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[massoluk]

They still look pretty damn good to me...

 

[Vlade]

Could someone draw out the most egregious offense that isn't attributed to professional photography vs horse-poop-on-canvas? I'm having trouble picking it out. I have faith that it is there, I've purchased toys before.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Get sone sculpy and make your own

 

[uncleniccius]

I don't like the bent sword

Shit, I didn't notice that.. it may be just this one though? Hopefully

 

[Bacon]

Looks the same to me.

 

[Avallon]

These toys are for kids, you want a pointy solid sword? Plus we have no clue who handle it and bent it on purpose, It doesn't mean it was come like that.

The embelishment on peach's dress was expected. Look at it and tell me you expect that on a $13 toy with NFC and memory.

The yellow link's stand seems like a design decision, horrible one but it isn't downgraded.

Why are you making excuses for them? The quality is lower than what they originally showed. To say that these are kids toys or "that's too be expected" does not make them any higher quality in the end.

I am disappointed, because the original figures looked absolutely great.

 

[Papercuts]

The only things that seem really off to me are Peach and Marth's floppy sword.

The thing getting me about marth is how his hand melds into the sword.

Here you can see a clearly defined end to his hand, a black piece of the sword, then the rest of it.

This loses that completly as his hand now absorbs into the hilt(or the gold pulls back more). But yeah, the floppy sword also loses the strength of his pose before it now feels like his arm is limping awkwardly with no effort. I also think his hair looks like a blob of playdoh.

 

[Exile20]

What's up wtih Marth's word?

I think people were handling it so much and someone probably bent it. It is not solid like metal. This is for kids.

 

[Goon Boon]

For comparison, here's a Skylander Trapmaster Wallop. It's $15, but it also gives you a character for use in Skylanders vs an AI buddy/training partner, so I'm not sure if that adds more value to the cost or what versus the opposite. Skylanders stuff also goes on sale pretty often too.

What looks like a RENDER from Amazon's store page :

What seems like the final product in two different lighting conditions (not 100% sure though that they're both final versions, so if anyone could confirm that'd be nice) :

 

[TDLink]

Weird how DK is there but no one took a close up of it. Also want to see close ups of the others releasing like Samus, Diddy, Captain Falcon, etc.

 

[Avallon]

Shit, I didn't notice that.. it may be just this one though? Hopefully

Both Marth and Link's swords are bent.

 

[casiopao]

As i only wanted Kirby, and my eyes being maybe blind? I don't see any difference there.

 

[Wereroku]

I think people were handling it so much and someone probably bent it. It is not solid like metal. This is for kids.

No it's called gravity and soft plastic. They are all going to look like that. People saying there's no difference really must be ignoring things. The paint job and molding are clearly worse.

 

[RiggyRob]

I think they look fine for the most part - Link's yellow stand is a little weird and the fact it's in front rather than behind is strange. Marth and Link having bendy swords isn't too encouraging.

The most criminal aspect of them is actually the fact the simplest characters look the worst - how do you mess up Kirby and Pikachu having off-centre eyes, really?

 

[Avallon]

As i only wanted Kirby, and my eyes being maybe blind? I don't see any difference there.

Kirby looks okay to me too, but people have been complaining that the eyes and mouth are off-center.

 

[TDLink]

As i only wanted Kirby, and my eyes being maybe blind? I don't see any difference there.

You're not blind. It's machine painted instead of hand painted, but it looks the same.

 

[Pie and Beans]

And so the shoe of mass production reality finally drops.

If ye want quality statues and stuff, ye have to pay the collectable price, otherwise welcome to Happy Meal fare.

 

[Experien]

I'm curious how Samus looks.

 

[The Boat]

It was obvious there was going to be a downgrade, this always happens with mass produced toys, especially cheap ones and they did say the ones shown were prototypes. They still look good to me anyway.

 

[m0t0k1]

As i only wanted Kirby, and my eyes being maybe blind? I don't see any difference there.

Mouth is off centred not in the middle of the eyes. Same can be said for the eyes not in the middle of kirby. But this can be easy fixable. Just go to your local store to pick them up instead of ordering online. Because paint jobs can differ between batches. At least i hope so

 

[Kid Ska]

Pikachu honestly looks better. But wow, Peach's face is terrible.

 

[KingSnake]

No it's called gravity and soft plastic. They are all going to look like that.

I guess the other two are in a place without gravity.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Welcome to mass production OP?

 

[Seik]

Mario, Kirby, Pikachu and Wii Fit Trainer looking good.

Can't see Link's face properly.

Marth and Peach looking weird, I mean, look at their faces! D:

 

[Stilton Disco]

Yeesh. While there's always a downgrade from promotional, prototype shots to what ends up in shops, this seems like a bit more of a drop off in detail and quality control than usual.

Worse, they look significantly worse than I remember Skylander's being (not touched on since last Christmas mind). Certainly less detailed and with worse paint.

Not sure how they stack up against Disney Infinity figures in hand, but from looking at them in shops I'd be surprised if these are up to the quality of either of their main competitors.

Combine that with the lack of a compelling, single, specific tie in title, large number of D listers and the apparent contraction of the figure game market, I'll be surprised if these do anywhere near as well as Nintendo are hoping.

 

[uncleniccius]

Both Marth and Link's swords are bent.

Look at the photo below though, only 1/3 has the issue.

 

[The Lamp]

They use special lighting when they advertise things. Those just look like pictures taken with a regular camera.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I'm curious how Samus looks.

Makes you wonder if they're not even confident enough to show it off, lol

They use special lighting when they advertise things. Those just look like pictures taken with a regular camera.

Not true. There's a lot of physical detail lost on Peach's dress for example.

 

[Revolutionary]

Samus still looks good from the one picture in the album, so I'm keeping my preorder.

 

[Askherserenity]

Same shit tho

 

[TDLink]

I'm curious how Samus looks.

I still think Samus looked the best out of the ones shown at E3:

The pose is done in a way where they shouldn't have to add any plastic bases or poles. And there are no eyes to screw up or swords to bend. I have to imagine that Samus is going to turn out pretty good.

 

[SixStringPsycho]

Skylander and disney infinity toys looks way better than these. And also look like what they promoted in pictures.

 

[Avallon]

I'm curious how Samus looks.

Looks okay behind glass, but who knows. Still bent swords on never handled figures
Also, wtf BLUE stand on Fox.

 

[maquiladora]

Still not as bad as fast food ads vs reality.

 

[Persona7]

kirby

 

[Exile20]

No it's called gravity and soft plastic. They are all going to look like that. People saying there's no difference really must be ignoring things. The paint job and molding are clearly worse.

Look at the ones in the back, why are those straight then?

Mostlikely the ones in the front are bent because they are the ones people are handling.

 

[kitchenmotors]

My thougts

Clearly I wasn't expecting this much of a quality but this is a meltdown.

What an overreaction. I can't roll my eyes enough over here. Who needs pain meds right now when I read posts like this.

 

[GuardianE]

Guys. These things are $13. You are expecting paint quality of a $30+ figure for less than half the price.

 

[jblank83]

If you want a really good looking Samus and Link you can always buy the Figmas.

 

[Avallon]

Look at the ones in the back, why are those straight then?

Mostlikely the ones in the front are bent because they are the ones people are handling.

Behind glass and still bent.

 

[Wereroku]

I guess the other two are in a place without gravity.

Yes the blur filter on the back ones sure clear that up. Can you honestly tell what the condition of the back one is?

 

[Experien]

Looks okay behind glass, but who knows. Still bent swords on never handled figures
Also, wtf BLUE stand on Fox.

Cool, I went to the Joystiq article and didn't see Samus in their slideshow. If this is from that event, I have no problem here.

TBH, I don't think they look that bad. If you are familiar with small and non-expensive figures/toys, this is pretty good stuff.

 

[SuperDowns]

I think they still look good. No matter what the pole looked like I would have never got an Amiibo with a pole. My Amiibo Kirby was hardly affected by mass production so I am okay with this(.gif)

 

[dallow_bg]

I really wish they sold these as just the base like an NFC coin.

 

[Experien]

Behind glass and still bent.

sword is bent not from people's hands but from soft plastic molding.

 

[Exile20]

Looks okay behind glass, but who knows. Still bent swords on never handled figures
Also, wtf BLUE stand on Fox.

Actually it looks like Link's sword is pushing on math's sword.

 

[kitchenmotors]

If you want a really good looking Samus and Link you can always buy the Figmas.

I have a small collection of Nintendo Figma figures I got for Xmas last year. People expecting anything close to that quality in a $13 toy are crazy.

 

[StreetsAhead]

Looks okay behind glass, but who knows. Still bent swords on never handled figures
Also, wtf BLUE stand on Fox.

I don't understand why they insisted on using the poses from the official art if they needed this many bizarrely coloured plastic supports. I mean I get it - they're supposed to be the Smash in-game trophies come to life.

 

[KingSnake]

Yes the blur filter on the back ones sure clear that up. Can you honestly tell what the condition of the back one is?

You can see that it's not bend down, so gravity doesn't affect it. Seems quite straight to me, you can see the shape despite the filter.

 

[sixteen-bit]

If you want a really good looking Samus and Link you can always buy the Figmas.

Pit and Dark Pit has Figmas as well.

I assume Amibos only need the base to operate. Would be neat to see some custom mashups using the Figmas.