Phantom of the Opera and Jim Henson Labyrinth & Dark Crystal

Hi All...Happy New Year

Hard at work on many new limited edition statue pieces that we will debut in New York in Feb. Press releases will drop soon on all this but here's a sneak peak for you.

Labyrinth & Dark Crystal from Jim Henson - We are very far along on (2) pieces from these film classics:

Jareth "Goblin King" - Our limited edition has David Bowie as Jareth holding his crystal orb, with that slight smile that make the Goblin King such a lovable villain. He stands on top of the "13 Hour" clock from several scenes in the film.

Dark Crystal - (2) New statues that have Jen posed on top of the Dark Crystal and Jen holding Kira trying to bring her "essence" back are both well underway.

All pieces are done on our Rock Iconz style and scale.

Stay tuned to www.knucklebonz.com for more details soon...

Kbonz

Dio Rock Iconz Statue Arrives at Niji

Hi All,

Edition #s 0001 and #0002 of our Ronnie James Dio Rock Iconz® Limited Edition Statue arrived at Niji Entertainment last eve in Burbak. Fot those who don't know, Niji is the music and management company headed by Ronnie's wife Wendy Dio.

Pictured is Niji Director Dean Schachtel with #0002 of the 3000 piece edition. Dean originally contacted KnuckleBonz about this project late this summer and was a driving force in our production as well as getting the word out to Ronnie's fans around the world. This project simply would not have happened without Dean's passion. Stand Up and Shout to all at Niji !!! , they are simply the coolest folks in the music biz . . . we are fortunate to have a chance to work with Wendy, Dean and all there at the company.

Check them out here http://www.facebook.com/OfficialRonnieJamesDio

Check out the YouTube KnuckleBonz Channel for the " Making Of " video on the Dio Rock Iconz statue . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pxyM2IPXOM

Rock Hard this Holiday Season,

Kbonz

Blue Meanie Rock Iconz Shipping - $500 Gift Cert

Hi All,

Blue Meanie has hit our warehouse and will begin shipping almost immediately.

All can ship in time for the holidays....

May sure you are "Subscribed" to our KnuckleBonz YouTube Channel to have a chance to WIN a $500.00 KnuckleBonz Gift Certificate...Winner will be chosen at random on Dec. 13th....

Subscribe Here for a Chance to Win - http://www.youtube.com/user/KnuckleBonz?feature=mhum

Merry Xmas,

Kbonz

KnuckleBonz "101" Video

Hi All,

Check out the KnuckleBonz "101" video that discusses the slings and arrows of making the Rock Iconz series and the company's founding . . .

http://www.youtube.com/user/KnuckleBonz?feature=mhum

Promo codes for Blue Meanie and RUSH "Starman Discounts" are in this video...

Happy Holidays,

Kbonz

Cyber Monday Rock Iconz (25 % Off Today Only)

Hi All,

Cyber Monday brings some promo code discounts for a first time ever sale at www.knucklebonz.com

Yellow Submarine - Use Promo Code "blu1968blog1" for 25 % Off Beatles Yellow Submarine "Blue Meanie" Rock Iconz Limited Edition statues

RUSH "Starman" Promo Code "rushstr2010blog1" gets you 25% Off the RUSH "Starman" Rock Iconz limited edtion statue

PROMO ENDS at Midnight EST Cyber Monday

Happy Holidays...more giveaways and contests coming throughout the holiday season.

thx,

Kbonz

New Beatles Yellow Submarine™ Collectible Series by KnuckleBonz

Press Release

New Beatles Yellow Submarine^™ Collectible Series by KnuckleBonz

Series is launched with the first release shipping next week in time for the holidays:
The Beatles “Blue Meanie” Rock Iconz statue from The Yellow Submarine Animated Film.
John, Paul, George, and Ringo collectibles from the film will debut in early 2011.

November 23, 2010: KnuckleBonz^® Inc. is excited to unveil a series of limited edition statues in their Rock Iconz^® series representing characters from the animated film classic The Beatles, Yellow Submarine. KnuckleBonz is working closely with Apple Corps. Ltd. to create this series. The company creates limited edition statues and these will be highly collectible, with only 3000 of each statue created.

These collectibles are licensed and approved by Apple Corps, Ltd. and Live Nation Merchandise, Inc. The Beatles North America Licensing Agent brokered the deal. All figures are 1/9 scale (approximately 9” high), hand-painted, numbered and each comes with a certificate of authenticity.

The first release in the series is the “Blue Meanie”, the Yellow Submarine’s arch villain. The “Blue Meanie” by KnuckleBonz is shipping next week from www.knucklebonz.com in time for holiday delivery. The “Blue Meanie” Rock Iconz will be very exclusive with only 1968 statues created in this limited edition.

KnuckleBonz creates hi-end sculpture that features rock's most highly influential artists. Dedicated to honoring rocks greatest through master artistry, KnuckleBonz has established the music-based collectible series: Rock Iconz.

Pricing and Availability
The Beatles “Blue Meanie” Rock Iconz Statue is scheduled to ship November 29, 2010 and is available at http://knucklebonz.com/beatlesbluebeanie.html and through select retailers worldwide. The Yellow Submarine Rock Iconz statues of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr will debut in February 2011. See http://knucklebonz.com/beatles.html for more information. Only 3000 of each of these statues will be created. Pre-orders are available now. Each figure is sold separately; SRP is $115 USD. This is a limited edition series created by KnuckleBonz.

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‘The Beatles’ is a registered trademark of Apple Corps Limited and Apple Group of related companies (‘Apple’).

KnuckleBonz, Inc. is committed to fine craftsmanship and the artistry of creating hand-crafted statues for music fans and collectors. More information can be found on these and other Items from KnuckleBonz at www.knucklebonz.com.

Promo Codes - Holiday Discounts

Hi All,

Happy holidays...while we are eternal optimists and totally subscribe to the"laws of attraction" to try to right all the wrongs that this zany planet has done to all of us over the last couple for years; we know all of you are probably still feeling a little pinched in the wallet. With that in mind for the first time ever we are offering discount "Promo Codes" to try to make your dollar stretch a little further this holiday season and still be able to give some of the coolest gifts on the planet...that being something from our Rock Iconz series of course ;0

Use these promo codes for killer holiday discounts:

Blue Meanie Rock Iconz
Promo Code "blu1968blog1"
25 % Discount Goof Thru 11/30

RUSH "Starman" Rock Iconz

Promo Code "rushstr2010blog1"

25% Discount Good thru 12/31

Call us at 1.800.638.4180 and a real live person will answer ( or call you back) to work w/ you for a kick ass holiday gift...

Happy Holidays,

Kbonz

KnuckleBonz YouTube Channel Launches

Hi All,

For many years music fans and KnuckleBonz collectors have told us some "Making of Rock Iconz" videos would be cool...well be careful what you ask for. Excited to tell you we have launched the official KnuckleBonz YouTube Channel. Check it out here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/KnuckleBonz?feature=mhum

The channel already have numerous videos that include titles like the "Making of Dio Rock Iconz, Rush Starman" as well as upcoming projects like the Beatles Yellow Submarine.

Become a "Subscriber" to the KnuckleBonz channel and you are automatically entered to win a $500.00 Kbonz Gift Certificate to make it a hard rockin' Xmas.

The video are also full of exclusive promo codes for discounts on select Rock Iconz limited edition statues....

More soon and Happy Holidays,

Kbonz

YouTube - KnuckleBonz's Channel

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Fans Input - Beatles "Yellow Submarine" Series @ KnuckleBonz

NoWhere Man Sculpt

Hi All,

Lots of revisions on the NoWhere Man sculpt today. Making changes to get the shape of the top of the head just right. Also working hard to find the right texture for the fur. Today's pass was too course. He's "fluffy" is Jeremy...

Also just finished interview w/ Kayla Riley from Satellite radio. Will have that posted soon with some cool new video images...

More Soon...Happy Holidays

Kbonz

Hi All,

Coming to you from 30K. Internet on the plane is cool, but this use to be vedge-out and drinking time....sigh.

Just finished a review of our Yellow Submarine NoWhere Man statue. It's coming along nicely; we are re-working the texture on his fur and tail to get it more random and "cartoony". That's a technical term. NoWhere Man is a special limited edition that will not be available for sale but will be a special gift for those who buy all (4) Beatles statues via http://www.knucklebonz.com/

You can check details out for the Yellow Submarine NoWhere Man Bundle at http://www.knucklebonz.com/beatles-yellow-submarine-nowhere-man.html

Just finished a new photo shoot at the studio here of our Ronnie James Dio Rock Iconz (R) statue. Did out 60 shots and are reveiwing about 25 of the best w/ Wendy Dio and Niji now. Will be sharing those with you soon...

Much work on 2011 projects ongoing....

A Happy Halloween Season from All Here.

Kbonz

Yellow Submarine Statue Base

Facebook (78) KnuckleBonz Rock Iconz

Goldmine Magazine - Ronnie James Dio Coverage

Hi All,

Check out our coverage on Dio's Limited Edition Rock Iconz statue at Goldmine Magazine http://www.goldminemag.com/ a really cool mag for music fans and collectors:

Check out Dio coverage here:
http://www.goldminemag.com/features/goldmine-exclusive-dio-limited-edition-collectible-will-help-cancer-fund

Production continues on Ronnie James Dio statue and it's going to be tight for the holidays; but, we have every confidence we will ship in time for all of you to receive Xmas gifts. That said this is a hand-made limited edition and there's a strong chance that we will not have enough to fill all the holidays order...yeees sports fans, this means those nasty (2) words...."Back Order." We hate them as much as you.

Go to http://www.knucklebonz.com/ronniejamesdio.html to order now . . .

latrs,

Kbonz

Beatles Sculpts Shared with Apple Corps London

Hi All,

Putting finishing touches on the Beatles Yellow Submarine Rock Iconz(R) statues. Shared first pictures of the work w/ Beatles management Apple Corps today. All are really pleased w/ the work in progress and we hope to make a formal announcement w/ color pics of John, Paul, George and Ringo later in the month via www.knucklebonz.com and the Beatles Facebook page.

DIO's Rock Iconz box design was approved by Wendy Dio and Niji so all is tracking for that early December release.

We are fresh off a week long jam session with our sculptors and have kicked off our new Jim Henson "Dark Crystal" figures. Jen will set atop the Dark Crystal with the healing chard held high in the first limited edition piece. In the 2nd statue, he holds a sleeping Kira close as he waits for a miracle from the Mystics...very excited about these pieces.

Work on Jareth (aka. David Bowie) continues on the first statue in our Jim Henson "Labyrinth" series...more info on that as we get into holiday time.

thx and more soon,

Kbonz

"Chief" Blue Meanie is Friggin' Huge !

Hi All,

In full swing with Blue Meanie production hoping to ship for the holidays. As the piece comes together, I had almost forgotten the total mass of this character, he's massive. It is by far the biggest piece we have done in the Rock Iconz series. Standing next to our Yellow Submarine Beatles sculpts, he truly dwarfs each of the Fab Four and the NoWhere Man...totally faithful to the film. We are in Hong Kong and our matching paint prototype is w/ us. The fight is on over who gets to put him in their office when we get back home...

Check "His Blueness" out here http://www.knucklebonz.com/beatlesbluebeanie.html

Pulling reference for our Dark Crystal Jen and Kira sculpts...more on those in the coming days. The Henson folks are the coolest.

More soon...

Kbonz

Hi All,

Just finished a 3 day marathon jam session w/ all of our sculptors to crank on all four Beatles designs in our Yellow Submarine series. John, Paul, George and Ringo and all looking super tight and I hope we can share some intial images later in October when we do a formal launch of the series in concert w/ www.beatles.com and The Beatles Facebook page.

Dio product shots are up and we just spoke w/ RJD's management. They will be posting all the images at Dio's Facebook page. Check that out and be one of over 500,000 close friends there.

And oh yes....the all new www.knucklebonz.com is up and running. Check it out and let us know how you like the new site and what products you would like us to create in the coming months...we really enjoy hearing from you.

thx,

Kbonz

New KnuckleBonz.com Site Live !!!!

Hi All,

Our new site is going live as we speak. Will be shaking out the kinks over the next couple of daze...yes DAZE. This is the first major redesign for us in waaay to long.

You might notice a little rock band called The BEATLES in there. That's right!We will be creating a killer Yellow Submarine series in close association w/ Beatles management company Apple Corps Ltd. out of London. They are super cool and have been great to work w/ in our initial design phase. Big press stuff happens in October...lots to do over the next 3 years.

DIO pics are up as well . . . .

More soon.

Kbonz

Dio Paint Detailing

HI All,


Ronnie James Dio Rock Iconz statue paint detailing continues and we hope to lock down everything today. Working hard to get RJD's signature eyebrows and other elements ready to share with all of you.

Our new website hopefully goes live tomorrow or Thursday along with a big new announcement. We have not done a major website overhaul in 3 years so this has been a wonderful pain in the ass. We are at each others throats here...will be glad when it's up...

More soon,

Kbonz

Redesign @ www.KnuckleBonz.com

Hi All,

After way too long we are underway with a complete redesign for our website www.knucklebonz.com Trying to make things cleaner and easier to find our newer pieces. Hope to debut this in a couple of weeks along with exciting news about new projects...

Dio final product shots for you next week, we hope.

Also, we will be doing an interview w/ Kayla from Sirius XM Radio's "The Boneyard" Channel. It will air in segments at knucklebonz.com and other Internet radio website. More on that soon...

Happy Weekend,

Kbonz

Hi All,

Slugging away after a hard week at it here. Cool news from Dio's management Niji. VH1 Classic's 'That Metal Show' will be doing a 1 hour special on Ronnie James Dio that will air in November. We hope to debut the final Dio "Rock Iconz" statue on that segment if we can be ready for the taping that will happen later this month...

We are final on the first piece from our new series of limited edition statues for Rock Iconz(R). Actually working on the package design today and begin a "fabulous 4" new statue designs this coming week. If you can't guess what we are up to by now there is no hope for humanity ;0

Thx,

Kbonz

Hendrix London Flat Now Open to Public

Hi All,

Jimi's London flat where he passed 40 years ago next month is now open to the public. Check out some of this interesting footage of how it appeared in 1970.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MnclhX15Hg

The Hendrix statue we did for our original Guitar Hero series had Jimi clad in the military tunic he wore when he first hit London in 1967/68. We did several verions including both a color and gray-scale nostalgia paint scheme to give you the feel of the black and white photos from that period. You can see that here http://knucklebonz.com/jimihendrix.html

We miss you Jimi,

Kbonz

Hi All,

Just did a final review with DIO management of the RJD Rock Iconz(R) statue. Wendy DIO found a great photo of Ronnie that shows some additional details for his leggings and scarves. Will be making one final pass in that area and we will be final on the sculpt. Molds will then be made and we begin the prototype painting stage. Will get pics to fans as soon as we get final approval there. All still looks good to ship in December in time for the holidays....

More soon,

Kbonz

Dio Final Sculpt - Ronnie's Costume Here at the Studio

Hi All,

Just finished a review of our Dio sculpt and made plans for what we think will be final changes over the next 2 days. We actually received Ronnie's purple and black leggings from his 1984 costume here at the studio to help with those details. Very cool to see those up close...

Getting ready for a big press release on a big series of figures that will come to Rock Iconz for the next 3 years...we are buzzin' here about that. Can't wait to let you'all in on it.

Latrs,

Kbonz

Hi All,

Lots of movement over the weekend on Dio and the super secret new project we will let out in a couple of weeks. Dio's sculpt was shown to his management and wife Wendy for the first time. All are thrilled...we are expecting some actual costume elements from 1984 @ the studio here today to help with detailing. If all keeps moving at this pace, will be able to share the final RJD sculpt w/ fans soon...

Thx,

Kbonz

Sculpt Revisions "The MOB RULES"

Hi All,

Lots of revisions going on for holiday KnuckleBonz® products as well as some things that we will debut for 2011. We are also beginning a website redesign…it’s about time ;0

Spent a good deal of time with Dio's Rock Iconz® piece yesterday. We are beginning to refine his costume as well as small details on his portrait/hair. His boots are looking smashing if we do say so here. I would say we are at about 80% on the figure. If all keeps moving forward we hope to be showing the sculpt to Wendy Dio and Niji managment next week for the first time....excited and nervous as always.

The other officially licensed stuff we are working on is still held up in legal (ahhhh). Can share that soon.

Thx,

Kbonz

Well Wishes on Dio Project

Hi All,

Thanks to all of you who have called and emailed about our new Ronnie James Dio Rock Iconz® project. We have shared your well wishes with Wendy Dio and all the people at Ronnie’s Management Company, Niji. Everyone is touched and excited.

Ronnie’s sculpt is well underway and we are beginning to dial in the costume details. Dean at Niji provided us with some great concert footage from 1984 that is guiding us…will share pics of work in progress as soon as we can.

Lots of other KnuckleBonz limited edition statues are underway as well, but we can’t let you in on them until all those nasty contract and business details are nailed down…sigh. Some of these will be a bit of a departure for us so we hope all our fans and collectors around the world are into it.

Thx,

Kbonz

Ronnie James Dio Rock Iconz Statue

Hi All,

By now many of you are hearing of our new Rock Iconz® project for Ronnie James Dio. To say it’s a great honor and privilege to be working with Ronnie’s family and friends at the Niji Entertainment Group would be the understatement of the year. While there is much excitement here about this new statue, it’s not without mixed emotion. It was not a matter of “if” we would try to get w/ Ronnie to create a limited edition piece for our Rock Iconz Series it was just “when.” One of last internal meetings on new projects was after Thanksgiving 2009. At that time we had just learned on RJDs illness so we thought it best to wait for his recovery to approach Niji for a project. As we now know, Ronnie was very sick w/ his cancer and that recovery would not come.

Most of us here at KnuckleBonz were onto Dio early with the first Rainbow records. Ronnie’s soaring vocals and unrivaled talent on top of the mystical elements of that band were a one-of-a kind combo. We never left Ronnie’s music from that point on and we never will.

Will be blogging here as regularly as we can to give you updates on the production…more soon.

Thx,

Kbonz

PS – Portions of our proceeds from the sales of this limited edition statue at www.knucklebonz.com will go to the Ronnie James Dio "Stand Up and Shout" Cancer Fund . . .