Ready for Round 2?
Only a couple of months after the first wave of Jakks Pacific Bendy figures appeared...these photos appear already for Wave 2 of the bendy & disk pairs. It's debateable but the 1st wave was probably out around August of 2019 or so, and these photos appear at the middle of October 2019. So, that's pretty fast in the terms of merchandise releases.
PROBABLE Prototype!
It's highly likely that all of these figures are prototypes but are soooo close to being what they'll actually look like that it's not worth while to put them on the proto page, except for maybe this Super Sonic because he is WRONG with the yellow arms (UPDATE: Unfortunately the actual figure has yellow arms too). Also note Eggman's floating disk!
As is fairly typical with 'line' type releases, the main character will be released repeatedly. This is supposed to satisfy newcomers to the line, or people that missed the first main release...but sometimes it annoys collectors because 'now you have to get it again'. So, here comes bendy Sonic again, but this time his rolling disk is different, it's Tails but in his hover-along-ground sprite position. However, it looks rather fretful somehow? The Sonic is exactly the same.
Super Sonic is likely to be the real prototype here, because of the yellow arms mistake they have going on. The eyes are red though, the spikes are appropriately very 'up' and the face/expression is changed so he's not just some lazy repaint. The fist is still there, but the other hand is open/gripping. The body seems smaller, however? He comes with regular jogging pixel Sonic as the roller disk. This will be a good figure if they fix the arms.
Badguys on this round! Good!
Good for badguys when it's Eggman & Metal Sonic! Metal Sonic usually doesn't translate too well as a bendable (robots rely on hard edges/strait edges) but they're doing actually quite well with him. There's high-shine paint on the shoes & look how the fingers are colored to highlight the skeleton-style joints. A good move that's not often seen. The head / proportions also seem nicely done. There may be something hinky with the shoulders (usually cuffs above the rotator part) but? He comes with a 'thoughtful spirte' pixel Shadow roller disk.
Eggfans will enjoy the Eggman bendable if it's of an ok size (at least taller than other bendies here) because his proportions are very game-like. The long stick legs/good shoes & egg body. The arms are a little 'arch shaped' but tha's likely due to how the bendy itself has to be structured. The head....may or may not turn but the mustache being flexible will liikely help him. He's got a pointing finger pose going on, which is also appropriate. He comes with (oddly enough) an E102 Gamma roller disk that is.......floating!
Yes this is the 2nd prototypical item here because no one's getting a levitating toy. They just didn't make whatever they're going to decide for the 'body' yet. This one is a bit of a strange choice because that character has been dead for years. Why not put E Omega in there instead? He makes more sense. But who makes even more sense than that is Amy Rose because she is more popular than a character that only appeared for a portion of 1 single game in 1999 alone.
In All:
GREAT 2nd wave! Popular choices everywhere with proven great sellers like Super Sonic & Metal Sonic. E-102 is also just fine to see again because only ReSaurus ended up doing a (Very rare) figure for him, so more merch with him on it is welcomed, probably. Aside from the missing body & yellow arms, the sculpts here look to be really nice & their ability to vary the disks also seems like a good idea. A quality set.
Opinion Zone:
WHERE IS AMY ROSE???
Everybody knows where she is: inside the 'girls curse', which is the old addage that's not true but companies love to pretend it is which is that 'nobody likes girls ever so we won't make female figures'. Tails got an Amy Roller, but that was it. Putting E102 ahead of Amy seems absurd. Some people wouldn't have even been born when that game came out. And it's not like E102 kept recurring in later games, he didn't. But, that doesn't make him bad or 'should be shunned', either...it's just picking what's popular & recognizable is important.
That aside, the 2nd wave is looking really strong/like a 'must buy' for fans. They're already way ahead of Tomy, this is another that feels like spelling success.
Opinion Zone: Replace the regular Sonic in Wave 2 with Amy Rose, keep the rest of the lineup the same, then re-release Sonic again regular on Wave 3 where SuperSonic is NOT. Wave 3 would have Regular Sonic, Espio, Blaze & Silver.
A fast release...
While the first wave of bendy figures was found in Fall 2019, while they're still on the shelves in Winter 2019, the 2nd wave begins to appear. Here, someone's found the Super Sonic bendy. He comes with the regular Sonic roller disk, but do note that it has a different face than the one you'd get with Shadow on the previous wave. (good)
He has one open hand and one fist, which is more aggressive than the thumbs-up hand of the regular Sonic, which is as it should be. These are the same price, 9.99 at Target as the previous wave. The box back is mostly unchanged, except the bottom 'collect 'em all' is now set to Wave 2. Photos by KennyTheHedgehog
The Eggman Bendy!
Only Toy Island ever made a bendy of him before, so this is good to see..and it looks good! He's got one pointing hand to give orders to badnicks. His box-back photo shows him actually bending (not the pose the figure is in inside the box) which is nice. The mustache is good & big and he lives up to the proto-photos seen above. With this, you can see the feet portion of his E102-Gamma roller (which were missing in the proto photos) This is a very appropriate rolling disk to have with him of an uncommon character. Very nice!
Photos by KennyTheHedgehog