The Glyos Connection

It's those pesky stowaways, really, that frustrate the serious Crayboth collector. Not that they're terribly scarce, it's their slippery incognito nature that makes it difficult to know which Crayboth the completest must acquire. To help with that goal, we present the Crayboth Collector's Visual Checklist. With photo identification of each production Crayboth now available, there's no reason not to collect all of these crusty characters!

My thanks to astro and Matt Doughty for their help in assembling this reference.

Some notes:
a. Spectre Crayboth (variously named) are all green glow with no paint, but the (Feb 2008) figure has distinctly different plastic than the later ones. The Spectre (Sep 2012) and Gendrone Spectre Force (Feb 2014) Cray' are identical -- I can't see any differences between them.
b. The Red Aura (Feb 2008) and Green Aura (Feb 2008) Crayboth came in the Sky Deviler Parasite edition and as promos given away by Onell. This where it gets fun for packaging completests: the promos came in factory bags with "Onell Design" stickers on them. To be really complete, I suppose you need a Sky Deviler, too.
c. Interesting observation: the original boxed Crayboth came with an insert that showed only the first 8, non-glow varieties. I have often wondered if Onell originally envisioned just four packs, and added the fifth after making a run of glows for the Sky Deviler / promo baggies.


The complete and authorized Visual Checklist, as of January 2016.
A printer friendly version is available here: Crayboth Checklist. Be sure to print a copy before your next Glyos Fan Club meetup!



Download the Crayboth Visual Checklist here.

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Download the Crayboth Visual Checklist here.

The complete and authorized Visual Checklist, Page 3.



Download the Crayboth Visual Checklist here.

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Download the Crayboth Visual Checklist here.

The complete and authorized Visual Checklist, Page 5.

Are Kavirvu, Senyrith, Gryganull and Grellanym really the only named cray characters in seven years* of these guys?

*I realize there were no new crays for three of those years, but I'm trying to sound dramatic here.

EDIT: Oh, huh, maybe this thread isn't for commenting in...if I've made a made a huge mistake, feel free to take appropriate action.

I've got to thank you guys for compiling this list. It's super helpful. Now we just need one for every other kind of Glyos figure.

Do you think Kavirvu is a proper noun? I always figured it was one of those tongue-mangling planet names. But Matt's proper nouns are traditionally orally abusive and Crayboth didn't get off of Alcray much until recently. So I do believe, LV, you have just tweaked my world view.

I'm not sure I could at this point say exactly why I always assumed Kavirvu was a specific guy, but I think it's because, at the time, all the other Crays had "function" names like Marauder and Sentinel, and Kavirvu isn't that. But also because the EMD drop gave us two other named characters in Cane and Rynevo (I assume, right? I mean, Rynevo can't be a planet because his "type" is already EMD) and so it just made sense that the third thing with a weird proper noun attached to it was a guy with a name.

Thanks for the list!!! from my first check looks like I'm missing 7, super stoked on that! so close!!!

This checklist is indispensable. One question...when will the stowaway from the January Drop get added?

siddarth wrote:This checklist is indispensable. One question...when will the stowaway from the January Drop get added?

Good catch. Ummm, tonight?

Cappy wrote:

siddarth wrote:This checklist is indispensable. One question...when will the stowaway from the January Drop get added?

Good catch. Ummm, tonight?

Awesome! You rock, Cappy!

Updated through Feb 2016.

Did Matt really tell you the name of that last stowaway cray was Orange Crush?

I just called it that b/c that's what it reminded me of.

=)

All I need is a Bare Hunter Clone, and I'll have a complete standard set!

Cappy! We need updates to the list.

Caught back up!

Cappy wrote:Caught back up!

Yayyyyyyy! Awesome! Great Work!!!!!

Bravecarrot22 wrote:I've got to thank you guys for compiling this list. It's super helpful. Now we just need one for every other kind of Glyos figure.

I'm kinda working on that now. At least for Travelers, which can get very complicated. We shall see!

astro wrote:

Bravecarrot22 wrote:I've got to thank you guys for compiling this list. It's super helpful. Now we just need one for every other kind of Glyos figure.

I'm kinda working on that now. At least for Travelers, which can get very complicated. We shall see!

The biggest problem is that the Onell Database is incomplete, completely ignoring some figures like the Plastic And Plush Crimson Buildman.

been meaning to mention this for a while. on the download version. last row on page 1 and 1st row on page 2, the figures are out of order. september is out of place. maybe there is a reason that i'm unaware of but it seems the spectre and hades of september should be before the stealth of october.

not thats its that big of a deal or anything, just thought i'd mention it.

No reason, other than I messed it up. Thanks for the catch.

All fixifed and updated!

I added a couple of color comparison pictures to help collectors differentiate between some of the similar Crayboth. What other color groups do you feel need clarification?

Nice work Cappy! Need comparison for the reds.

Cappy wrote:I added a couple of color comparison pictures to help collectors differentiate between some of the similar Crayboth. What other color groups do you feel need clarification?