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#51 fkro6784

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Posted 11 December 2016 - 11:51 AM

Tim Clarke's instagram a few days ago:https://www.instagra...y=timclarketoys  ^_^

 

Ha, that's my photo he used.

 

Hopefully they do make a comeback!


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Posted 21 December 2016 - 05:43 AM

Anyone end up with gitd in other sculpts?
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Posted 01 February 2017 - 09:34 AM

There's a new mini boglin for sale over at https://www.totims.c.../mini-trickster A bit pricey though...  :mellow:


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Posted 02 February 2017 - 01:35 AM

There's a new mini boglin for sale over at https://www.totims.c.../mini-trickster A bit pricey though...  :mellow:

yikes, that paintjob. might've got one if it was unpainted


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Posted 02 February 2017 - 08:16 AM

yikes, that paintjob. might've got one if it was unpainted

 

Painful


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Posted 02 February 2017 - 09:56 AM

I dont have any original Boglin figures and am considering getting them. How do these new release ones compare to the old in terms of sculpt quality?


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Posted 02 February 2017 - 10:17 AM

I preferred the old ones but the completeist in me needs it
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Posted 02 February 2017 - 11:22 AM

The new mini boglins are a bit larger and a rough looking compared to the old ones. They're still pretty cool in my opinion.  ^_^


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Posted 02 February 2017 - 01:53 PM

yikes, that paintjob. might've got one if it was unpainted

 

Yeah, that's... not good. Kind of kid decided to add detail with a Sharpie level of not good.


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Posted 03 February 2017 - 12:17 AM

Okay, yeah, that one looks rather terrible to me.


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Posted 03 February 2017 - 08:16 AM

Okay, yeah, that one looks rather terrible to me.

 

Had help looking terrible.


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Posted 14 February 2017 - 03:41 AM

Yes the paint job is not doing it for me, and actually the level of finish on these new boglins has been pretty poor in my opinion. 

 

They have not been cast particularly well, the scale is off compared to the original mini boglins, and the material is just not a good. Grainy and flaky and lackluster. 

The sculpts themselves are nothing special, and all four kinda look the same to me, no character or humour in them really. 

 

I consider these new objects as interesting art toys released by the sculptor of some of the originals, but personally I do not view them as mini-boglins, and have no desire to collect them in their current state. 

 

I have two and they serve as interesting curiosities, but they are vastly over-priced for such poor production quality. 

 

Toy rant over!


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Posted 14 February 2017 - 07:10 AM

Yes the paint job is not doing it for me, and actually the level of finish on these new boglins has been pretty poor in my opinion. 

 

They have not been cast particularly well, the scale is off compared to the original mini boglins, and the material is just not a good. Grainy and flaky and lackluster. 

The sculpts themselves are nothing special, and all four kinda look the same to me, no character or humour in them really. 

 

I consider these new objects as interesting art toys released by the sculptor of some of the originals, but personally I do not view them as mini-boglins, and have no desire to collect them in their current state. 

 

I have two and they serve as interesting curiosities, but they are vastly over-priced for such poor production quality. 

 

Toy rant over!

 

I have 3 out of the 4. The size and texture is what I was most bothered by. I really wonder why they decided to go with that weird, grainy, too-hard material, and the bigger size in relation to the old ones just seems like a big oversight. Not sure what the thinking was there. I wouldn't have cared too much had I bought them for $6 or whatever it was at the show where they first came out, but for the prices they were sold at online, the quality and attention to detail is sadly not there.


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Posted 14 February 2017 - 07:24 AM

Yeah. They really shoud have gone with a material a bit more similar to the old ones. My new 30 dollar mini boglin came with only one arm attached...  :( That wouldn't have happend with the old, softer ones.


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Posted 14 February 2017 - 08:53 AM

The impression I get is that, while Tim Clarke is obviously a superb sculptor and designer, he is very much a novice caster.

Quite why that part of the production wasn't farmed out to someone with more experience in that area, I don't know.
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Posted 14 February 2017 - 11:05 AM

The impression I get is that, while Tim Clarke is obviously a superb sculptor and designer, he is very much a novice caster.

Quite why that part of the production wasn't farmed out to someone with more experience in that area, I don't know.

 

Ah. I actually didn't realize he cast them himself. Yeah, the material and quality control issues could have probably been easily avoided if he got someone else to do that part. I don't really have any gripes with the sculpts, aside from the larger size.

 

I noticed the colors aren't consistent either. The pink one I have seen in a range of pinks, from very pale pink to a raspberry color. I'm not sure if that was intentional or not.

 

What I'd get most excited about would be new factory-produced Mini Boglins.


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Posted 14 February 2017 - 01:12 PM

Well maybe this was a tester to see if there was enough interest... I imagine they sold fairly well.

Factory produced, in the original scale would be awesome. Fingers crossed!
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Posted 14 February 2017 - 01:33 PM

Tim said that they would make a comeback, so i assume they will be factory produced! 


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