CALLSIGN: LONGBOW Update – January 2026

There’s a trifecta of Kickstarter campaign updates to share on this fine #gijoeday, with the first coming in from the team at Grindstone Toys, where they give us the latest and greatest on their highly anticipated Callsign: Longbow project. Check it out –

CALLSIGN: LONGBOW Update – January 2026

Hello CALLSIGN: LONGBOW® Backers!

2026 is upon us, and we are quickly approaching Chinese New Year. As a reminder, during this time, most of the overseas factories used in toy manufacturing shut down for a month-long break. This includes most of the month of February.

New Production Timeline

We met with our factory project manager this week, and he shared an updated estimated timeline for production on the latest round of figures. Note that these dates are estimates provided to us from the the factory, and further delays are still possible.

Lancer & Krasny-Ninja

Final samples should be available around the end of March.
If those are approved with no major issues, production would likely commence in April on these two figures.

Uptown, Volk, Outlaw, & GRU Spetsnaz

Additional modifications are being worked on at the model shop.
If things proceed smoothly, production is expected sometime in June-July for these four.

Remaining Items: Henchmen, ADAPT Trooper, Steel Web Shock-Trooper, MTF: Retro-Ops, and Resupply Pack.

Our project manager has already communicated the corrections for these figures to the model shop, so that they match the modifications made to the others.
If all goes as planned, tooling on these figures would begin in late summer/early fall.

Proof Card:

This month, we have the proof card for GRU SPETSNAZ to share. As we covered in previous months, these proof cards are used to make sure the cards are the correct size, colors, and layouts.

Upcoming Shows

ZOLOCON

Troy will be joining the SKELETRON and MARAUDER crew at ZOLOCON 2026, February 27 – March 1, at the Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia, PA.

On the O-ring side of things, these figures will be available at ZOLOCON:

CALLSIGN: LONGBOW® GHOST
NEW SKELETRON YETI (Masked Cardback)
NEW SKELETRON YETI (Unmasked Cardback as seen at Assembly Required)
NEW SKELETRON ZARGONAUT (2-in-1 transforms into ZARLORD!)
A very limited supply of previously sold-out items.

DFW G.I. JOE AND ACTION FIGURE SHOW

We’ll also be in attendance at the DFW G.I. Joe and Action Figures Show, May 29th – 31st at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Marriott in Irving, TX.

JOEFEST

Come see us at JoeFest Toy and Comic Convention, June 26-28, at the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center in Augusta, GA.

ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

And we’ll round out the year at our home show, Assembly Required presented by CODENAME: IOWA, November 13-14, at the EMC Expo Center at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, IA.