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The Characters of U.B.Funkeys

Series 1 - Wave 1

Series 1 - Wave 2

Series 2 - Funkiki Island

Speed Racer Series
Cannonball Taylor

Series 3 - Dream State Wave 1

Series 3 - Dream State Chat Funkeys

Series 3 - Dream State Wave 2

Series 4 - Hidden Realm

Funkeystown Adventure Pack
Mayor Sayso
Master Lox
Henchmen

Funkiki Island Adventure Pack
Jerry Pearl
The Pineapple King
Funkiki Native

SDCC 2008 Exclusive
Dot

Unreleased Funkeys

Taejo
Bandit



Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Funkeys Babble Forum 2.0 Now Open

The U.B.Funkeys Babble Forum Version 2.0 is now open. Please do not use usernames that you know were used by others on the old forum. They will have first dibs on those usernames, so if you take them you'll have to choose another anyway...

Sorry for all the problems. Click here, sign up, and enjoy!

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Monday, January 26, 2009

Funkeys Babble 2008-2009 - RIP (2.0 on the way)

It’s hard for me to admit defeat, but the Funkeys Babble forum suffered a tragic end today. The database is completely corrupt and the hosting service I use does not allow for the replacement of a database that large from backup.

I do plan to re-instate a forum here, and hope to have at least a general area to converse in by the end of the night. User accounts will need to be re-created, so everyone please avoid using usernames that you know others were using here. I’m going to allow those who had them the first time keep them based on e-mail address, so if you make one that someone else already has claim to, you’ll lose it and have to choose a new name.

I’ll update you all as I have news. Tonight as I said before will be very basic. I’ll add the categories and the look & feel of the old forum as I get time this week.

Sorry all, I’m just as disappointed as the rest of you. This was my baby…

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Babble Forum...

Hi all,

The Babble Forum is broken. I did it while trying to upgrade the software over my lunch hour. I will try to get it fixed tonight.

:(

Friday, January 23, 2009

Funk-E Offers Funkeys Loot to all Who Endured the Glitches

Hello all! Funk-E has asked that we post the following message here for all of our visitors to read...

"We are very sorry for any confusion and trouble that was inadvertently caused during the holidays due to technical issues with U.B. Funkeys. Our Funkey engineers finally have everything cleared up.

It appears that there was a disruption in the communication between our servers (sounds like Master Lox was busy over the holidays). We are still busy sorting through the individual concerns, and I can assure you that errors to any player’s accounts are being worked on. I want to be clear that there was never any loss of information or security issues of any type. We are very protective and appreciative of our very loyal fan base.

But as a small token of our appreciation for the patience everyone has shown during the outages, we would like to give everyone a “belated holiday gift” in the form of some free loot! Every player account should be awarded a small amount of loot that they can spend in the Funkey Trunk or Angus’s Lab. As this is a way for us to say thanks to our loyal fan base, this gift will be a 1 time event that is gifted to all player accounts that have already been created and will not apply to new accounts created after the initial offering of loot has been distributed. Thanks again, and stay Funkey!"

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

U.B. Funkeys Paradox Green Propaganda Posters

Funk-E has been nice enough to supply us with larger, clearer versions of the "Paradox Green" series of propaganda posters we all first saw on Mayor Sayso's Facebook account. They are some really neat looking poster images based on the upcoming (yet to be officially named) series 5 and they've been creating quite buzz for the past week or so on a lot Funkeys blogs.

Each highlights one new Funkey Tribe from the coming series and all three have two common pieces of text. One is "Paradox Green" and the other is "This message has been approved by Mayor Sayso". While Funk-E was happy to share these images with us, we are still as "in the dark" as the rest of you regarding what any of this means.

The first up is the one featuring the "green" or "recycle" Funkey that caught a lot of folks attention a few weeks back when we posted the images from the Consumer Electronics Show. This little recycle Funkey with the crazy new head shape has a lot of people drooling for the new series.

Click on the image for a larger version...


For a SUPER huge version, click here... (2.35MB)

Check back in the coming days for the other two!

PS: Keep in mind that the next series we can all expect will be the DC Superheroes & Villains series this coming spring. Series 5 will be later in 2009...

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Funkeys Ultimate Checklist Version 3.0

Say it with me now...

Finally!

Yes, it's about time another version of the Funkeys Ultimate Checklist was released. Sorry it's been so long, but I think you'll find this one to be up to date with the latest and greatest... :)

Sample thumbnail...


All three versions are made to print out on one sheet of paper...
Click here for the PDF version... (1.45MB)
Click here for the PNG version... (322KB)
Click here for the BMP version... (9.16MB)

And as always, if you're still looking for some of these Funkeys, there's a handy guide right here...

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Saturday, January 17, 2009

New Forum Smilies Including Hidden Realm

It took a while, but I've finally finished making the new smilies for the forum. They have a new look to them that I like much better and I have now added the Funkeystown Adventure Pack characters as well as Hidden Realm. Go update your collection threads!

Oh and there's now individual smilies for the three rarities of scratch, so you'll want to update those as well. Some samples...

:xenerv: :twinxr: :henchred: :mayor: :master: :native: :ubsr: ::UBDSPink:: ::UBDSBlack:: :rom: :gabby: :dot: :sprocketr: :dyerv: :ubhr: :singev:

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Sunday, January 11, 2009

WTGTIV's Awesome Custom Funkeys

As anyone on the Funkeys Babble Forum knows, WTGTIV is one talented dude... :) Between his animated Funkeys graphics and his custom painted Funkeys, we were all impressed. But now he's outdone himself with these Funkeys Familiars he created...




If you'd like to see his other Custom Funkeys and larger views of these Familiars, click here...

If you'd like to see all of his great animated graphics, click here...

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Joker From the DC Series of U.B.Funkeys

CNET has a small story covering the CES show where the DC and Series 5 images came from on Friday's post. They had one image of the Funkeys booth which shows a much clearer view of the new Joker Funkey...



Click here to see the source story on CNET...

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Thursday, January 8, 2009

DC Funkeys and Series 5 Funkeys Revealed!

I was checking around and stumbled on these images taken at the Consumer Electronics Show currently going on in Las Vegas. Mattel is showing off the DC Funkeys again, with the addition of The Joker! Which means my theory was right and the DC line will have villains too! :)

Also pictured are some Funkeys with 2 new head shapes, which I'm assuming must be the new Series 5 Funkeys that were announced a few days ago that use the Game Factory Tool.





These are looking to be VERY cool! Can't wait to see more close-up images...

Also being shown by Mattel is what looks to be a new line of figures similarly inspired by the Urban Vinyl movement, called f.a.m.p.s. They seem to be made and marketted for girls, but I know as a toy/figure collector, I'll be picking some of these up...




The images were part of this article on mobitrends.com where you can find more information...

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

U.B.Funkeys Babble Forum One Year Old!

Today, January 6th marks the one year anniversary of the U.B.Funkeys Babble Forum going online! In a freak coincidence, we had our 800th member join today as well... :)

If you still haven't joined in the conversation, come on in!

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Monday, January 5, 2009

U.B. Funkeys Game Factory Tool Announced

The following blurb is from a new press release from Mattel reviewing some of the coming 2009 Fall releases...

U.B. FUNKEYS Game Factory Tool

U.B. Funkeys is a popular PC-based interactive game where vinyl toy collecting meets casual gaming. The U.B. Funkeys virtual world continues to expand as players collect figures and interact through in-game activities and challenges. The Game Factory tool enhances the user experience by allowing kids to unlock new gaming functionality within the U.B. Funkeys world. With each 2 Game Factory figures, kids can create their own U.B. Funkeys online game and post it to UBFunkeys.com where friends can play and rank their game.

UB Funkeys Game Factory Tool is designed for kids 8+ and will be available this Fall. Pricing is not yet determined.


This could get interesting! Hopefully they'll get it well tested before launch-time. :)

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