Onell Design
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| LLC | |
| Industry | designer toys |
| Founded | United States of America |
| Headquarters | Acton MA, USA |
Key people | Matt Doughty, Michelle Doughty, Megan Doughty, Marc Beaudette, Jesse Moore |
| Products | Glyos System Series |
| Website | www.onelldesign.com |
Onell Design is an independent toy company and artist collective. They produce the Glyos System Series featuring the characters Pheyden, Exellis, Crayboth, Buildman and more.[1] The toys are made of interchangeable parts, and hearken back to the durable, small-scale action figures of the 1980s.[2][3] The figures can be described as a cross between an Action figure and a Lego set. Onell Design toy figures are primarily sold directly by the manufacturer, although on occasion a release may be made available where a specially decorated figure is available elsewhere.
The company has collaborated with local and international artists such as Banimon in Boston and Real x Head in Japan.[4]
The Glyos System Series received the #1 Best Mini Line Toy Award 2008 from the popular toy review site Plastic and Plush.[5]
Onell Design's interchangeable vinyl piece "The Rig" was featured in MTV's Top Ten Toys of 2010.[6] Also in 2010, the Onell Design Glyos System was incorporated in a new line of Outer Space Men action figures.
In 2011, Onell Design introduced the Glyan, a 2 3/4-inch figure in various colors which includes Onell Design's first-ever humanoid head. In 2012, they introduced an Armorvor, a production version of a figure which recalls Battle Beasts and offers the first-ever Onell Design production animal head.
See also
References
- ↑ In Your World, But Not Of It Lee's Toy Review Issue 181
- ↑ Living a Toy Story The Beacon, September 2007
- ↑ Clutter Magazine November 2007
- ↑ Collection DX July 2008
- ↑ Plastic and Plush 2008
- ↑ MTV Geek News 2010
