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* It’s a bit difficult to talk about each figure individually because you’re not getting one complete vision. This guy is made up of the Vampire head, the Cyber-Gorilla torso, a Frankenstein right arm, either a Sea Creature arm or Vampire arm, a Werewolf leg, and a Mummy leg. The paint work is sharp on these, though, and they have a very fun aesthetic. Each piece has different textures and paint effects and I’m excited to eventually see some completed characters, too.
* The Vampire headsculpt is pretty cool and quite different from your typical Bela Lugosi inspired vampire. His features are longer and bat-like with pointed chin, long ears, and some fairly unique hair. He reminds me a bit of Morbius’ look in the 1994 Spider-Man animated series. The paint is sharp and there’s a nice mixture of clean paint apps (like on his blood red eyes) and shading effects (to give him an impressive appearance.
* From the back you can see that there are some neat details on each part. The Cyber-Gorilla’s robotic spine peeking through is pretty neat. I also like the patches on the Frankenstein monster’s jacket sleeve and the end of the wrappings visible on the Mummy’s wrapped leg.
* Here’s a shot of the lower half of the figure to show off the detail in the legs. I’m really excited to put the Werewolf together as he is one of the figures you can fully complete with this series.
* Each figure can split into six separate parts and a seventh part is included here (an extra left arm) to give you a hint of the mixing and matching opportunities available when you have multiple figures. All of the attachment points are the same though the way the legs attach from the bottom instead of the side does make it odd to, say, replace one of the legs with an arm or something weird like that. Everything feels very sturdy, made from a solid plastic with a bit of rubbery give. They’re very solid toys!
* The sales gimmick and packaging for the line is a reusable fabric body bag. This is a pretty cool extra that you can store your parts inside or even use for other action figures, too. They even sold these by themselves during the campaign for folks who ever wanted a body bag. It’s durable and has a zipper so you can easily open and close it. The label is made to look like a toe tag and is attached by a plastic fastener. There’s even a spot to write the the “Date Expired” for the deceased.
* These are pretty fun and very well made. They zip and unzip easily and there’s also a loop at the top (where it has the Body Bags logo) that you could use to hang one of these up.
* These guys are durable figures and while the swapping is the main feature, you can also rotate the neck and arms for a little posing/ play value.
* ToadFrog was certainly upfront about how the legs would be handled but it does seem odd to me that they chose to go with legs that attach to the bottom of the torso (above the waist) rather than attaching to the sides of the waist. It’s a bit limiting in movement and I’m not sure what the gain there was to offset the loss of the joints being on the side. You could have built four legged creatures and what not if all of the limbs attached the same way.
Dr. Malgam’s Body Bags was an excellent Kickstarter project with a well run campaign, good communication and updates, and solid execution. To get these out the way they did, especially in these tumultuous times for manufacturing and shipping, is impressive. It’s a Great figure with a very fun gimmick. I’ve looked at swappable toys a number of times on the site but connecting them to monster building and using the body bags is inspired. I’m still not sure selling them mixed was the way to go when not every figure can be fully built in the first series but the campaign was successful, so what do I know? I’m really hoping we hear more about a second series while the iron is hot. These seem like they could have a good long life with specialty retailers or could be successful if they could somehow become available at retail for kids, though I’d hope they wouldn’t go the blind bagged route.
Assortment #2
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Author: 360 Technology Group
