Bite Size Update

It took a little longer than expected but we are finally wrapping production on the BITE SIZE Ice Scream Men. I'll be spending the weekend packing out and if all goes according to plan we will start the sale next Friday June 29th at 3pm est. Orders will begin shipping the following week.

This is a blind box release available in individual units for $15 each or in  sealed cases of 12 for $165.

There are only 45 cases available and every single Ice Scream Man was made by my own little hands.

Spiteful Strawberry, Villainous Vanilla, Malevolent Minstachio, Badass Brown, BOMB POP, Beelzebanana, Oil Slick, Grotesque Gold, Blackberry, Grape Ice, Aqua Glow, Strawberry Ice, Ice and the Super-rare-mega-awesome, never before seen golden ticket chase.

A long wait for a long update

For those of you following along, we have been swamped over the past few weeks. Tamara and I both still have full time jobs that we go to 5 days a week so we are operating Brutherford as a 2nd full time job. Due to the success of the Ice Scream Man, we have had to focus on production, packing and shipping far more than we expected at this stage. I was hopeful that more projects would be rolling out by now but i am very grateful for the incredible response we've gotten on the one product we are actually shipping.

Speaking of... The mint Ice Scream Man is now in stock, and ready to ship.

GET SOME !!!

So far we have shipped Ice Scream Men to 30+ states, and 9 countries and i think the Ice Scream Man that is furthest from home is one that now lives in New Zealand.

Aside from Brutherford Industries, you can now purchase ice scream men from:

Rotofugi in Chicago

MyPlasticHeart in New York

Dragatomi in Sacramento

Playlounge in London

Atom Plastic in Bassano Del Grappa, Italy

 I have made a lot of progress on melting knuckles, the process and mold configuration is finalized i just need to build more cavities so i can reproduce them efficiently.

 

One of the things that has pushed back the timeline on the knuckles is an overwhelming request for a mini-figure follow up to the Ice Scream Man. My original plan was to distinguish the mini version from his big brother by unifying the cone and base and producing in a single color, i also wanted to the whole thing to have a matte texture.

 

I think it made more sense in my head than in realty because i wasn't quite as happy with the final product as i thought I'd be. I reworked the pieces and came up with something i like a lot better

The other issue that has pushed back new projects is that i have a few orders for exclusives flavors!!!

I'm not going to announce the partners or release dates yet but i assure you they're going to be awesome.

Isn't there some big event happening in July?

Here's a quick peek at another project i'm trying to get some forward motion on. I'm trying to capture my logo in plastic! It's huge and i think pretty awesome so far but it has been interesting translating the proportions of the 2-dimensional graphic in to a physical piece. As you can see the exageration of features is much more pronounce in the physical piece but i think i like it. It's a little goofy, a little creepy and a lot of fun. Next i need to work on the execution of the key.

I've also entered a sort of diary of the birth of the Ice Scream Man and Brutherford Industries in the Instructables Make It Real Challenge. The Grand Prize is a pretty kick ass 3-d printer, I can't tell you how much having a 3-d printer of my own would increase the number and frequency of absurd objects that i'd unleash on this world. So... like... even though the rules clearly sate that winners will be selected by judges there is a "vote" button, it might still be cool if you wanted to go register and vote for me?

Ice Scream Man on Instructables

THANKS YOU GUYS!!!

It's been 1 week since we officially opened our doors and i am completely overwhelmed...by the amounts of praise and support i have received. For those who weren't paying attention, we kind of soft opened the site to do some testing and before we were paying attention some people spotted that we were open. Then someone blogged about it, then someone else, and the next thing i know, Frank Kozik is telling people that the Ice Scream Man is available in Russia because this cool dude Den blogged about us in Kazakhstan!!! AMAZING!!!

This has been a wild ride, at some points i felt like the project was moving backwards and nothing was ever going to happen.  Looking back now it seems completely insane that the Ice Scream Man has gone from a digital goof to the anchor product of a new small business in only  6 months. 

So thanks to everyone who has been blogging about us:

toysRevil

spanky stokes

the blot

vinyl pulse

man-e-toys

six and 5

streets of beige

clutter

diecut stickers

atom plastic...italy

Vinyl Toyz...Kazakhstan

vinyl chiles...mexico

vinyl monster...france

 

thanks  to everyone who has sent compliments and thanks most of all to all of you who have made a purchase. You're all awesome!!!

and here is what our logo might look like when i make a toy out of it.

Sorry for the delay

To everyone who has shown support to this project, Thank You!
Seriously... Thank You!

The support and positive feedback i have received from complete strangers has provided motivation that i have not felt in a long time.

I want to to give a quick update on why there has been such a long delay in the initial release of the Ice Scream Man. I am sitting on inventory, i have my pricing structure nailed down, i have my shipping worked out. The hold up at this point is my ability to process orders.

When i started this project i want to be sure that all aspects of the project were carried out with the professionalism and  level of detail that i have spent the last 10 years perfecting. I wanted to produce quality toys in mass quantities, so i bought the necessary equipment. I wanted the packaging to be beautiful and efficient so i spent a month requesting samples and test fitting materials from different suppliers. I wanted the purchase experience to be easy, safe and fluid without the need to transfer to external websites so I've partnered with two people who i know and trust to develop a beautiful and functional webstite.

December and January have been very tough months regarding the progress of the website. Between all the people involved in bringing the site to life we have dealt with a list of  experiences that cover the entire emotional spectrum from Super-Awesome to Fucking-Terrible. None of those issues will bring the project to a halt but all them have added little delays that we were not expecting or prepared for... because... well... that's how life works. Right?

So again... thank you for the support and patience.

-ryan

One of the things that Tamara and i have been dealing with is the recent  loss of our good friend Little Ray. She was an amazing friend, a fantastic cat and sometimes even a good hat. She kept me company in the studio and proved to be a great model of ice cream cones, we miss her every day.

Packaging APPROVED

I hired some lady to do some packaging artwork for me.
the samples came in!!!



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