A new year is upon us and with that comes all sorts of new toy releases. With the story of our e-commerce journey so far completed, we can now move on to discussing various toy lines during the coming weeks, months, and years! Many of the toys we discuss will be available on our website, ToyGamingEmporium.com and/or our eBay and Amazon store. Links for those and other sites of ours can be found in the side margin here on the blog.
The first toy we will be discussing is 'Gomu.' They are small collectible erasers which retail for about $1 each. We first spotted them at a Wal-Mart in late December and they are just now starting to pop up at more locations. Targets are currently resetting their toy aisles (each Target seems to have a slightly different schedule as some I've been to have all the aisles reset and others are part way through the process) and, once they do so, are also stocking Gomu now.
Currently, it looks like there will be at least 3 different types of packaging for Gomu. Single packs for which you can't see what you are getting which retails for $1. 3-packs in which 2 are visible and 1 is a hidden mystery which retails for $3. Lastly, 6-packs which have 4 showing and 2 hidden which retails for $5.
In this first release of Gomu there are over 100 to collect. Checking the collector guide on gomu.com, it looks like there 107 erasers in all to be exact. Also on the collector guide, each collectible eraser has its own 'Gomu Point Value.' The higher the point value, the more rare and valuable the eraser is. There are a few which have a value of just 5 gomu points. The rarest is a Gold Key on a Blue Key chain, worth 10,000 gomu points.
We opened a whole box of 35 single packs (which we did in a total of 4 videos which will be uploaded to youtube...the 1st part can be seen below) of Gomu Collectible Erasers. The rarest we got, based on the Gomu point values, is a yellow drum set with red trim. It is worth 550 points. Got a couple others over 500 points as well.
Every Gomu Eraser comes in 3 varieties with different rarities and point values. For instance, the duck Gomu eraser comes in yellow, purple and blue. The yellow is 65 points, the purple is 215 points, and the blue is 365 points. The rarest of the 3 colors seems to always be a bit translucent. An example of this would be the blue bird (penguin?) we got in the video embedded above.
A very unique feature with these erasers is that they can be taken apart and even mixed with another eraser of the same type. In general, each piece is one solid color. Thus, if an eraser has multiple colors, it also has multiple pieces. In the fashion categoy there are 3 different girl's shoes. All of them are white but also have a colored bow and bottom...either blue, green, or pink. So, if you got the blue and green one, you could switch the bows on the 2 shoes so that 1 would have a blue bow with green bottom and the other would have a green bow with a blue bottom. Others have many more parts/pieces than that, so if you get all 3 different of an alike eraser you make have dozens or more different combinations you can create.
Being that these are actual erasers, Gomu can be considered a school supply and thus is something kids should actually be able to take to school and trade with their friends (not during class though!). This should give them extra appeal as many other small collectibles have been banned in many schools such as Silly Bandz. I'm sure if these become extremely popular and ultimately become a distraction in schools, they could get banned as well though...you never know.
Commercials for these have started airing on channels like Nickelodeon and it seems that it's pretty catchy. Gomu GOMU G-G-G-GOMU! So, if your kids don't know about these yet, they probably will very soon either from seeing the commercial or a friend of their's that has seen the commercial and/or has some of them already.
We will be adding a limited selection of these to our website within a few days at ToyGamingEmporium.com. If they do well we will bring in additional quantity and thus larger variety/selection.
Also subscribe to our youtube channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/menoknow3, and check back in the coming days for additional Gomu Pack Opening videos. Should have all 4 parts uploaded by Monday at the latest.
Please comment below and let us know what you think about this new collectible toy!
