Disney’s crypto universe expands with $40 Mickey Mouse, Yoda playthings
After first releasing crypto collectibles primarily based on Disney’s widespread 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 Sequence 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 mentioned in an announcement.
Cryptoys can also be slated to construct upon its assortment of Star Wars collectibles, first launched in Might, by including fan favourite Yoda to the combination. The corporate plans to reward holders of the prevailing 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 information
Whereas Cryptoys’ digital collectibles are primarily based on the Circulation blockchain, there’s at present no publicly out there on-chain information to evaluate which permits for verifying how properly the corporate’s digital toy collections have offered 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 information associated to the Star Wars and Masters of the Universe collections.
Buying and selling of the crypto toys appears inconceivable in the mean time, as the corporate at present 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.
