{"id":25444,"date":"2014-10-12T19:52:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T23:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=25444"},"modified":"2018-01-24T19:45:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T00:45:56","slug":"soon-forget-madballs-series-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2014\/10\/soon-forget-madballs-series-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Soon Forget: Madballs Series 3 and 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our subject today is Basic Fun Inc.'s third series of <i>Madballs<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"355\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->At Toy Fair 2009, BFI showed off six new Art Asylum-designed <i>Madballs<\/i>, a mix of old and new characters:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-25444 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3b-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3b.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25448'>\n\t\t\t\tFist Face\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3c.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25449\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3c-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3c.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25449'>\n\t\t\t\tLock Lips\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3d.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3d-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3d-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3d.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25450'>\n\t\t\t\tMosh Pitts\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3e.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3e-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25451\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3e-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3e.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25451'>\n\t\t\t\tNail Biter\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3f.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3f-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25452\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3f-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3f.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25452'>\n\t\t\t\tPuck Teeth\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3g.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3g-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25453\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3g-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3g.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25453'>\n\t\t\t\tSnake Bait\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Here's the official art:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3h.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs3h-300x212.jpg\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the sales weren't there, so Series 3 was quietly cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>As a bonus, Art Asylum was also working on Series 4. There's art for those releases, but they never progressed to the sculpting phase:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mbs4-300x218.jpg\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Madballs Blind Bags - Buzz Off review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2017\/09\/madballs-blind-bags-buzz-off-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Madballs Blind Bags - Buzz Off review<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Madballs at Target\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/madballs-at-target\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Madballs at Target<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Soon Forget - Madballs Blind Bags Black Out Series\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/soon-forget-madballs-blind-bags-black-out-series\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Soon Forget - Madballs Blind Bags Black Out Series<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Madballs Blind Bags - Bruise Brother review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2017\/08\/madballs-blind-bags-bruise-brother-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Madballs Blind Bags - Bruise Brother review<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Madballs at Sonic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2019\/11\/madballs-at-sonic\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Madballs at Sonic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our subject today is Basic Fun Inc.'s third series of Madballs. &lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;Madballs Blind Bags - Slobbernaut review Madballs &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2014\/10\/soon-forget-madballs-series-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,331,174],"tags":[348],"class_list":["post-25444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-asylum","category-cancelled-toys","category-toy-fair","tag-madballs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25444"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25482,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25444\/revisions\/25482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}