CALLSIGN: LONGBOW Update – November 2025 – New Samples!

Hey all! – I hope you’ve had a terrific Thanksgiving week. I myself have been AWOL with the fam, so I for sure had to post this update as it contains great news from our friends at Grindstone Toys! Here’s the scoop –

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grindstonetoys/longbow/posts/4550021

Hello CALLSIGN: LONGBOW® Backers!

We hope everyone here in the States had a great Thanksgiving weekend! It’s the time when we stop to give thanks and reflect on all we have to be thankful for.

First and foremost, we are thankful for all of our Crowdfunding backers, both on Kickstarter and those who pre-ordered on BackerKit. You made this project possible.

We’d like to give thanks to Brian Sauer and the crew at Codename: Iowa for putting on a great show earlier this month, and for everyone who attended the show. ASSEMBLY REQUIRED is one of our favorite shows. One part toy show and one part class reunion, it’s a fantastic way to round out the year.

We want to thank the team at SKELETRON® for all their efforts in bringing YETI into reality. It’s not a LONGBOW figure, but it was really important to us. It is a wonderful homage to our friend Arron, who we lost earlier this year.

We are also thankful, because we have new samples to share with all of you!

Production Update – New Samples

We had a meeting with our factory project manager, Dave Proctor, last week. He shared with us updates on the current batch of figures.

LANCER

Lancer has seen some good progress. This image shows a new sample on the left and an old sample on the right. This new figure can now close its legs and sit properly. You can also see that some of the gap issues in the torsos and legs have been corrected.

In addition to the updated articulation corrections, some of the colors on Lancer have also been corrected. In this image, you can see a more traditional “vintage” green in the newest sample (front). His skin tone has also been corrected from the “sunburnt” samples we got earlier this year.

New (front) and previous (middle & back) LANCER sample images courtesy of Dave Proctor

KRASNY-NINJA

We also got to see similar updates to the Krasny-Ninja. This figure has improved movement, and can close his legs and sit better a well.

New (left) and previous (right) KRASNY-NINJA sample images courtesy of Dave Proctor

There are still some deco corrections for these two (for example, the eyes are too thin now).

We have approved the updated waist and leg joints on these two. So all of their mold functions are set, and they can continue to move forward towards production.

Other Figures

Some improvements have been made on the Uptown / Volk / Spetsnaz / Outlaw waist and legs. They can now close their legs. They will need a little more time with the model shop before moving forward to fix gaps and make the figure sit up properly.

UPTOWN engineering sample images courtesy of Dave Proctor

Packaging Update:

Last month, we shared a packaging proof card for Outlaw. These proofcards are produced for approval before full production begins. We will share these for all of the figures, over the coming months.

VOLK proof card sample courtesy of Dave Proctor.

Upcoming Shows

Now that Assembly Required has wrapped, our show schedule for 2025 is complete. We want to thank everyone who came to see us this year at Zolocon, Joefest, the DFW Joe Show, and AR. It’s great to get to meet so many of you in person. We will have more information on our 2026 show schedule soon.

Thank you again for making this project a reality!

-GRINDSTONE TOYS

It’s great to see forward momentum, as this is one line of figures that I’m excited to have in hand. Plus, knowing that Dave Proctor is overseeing things at the factory is a big plus. It’s only a matter of time now!

Stay tuned for more updates as they become available.