Callsign: Longbow Update – March 2025

Hello CALLSIGN: LONGBOW® Backers!

Thank you to everyone who came out to ZOLOCON. The show was fantastic, and it was great to meet many of you. Thank you to SKELETRON and the ZOLOCON team for having us at the show!

Factory Update

The factory is currently working on the revisions we submitted last month based on our first shot reviews. Several of these revisions pertain to details that will better allow Callsign: Longbow figures to be cross-compatible with vintage o-ring figures. 

We are continuing to push the production team to complete this project as soon as possible, while also ensuring that you will receive the best product possible.

CALLSIGN: LONGBOW Comic Issue #2

We’ve been continuing our work with Broken Icon Comics on CALLSIGN: LONGBOW issue #2. At this time, all of the line art for the book is done, and the pages have moved to the colorist. 

Nicholas Wentland from Broken Icon is coloring this issue. He’s gone to the extra detail of keeping the color palette consistent with what Marvel and DC artists used in the late 80s whenever possible. That’s the kind of retro detail that we love and think will give this book the right feel.            

SKELETRON Tim Baron Retro Wolf Trooper

Last month, we shared that the team at SKELETON was releasing their final cardback variant of the Retro Wolf Trooper/Skeletron O-ring figure at Zolocon. This 2-in-1 figure is from the same production run as their previous sold-out releases, but now featuring all-new packaging art by Tim Baron. This is a great opportunity if you are a MOC collector or just missed out on the earlier releases.  

This figure is in stock and shipping NOW from SKELETRON.com. Click here to order!

Summer Show Schedule 

This year, the GRINDSTONE TOYS will be in attendance at both JoeFest and the DFW Joe Show. We’ll have more details in the coming months about what we have planned for the show. 

JoeFest

The whole team will be in attendance for JoeFest Toy and Comic Convention in Augusta, Georgia, June 20-22, 2025.

DFW GI Joe and Action Figure Show

The following week, we will be at DFW GI Joe and Action Figure Show, June 27-29, 2025. This year, the show is in a new location, the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Marriott in Irving, Texas.

 

Thank you again to all of our backers for making this project a reality!

-GRINDSTONE TOYS!

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Crazy to think that it’s been almost 3 years since this campaign funded! That’s going to make them that much sweeter when they’re in hand.

Make sure to stop by and say hello to the Grindstone Toys team at JoeFest and DFW!