's a closer look at each of the new weirdos:

Putrid peaches

Here's my latest "toys by color" group shot. I'm running out of colors! 

Toy lines in this photo: Nintendo Super Mario keshi, OMFG, Lucky Yuckies, HACK: OtherWorld Aliens, Garbage Pail Kids Cheap Toys, Villgust, ZOMBIE, Cosmix, Kinnikuman bootleg, Gorewad Monsters, Weird Ball Wrestlers, Ultimate MUSCLE.

For more of these types of photos, check out my "toys by color" set on Flickr.

O.M.F.G.: Series 2 metallic gold

After releasing the first series of O.M.F.G. in an exclusive metallic gold color, Luke's Toy Store decided to go at it again for the line's second set of five figures, which started to appear in various colors from various places late last year/early this year. Why mess with a good thing, right? As I wrote in my series one gold review, this color is pretty snazzy-looking and really helps to show off all of the details of the figures. For the photo above, I decided to take them out in the snow, and as you can see the color really popped in the icy-white surrounding.

For more on each of the series two characters (Cry-Borg, Grimm Gourd, Puke Knight, Cuddlehard, & Shirtle) check out this post, and if you want to snag a gold set of either series one or two O.M.F.G. you can still do so via Luke's at this link.

Baby Deadbeet mini figure

What: Those who have been following the O.M.F.G. line since its beginning might remember an early design submission for a character called "Deadbeet," a little beet creature with arms, legs and a dead-looking face (hence his name). Although quite popular, the character didn't make it through as an O.M.F.G. figure. Fortunately for fans of the little dude, that didn't stop him from taking toy form. Deadbeet originally took physical form as a larger, higher-priced vinyl figure, but was also just released in mini figure form for only $2 apiece through October Toys.

Designed by Scott Tolleson and sculpted by George Gaspar of October Toys, the Baby Deadbeet is a very fun little figure. It has a lot of character, from the band-aid on the right side of its head to the little tongue sticking out of its mouth. At 1.5" tall, BD is even smaller than most mini figures, which is appropriate considering he's a little vegetable guy. So far he has been released in two colors: flesh and plum, which is a very nice deep purple shade with a reddish/brownish tinge.

Although not officially part of the O.M.F.G. gang, this figure might as well be. He is sculpted in the same spirit of the line, made in the same type and color of plastic, and as mentioned, began life as an O.M.F.G. submission. I'm considering him a bonus, honorary O.M.F.G. figure. Take a look at him with the five O.M.F.G. series 2 figures:

When: Flesh and plum versions released January 2013.

Where: Available through the October Toys online store. At the time of writing this the plum color has sold out, but the flesh is still available.

Who: Designed by Scott Tolleson and sculpted by George Gaspar. Released by October Toys.

Baby Deadbeet with some random minifigs

O.M.F.G.: Series 2

OMFG series 2 neon green set with canister packaging (LittleRubberGuys.com exclusive)

About one year after the initial series of October Toys' O.M.F.G. (Outlandish Mini Figure Guys) figures began hitting toy collections, the second series has finally been unleashed. This officially brings the amount of unique sculpts available up from five to 10. I will admit that overall I wasn't as excited about this particular set as I was about series one, but now that I've got them in hand I have to say I really enjoy them! As with last time, the figures were designed, sculpted and voted on by members of the October Toys online community. The five characters this time around include:

Exclusive '312 blue' set from Rotofugi.com

- Cuddlehard (by turboPISTOLA): A cyborg-looking warrior guy whose body consists of a giant mouth (which is based on the O.M.F.G. logo). A really well-sculpted figure and a nice addition to the O.M.F.G crew.

- Grimm Gourd (by Greg Merreighn, Charles Marsh & Mike Fleming Jr.): A Jack O' Lantern fighter. The October Toys logo is a Jack O' Lantern, so I would guess that inspired this figure. I really like the detail and texture in this sculpt.

- Cry-Borg (by Andrew Scribner): A creepy-looking robot-baby. I wasn't big on this one when I first saw the design--not because the execution of it wasn't great--it was--but because a baby mini figure (even if a robot) didn't really appeal to me. I've since become a fan of it, though. Seeing it in person is what sold me.

- Shirtle (by Kenjitron & George Gaspar): A little shark-turtle guy. When I first saw him I thought the cute factor of the character might clash a bit too much with the more monstrous nature of the other characters in the line. But it's such a cool, well-sculpted figure that I'm glad it made the cut, and if the smaller, less-menacing characters could exist among the more brute monsters in the M.U.S.C.L.E. line, there's no reason it can't work in O.M.F.G, as well.

- Puke Knight (by Jared DeCosta): This was my favorite character of the set since series two was first revealed, and now that I have them in hand, that hasn't changed. It's just an awesome idea for a mini figure and an equally awesome sculpt. The puke-ghost part is actually a completely separate piece from the knight figure. I was under the impression that the puke-ghost would somehow plug into the knight figure, but it's not actually possible to connect them--you've got to stand the knight up and place the puke-ghost under his face. I was a bit bummed by this for for a few minutes at first, but it didn't take me long to get accustomed to it, and now I don't care about that. One of the best things about this figure is you can mix and match colors from different sets so that the puke-ghost is a different color than the knight.

So far I've got series two in neon green (exclusive to LittleRubberGuys.com) and "312 blue" (exclusive to Chicago designer toy store Rotofugi--sold online and in their physical store). These are two of my favorite O.M.F.G. colors. The neon green is different this time than that used for the series one LittleRubberGuys.com exclusives, and in my opinion it's a LOT cooler-looking. It's brighter, glossier and has a very slight translucent quality to it. The Rotofugi blue looks to match exactly to the color used for their series one exclusives, which I was happy to see considering it's such a fantastic color. Here are the new blue guys together with the series one blue guys:

You can find out more about the various O.M.F.G. color sets, and where to get them, over at October Toys.

Yucky yellows & petrifying pinks

I love taking these photos of like-colored mini figures. It's a good excuse to dig through my big ol' box of "little rubber guys" to figure out which ones I want to include in the shots! You can check out all of the "by color" photos I've done on my Flickr page here. I'm thinking I'll do blue next.

Here's a list of all the toy lines represented in each of the above photos:

Yellow: Terekoma vending machine bootleg, Ultraman vending machine bootleg, Monster in My Pocket, Mini Boglins, Musclemania, OMFG, Zoids vending machine bootleg, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figure companion, Monstruos Mutantes, Diener Space Creatures, Kinnikuman bootleg, Space Ace, Martian Fink

Pink: Vending machine kaiju, vending machine MUSCLE bootleg, Mini Boglins, Diener Space Raiders, Monstruos Mutantes, ZOMBIE, fantasy playset skeleton warrior, OMFG, Galaxy Laser Team, Necros Fortress, Monster in My Pocket, Cosmix

O.M.F.G. Series One: Luke's Toy Store exclusive gold set

By now, there's been so many different color variations of the five O.M.F.G. Series One figures released that I've started to lose track. I actually gave up on trying to collect them all a while ago, but was happy to get the chance to review the gold set, one of the latest colors which is exclusively sold through Luke's Toy Store.

This is definitely one of my favorite O.M.F.G. colors so far. You don't see too many gold plastic mini figures (the only ones I can think of quickly are certain characters released in the Japanese keshi line Necros Fortress), so the five first series O.M.F.G. monsters--Crawdad Kid, Stroll, Multiskull, Phantom Outhouse and King Castor--are very eye-catching in this metallic color.

Luke's Toy Store currently sells the gold set bagged with a header card for $10.49. This is in line with most of the other exclusive sets and well worth the price. If you don't own any O.M.F.G. figures yet, they're made out of a firm, sturdy yet slightly flexible plastic that makes you feel like you're holding some quality toys, and the gold versions are no different in that respect.

All of the characters look cool in gold form, but my favorites are Multiskull and King Castor. That might be because they're my favorite sculpts of the series in general, but I think the gold color really makes their details pop. All of the little crevices in Castor's castle exterior and the many skulls that make up Multiskull's body possibly stand out more here than they do in any other color released to date, aside from maybe the standard "M.U.S.C.L.E. pink" release.

When I was comparing the gold set with all the other colors I own, I noticed that it looks particularly awesome alongside the black set. If you display your O.M.F.G. figures, definitely consider putting these two colors together!

The gold sets are limited to 200, so if you'd like one for yourself head on over to Luke's now. The store is also selling the soon-to-be-released second series of O.M.F.G in gold (you can pick up a combo pack of both series in gold for $19.99).

O.M.F.G.

Kid Crawdad, King Castor, Multiskull, Stroll, Phantom Shithouse

What: A line of plastic, one-color mini monster figures inspired by the likes of M.U.S.C.L.E. and Monster in My Pocket. The first series of O.M.F.G. ("Outlandish Mini Figure Guys") consists of five original characters conceived and sculpted by artists and toy lovers participating on the online forum for independent toy creators October Toys. The ideas were able to be turned into an actual toy line via funding through kickstarter.com. The basic color is a M.U.S.C.L.E.-like flesh, but a number of exclusive colors have also been available through various places. These include black, light blue, bright blue, yellow, green and hot pink.

When: Series one released late-2011/early-2012 

Where: Sold online and at select independent toy stores 

Who: Released by October Toys