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#26 bachamn

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 07:58 AM

Just got a large lot of these from jkaris and I really love how varied and numerous the assortment is. (especially for a US released gumball toy series).  It's kind of difficult to make out many details from that checklist photo but once you get these little guys in your hands they're really fun. I think the fact that they have no premise at all makes them even more enjoyable :)

 

After looking them over it seems to me that they can be grouped into a few categories based on the style of the sculpts. I'd like to post some reviews of the individual sculpts that really stand out to me eventually so I won't bother with the names of the figures yet, but for now here are some loose categories that I've noticed. I'd be interested to hear others' opinions as well!

  1. The first group consists of Pokemon-esque monsters and creatures. Some stand upright and appear more or less anthropomorphic, while the rest are significantly more 'beast-like'. I noticed that almost all of my figures of the latter description are in the amber color while the upright came in a variety of colors..
  2. The next group consists of oddity/oddball creatures, many with goofy/happy faces and/or floppy arms. Most of the 'chunky' sculpts redjar mentions are in this category, including one of my favorites: an octopus-looking alien dude with a long floppy tendril extending over his head.
  3. A third group contains only a few sculpts, but they're some of my favorites, Strange geometric forms and shapes, smooth surface. Are they spaceships? Abstract robots? Extra-dimensional aliens? No idea, but I love these guys. 
  4. Another group is made up of what appears to be robots or maybe even pieces of equipment (one really looks like a jetpack to me)
  5. Finally, there is a group that I've been endearingly referring to as the 'Mayan Space Lords'. Most of these guys appear to be some sort of alien/cyborg, but all of the figures have a facial design that evokes themes from Mayan or Incan sculptures. Also, I'm not sure if this is a coincidence or not, but similar to the amber beast sculpts I mentioned earlier all of the sculpts that I got matching the Mayan description were blue, and only two of the blue figures I got (out of over 90) fit into other categories.

Finally, I was wondering if anyone else had variant figures that were slightly larger? I have an amber-colored Dragoon (if I've identified him from the checklist correctly) that appears to be the normal size, but I also have a green one that is noticeably larger (and incidentally is also still connected at the mouth to part of his molding 'tree'.

 

Also, does anyone else have figures that aren't on the checklist? Admittedly I've only looked it over once or twice but I'm pretty sure I have at least one that isn't pictured.


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Posted 29 July 2013 - 08:38 AM

Finally, I was wondering if anyone else had variant figures that were slightly larger? I have an amber-colored Dragoon (if I've identified him from the checklist correctly) that appears to be the normal size, but I also have a green one that is noticeably larger (and incidentally is also still connected at the mouth to part of his molding 'tree'.

 

Also, does anyone else have figures that aren't on the checklist? Admittedly I've only looked it over once or twice but I'm pretty sure I have at least one that isn't pictured.

I also got a green Dragoon that is larger than the amber/orange version. My green one doesn't have any extra molding still attached.

 

The only figure I've seen in 3 different colors so far is Clank. I've seen it in blue, green, and purple.

 

My son might have picked up on a variant of Goob. He has the green one that looks like it does on the checklist, but also an amber/orange version that is missing one arm and has a sad face instead of a smile.

 

My oldest son only needs Pantho to complete his set of all figures in at least 1 color.


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Posted 17 August 2013 - 10:08 AM

Frustrating that Lucky Gumball has yet to get any more of these in stock. And even the distributor is saying they're still sold out.

 

Are there color variations of each of the figures? In that case, I would much prefer to buy the huge bulk bag.


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Posted 17 August 2013 - 12:19 PM

Frustrating that Lucky Gumball has yet to get any more of these in stock. And even the distributor is saying they're still sold out.

 

Are there color variations of each of the figures? In that case, I would much prefer to buy the huge bulk bag.

 

I sent SSM Vending an email a few weeks ago asking about the status of their stock on these. It took them a couple weeks to respond. The guy said the message wound up in his junk folder, and then said they're out of the Neo Neons and didn't make any indication that they'd be getting any more in.


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Posted 03 January 2014 - 02:02 PM

I jost got a shipment of 100 of these for Christmas. Is anyone still interested in some trading?
 

 

106 figures, 5 colours, potentially 530 variants. Might be worth buying a few bags.

I'm getting the impression from looking at mine that each sculpt was only done in one color. Is that right, or just a quirk of my 100?


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Posted 03 January 2014 - 02:16 PM

not sure, I would say no because I have some sculpts that don't match the color depicted on the checklist.


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Posted 03 January 2014 - 07:03 PM

not sure, I would say no because I have some sculpts that don't match the color depicted on the checklist.

I have a few that are the wrong color, too. Not many, but about 20-30 from a couple vending bags.
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Posted 03 January 2014 - 07:07 PM

I jost got a shipment of 100 of these for Christmas. Is anyone still interested in some trading?

My son only needs Pantho to complete his set. Please let me know if you get an extra of that one.


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Posted 09 January 2014 - 06:15 AM

I jost got a shipment of 100 of these for Christmas. Is anyone still interested in some trading?

I'm getting the impression from looking at mine that each sculpt was only done in one color. Is that right, or just a quirk of my 100?


Where did you get your shipment from? Been looking everwhere for these little guys.
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Posted 16 January 2014 - 07:38 AM

I was directed to a tiny little distributor that still has them in stock. PM me and I'll get you their information.


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Posted 26 October 2014 - 04:37 AM

Anyone know where I can get some of these guys?
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