Dr. Wily and Mega Man
Funko - 4-inch figures
Alright, Funko...I'm giving you some more money with the hope of you not bungling another property. Wait...your first wave consists of only two sculpts? Four Mega Man paint variations (and one is a crappy chase variant)?! No robot masters?! Ugh, not a great start. At least the hero and the big-bad look good!
Scale-wise, they match up quite nicely with Jakks Pacific's World of Nintendo figures. That's really what got me to buy-in: video game universe cohesiveness. Wily looks great with other baddies like Bowser and Ganondorf and Mega Man's mega noggin might be able to out-bonk Mario's.
The articulation is comparable, too. Mega's upper-leg/hip area is a bit lacking in range of motion. Megaman comes with an alternate set of hands. That's great, but no blast effect? Wily gets nothing to hold, which is a shame for a mad scientist. Nothing to tinker with? I guess that's the price we have to pay to get one unique character in the batch.
Price-wise, I shouldn't complain too much. At $10 each, you get a pretty chunk of plastic with some decent playability and great sculpts, much like Funko's Disney Afternoon figures. That's another line that I was afraid Funko would be one and done with, but they did recently put out a second wave with some great characters. All I am asking for is a complete Mega Man One robot master lineup, Funko...or anyone, really. So, so many starts and stalls for a modern Mega Man action figure line.
The articulation is comparable, too. Mega's upper-leg/hip area is a bit lacking in range of motion. Megaman comes with an alternate set of hands. That's great, but no blast effect? Wily gets nothing to hold, which is a shame for a mad scientist. Nothing to tinker with? I guess that's the price we have to pay to get one unique character in the batch.
Price-wise, I shouldn't complain too much. At $10 each, you get a pretty chunk of plastic with some decent playability and great sculpts, much like Funko's Disney Afternoon figures. That's another line that I was afraid Funko would be one and done with, but they did recently put out a second wave with some great characters. All I am asking for is a complete Mega Man One robot master lineup, Funko...or anyone, really. So, so many starts and stalls for a modern Mega Man action figure line.
I picked these up as well! My intention is also to put them with the World of Nintendo line. For $10 bucks they're not bad at all but the repaints are way too numerous. If they were unique sculpts or offered more unique characters I'd have picked more of these up. Let's hope a series 2 offers some more unique figures.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, Funko is doing a much better job of making action figures than in years past. Their quality control is much improved over many previous efforts.