Saturday, April 14, 2018

Five Nights at Freddy's Mystery Minis - Series 1 - Review (Part 2), Conclusion

(If you haven't already, feel free to check out the Introduction Post and Part1)

This is a continuation of the the first series of the Five Nights at Freddy's (FNaF) line of mystery minis. We reviewed the first 12 of the 20 figures in the first part, so lets get into the last 8 figures in this part.


Character: Shadow Freddy
Appearance: FNaF 2
Rarity: 1/36 (Hot Topic only)
To my knowledge, this is based on the Shadow Freddy in FNaF 2 and not the one in FNaF 3's minigame (more details on this analysis in the Intro. post). The figure is great and has a very mischievous look to it with the solid white eyes. Although I would prefer a sitting pose, it still looks good! Also note that it has a very dark navy/velvet color.

Character: Marionnette
Appearance: FNaF 2
Rarity: 1/12
They captured its design and appearance wonderfully! I like how they posed the hands and gave it some pudge around the waist to add to the super-deformed proportions. The tiny paint around the arms and legs is impressive. It is easily one of my favorites of this series. It would be neat to make a little box for him to pop out of like the POP they later released!

Character: Balloon Boy
Appearance: FNaF 2
Rarity: 1/12
Hello! Balloon Boy is captured well in this figure. They gave him a lot of detail in the clothing and balloon itself. In fact, I'd argue this is the one with the most detail of all the figures in the set due to Balloon Boy's design. It may be easy to overlook the figure, it definitely had much care and work put into it's design and fabrication.

Character: Endoskeleton
Appearance: FNaF 2 (?)
Rarity: 1/36
This seems to be based off the Endoskeleton from FNaF 2, but it has a tie, hat, looks more like Freddy. I'd like to say it' could be a unique Funko creation (like the Mangle figure in this series). Still, not 100% sure, the intention could have been FNAF 2. I'll say it's the FNaF 2 Endoskeleton based off how the design looks, ignoring the bowtie and hat. Either way, it's a great figure!

Character: Cupcake
Appearance: FNaF 2
Rarity: 1/12
This cupcake is based off the one you see Toy Chica holding in FNaF 2.  It is nearly identical to the one in the game. It's interesting they went with this one versus the one in the first game (as seen in the Quidd application), but I like it. Not much else to say. Maybe they will bring us more Cupcake variants in the future?

Character: Crying Child
Appearance: FNaF 2 / FNaF 3
Rarity: 1/36
This is based off the sprite used for the crying children briefly seen in FNaF 2 and more prominently seen in FNaF 3. The 'tears' were originally going to be gray like the game, but were switched to blue to clarify the crying tears. I think it's a bizarre choice for a figure, yet being so important to the store it does make sense.

Character: Springtrap
Appearance: FNaF 3
Rarity: 1/12
The villain himself, Springtrap! I think they did a wonderful job with this figure and were able to capture his cute but creepy look. He has a lot of wear marks sculpted and painted around the figure. The wires are a nice touch, as well as the different stylized eyes to represent a person underneath the mask. Very well done!

Character: Shadow Bonnie / Purple Bonnie
Appearance: FNaF 3
Rarity: 1/12 (Hot Topic only)
While it's called "Purple Bonnie", it could be called "Shadow Bonnie" per the Funko POP! and Pint Size Hero that looks like this figure. It also seems to be strongly based off the one in the FNaF 3 minigames. More discussion in the Intro. post. Anyway, the figures is nicely detailed, and I like the two tone purple used!


Conclusion

Overall the figures are really well made (on occasions there are quality control issues though). The selection of characters is great, and most of the design choices are fantastic. I would have preferred we got the Toys standing up instead of sitting, but the direction works at the same time.

This series did well enough to warrant a second series of figures, and later a third. We didn't get the Withered, Phantoms, and some of the more obscure characters from FNaF 2 or 3, but we did get a pretty hefty selection otherwise. Later Funko released some figures of FNaF 2 characters in different series.


Below I listed my personal ranking of the top five figures in terms of quality/design/creativity. I've broken this into a list of what I think are the best of the series, and what I consider to be my favorites (#1 being the top).

Top 5 Best:
1. Springtrap
2. Bonnie
3. Endoskeleton
4. Foxy
5. Freddy

Top 5 Favorites:
1. Mangle
2. Freddy
3. Foxy
4. Marionette
5. Springtrap


I hope you enjoyed this review!  I may update this post later with more pictures. For now, thank you again for your time. Look forward to more reviews of FNaF mystery minis and more on my blog! Thanks!