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What's next?  Smashling?

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[Draznar]

My girls are going to love these!

[Harigorasu]

Wait, so Splashlings have larger mermaid figures to accompany the minis... Crashlings don't have a larger counterpart do they?

 

And instead of asteroids, they come in cute lil shells, but the shells don't pop "up to 4ft. into the air" do they?

 

>>What's next?  Smashling?

 

Why not Trashlings? Have they done that yet? I mean, yeah, Trash Pack and Trash Bag Bunch have been done...

How about Slashlings? Cute little horror movie slashers?

[TinyPink]

I'm holding out for 'Gashlings' - Tiny rubber porn stars of the 70s and 80s!

 

I see these types of things often, 'cutesy' little nubs in tiny trash cans and spherical containers....bah - they are taking up valuable shelf space at Toys-r-Us and only end up in clearance bins anyhow!   

Just to be clear:  Slug Zombies and Mutant Mania FAILED at retail yet these 'shop kins' and similar eraser-like things are being churned out at a fast clip?!  I fear for the future of minis, friends!  

[Screamer]

There has been horrible minis for as long as there has been great minis or minis at all for that matter. Remember MUSCLE came in a small spherical trash can. They also have their counterpart, Cuties. Similarly, these were obviously marketed to girls.

I agree though. There are far too many micropackaged minis that are just lame for various reasons. I think this definitely washes the minifigure collecting hobby and at times even makes a mediocre miniline look great.

Don't worry though, there will always be badass minifigures hitting shelves. Not to mention all the great customs and indie lines that continue to pop up and increase in numbers.

[TinyPink]

There has been horrible minis for as long as there has been great minis or minis at all for that matter. Remember MUSCLE came in a small spherical trash can. They also have their counterpart, Cuties. Similarly, these were obviously marketed to girls.

I agree though. There are far too many micropackaged minis that are just lame for various reasons. I think this definitely washes the minifigure collecting hobby and at times even makes a mediocre miniline look great.

Don't worry though, there will always be badass minifigures hitting shelves. Not to mention all the great customs and indie lines that continue to pop up and increase in numbers.

 

Well put.   And hey, I'm not busting on the canisters/trash cans - I own a bunch of the tiny clear and gray ones that I use with other toylines.  

 

When I glance down that isle, though, and see nothing but peg after peg of 'cutelings', goofy aliens, etc. I can't help but roll my eyes and groan.  Ah, well...

[Draznar]

I'm holding out for 'Gashlings' - Tiny rubber porn stars of the 70s and 80s!

 

I see these types of things often, 'cutesy' little nubs in tiny trash cans and spherical containers....bah - they are taking up valuable shelf space at Toys-r-Us and only end up in clearance bins anyhow!   

Just to be clear:  Slug Zombies and Mutant Mania FAILED at retail yet these 'shop kins' and similar eraser-like things are being churned out at a fast clip?!  I fear for the future of minis, friends!  

I can't speak for Slug Zombies, but I felt like Moose went wrong on several fronts with Mutant Mania.

Packs weren't truly random.

There were way too damn many figures.

The gimmick was very "meh." Even my 7-year-old hated it.

[ironmask]

And your 7-year old even warmed up to Kobitos...

As for the Trash Pack figures... Those were wildly successful with kids, for a few years solid.

 

Shit, I always wanted a mini line of nautical crpytids, mer-people, et al. My kid would have loved these when she wasn't a broody teenager. She used to be all about those mermaid fizz-and-finds, which these resemble.

[Draznar]

She friggin' loves those damn kobitos.