Happy Holidays from Grindhouse Toys!!
9 months ago
– Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 11:59:25 AM
Hello Boils and Ghouls!!!
Grindhouse Toys here with another update for you all. Our 2025 US Tour has come to an end! Thank you everyone who came by and visited us over this last year. If you missed us, don't fret! We will be hitting a bunch of shows in 2026, so there will be multiple opportunities for you to come see us again.
We are hard at work bringing World War HELL to life and have recently added a new member to the team. It is my pleasure to introduce you all to Bill Rawley.
Bill is a Product Design Professional with over two decades of experience leading
innovation and design in the toy industry. He is responsible for securing strategic
partnerships and expanding brand portfolios, enhancing market reach and profitability. Bill has mentored designers throughout his career, ensuring the passion for good toys and play experiences continues.
From his early days in the toy industry working with Eric, Jim and Cornboy at McFarlane toys, Bill has always had a desire to create high quality toys that look and feel as best as they possibly can. He carried that love of toy into the Toy Design Program at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) where he honed his skills and was introduced to the wider world of toy development.
After graduation, Bill went on to work for Hasbro Inc. where, for the next 21 years he would work on such amazing brands as Star Wars, Transformers, My Little Pony, Marvel, Power Rangers, Ghostbusters and many more. The action figures, role play items and vehicles produced while at Hasbro make up a sizable portion of Bill’s portfolio.
After Hasbro, Bill went on to lead the Innovation Team at Just Play. As the Senior Director, he was responsible for managing a team of talented designers to innovate and come up with new products and play experiences for licensed and new IPs. He was able to utilize many of his skills to design, draw, sculpt, sew, build, etc. and would often jump in to assist as well as manage his team.
Bill now continues to hone his skills and share his wealth of production knowledge as he works with the Four Horsemen and their partners. The sense of quality, problem solving and innovative thinking will be a huge asset as new projects kick off and begin development, and Bill is super excited to be a part of it all!
Bill will be our new Production Manager, working directly with Chris Gawrych, to get these figures created and at the highest quality possible. We are in good hands!
Just this week Bill and Chris went over all of the notes that the factory shared with us. There are a some revisions needed to be done to the sculpts for optimal mold making. But it is all very minimal and everything looks to be good to go! Now that that step is completed, we will move onto our first check models (articulated resin printed prototypes for checking articulation and making sure everything lines up correctly before tooling).
Tentative packaging artwork for Sgt. Graves.
In other O-Rings news, Carson Mataxis of Operation Recall has begun shipping wave 1 of his crazy successful kickstarter. Please go give those guys a follow! They've created something very special, utilizing the original GI JOE team to bring new concepts to life! Plus the Dark Reaper concept was submitted by Grindhouse Toy's very own Chris Scott!
https://www.operationrecall.com/#/
Operation Recall Dark Reaper and World War HELL's Sgt. Graves. Both sculpted by James Carter!!
Thats it for now, but we will keep you all posted on any new updates. We are eternally grateful for your support and cannot wait to get these figures into your hands!
Wishing you all a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year and...
Remember be kind and rewind!
-Grindhouse Toys
