Just a quick heads-up... The limited edition (12,000 made) Target exclusive Dream State Very Rare 4 Pack with the foil card inside is now available on the Target.com website for the same $25.99 at in the stores. Here are a few images... :) Labels: Dream State, Drift, Exclusive Funkeys, Ptep, Purchasing Funkeys, Target, Vlurp, Waggs
New Funkeys Multiplayer Starter with Sprocket
There's a new version on the Dream State starter on ebay with 5 Dream State Funkeys included called the Multiplayer Starter. The first four (that most of us already have) and Sprocket. Would have been nice to see at least a couple of the new Multiplayer Funkeys in it, but either way I'll be waiting for the singles. It's only being offered by one seller so far and they currently have 5 of them listed. Update: More sellers have them now, so I've changed the link accordingly... Check out the eBay listings here...Labels: Dream State, Drift, ebay, Ptep, Sprocket, Vlurp, Waggs
Dream State 4-Packs Discovered
Last night at Toys R Us, I stumbled by a Dream State 4-Pack that I didn't even know existed. Of course they were all the common versions of each figure; Waggs, Vlurp, Ptep, and Drift. Heh, wouldn't THAT be a find to get a 4-Pack of all Rares or Very Rares. So for those who don't have any of them yet, this could be a great way to jump in to Dream State. It was $22.99 at TRU which isn't a great price for four singles, but at the ridiculous TRU exchange rate of $7.99 per single Funkey, it's a relative savings. Anyway, I left it there but I took a picture with my phone!  Labels: Dream State, Drift, Ptep, Purchasing Funkeys, Vlurp, Waggs
Dream State Singles, Chat Packs, and Funkeys Speakers!
I finally found some of the new stuff myself this weekend! On Friday, I scored a pair of the Funkey Speakers that look like Scratch. I also saw the Lotus flash drive, but decided to wait on that until later. I'll be hooking them up at work tomorrow to see how they sound. I doubt they'll sound all that fantastic, but that's not the point of these babies and I don't exactly crank up the music at the office... :)  Also, I found the four chat funkeys and well as two Dream State singles, Vlurp and Rare Ptep. Here's a shot of my Dream State Funkeys so far...  They are finally getting a little easier to find. I've seen posts about them now showing at Target, Walmart, Meijers, and K-Mart... Labels: Chat Funkeys, Dream State, Drift, Funkeys Speakers, Gabby, Holler, Images, Ptep, Purchasing Funkeys, Rewind, Rom, Vlurp
Dream State Funkeys Character Pages Added!
The character pages have been added for all of the Dream State figures. You can see the entire list of Funkeys here, or follow the links below to the specific one you want to see... :: Berger :: Drift :: Dyer :: Gabby :: Holler :: Lucky :: Rewind :: Rom :: Ptep :: Snipe :: Sprocket :: Tank :: Vlurp :: Waggs :: Labels: Berger, Chat Funkeys, Daydream Valley, Dream State, Drift, Dyer, Gabby, Holler, Lucky, Nightmare Rift, Ptep, Rewind, Rom, Snipe, Sprocket, Tank, Vlurp, Waggs
Dream State Games Named for Wave 1
One last little piece of info I forgot to add to the last few Dream State updates is the name of the four new games for Wave 1... Ptep Game: Pyramid Puzzler Waggs Game: Wagg-Words Drift Game: Flipper Fever Vlurp Game: Perplexing Paths That pretty much wraps up all the "new" info I have to share with everyone until the Dream State update hits our computers. Have a good one! Labels: Dream State, Drift, Flipper Fever, Funkeys News, Perplexing Paths, Ptep, Pyramid Puzzler, Vlurp, Wagg-Words, Waggs
Dream State Starter Set & Wave 1 Line-up
 Before we release the rarity colors of the other Wave 1 Funkeys, we thought we'd give some general information. As you can see in the image above, the packaging is a light purple color instead of the green mock-ups that were on display at the New York Toy Fair. You'll also note that the UB hub that comes with the Dream State starter has a new design to it. Some of you have already noticed this new UB being shown on the home page of the official site. Although some have stated that it looks a bit "girly", I personally like the new look a lot. So what's going to be available in Wave 1 you ask? Here's the breakdown: * Starter Set including 1 new UB hub, 1 Common Drift, and 1 Common Bones. * All four Chat Funkeys including Holler, Rewind, Rom, and Gabby. * The following normal Funkeys in the regular three rarity color variations: Ptep, Vlurp, Drift, and Wags. There will be no Multi-Player Funkeys in Wave 1. One additional thing to note on the new starter packaging is the phrase "includes quest feature". We've not been given any information regarding this new feature, so we'll all have to wait and see... Click here to see a larger view of the new UB Hub...Click here to see a larger view of the new Dream State Starter Set...Check back often for more Dream State updates! :) Labels: Dream State, Drift, Funkeys News, Gabby, Holler, Ptep, Rewind, Rom, Series 3, Vlurp, Wags
Speed Racer and Dream State series updates!
All the rumors and all the excitement coming from the 2008 New York Toy Fair images being posted online have really created quite a buzz within the Funkeys community, and with good reason. We have two big releases on the horizon in 2008, one series brining a new twist by adding a licensed brand to the game, and the other being a huge release promising to bring lots of new functionality to the game. So here’s the info that Mattel has shared…  Click here for a much larger view...The Speed Racer Series: This series is meant as a stand-alone series that will have its own zone, its own games and even its own type of crib, which will look like (what else?) a car garage. Now don’t get the wrong impression, the worlds and characters will be interchangeable, so once you travel to Funkiki Island, you will be able to have Racer X walk around and see the sites. But the series is more of a tie-in and not part of the “official” Funkeys storyline. The confirmed character set is as follows. Wave 1 is scheduled for release in March, will likely hit shelves in April and will consist of Speed Racer, Chim-Chim, Cannonball Taylor, Trixie, Snake Oiler, and Racer X. Wave 2 will be release a bit later and will have most of the same characters with the addition of Taejo and a different version of Speed Racer. There will be a Common > Rare > Very Rare version of each just like with the normal Funkeys, but due to licensing they cannot have complete color changes. Instead they will have small changes such as metallic paint highlights or different facial expressions.  Click here for a much larger view...Series Three – Dream State: This series does not have a release date yet, but it will definitely be at least summertime before we see any in stores, likely late summer. There will be 10 new classic shaped Funkeys, some of which will be Multi-Player Funkeys. There will also be 4 Chat Funkeys from the new design that includes the antennas (seen at Toy Fair) for a total of 14 characters. The wave configurations have not been finalized and neither have all of their names, but Sprocket and Drift from the original packaging as well as Waggs (the Puppy), Lucky (the Rainbow head), Dyer (the Peace symbol), Berger (the Cow), Snipe (Special Ops character with night vision goggles) are confirmed from the 10 classic Funkeys, and Gabby (Pink Lips) has been confirmed from the Chat Funkey line. The 10 classic Funkeys will come in the standard Common > Rare > Very Rare color assortment and the Chat Funkeys will only come in one color each.  Click here for a much larger view...One thing to note is that Bandit and Dot are NOT part of Series 3 and will be part of a future series. The other question in many people’s minds is in regards to all the “other” characters seen at Toy Fair such as Mayor Sayso, The Henchmen, the Natives, the Pineapple King, and Master Lox. There has been speculation that these would be released possibly as playable figures, possibly as just toys to play with or display with your Funkeys. None of this has been confirmed or denied by Mattel. Our personal gut feelings here at theSpeakEasy are that they were only prototype creations meant to enhance the display at Toy Fair. But who knows, if Mattel finds out how many people would shell out good money just to add them to their displays, we could end up seeing them some day. Maybe as a mail-in offer? Huh Mattel? What do you think? Discuss this news here...Labels: Chat Funkeys, Dream State, Drift, Funkeys News, Multi-Player Funkeys, Racer X, Snake Oiler, Speed Racer, Sprocket, Taejo, Trixie
First U.B.Funkeys Image from Toy Fair 2008
That's right, we have located our first Funkeys image out there posted on the Internet from the New York Toy Fair 2008! It was found on the New York Daily News site and was first reported in our Forum early this morning by "Roxxxxxxx", who seems to always have a leg up on all of us finding Funkeys news posted online...  What we do know about the Funkeys in this image is the following... 1) The two in blue packaging on the left are from the upcoming Speed Racer series due out this spring. 2)The rest shown are from the big Series three summer release, at least some of which will be called "Dream State". 3) As we've discussed a little in a previous post, the summer release will add new interactive functionality to the game. 4) The two-pack shown in front on the right says "1 Funkey, 1 MultiPlayer", so that seems to imply that at least some of the new functionality will be limited to specific characters which will please parents that are concerned about their children being able to interact with others they may not know. 5) Of all the characters in the summer release that we can confirm from this picture, we do know the name of at least two of them. Sprocket and Drift are seen in the starter pack, shown with a UB hub. 6) For the first time, we see a character that is not from the same mold as the rest of the Funkeys. It looks to be a parrot of some sort. If you see any more images posted around, let us know! Feel free to discuss this here in the forum... Labels: Dream State, Drift, Funkeys News, Speed Racer, Speedracer, Sprocket, Toy Fair
The character pages are all live now. Feel free to visit the character page or just click on any Character below. There will be much more added to these pages as we have more time and as information is made available...                       Bandit, Boggle, Bones, Deuce, Dot, Drift, Fallout, Flurry, Glub, Lotus, Nibble, Scratch, Sol, Sprocket, Sprout, Stitch, Tiki, Twinx, Vroom, Wasabi, Webley, and XenerLabels: Bandit, Boggle, Bones, Dot, Drift, Fallout, Flurry, Funkiki Island, Glub, Nibble, Site Updates, Sol, Sprocket, Sprout, Stitch, Tiki, Twinx, Wasabi, Webley, Xener
Site Updates - Contact Form
We were able to get a contact form up and functioning so you may now tell us all about how much you dislike the site! Woohoo... But seriously, we'll be adding a "resources" section soon, so if you run or know of a good Funkeys related site, let us know. So as you can probably tell, this site "just" went live and there's a ton to do. Up so far is the "characters" page which currently lists and shows images of all 66 U.B.Funkeys that were designed and added to the game before it was released. That's 22 characters (or tribes) and the three color variations for each. Soon, they will each click through to bio pages that will include more images and information about the characters. That list currently includes Bandit, Boggle, Bones, Deuce, Dot, Drift, Fallout, Flurry, Glub (not Gulb as it was misspelled on the first wave of packages), Lotus, Nibble, Scratch, Sol, Sprocket, Sprout, Stitch, Tiki, Twinx, Vroom, Wasabi, Webley, and Xener. Also, there's the "Where to buy Funkeys" page, which lists the stores you can find UBFunkeys at and links to a few places you can purchase them from on-line. More soon! Labels: Bandit, Boggle, Bones, Deuce, Drift, Fallout, Flurry, Glub, Lotus, Nibble, Site Updates, Sprocket, Sprout, Stitch, Tiki, Twinx, Vroom, Wasabi, Webley, Xener
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