New eBoy Peecol figures

Our friends at eBoy, creators of BB's mascots including the lovely and talented Jackhammer Jill, released their latest in the Peecol line of toy figures. My favorite is Rilla, the diaper-wearing gorilla! They're $9.95 each from Kidrobot. eBoy Peecol (Kidrobot)

[#1 posted by DavidPFarrell , July 4, 2008 2:42 PM]

A little off (side) topic:

Anyone know what the most recent pixorama, "KHT_Arla_06s", is for?

http://hello.eboy.com/eboy/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/kht-arla-06s-3-tm.jpg

I collect these eBoy 'pixorama' PNG files, and I don't much care for the names that eBoy gives them, so I usually rename them to something more meaningful.

Anyone know what this one is for?

It's got a lot to do with milk ...

And while we're at it, how about this one?

http://hello.eboy.com/eboy/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/shp-bitb-12s.png

[#2 posted by djn , July 4, 2008 3:28 PM]

Well, the description says "poster for milk dispensers for Arla", and I happen to know that Arla is a dairy company - I guess that should be all you need to know?

[#3 posted by DavidPFarrell , July 4, 2008 3:57 PM]

#2

Ah yes indeed.

And using your magic "description reading" technique, I have surmised that that the ship-bitb* poster is for BitBurger

Genius!

(sorry for being stupid)

[#4 posted by cow6oy , July 4, 2008 4:05 PM]

Sorry David, that was our fault. I just added the descriptions -- they were missing when you posted your first comment.

[#5 posted by Jake0748 , July 4, 2008 7:16 PM]

What is the significance (if any) of the name Peecol? I can imagine some things, but I have to plead ignorance. What's the poop?

[#6 posted by Bender , July 4, 2008 8:54 PM]

Jake0748- I'm with you. I love BoingBoing, but I think you need to belong to a special club to fully get the terminology sometimes. I'm sure that the people who do understand it feel very special.

[#7 posted by cinemajay , July 4, 2008 10:29 PM]

They remind me of the Village People.

[#8 posted by schwal , July 4, 2008 10:29 PM]

http://www.kidrobot.com/products.cfm?of2=EBOY would have been a more accurate link. Love kidrobot though.

[#9 posted by David Pescovitz , July 4, 2008 10:33 PM]

@SCHWAL (#7), Yes, way better link. I'll change the post. Thanks!

@JAKE0748, @BENDER, I'm not sure what Peecol means either! I think it's just an eBoy term!

[#10 posted by DavidPFarrell , July 5, 2008 12:30 PM]

@cow6oy(#4) Thanks for clarifying, I was pretty sure I had looked for descriptions previously - It is nice to know that I am not going insane!

@JAKE0748(#5), @BENDER(#6) I am nearly certain that peecol stands for "Collectable People". Also, if I remember correctly, the body parts are made to be easily mixed and matched with other peecols to create your own beastly hybrids like, say, the very-desirable Gorilla Nurse!.

[#11 posted by Anonymous , July 5, 2008 5:40 PM]

Looks like the Village People to me!

[#12 posted by chopp3r , July 5, 2008 7:54 PM]

Hummels for hipsters!

[#13 posted by cow6oy , July 6, 2008 5:26 AM]

@JAKE0748, @BENDER, Peecol is a made up name. We started to use it for a modular picture building kit years ago. When we started to develop the toy with Kidrobot we adapted the modular concept.

I think Jackhammer Jill, the first mascot here at BB, was created with our Peecol Font by Mark.

Here's a longer eBoy interview about the toy by Paul Budnitz btw. http://www.paulbudnitz.com/pages/eboy1207/eboy_budnitz_interview.html