ShakyGlobe is Shaking it up

Found this article from aNb Media (Royalties, Toys & Family Entertainment, Time to Play Magazine) on ShakyPlanet today. We have a few ShakyGlobe collections in their store. If you have an iPhone check out the app, and start collecting!

The article mentions "...Monkey Doodle Dandy (soon to be a product line from Gund) are just a few of the licensed versions available,"  but it should be noted Monkey Doodle Dandy is the company, and Squaredy Cats is the property GUND is licensing for plush.

UPDATED:
The good folks at aNb Media made a change to the paragraph at our request (YAY! Thanks :)

It now reads:
"The licensing possibilities are endless. Licensing will play a large and immediate role in the snow globe concept. Speed Racer, ComicCon 2010, and Squaredy Cats (soon to be a licensed product line from Gund created by Monkey Doodle Dandy) are just a few of the licensed versions available."


Check their store for:

Squaredy Cats
Squarey Monsters
GirlMonsters

Here's the ShakyPlanet Facebook page.

Squaredy Cats featured in AM New York

Check AM New York's PDF archives. They did a story on Monkey Doodle Dandy and our Squaredy Cats on September 27, 2010. Article by Rachel Stern, photo by Michael Kirby Smith

You might be able to click the image above to read it.

aNb knows the Real Deal!

Four from the first series of Squaredy Cats.

Our best press yet in the trades. aNn Media who publishes Royalties and Toys & Family Entertainment mentioned Squaredy Cats on the Real Deal page of their online version (hoping it makes a printed issue as well).
They were the first to use one of the photos we included with our press release about the deal with GUND. We need people to see these fuzzy creatures, so please pass it along :)

Link to article.

It's officially published. GUND is making Squaredy Cats

We got our first alert since the press release went out. Gift Shop Magazine has published the news on their website. GUND is making Squaredy Cats plush :)
We couldn't be more excited! It's real ;)

Here's the link.

The first series will be nine Squaredy Cats. Below is an image of 4 samples of the plush Squaredy Cats in the first series GUND is making.

Squaredy Cats style guide covers

This post is a bit late, but I saved the link to archive here.

These are pictures Karen posted of the Squaredy Cats style guide covers she did for us.

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not squared to blog it

 From the Squaredy Cats™ blog.

 From the Squaredy Cats™ Facebook page. 

We finally started a blog and a Facebook fan page for the Squaredy Cats. There's tons of content to be added, so watch for it. The news for Squaredy Cats should be picking up too, so watch for that to increase as well.

We'll be posting cats on the blog along with anecdotes about what we were thinking when they were individually designed.

Check out the Squaredy Cats Blog

Check out the Squaredy Cats Facebook fan page

We'll keep the fan feed in the sidebar to the right as well.

Another one!

Our first license went to A&A Global who distributes to vending machine companies. Please comment on their blog, and let them know how much you LOVE Squaredy Cats :)

GO HERE!

:)

Squaredy Cats stickers for sale

Elaine just found this link for gumball machine vendors offering Squaredy Cats stickers for sale in bulk at Gumballs.com. If you know someone who owns vending machines or works at a vending machine company, please forward it to them.

Bitzy Motion Test

Our friend Liz Van Verth has done a motion test in animating Bitzy, the Squarey Monster. We are so happy with the way she looks bouncing around on the screen :)

Can't you just see the Squarey Monsters bouncing around on Nickelodeon?

Bitzy from Liz Van Verth on Vimeo.

Bitzy turnaround

Bitzy is alive! It's alive. It's alive. It's alive, it's alive, , it's alive , it's ALIVE!





Thank you, Liz Van Verth. This is exciting :)

16 New Squaredy Cats pins and magnets

We've uploaded 16 new pins (in two sizes) and magnets to our Cafe Press shop. We hope to see you strolling around town with your new Squaredy Cats pin. Maybe you need more magnets on your fridge ;)
Send one as a gift today, and help spread the news Squaredy Cats are here!

SEE THE NEW PINS!

:)

Bitzy begins the robot revolution

Bitzy, of the Squarey Monsters.

Bitzy front view

Bitzy 3/4 view

Bitzy side view

Bitzy top view

Elaine and I are VERY excited. Our friend Liz Van Verth is working on an animation with Bitzy of the Squarey Monsters. We are talking with Liz about how she will move, and are thrilled seeing our character come to life, and can't wait to see what she comes up with.

Visit Liz Van Verth's site.

Visit Bitzy

Bitzy is a Witzy-wonk, a robotic monster from Wonky Island. She spends her days spiffing up and her nights programming. If you have a gadget on the fritz, chances are she can fix it.

Pins and Magnets available

We set up a logo pin at our Cafe Press Store to place on the plushy Style Guide Teasers. The artwork is still attached to the store in the Squaredy Cats Section, and we applied it to 3.5" pins, 2.25" pins and 2.25" magnets.

If you are interested in purchasing pins or magnets please visit this link. And thanks for your support. These are going to be collectors' items ;)

Not squared to go green

We've been very busy developing our Squaredy Cats style guide for licensees. Many pitches are planned, but it looks like we may have our first licensing deal very soon (details to come). Since we were so busy we forgot to mention we signed our licensing agreement deal with our agents for Squaredy Cats and Squarey Monsters. Seems fairly anticlimactic after a few months of negotiations, but we're ecstatic about being represented.

Here's a little bit about our representation:
Redasign Studio is a branding and design studio specializing in building successful brands through licensing. With a combined 40 years experience in marketing, licensing and design, its team members, Robert Reda and Kim Winkeleer, have been instrumental in the development of multi-million dollar licensing and brand extension programs for properties such as baby Gund, She’s Charmed and Dangerous, the Teletubbies and Eloise at the Plaza.

To celebrate we popped a bottle of champagne. We hope you'll celebrate with a reusable stainless steel SIGG water bottle from our Cafe Press store.


Here's a perma-link to our store in case merchandise is moved in the future.

Not squared to send Facebook gifts

If you are on Facebook, get the new Squaredy Cats Facebook Gift app, and send some to friends. When you install it you will only see a few, but more unlock each day.
Click the "become a fan" button when you get there, and you will be notified when we upload more images. The Squaredy Cats you see here are not necessarily exclusive, but you'll find some here you'll never see anywhere else!
Wear your anxiety on your Facebook wall and own it!

Click here to get it!

Monday is fun day

The monkeys are back in the new studio trying to catch up on emails. Then we have to sort everything out that we learned at Licensing Expo. The show was a success for us. We came home with a stack of business cards as big as an Uno deck. Now comes the follow-through.

We are very excited about it all. We'll likely sign with our licensing agent for the US and UK this week or next, then they'll take some of our leads and make things happen.

*fingers crossed*

First Day at first Expo

Elaine and Kurt in the Monkey Doodle Dandy booth at our first Licensing Expo.

Kurt and the Squarey Monsters banner.

Elaine and the Wudjadoo banner.

The Jitterbutter banner and Betty Bones' skateboard concept.

The Squarey Monsters display.

Our first day of Licensing Expo went very well… even better than either of us had expected it could. We met manufacturers and producers from all over the world. Sometimes inventors had a product they thought would work well with our images. Sometimes an agency wanted to know what was available. There seems to be pretty even interest among all four of our properties, Jitterbutter GirlMonsters, Wudjadoo, Squarey Monsters and Squaredy Cats.

Today is the second day, and we don't know what to expect. We hope it can go half as well as it has already. I can't wait to see what the end result will be, and how these new connections will affect Monkey Doodle Dandy. 

We haven't figured out if our ad in Art of Licensing has sent anyone in our direction. It's possible, when everyone browses their papers from the show they can find us then. Not like we had many free moments yesterday. It seemed like someone was always stopping at our booth, and we're thankful for that! Even the heads of Tara Toy stopped by to say hello.

Donk, Bitzy and Clup are GO!

Kurt wearing Donk's Eyes.

Clup, Bitzy and Donk as plushies!

Terry cloth Squarey Monster, Bitzy… she's a bath buddy!

Terry cloth Squarey Monster, Donk… he's a bath buddy!

Plush Squarey Monster, Donk trying to use Kurt's mouse.

We are so excited to fly to Las Vegas for the Licensing Expo Sunday morning. We worked in the studio today for some last minute finishes. A few product mock-ups, labels and details for… YES! THREE MORE plush Squarey Monsters!
My brother-in-law has a tuxedo shop, and we hired his seamstress to work up Bitzy and Clup as pocket mouthed bath buddies and Donk as a plush pillow. I made simple patterns for reference, and Maria did a great job interpreting my mess :)
We printed some eyes on board to simulate plastic, and set up some labels for a mini-shampoo, soap bar, etc. to go in the mouths of the bath buddies.

Flitz is my bag

Squarey Monster, Flitz as a plush bag (sitting on Squaredy Cats postcards).

Karen Goetsch in our new studio with the commissioned Squarey Monsters plush bag, Flitz.

Karen of Karen's Monsters came through again with this last minute sample for Licensing Expo.
We are less than a week away from the show, and we couldn't be happier with all the concepts we have. This plush Flitz bag came out perfect!
We shipped everything else a week ago, but we still had some last minute postcards, giveaway pins and mock-ups to finish.

Squaredy Cats™ are a Facebook app

We've set up a Squaredy Cats Facebook gift app. If you use Facebook, please help us promote our Squaredy Cats by sending gifts to friends. The more you send, the more you unlock, and you can send more. Become a fan too. Put Squaredy Cats on your wall!

Start sending Squaredy Cats gifts!