January 29, 2004
The GeekMan cometh
I was thrilled to see that Happy
Worker, a new company founded by my brother-in-law Kris
Schantz and my sister Shirley
Yee got some very favorable press
the last couple of days for its first upcoming product, the GeekMan
(TM) Action Figure. The articles I've found so far are:
- Toy fair booths flog classics, and GeekMan too
- Meet Geekman, Aquapets: Thousands of toys unveiled at T.O. fair:
- This superhero's a real geek
- Geekman among new toys on show
Interestingly enough, a number of the reporters make a point of comparing the action figure to Kris. I must think that the resemblance is purely coincidental.
At any rate, I've heard Kris and Shirley talk and dream about
their work for many months now -- and now it's nice to get a chance to
share it with my readers. GeekMan comes out on retail shelves on March 1....
Posted by rdhyee at January 29, 2004 11:26 PM