>>6336475Well, they never came outright and said why. But, since I really liked what they did and I was a follower, I can speculate. Oct Toys was a husband-and-wife team that also did an online show called "Toy Break". They broke up and went separate ways, each with new significant others.
In addition, they tried to do a second, poorly thought-out Kickstarter for *one* Skeleton Warriors character that failed (Sept 2015). Around that time, they showed less and less interest in posting on their own forum, and told their own fanbase to leave the forum, for (ahem) technical upgrades that never happened. So, once the fanbase scattered, they never came back.
After the 2nd KS and forum debacles, they basically stopped producing any toylines (OMFG included). They'd occasionally offer new colors for existing molds (skeletons and OMFG figs) and would vaguely allude to a relaunch of Skeleton Warriors Kickstarter on their FB, but that never happened either. I suspect financial difficulties too, associated with the 2nd KS. It took time and money to come up with prototypes and to work with the factory to get pricing.
But they painted themselves into a corner, with a non-sustainable business model of needing $50,000 for one skeleton-ish character of an obscure cartoon with no mold reuse opportunities. Any plans to go further with individual characters from Skeleton Warriors was doomed to fail. What's frustrating is that they had success right in their hands- it was within reach. Customizable generic skeleton body parts packs with different mix n' match skulls, bones, etc. that could be bought in bulk for army building and also provide variation. They were so close to a true 1:18 sturdy skeleton... all they needed was 4 parts- shorter shinbones and legbones which could have brought their skellys to 4.5" or even a burly 4.25".
Then finally, Oct Toys died an ignominious death in Feb of this year.
