Canadian toy company
Youtooz |
Industry | Toys |
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Founded | 2019; 5 years ago (2019) |
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Founder | - Austin Litman
- Austin Long
- Mark Prokoudine
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Headquarters | Canada |
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Website | youtooz.com |
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Youtooz is a Canadian company that manufactures licensed collectible caricatural figurines made from vinyl. The company primarily partners with Internet personalities or public figures and memes as a way to create an additional revenue for the partners while also making merchandise available for fans and the public.[1] The company also produces figurines based on video games and established media franchises, and has collaborated with Disney, Paramount Global, NBCUniversal, HBO, Crunchyroll, and Sony Pictures.[2][3]
The company has collaborated with notable Internet personalities or public figures including MrBeast, Angry Video Game Nerd, Markiplier, JonTron, KSI, Pokimane, Soulja Boy, Ninja, Jack Harlow, and Dream.[4][1] Video game collaborations include Minecraft,[5] Fallout,[6] DOOM,[7] Elden Ring,[8] Banjo-Kazooie,[9] Cuphead,[10] Halo,[11] Call of Duty,[12] The Witcher,[13] and Five Nights at Freddy's.[14]
The company has also released figures based on media franchises such as Breaking Bad,[15] Invincible,[16] Marvel Comics,[17] Godzilla,[18] Back to the Future,[19] One Piece,[20] The Boys,[21] Transformers,[22] SpongeBob SquarePants,[23] and South Park.[24]
- ^ a b Madell, Robin. "I'm the 25-year-old cofounder of a toy company that made $30 million in revenue last year. Here's how I got my start". Business Insider. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Weimer, Jackson. "Youtooz: Holding The Internet's Creators And Memes In Your Hand". Forbes. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ https://youtooz.com/pages/about-us
- ^ "YOUTOOZ BRINGS POPULAR STREAMERS TO LIFE WITH NEW TWITCH COLLABORATION". Action Figure Insider. 27 May 2021.
- ^ Pelletier, Ashley (27 October 2023). "Start Building Your Youtooz Collection with Minecraft Collectibles". The Pop Insider. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Pelletier, Ashley (5 April 2024). "Youtooz Goes Nuclear with 'Fallout' Figures". The Pop Insider. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ https://youtooz.com/products/doom-guy
- ^ "Now you can pet your very own Elden Ring dog". VG247. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Youtooz Is Releasing Official Banjo-Kazooie Figures, Pre-Orders Open Next Week". Nintendo Life. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Youtooz Readies Retro Dissected 'Cuphead' Figure". Hypebeast. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ https://youtooz.com/products/master-chief
- ^ https://youtooz.com/products/ghost
- ^ https://youtooz.com/products/geralt
- ^ "Youtooz's FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY's Collectible Figures Will Terrorize Your Desk". Nerdist. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Pelletier, Ashley (1 February 2024). "Youtooz Goes Dark with New 'Breaking Bad' and 'Better Call Saul' Figures". The Pop Insider. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Blevins, Adam (27 April 2024). "'Invincible' and Omni-Man Face Off in New YouTooz Figure". Collider. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "YouTooz's Spider-Man Collectible Figures Honor Marvel Comics History". Nerdist. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ https://youtooz.com/search?q=Godzilla
- ^ https://thepopinsider.com/back-to-the-future-youtooz/
- ^ Chavez, Conny (2 September 2023). "'One Piece' Pirates Prepare to Set Sail With Youtooz Collection". Collider. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ https://youtooz.com/collections/the-boys/
- ^ https://youtooz.com/search?q=Transformers
- ^ https://youtooz.com/collections/spongebob/
- ^ VanHooker, Brian (30 November 2023). "What to Get the 'Seinfeld,' 'South Park' or 'Simpsons' Superfan in Your Life". Cracked.com. Retrieved 8 May 2024.