Funkeyfan559 from the forum pointed out a couple images on Flickr a few days back of a Funkeys both from a toy show. It looks to be a show in the UK, since the UB in the logo is black. The only black UB is from the UK exclusive Dream State starter pack. I really like the use of the cardboard stand-ups and the gigantic balloon Deuce. What I'd love to get my hands on is one of the posters hanging on each corner. Well, OF COURSE I'd love to get ahold of the balloon Deuce or one of the cardboard stand-ups, but that's not too likely... :(

Update: "These photos are from the Leipzig Gaming Convention held in August 2008 in Leipzig, Germany." - Thanks to Kyau for this updated info!

Labels: Bones, Deuce, Fallout, Funkeys Booth, Tiki, Toy Show, Twinx, Xener

Game Update:
As most of you know by now there was a version 3.15 update released recently called "Promo". I didn't post about it right away because there weren't any obvious changes to the game. I confirmed over the weekend that the update was strictly back-end updates. On the plus side, some in the forum have reported that it seems to have fixed some glitches in their games for them.


Pink Exclusive Dream State Starter:
Over the weekend, Bryan1-2 from the forum reported a new color variation of the Dream State Starter. It has a pink version of the UB hub (not just plain pink like the Limited Too exclusive) and comes with Twinx and Waggs. Funk-E confirmed to me that it is a Toys R Us exclusive. On a side note, Funk-E also confirmed that the black hub version of the Dream State Starter is an exclusive for a UK based retailer called Argos. I've done some digging and they will not ship outside of the UK, so US collectors are going to have to resort to places like eBay as they start becoming more widely released.


Other Images:
First one up is this image of some early prototypes from Hidden Realm. We originally talked about it here but didn't post the image at the time...


Second is an image that was pointed out by someone on the forum. It's the Speed Racer image from Target.com. I hadn't noticed, but the Racer X in the image looks completely different as if it was an early design...


Last image for this post is a Funkiki Island image I had not seen before. Looking around last night, I found this on the UK version of the Radica website...

Labels: Argos, Black Hub, Dream State, Exclusive Funkeys, Funkeys News, Funkiki Island, Game Updates, Pink Hub, Preview, Racer X, Speed Racer, Toys R Us, Twinx, Waggs

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 Xener

Labels: Bandit, Boggle, Bones, Dot, Drift, Fallout, Flurry, Funkiki Island, Glub, Nibble, Site Updates, Sol, Sprocket, Sprout, Stitch, Tiki, Twinx, Wasabi, Webley, Xener

I finally broke down and bought one Series 2 figure (Sol) off ebay so the kids could play on the new Funkiki Island stuff. I'll post about what they think of the additions soon. I also grabbed the last figure I still needed from the original wave, the Very Rare Twinx. Woohoo!

Labels: ebay, Funkiki Island, Purchasing Funkeys, Sol, Twinx

Twinx means “star” in the native Funkey language, and the Twinx embody this word. They have achieved celebrity status in Terrapinia...

For more information about the Twinx, click on the image or simply click here for the Twinx page.

Labels: Site Updates, Twinx

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