Uh oh, here comes everybodys least favorite proposition: a Forced ReBuy! This is the "Sonic Classics Collectors Set" with 6 figures, all from the 3.5 line. But who's that in the middle? Why, classic Metal Sonic! A figure never before released with anything. A figure...not sold seperately. This whole set is $ , making it not a trivial buy you can just run out and pick up on a whim, like a five dollar figure. Also, chances are, by this time, most people already own most of these figures (Sonic more than once, if you wanted the collector's tins) because of the cool idea of the badnik+figure combo (ex. Tails+Grabber spider) or the comic book 2 packs (ex. Sonic+Amy) Another hinderance could be that this set seems likely to only appear at "Toys R Us Outlets" which are temporary, holiday-season-only stores that appear in vacant areas in malls or stripmalls. A similar set with the modern 3.5 figures appeared in 2011's holiday season, and only at TRUOutlets...it seems Jazwares is doing the same thing with this set.
Will they release classic Metal on a single card later? If they don't release him any other way, this figure will become super rare due to high price & low find-ability. Furthering the trouble, watch out for BAD PAINT on these guys or other diminished quality problems. Additional info by SonicToast ,
The only new figure of the "Classic Collector's set" above is classic Metal Sonic, seen here with close-ups. His paint is often quite bad (seen at right) with sloppy application-notice that ear yellow all over & messy yellow in the chest. Also, why is his nose BLACK? It never was. It was always just a silver cone. Why are the fingers blunt & jointed? They were never that way in the games either. So he's actually their first oddly inacurate figure.
With the comparison shot above, you can see that Classic Metal is much taller than Classic Sonic, though he wasn't that much taller in the games either...so this figure isn't to scale? If not, why? Everything else was. With matte paint, odd inacuracies, forced re-buy, & loads with poor paint application...this isn't a fantastic figure. There are so many strikes against it, it's such a shame, because Metal Sonic is supposed to be quite cool. But 35+ dollars for this guy? Only if you've got cash to spare...unfortunately. Hopefully they'll realize the error of their ways and single-card re-release/improve him.
Photo by PacmanSonic138
Photo by PacmanSonic138
Here is Jazwares classic style Amy figure. She's the same 3.5 line, but smaller, since all the classic characters are sculpted as shorter than their modern versions. She looks quite nice here, with good detail to her old clothing. You can see the shoe laces, shirt collar & puffy sleeves. Her expression is nice & cute.
As is usual with the classic styles, she has no knee or elbow joints. The hip/leg joint is restricted by her underwear (see white bit in photo below) & some figures may suffer from the paint making some joints sticky.
In 2013, the Classic style Amy had only been released as a comic-2-pack with classic Sonic. Here, you can see them together, & she is shorter, as she should be. The far left shows the JW Amy with the display figure/ F4F Amy. As usual, watch out for paint flaws on the individual figure.
The above right/bottom photo shows paint smears around her lower face area, and that she has a pink rim under her eye-white area that shouldn't be there. Be sure to inspect all figures in the package. This is still a great, classic looking figure, & should certainly be picked up by any Amy fan!
Photo by TiggerCustoms
Photo by TiggerCustoms
Photo by TiggerCustoms