- Oh my goodness, you guys, I am so hyped.
Now many of you know that I am a huge "Star Wars" fan
and I also tend to claim that I'm a Jedi in training.
But aside from that,
I freaking love collecting things, like all things.
My house is just,
it's basically full of my collections and hobbies.
And this is where my new friends
at Cryptoys came in and said,
"Hey, Justine,
we think that we've got something that you might like."
And they were so right.
So a huge thank you to Cryptoys for partnering
with me on this video and also giving me a few
of what I'm about to show you to give away to some of you.
These are only for a limited time,
so make sure you hurry so you can get one.
So here it is.
This is the Cryptoys website and this is where
they have a few collections of digital toys already,
but they just launched this entire line
of "Star Wars" digital collectible toys.
There are 15 various versions of Luke Skywalker,
Princess Leia, and Darth Vader that you can collect.
Each character has five different rarities that span
from common, rare, legendary, grail, and ultra grail.
And as a "Star Wars" nerd,
you will see that the rarities
will span the various "Star Wars" films.
So hopefully you can pull one from your favorite movie.
They are limited edition, so they will sell out.
And as you'll see on this pack,
there's a little seal right here and that signifies
that this is a first edition and won't ever be made again.
There's actually a full-on unboxing experience,
but there's a catch because you can choose to
leave your character in its blister pack, just like this,
so it'll remain in mint condition.
But again, just like in real life, if you do this,
you won't be able to unwrap your toys
and watch them come to life.
They've all got some signature moves.
You can see them wield their lightsabers or fire a blaster,
but that is, of course, if you unwrap it.
Knowing the team of Cryptoys,
I am really hoping that there's gonna be some fun
"Star Wars" theme experiences for our toys.
I asked, they wouldn't confirm any details,
but fingers crossed.
I can't wait for that.
Let me unbox one for you so you guys can see what happens.
So first, you'll need to purchase some holocrons,
and if you buy five,
you'll get a golden ticket
that will give you early access to future drops.
So here is one of our holocrons
and we are going to unbox it now.
So we're gonna be transported and warped
into light speed for this entire unboxing process.
And it is about to reveal,
are we gonna be on the dark side, on the light side?
What's it gonna be?
And it looks like we're on the light side
and we have Luke Skywalker.
This Luke is actually from "Return of the Jedi,"
so he is a legendary character.
Now here, this is where the decision has to be made.
Do we open it or do we keep it sealed?
Because much like in the real world,
that's obviously gonna be worth more.
And the problem is, though, you can't actually play with it.
And I am not one to ever keep any
of my toys inside of the boxes.
So we're gonna unbox it right now.
Here we go.
Luke.
(Justine sighing)
It's such a magical experience.
Oh my goodness.
And again, there are only a limited number of these,
so once they sell out, they're gone.
Should we do another one?
Okay, yeah, I think we should.
We're warping, we're warping, we're opening up our holocron.
What's it gonna be?
And it looks like we have Darth Vader,
except this is actually Anakin and this is a rare character
and this is from "Revenge of the Sith."
Okay, should we do one more?
We should do one more.
Let's just do one more.
It's happening.
The suspense.
We are back on the dark side and this, my friends,
we have a classic Vader.
And this one is actually pretty common,
which I'm kind of excited about
because this Darth Vader character is really just that.
It's a classic.
Now, I haven't pulled one yet,
but if you are lucky enough to get an ultra grail,
here is what they look like.
And hopefully one of these days,
I can pull an ultra grail.
Okay, should we just unbox one more before we go?
I think we probably should.
I plan on doing a livestream unboxing of some of these,
of the ones that I've purchased,
so be sure to stay tuned for that.
Here we go.
What's it gonna be?
(Justine gasping)
Oh!
It's an ultra grail Leia!
Just kidding.
This is actually just a sample unboxing video
that they sent me to show you guys what it looks like.
I do have my fingers crossed though
for you and hopefully you'll be able to get one.
If you guys do end up getting some of these,
be sure to tweet me what you get.
I can't wait to see them.
If you guys are curious
about the history of how Cryptoys came to be,
their founder, Will,
actually got a lot of inspiration from his daughter.
Will, thanks so much for joining me.
So you're the founder of Cryptoys.
Can you talk about like how this all got started?
- Absolutely.
Thank you Justine for having me.
So, this all started with my 10 year old daughter, Victoria.
This was all inspired by her
and her love for surprise unboxing toys.
I was spending hundreds, if not,
thousands of dollars on these toys,
but what I had noticed is that she
would collect them, she'd look for the rare ones,
but then they would just kind of accumulate dust
in the corner of her room and she'd never play
with them again after chasing after them.
So I had the idea of what if we can combine the idea
of a toy, make it a digital toy,
kind of like a hybrid between a toy company
and a gaming company, and if you could fuse those two,
what possibilities could you create?
So this started off very much as a side project,
me and my daughter ideating on what the next version
of a toy could look like in a digital format.
- So why do you think the "Star Wars" characters are special
and all "Star Wars" fans are gonna really be into it?
- Yeah, very much like you, Justine.
I'm a huge "Star Wars" fan.
I think if like you look at my office,
"Star Wars" memorabilia all over the place.
I got my Boba Fett helmets,
I got Grogu chilling over here.
I'm a big collector and a big lover
of all things "Star Wars."
Near and dear to my heart.
I grew up with it.
This team, again, we're over 60 people full-time.
They're filled with people that are huge "Star Wars" fans
and you'll see that fandom come
across in this product and this experience.
This truly is a love letter
from "Star Wars" fans to "Star Wars" fans
and we just hope our fellow fans love it as much as we do.
- One thing I did notice is the art style is so cute.
I feel like you guys paid such attention to detail.
Can you talk to me a little bit
about like what all went into that process?
- Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, shout outs to our art and animation team.
They are just absolutely next level and they care so much
about their craft that like every detail is cared
for and noticed and accounted for.
And they went deep into the lore.
Like, there's just stacks of "Star Wars" books
and reference material that they're incorporating
into these designs 'cause they wanna make sure they
get every single detail.
You know, and also apply it to the Cryptoys format.
As you know,
Cryptoys have their own style
and unique kind of form factor.
We wanna make sure that we're true to
the Cryptoys form factor and also making sure we're true
to "Star Wars" canon and lore and these incredible,
incredible characters.
Shout outs to the art and animation team.
They really, you know,
took this thing to the next level
and created something truly special here.
- Thank you guys so much for watching.
I am so excited about the future of digital collectibles,
especially as someone who collects a lot
of physical toys and collectibles.
I'm running out of room to put these things,
so the fact that this is digital,
I can bring it with me anywhere I go.
And the fact that there are the possibilities of upgrades.
Because this is digital, we never know what's gonna happen.
There are so many fun things that Cryptoys has
in store for their future.
And they're gonna be taking us
and our toys along for the ride.
If you guys are interested
in the chance of winning one of 10 holocrons,
we're gonna be sharing a sweepstake at the end of this week.
I'll put a link in my description
if you want more info.
Let me know in the comments below
who your favorite "Star Wars" character is.
I think that mine is probably Ahsoka.
I mean, she's not in this pack, but like,
we could only hope in the future
that she will also be a Cryptoy.
Like, she's so cool.
She freaking has like two lightsabers.
That's my dream!
Thank you again and I'll see you guys in the next video.
Bye.
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