...Now to not address the elephant in the room just yet, these figures have some familiar problems. Foxy is the wrong color, Chica's beak is weird, Bonnie's coloring is goofy, Freddy's face is goofed, Springtrap looks 'meh', and then there's this monstrosity;
This... Horrible display is what happens when Marionette and Balloon Boy clash in the worst way possible. This is Mari with a balloon of himself! What in the hell am I supposed to make of this? Good grief, this is a nightmare! Fittingly, the title of the set calls it the 'Nightmare Puppet'. Let me tell you, this is extremely accurate. This thing will be in my nightmares tonight.
It's almost worth buying for shock value. The others aren't impressive, but this is just- This is a conversation starter. I mean, look, it started this blog post! This blog post wouldn't exist without this nightmare!...Unless that's not a balloon, and Mari's reproducing by budding.... It looks close enough that I could believe it.
The next set is a set that I think I've seen before, but I looked through my posts and couldn't find it.
Okay, so let's start with Funtime Foxy whose wearing a bikini. Her coloring is pretty off and, on closer inspection, she looks closer to Crystal from Star Fox than Foxy. Freddy's the same one as before, just with a darker color scheme. Balloon Boy... I think I've seen him before.
Then we have some sort of Mangle that, ironically, manages to have a relatively normal body. We have Mangle with a mangled face and Back to the Future's Doc's hair. Then we have hangman Mari. Creepy body, creepy arms, creepy face, possibly has breasts, a noose, and is STILL nowhere near as scary as balloon head Mari above him.
Sorry, my dear puppet, but you'll have to try a bit harder.
So here's our security guards, on the left Jeff the Killer and on the right is what is obviously a terminator pretending to be a human. Look at that metal spike jutting out of that club hand; you're not fooling anyone, buddy! And now we can see why Jeremy always wears that Freddy mask. Woof!
What comes next is another Mari. One that looks relatively alright except for a few quirks.
Again, I've seen worse. I mean, look and the puppets we've seen so far; this one is the closest to being accurate. As a bonus, we get to see what Mari would look like without his face on.
"Just give me a second to put on my face."
However, we have a few more things to look at! One of which is yet another Marionette figure, but this one...
...Actually looks pretty good. I mean, it's definitely not perfect, but looking at it directly it doesn't seem like there's many massive faults. The painting is amiss, but I've come to expect that. The face looks okay, the body isn't grotesque, there's nothing really weird going on, and it even comes with a detachable stand.
The thing is, this one also claims to be a Mexican knock off. This begs the question of why this one is so good and so many of them are so awful looking, mispainted, or just goofy. This one could absolutely pass as the real deal. Heck, Puppet lovers with a lack of merchandise could probably buy this figure to show off.
I mean, it's not perfect, and the price is a little high, but I must congratulate whoever made this. Out of all of the knock off FNAF merchandise, especially the Marionette stuff, you actually provided something promising.
Continuing on, we have a Springtrap figure with an odd packaging quirk.
So the Springtrap isn't too out of the blue. Not too great, not the worst I've seen, purple on the face to show Purple Guy, and relatively a lack of anything too obvious... Until you see the packaging. It's a cluster of FNAF characters shoved together on a title-less cardboard seal.
...Now I thought it was weird that the Puppet was only half there. So I didn't notice that the end of the cardboard by the Puppet was obviously torn, not cut properly. I didn't notice until I stumbled upon another set of FNAF figures.
So the final thing I'll get to in this blog post is, ironically enough, actual merchandise that I wanted to talk about. Today I will be reviewing the Mymoji toys that are sold for FNAF. They come in bags that look like this:
So it's another 'random bag' product, right? What's the point of buying three bags and getting two Chicas and a Bonnie, right? Well, I was pleased to realize that the bags are not lined with anything. As such, you can get one of these bags, fondle it, and then know what character it is.
You won't know what face you will get, as each character has three faces, but you most likely will be able to figure out which character you're getting. Because of this, I suspect it is some of the faces that are harder to get, and not the characters in particular. As such, I was able to get a couple of Marionette heads for myself.
These are two of the three faces. After buying two more, and getting both of these again (which I consider lucky, I rather two sets of each than one of one and three of another) I believe it is the third face that is probably the elusive one to find.
Here's a picture:
I may try again to find this one, but I have a feeling I won't be able to without spending more than I'd like. XD
Anyway, the heads are made of a hard, sturdy plastic. They aren't rubbery; they're rock hard with molding and painting on the outside. The bottom has a slight flat spot so that you can sit them up for display. They work well and I don't have trouble with them rolling around. They also have some weight to them. I could see taking a couple of these and using them like those zen balls you roll in your hand for stress.
They're also adorable! The faces are printed on just nicely, with only a slight defect on the cheeks sometimes. The paint doesn't feel like it'll wear or chip anytime soon, but I wouldn't rub something sharp on it or anything. All in all, they don't feel cheap and they're quite adorable, so I would recommend getting one. Just buy one in person so you can feel over package and choose.
So that's it for now. Do I think I'll do another one of these?... Probably yes. Every time I say 'no', something insane appears on Ebay and I'm back here typing another blog post. After this point, I think I might start numbering them. Who knew FNAF would get so much weird merchandise!
(Yeah, I don't think Markiplier signed off on this.)
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