After first releasing crypto collectibles primarily based on Disney’s standard Star Wars characters, Andreessen Horowitz-backed web3 startup Cryptoys introduced it is launching a brand new assortment honoring the media firm’s most iconic character — Mickey Mouse.
Cryptoys, which raised $23 million final 12 months in a Collection A funding spherical supported by toymaker Mattel, will subsequent month launch a brand new assortment of digital toys known as “Mickey and Associates” priced at $39.99.
The 15-piece collections options totally different “pores and skin designs” and ranges of rarity, the corporate stated in an announcement.
Cryptoys can also be slated to construct upon its assortment of Star Wars collectibles, first launched in Could, by including fan favourite Yoda to the combo. The corporate plans to reward holders of the present Star Wars collectibles by airdropping them a digital Yoda plaything.
Thus far, collectors of the Star Wars digital toys have been restricted to buying characters Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia.
Video of digital unboxing of a Cryptoy.
No market or knowledge
Whereas Cryptoys’ digital collectibles are primarily based on the Circulation blockchain, there may be presently no publicly obtainable on-chain knowledge to assessment which permits for verifying how properly the corporate’s digital toy collections have bought up to now. The corporate has launched one sequence of Star Wars collectibles and three iterations primarily based on Masters of the Universe characters.
The corporate didn’t instantly reply to a request for gross sales knowledge associated to the Star Wars and Masters of the Universe collections.
Buying and selling of the crypto toys appears not possible in the intervening time, as the corporate presently doesn’t seem to have an energetic market or help a third-party market.
This isn’t the primary time followers of Disney have been tempted with Mickey Mouse-inspired digital collectibles. An organization known as VeVe Digital Collectibles beforehand launched NFTs primarily based on the globally-recognized mouse.
