A quick shout out to our homies Shawnimals! If you’ve got an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad…get yourself a copy of Ninjatown Trees of Doom, it’s seriously the most fun we’ve had with an iPhone game in a long time.

Just over an inch tall the Ninjatown Zipper Charms come in 16 different styles. Each Ninja is equipped with a clasp and a loop so they can climb and hang on almost anything. On sale at Rotofugi and other fine stores in the next week or two! Check back here for the official sales date.

On sale Friday, March 12 at rotofugi.com, shawnimals.com and some of your favorite stores near you.

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Our full shipments of both Ninjatown 1.5 and Ninjatown 2.0 Micro Plush have been in for a few weeks now so they should be available at a store near you. Of course, you can get them at rotofugi.com or shawnimals.com but also be sure to check out the Shop page for a store near you that carries them. If you’ve got a store and want to carry Ninjatown Micro Plush please fill out a wholesale application at wholesale.rotofugi.com. Thanks everyone for all the ninja love!

Here’s what you’ll get if you’re one of the first 40 people to attend the Ninjatown Release Signing…at Rotofugi Chicago, 4-8PM today (Saturday, March 28).

Ninjatown Series 1.5 and Series 2 will be available beginning Wednesday, March 25 at rotofugi.com, shawnimals.com and some of your favorite stores near you.

We’re celebrating the launch with a little signing and get-together at Rotofugi on Saturday, March 28th from 4 until 8pm. Come for the toys and signing, stay for the snacks and giveaways!

UPDATE: Thanks everyone who came by the booth and checked out the Ninjas!

You’re probably scratching your head and wondering, “Series 1.5?” Wha?

Well, here’s a quick look at the differences between Series 1 and Series 1.5. First off, the major change is that Series 1.5 no longer has the plastic eyes that Series 1 had. We didn’t have any safety issues with the eyes as they were, but better to be safe than sorry.

Moving to all embroidery also helped us and Shawnimals fully realize the designs better. For instance, the Zombie Ninja on Series 1 had black plastic eyes (like all the other characters) but in Series 1.5 we’ve been able to make the eyes red (like they are in all of the Shawnimals illustrations). Check out the images gallery and you’ll also notice that some characters now feature different eye shapes (other than round) that better express their character (such as Ninja Baby and Ninja Dropping).

There will also be slight color changes on some of the characters and revised shapes that better express the original designs. In general, series 1.5 will also have slightly “plumper” Ninjas…they’ve been hitting the cookie throwing stars hard!

Finally, Series 1.5 also features slightly longer head loops so they’ll be easier to attach to stuff! Yay!

We’ve just posted up the official promo images of Ninja Town Micro Plush Series 1.5 and Series 2 in the Image Gallery. Check ‘em out to see the new and improved, all-embroidered Series 1.5 plus the 12 new characters in Series 2.

While the official release date for both series are still not finalized, we will have a preview release (both Series 1.5 and Series 2) at WonderCon 2009 (San Francisco) on February 27-March 1. Booth 1135. Hope to see you there!

Stay tuned for more information on when you’ll start seeing both series hitting the shelves at your favorite local designer toy shops!