South Park/Kidrobot

The only figures in this photo that weren’t made were Wellington Bear and “Innocent” Cartman.

## Product Information

### Year(s)

2014

As part of the *South Park: Year of the Fan* celebration in 2011, Kidrobot produced a series of 3” vinyl figures and 1” zipper pullers based on the show’s characters. The newest *South Park* figures after Mezco ended production on theirs, there have only been a few Kidrobot never got to make.

## **Summary:**

Like most of the figures they are well known for, Kidrobot’s figures have articulations in the arms & an enlarged head and were packaged in blindboxes; most of them came with an accessory until the most recent wave. The first series contained fourteen figures and came with a sticker depicting them in Kidrobot’s style. Many of the characters included were already done by previous toy companies, though the one unique figure they did for this wave was Randy Marsh who had never been attempted by Mezco or Mirage. Some of the exclusives include Dead Kenny, Mysterion, and Jimmy Valmer in his “The Bard” persona (The Professor Chaos figure also came with General Disarray). In promotion with the 2014 video game *Stick of Truth*, Kidrobot released five open-box versions of the five main boys in their costumes from the game. The third blind box series was released in late 2016 to coincide with the original projected release for *The Fractured But Whole* with twelve figures based on the kid’s superhero personas. Mysterion and Professor Chaos were recycled for this wave, but the former was given a new “flowing cape” while Chaos had a new facial expression. In Series 2, Kidrobot released a fourth blind box series that served as a direct sequel to their first *South Park* offering, though no longer came with stickers or accessories. Some of the unique figures for this lineup include Bebe Stevens, Craig Tucker, Puking Stan Marsh, Heidi Turner, Beast Eric Cartman, PC Principal, Gerald Broflovski, Kyle Schwartz, and Buttface Kenny. In 2021, pre-order listings appeared online at ToyWiz and BigBadToyStore for a new series set to release in October and will be based off the “Imaginationland” trilogy. The chosen characters include PopeCartman, Bubble Butters, a Leprachaun, Deery Dear, Beary Bear, Mayor of Imaginationland, Santa, and Jesus. The art released to retailers depicted the adults as full-size characters and not in the shorter style previous series used for adults, but the art is not final. Also made for Kidrobot’s PHUNNY plush line in late 2017 were *South Park* plush characters with vibrating dolls based off Towelie and Kenny slated for a 2021 release.

## **Cancelled Figures:**

After a long hiatus, Kidrobot released a new series of figures in late 2015; titled “The Many Faces of Cartman.” Featuring Eric’s wild arrays of costumes and alter-egos from throughout the show’s history, fourteen styles were made in varying levels of rarity with Pirate, AWESOM-O and Fingerbang being the hardest to find while Ginger Kids was the secret chase figure. Some of the figures would be re-released in 2018 via 2-packs. The unique Cartman variants made for this series include Border Patrol, Sumo, Glasses, Bunny Man, “Whatever,” and Ginger. However, early art for “The Many Faces of Cartman” depicted not just the figures with different rarity rates, but had concept art of Eric in his Wellington Bear pajamas and his innocent persona from “Obama Wins!” At the same event, early promotional material for *The Fractured But Whole* included the silhouette of the Bard among the figures slated for release, though would become an exclusive instead.

Given that the “Wellington” and “Obama” Cartman figures were only made as concept art, its unlikely a final mold was made for them and the two of them will remain: **LOST.**

## **Source:**

1. ↑ https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Kidrobot