#100 - Chito

 Chito is Tech Deck Dude lead designer Chito Arellano, pretty funny he put himself in as a dude. 

A handful of 2005 dudes in Evolution Crew 9 and Zoods Crew 1 are clear Easter Egg/self-insert dudes. I really dig them since TDD was its own franchise, so it's not like they snuck themselves onto a clone trooper. They also add some much-needed street wear/civilian clothed dudes to the line of monsters, robots, parody figures, and occupational dudes (sports stars, first responders, etc.). Love the designer team's dudes since they dress as a regular guy going skateboarding in the 2000s would. 

But, back to which dudes are the gang putting themselves into the line. Chito and Mikey are the toy line designers, Chito Arellano and Mike Petrosky. Rod is Rod James, a pro skater, and co-founder of Finesse Skateboard alongside his brother Steven Jones. Steven also worked for X-Concepts and still helps run Finesse on his own and Tech Deck for Spin Master. I just realized while writing this... Stevie J?! Was the G1 or G3 Stevie J maybe modeled after long dreads or braids Steve had at the time? 

Lastly, in terms of regularly dressed dudes, I am unsure who Tre and J-Dub are supposed to be?

Evolution Crew 9 Variant (2005)

Re-issued in Ripboards and a 3-Pack (2008)

Toys R Us 6-Pack variant (2006)

Came with blue/orange Homer, Blue/green Ralph, Zobo (Krusty Klown), John (grey pants), and Billy (green-yellow bare-knuckle boxer mold).

3- Pack Variant (2006)

Came with Rod in his teal shirt/orange sneakers, and green Dakota (monocle and net)

Toys R Us 3-Pack Variant (2008) 

Came with Splinter (teal reprint), Petey (red reprint), Manga (Black/gold), Rick (green suit reprint) and Mikey (blue shirt reprint).

Clash Crew 2 (2006) and Zoods Crew 6  (2007) version 

Zoods version comes with Kixx (a rabbit, name is a play on Trixx). Kixx is wearing Jordan 3s as Chito is a big sneaker head. 

He makes really cool original art toys inspired by Nikes, Jordans, and others (@kwestone).