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9 to 5 Warriors in The Toy Book

Action, Adventure & Mystery Issue

The full 9 to 5 Warriors action figure lineup posed on a desk under neon lighting

9 to 5 Warriors — the original '90s-inspired action figure line where office supplies battle it out in the breakroom after hours — was recently featured in The Toy Book's Action, Adventure & Mystery issue. Creator Brandon Braswell was interviewed about why he made the line, the pitfalls of launching an independent toy company, and where the Warriors go next.

I knew I wanted to create that future nostalgia for the generation growing up today.

Story is what builds that trust and connection, and connection is what lasts generations.

I always wonder if I would've started this journey if I truly knew the end goal. So ignorance is bliss.

I want to be the catalyst of the next Saturday morning cartoon generation.

Brandon Braswell setting up a miniature office desk scene for 9 to 5 WarriorsCamera monitor framing a 9 to 5 Warriors figure on a desk with a Jinsei energy canTwo 9 to 5 Warriors figures posed in a neon-lit office dioramaMajor Custard figure raising a shield in a 9 to 5 Warriors breakroom battle

Hand-sculpted

9 to 5 Warriors figures are sculpted by Scott Hensey (TMNT, Street Sharks, Exo Squad) in classic five-points-of-articulation style.

Built on story

Comics, trading cards, and commercials built the world of the Water Cooler Commandos long before the first toy shipped.

Independent

A $100K+ backed campaign, tariff costs absorbed instead of passed to backers, and Wave 3 already in the works.

A full armload of 9 to 5 Warriors action figures

Collect 'em all

The breakroom battle is stocked and shipping now.