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[steverotters]

Following similar tube playsets by Imperial and Blip, Boley Corp out of Chino, CA has this one currently available at CVS.  

 

The price is $5.99 plus tax.

 

The packaging says that you get 60 pieces.  

 

I actually count 68.  If you count the tube and lid as two more pieces, there are actually 70. The lid is pretty cool because it is a zombie head. Boley Corp has made similar tube playsets (military, western, animal, etc) and their gimmick is always a molded lid.  

 

I got 52 zombies in 10 sculpts.  The number of each in my tube varied from 4 to 9 per figure.  So, that's 4 sets plus extras.  

 

Some of the sculpts are derivative of the Imperial set, but they are indeed different.  

 

The highlight here might actually be the accessories.  

 

There are two weird trucks without wheels. You can see that they are designed to accept some cheap wheels, but none are included.  

 

There are four barb-wire fence pieces that would look pretty cool painted up in certain displays.   

 

There are two tombstones and a mausoleum.  These could also look pretty nice in background displays.  

 

Then there's a scythe, an axe, a monkey-wrench,  a mallet that looks like Mjolnir, and a chainsaw.  Although the zombies included are incapable of holding these objects, they might just fit some of your other toys.  

 

Oh yeah, and a two piece coffin! 

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Edited by steverotters, 01 December 2014 - 04:45 PM.

[fkro6784]

Fun set! I have those same zombie figures (or nearly identical ones) from when they were previously released in different sets, with zombie hunters/responders. I like the way they're packaged here.

[GoreVidalMeaty]

you beat me to this review!  I had bought these a week ago and took photos but never had the time to post.  

 

great job! 

 

with included tools / weapons for other figs:

 

 cvs tools IMG_4338.JPG   73.74K   50 downloads 

 

comparison shot from prior Vs. toy line:

 

 Cvs comp IMG_4274.jpg   62.88K   53 downloads

 

 

Edited by GoreVidalMeaty, 02 December 2014 - 04:43 AM.

[steverotters]

Excellent! Thanks for those comparison shots with the Imperial versions.  

[fkro6784]

Just picked up this zombie tube at CVS for 59 cents on clearance! They just had one, and the only other tubes they had were a couple of the military ones. 

[steverotters]

Lucky!  Yep, 90% off Christmas stuff.  I went to at least 6 CVS stores -- willing to pay full price -- and could only find one set. 

[fkro6784]

Lucky!  Yep, 90% off Christmas stuff.  I went to at least 6 CVS stores -- willing to pay full price -- and could only find one set. 

 

I found it at a CVS downtown in the Loop (I noticed you're also from Chicago), across the street from where I work. I was surprised to see it since the city ones don't usually have many toys.

[phantomeye]

I just found a 30 pack tube of these at a local Kmart for $3.00.  Boy, are they awesome!  Great sculpts although it appears there may have been 2 or more sculptors at work with these.  I can discern 2 distinct styles.  One is very lifelike with great granular textures and appropriate proportions.  They other subset features disproportions, smoother surfaces, and are somewhat zany/humorous.  Either way, the whole set is pure minifig gold!  This includes mausoleum, 2 part coffin, 2 headstones, all the aforementioned "utensils", and zombie head lid.  My faves are the entire subset with real proportions and granular textures (Walking Dead style) and out of the zany category the fella with the rubber ducky sitting on his shoulder.  Both categories have many with gouged out eyes which look really cool.  They are made of very cheap Army Men plastic.  But don't let that discourage you.  The sculpt and texture quality are very well produced with a favorable price point too.

[Sydot]

The Walmart near me has these same sculpts right now in a $4.99 bucket labeled 101 zombies or something like that. A little under half of the '101' pieces were these sculpts in bright green.  

The rest were the 'classic' army man sculpts in blue. 

[UraHameshi]

I've seen these tubes at Kmart. I'll probably buy one soon, they look nice