The Easter Bunny

 The Easter Bunny

The Nightmare Before Christmas - Diamond Select Toys

I think this may be the only action figure ever made of the Easter Bunny.  Well, aside from the “pink nightmare” Christmas Story reference we took a look at a couple of Yuletides back.  That one was more of an “action” figure.  This poor guy, while he looks nice, is more or less a statue.

He does have a ball jointed head, but that’s it.  It looks like his arms would have a standard swivel, but they are either stuck or glued in place.  The colors are great, the textures on the fur well sculpted, and the sash is well done...and he gets an Easter basket accessory with colorful but non removable eggs.

Speaking of accessories...this “figure” is technically an accessory itself.  Diamond Select has a higher end “Nightmare Before Christmas” line that features characters with either dioramas or smaller character pack-ins.  They sometimes break these down with less accessories and a lower price-point for Walgreens exclusives.  While this works fine for characters like Jack and Sally, this one is a bit of a stretch.  $15?  I guess he was too large to work in any other way for this model.  At least they could have thrown in a sack for the better value Lock, Shock, and Barrel set to drag him around in.  Or a freaked-out alternate head?  

$10 would be better, but at the same time, how often do you get action figures for holiday displays?  Ultimately, that’s what led me to buy it.  DST’s Nightmare figures are great, but Hot Topic more than over saturated the market with that fandom for me to care at this point.  I don’t dislike the movie...but give it a rest, folks.