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Kidrobot

The logo with the four boys.

Kidrobot is a toy company known for producing stylized 'vinyl art' action figures, often released in blind boxes, where the figures are randomly packaged in a generic box, and consumers do not know what figure they are purchasing until opening the box. They have produced lines for many series, including The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rick and Morty, Sonic the Hedgehog, and SpongeBob SquarePants.

During the Year of the Fan celebration in 2011, they produced a series of 3" South Park vinyl figures and 1" zipper-pullers, the first new South Park figures produced since Mezco Toyz ended production four years earlier. All action figures have articulation at the arms and head, and most figures came with an accessory until the most recent wave.

Each figure is listed below with its rarity where applicable.

Press Release[]

"South Park comes to Kidrobot! Your favorite animated satirical sitcom gets stylized in vinyl for the first Kidrobot x South Park Mini Series.

4th Graders Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick, along with some of the little mountain town's most infamous residents, stand 3-inches tall, feature articulating heads and arms and are paired with an appropriate, or not, accessories: rats for Kenny, Stan's flamboyant dog Sparky, Mr. Garrison's puppet, Mr. Hat, and Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo inside a coffee cup.

An homage to their 2D stop-motion cutout creation, these mini figures, 14 styles in all, come packaged in construction paper-themed boxes. Which one will you get?"

Figures[]

Series 1[]

These fourteen figures were released as blind boxes in the main series, with the a generally even chance of getting any of the first eight toys, with succeeding characters being roughly twice as rare as the previous. Most characters came with an accessory, and all with a sticker depicting them in Kidrobot's style.

The series was first released in 2011.

Exclusives[]

Three exclusives were released, with Mysterion and the Glow-in-the-Dark Kenny limited to 1,000 pieces each. There are also ten Mysterion figures in existence that were signed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone before being boxed.

At the San Diego Comic Con 2017, a figure of Jimmy Valmer in his 'The Bard' persona was released as an exclusive.

South Park: The Stick of Truth[]

For the release of South Park: The Stick of Truth in 2014, Kidrobot released five open-box versions of the main five boys in their costumes from the game, each with their main weapon. These figures are no longer in production.

The Many Faces of Cartman[]

After a long hiatus, Kidrobot released a new series of figures in late 2015, featuring Eric Cartman's wild array of costumes and alter-egos from throughout the show's history. There were once again fourteen styles at varying levels of rarity, featured from the first through sixteenth seasons, with most including an accessory. Pirate Cartman, AWESOM-O, and Fingerbang Cartman are the hardest to find, with Ginger Kids Cartman as the secret chase figure. This series are no longer in production.

The omission of The Coon was a hint towards his later release. (see below)

Some of the figures were re-released in 2018 in 2-packs.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole[]

The third blind box series was released in late 2016 to coincide with the original projected release for South Park: The Fractured But Whole, and includes twelve figures based on the kids' superhero personas featured in the game. The rarity of the figures has been decreased, with almost all of them likely to appear in a case of twenty. These figures do not come with additional accessories, except Toolshed, who comes with a power drill.

Though Mysterion and Professor Chaos figures previously existed as exclusives, these versions were made unique by giving Mysterion a new 'flowing cape' while Chaos has a new facial expression.

Series 2[]

Kidrobot released a fourth blind box series of South Park figures in April 2019. This series is a direct sequel to the first South Park blind box series and returns to sixteen characters, though they are no longer packed with stickers, and generally without accessories.

The lineup includes Craig Tucker, Tweek Tweak, Tolkien Black, Bebe Stevens, Wendy Testaburger, Kyle Schwartz, Timmy Burch and PC Principal (with removable Oakley sunglasses), all previously included in the two South Park Zipper-Puller figures series, in addition to new characters Gerald Broflovski, Scott Malkinson, and Heidi Turner in her Beauty shirt, with new variations of the boys as well - Eric Cartman in his Beast shirt, Stan Marsh puking, Kyle Broflovski without his hat, and Ass Faced Kenny McCormick.

The chase figures in this set are the Tolkien Black and "Butt Face Kenny" figures, who are packed one in forty-eight each.

The series was discontinued in late 2020 and unlike the first series, all of the included figures are rarer to find available on resale sites and have climbed in price, except for 'Beast Cartman'.

Imaginationland Series[]

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Image released by retailers.

In 2021, pre-order listings appeared online at ToyWiz and BigBadToyStore for a new series set for release in October: "Kidrobot brings to life South Park's Imaginationland with all-new collectible 3" tall vinyl mini-figures. When the South Park boys find themselves in a magical land where the entirety of the world's imagination exists, a battle of epic proportions takes place. Packaged in window boxes, collect the full series featuring characters: Pope Cartman, The Leprechaun, Butters, Deery Dear, Beary Bear, Battle Santa, Battle Jesus, and the Mayor. Coming 2021 from Kidrobot."[1] It has not been formally announced at this time.

It appears to include eight characters drawn from the "Imaginationland" trilogy - Cartman in his Pope Costume, Butters in his bubble, a Leprechaun, Deery Dear, Beary Bear, the Mayor of Imaginationland, Santa Claus and Jesus Christ. The art released to retailers depicts the three adults as full-size chaacters and not in the shorter style previous series used for South Park adults, but the art is not final.

In 2022, four of the figures were released in two packs - Pope Cartman, Butters in a Bubble, the Mayor of Imaginationland and a Leprechaun. There has been no announcement regarding Jesus, Santa or the Christmas Critters.

Anatomy[]

In 2022 on the website ToyWiz[2], four figures of The Boys were put on pre-order and would ship in June of 2023. These figures have glow-in-the-dark half-skeleton bodies and stand at three inches tall. The singular-selling anatomy characters stand at eight inches tall. Every figure besides the Goth Stan figure is currently on sale on the Kidrobot or Toywiz website.

Large Scale Figures[]

To coincide with the release of South Park: The Stick of Truth, a 7" version of Cartman as his Grand Wizard King persona was released in the Grand Wizard Edition of the game, kickstaring a series of larger scale 7" figures that would continue with AWESOM-O alongside the Many Faces of Cartman line, and for South Park: The Fractured But Whole, larger scale versions of Mysterion, The Coon and Professor Chaos. They have all retailed around $49.99 separately.

An exclusive glow-in-the-dark version of the Professor Chaos figure was released only in the South Park Loot Crate.

Zipper-Pullers[]

Kidrobot also released a series of 1" Zipper-Puller figures that can clip to zippers or keychains - the line-up is similar, still including Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Kenny, Butters, Professor Chaos, Mr. Slave, Chef and Satan, but Wendy Testaburger, Terrance and Phillip are added, and Mr. Hat and Mr. Hankey were released as pullers instead of accessories like with the figures. Consequently, Mr. Garrison and Mr. Mackey were not released as zipper-pullers, nor Barbrady, Randy or Towelie. There is another secret chase figure as well - ManBearPig.

Kidrobot released the second series of 1" Zipper-Puller figures in 2018. The lineup included characters previously included in other series such as AWESOM-O, Dead Kenny, Lemmiwinks (as an accessory) and Towelie but adds Cupid Me, Bebe Stevens, PC Principal, Tweek Tweak, Tolkien Black, Timmy Burch, Stoned Towelie, Jimmy Valmer, Jesus, Pete and Craig Tucker. There are 2 secret chases in this series, Stoned Towlie and Jesus.

The second series was still into production until late 2021.

Plush[]

Kidrobot released a collection of South Park plush characters to their PHUNNY plush line in late 2017. The characters released for the line were Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny, Dead Kenny, Butters and Mr. Hankey. Unlike the four main boys and Butters, Mr. Hankey's accessory is a cup that he can fit inside and Dead Kenny's head can be removed from his body by a strap.

In 2021, they announced four new products: 10" plush versions of Towelie, both stoned and not stoned, as well as two 24" 'real towel' versions.[3] They also released a 16" vibrating Kenny plush.[4]

In 2022, the above plush were all re-released or still available, excluding Angel Kenny, for the show's 25th Anniversary, alongside a new collection of the Goth Kids in Phunny plush, their official plush debut and four of only five new characters added to the series' plush toy lineup in over a decade. Later in the year, five new Christmas themed plush toys were released from the company through the website ToyWiz. These plushies are pre-order and will ship in December of 2022 and January of 2023.

In early 2023, plush of a 13" Randy with very large balls, an 11" box of Cheesy Poofs featuring Cartman in his Cheesy Poof costume, and a 16" vibrating Cartman holding a box of Cheesy Poofs were announced and put up on pre-order. Randy is expected to ship by Q3 2023, and the Cheesy Poofs and Cartman are expected to ship by Q2 2023.

Cancelled Figures[]

Some early art for the Many Faces of Cartman series included him in his Wellington Bear pajamas, and his innocent persona from "Obama Wins!" which he used to rig the election. At the same event, early promotional material for the South Park: The Fractured But Whole series included the silhouette of the Bard among the figures for release, but he later became an exclusive instead.

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