Horror Classics - Series 3 - Review (Part 1)

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

There are 21 figures in total within Funko's Horror Classic's Series 3 Mystery Mini set. This review will be broken into parts, where Part 1 will cover the first 12. I'll list them in order of date of first appearance. However, like Alfred Hitchcock in Series 2, Elvira kind of throws a wrench in the plan again. To mend this again I'll treat Elvira as 'first appearing' in the television show "Movie Macabre" (1981).

Lets get into those figures already!
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Character: Imhotep (The Mummy)
Appearance: The Mummy (movie, 1932)
Rarity: 1/24 (Retail, Hot Topic), 1/12 (Walgreens)
The Mummy joins the collection! He isn't as colorful as other characters with the exception of the gold ring. His pose matches his look in the movie and I think makes it fairly clear who it is. One unfortunate aspect of the figure is how plain the colors are on him. There is a lot of detail hidden from afar due to the plain colors. This isn't a nick at the figure, just something I noticed. Like the Wolf Man, he is underrated in my opinion.

News Post: Five Nights at Freddy's Mystery Minis - Series 3

Update 5 (05/03/2018): Collection complete! 

Update 4 (04/14/2018): Added rarities and fixed minor details.

Update 3 (02/19/2018): New York Toy Fair 2018 showcase of Twisted Wolf Mystery Mini. 

Update 2 (02/08/2018): I've added more observations which could imply a Series 4 is on the way too (or I'm over analyzing). 

Update 1 (01/22/2018): The London Toy Fair has lead to the official reveal of these by Funko!  They released updated images and nine previously unrevealed  exclusives.

Original Post (01/11/2018): Today I'd like to make a News Post. These types of posts on this blog will be related to recently revealed or released items that peak my interest.

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Leaks were made of a Series 3 for Funko's Five Nights at Freddy's Mystery Minis, subtitled Twisted Ones (from the book). In the leak was a listing for a Gamestop Exclusive set. Funko has released their 2018 Catalog which showed some of the figures. The character choices are pretty interesting. For one thing, they seem to be focusing on the rest of the Sister Location characters (from Series 2), and the Twisted Ones characters. Secondly, the choices for Sister Location seem to reach into unexpected characters.

(Image Source: https://twitter.com/OriginalFunko/status/955507919902203904)
(edited by me for scale, organization, etc.)

Godzilla - Gashapon Netsuke 2017 Figures

In November 2017, Bandai released a new set of netsuke and chibi-style kaiju, gashapon keychain figures (say that five times fast!). They have previously been releasing sets of various Toho movie monsters and Ultraman monsters in this netsuke style. I'll go over the last Toho movie monster set in a future review, but for now let's check these Godzilla ones out!

(promotional image source: https://hlj.com/product/BANN20128)

This set is all Godzilla, focusing on the more recent 2016 and 2017 incarnations. I'm a big fan of Godzilla and merchandise like this (small-scaled, chibi-style figures). Each figure is approximately 1.5" tall (1.5" long for the 2016 2nd Form). They are made of semi-hard plastic with a keychain ring installed for carrying around. I haven't tried to take one of the keychains out myself, but from some testing it seems possible. A few figures seem easy for it to remove, but others may cause more damage in their removal. For the sake of the figures and review, I left the keychain in. They aren't too distracting to me (if I get doubles in the future I may try it out though).

Horror Classics Mystery Minis - Series 3 - Intro.

In late 2016, Funko announced their third series of the Horror Classics. It was quite a surprise to many, as they were announced them in August 2016 and then released about three weeks later!

This series of Funko's Horror Classics Mystery Mini kept us busy in 2016 (and late 2017). It took a mixture of Series 1 and 2 by choosing characters of movies and other mediums within the slasher, comedy, and even non-horror genres. There were characters from modern and classic movies, leaving a good mix of familiarity with the popular line. On top of this, they added characters to match previous characters of Series 1 and 2 (Adam and Barbra from Beetlejuice, and Tiffany from The Bride of Chucky). (Image Source: https://www.funko.com/products/all/all/product/mystery-mini-blind-box-horror-series-3)

Five Nights at Freddy's Mystery Minis - Quidd

Last Updated: 08/10/2018

Recently I've discovered there is an application called Quidd which has 3D models of FNaF Mystery Minis. (you have to download it as an app through Google Play or Apple).

Source: https://quidd.co/

(I'm not sponsoring Quidd or anything, just posting what I found)

It is pretty neat in it's own right, but what interest me is there are several models of unreleased figures. You can select a figure and rotate it around in a 3D space, along with zooming in and out. If this interests you, I'd totally recommend trying this app out if you can. It's free and you can preview the figures you don't have, so no need to rush to collect them. How I came across Quidd was other people online posting about some of these unreleased figures, such as Bidybab. Below are each of the box collections with a picture of the figures, their names, and their quote.