Amos was set up in 2002 by James Jarvis, Sofia Prantera and Russell Waterman. James had previously designed toys for fashion brand Silas, beginning with the now legendary Martin figure, released back in 1998. Along with Bounty Hunter in Japan, Silas unwittingly became one of the pioneers of the soft vinyl designer toy revolution. With help from Bounty Hunter, who had already released two figures, Martin was unleashed on an unsuspecting world and the work of James Jarvis reached a whole new audience. Amos was set up to independently produce and distribute James' figures; to take his work out of a "fashion" context and open up his designs to a wider audience; and to develop new projects and offer new opportunities to other artists whom they had also worked with. So far Amos has released the successful In-Crowd series, King Ken, Vortigern's Machine, Tales From Green Fuzz, YOD and other assorted projects. In-Crowd is a homage to modern pop culture, each icon having gone through a Jarvisification process to produce the figures you see on this site. King Ken is nothing more and nothing less than our very own popular ape icon.