Friday, July 20, 2018

Tutorial - Maskless Ennard Mystery Mini

Funko released two Mystery Mini Ennards across Series 2 and 3. One was Ennard based off how we see it in the scooping room and hidden room in Sister Location. The other is based off Ennard in the fake ending of Sister Location. There was one we didn't get a figure of, and that was the 'maskless' version (referred to as 'Ballora' by Ennard itself while trying to trick you). Fortunately both figures have all the right parts to create our own! Below is a walk through tutorial of what I did to make my own:

Five Nights at Freddy's - Artist Custom Mystery Minis

Last Updated: 04/01/2020

Customizing figures is a fun hobby of many toy collectors out there. Customizing involves taking parts of different figures and turning them into a completely different one. This can vary from minor paint application to a figure, to a complex mix-and-match of many figures!

Funko has made many characters across their Five Nights at Freddy's Mystery Minis lines. There are however quite a few that haven't been made yet. This lead me to wanting to make them myself.... but how?

Thursday, July 12, 2018

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

Update 7: 12/06/2018 - Updated for Blacklight only
Update 6: 11/25/2018 - Blacklight Collection Completed
Update 5: 11/04/2018 - Release Date Updates, Minor updates
Update 4: 10/19/2018 - Blacklight Leak
Update 3: 08/19/2018 - Follow-Up (Blacklights)
Update 2: 08/07/2018 - More Leaked News (Target Exclusives)
Update 1: 07/12/2018 - Leaked News, Predictions


Series Blacklight

It looks the Blacklight minis came out to be real Mystery Minis (plush and vinyls). They were released recently at Gamestop and ThinkGeek stores, but should be showing up in other stores as well. These seem to have pushed out the FFPS mini releases to early 2019. Honestly I'm fine with that since I don't want to challenge the Christmas shoppers. It's already a nightmare trying to complete a series, even worse if done during Christmas time. The Blacklight minis are nicer than expected, so I think these will hold people over till then!
Updated: Completed the series! Look forward to the review soon!

under visible light
under UV light (blacklight)

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

News Post: Upcoming Reviews (Summer 2018)

Hello out there! Just wanted to give a heads-up that there may be a large gap in posts in the next month as I prepare for two big reviews coming up.
Update: Make that a few months... I'm taking longer than expected. Life priorities are taking me away. I'm updating various posts and things around this Blog when there's time though.

One review is for the FNaF Series 2 Mystery Minis (trying to get caught up on reviews). I have the last of FNaF Series 3 Mystery Minis in the mail (woo-hoo!) so that will be added on the list of things to review in the future. Both of these may take awhile like Series 1 did. I'd like to also add a Customs page for FNaF Mystery Minis. There are some talented people out there that have made some cool custom pieces I'd like to share, along with some pieces I've made myself.

The other big review is going to be for the Bandai Godzilla chibi figures (finally)! Ever since I started this blog I've been teasing them with the Mothra at the top of the website. As I wind down on FNaF I'll get going into Godzilla. The Godzilla ones may also be awhile as I gather my resources and take better pictures. They are one of my favorite lines of toys so I can't wait to share them with you! There are other similar lines out there that I'll touch on as well.


Just wanted to keep you all out there up to date with the future posts. I don't have an expected time for new posts, just sometime this month or the next. In the mean time, have a good one and thanks for your time!

Friday, April 27, 2018

Five Nights at Freddy's Mystery Minis - Series Glow 1 - Review, Conclusion

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

This is the review of the Series 1 Glow Five Nights at Freddy's Mystery Minis. While nice figures, this review itself will be fairly bare bones compared to the last series. I'll make note of some of the decisions for the green motif, and review them in order of appearance in the series.


Character: Freddy Fazbear (Glow)
Appearance: FNaF
Rarity: 1/12
This is the bear that started it all, Freddy Faz-wait what happened to you? Green belly and ears. Kept the black hat and bow tie, classic!

Character: Bonnie the Rabbit (Glow)
Appearance: FNaF
Rarity: 1/12
The guitar and bow tie are colored for him, even green eye lids. The arms are a little lighter for some reason, not sure if that was a production error or not. Still looks great!

Character: Chica the Chicken (Glow)
Appearance: FNaF
Rarity: 1/12
The feet and beaks are green. The bib is the same which is neat. Great pose as always.

Character: Foxy the Pirate (Glow)
Appearance: FNaF
Rarity: 1/12
Green eye liner, muzzle, and pants. I like how they kept the silver/metal parts too. Looks good.

Character: Golden Freddy (Glow)
Appearance: FNaF
Rarity: 1/12
Green belly, ears, and all else clear. I like the decision since Golden Freddy's more ghost-like in character.

Character: Toy Freddy (Glow v2)
Appearance: FNaF 2
Rarity: 1/12
Green eye lid, cheek, belly, and ears. Also a green stripe around the hat. I like that they colored the whiskers too. This is the second glow version of Toy Freddy (see Series 1). It is distinctive enough from the first glow figure to tell them apart.

Character: Toy Bonnie (Glow)
Appearance: FNaF 2
Rarity: 1/12
Green cheeks, eye lids, belly, and ears. The eyes on Toy Bonnie are green so they didn't change that. Like Toy Freddy, I like that they colored the whiskers.

Character: Mangle (Funtime Foxy) (Glow)
Appearance: FNaF 2
Rarity: 1/12
They made her eye lids green, as well as her muzzle, make-up, ears, cheeks, belly, and bow tie. They made her arms and feet metallic, which was creative for Mangle. Looks pretty good.

Character: Marionette (Glow)
Appearance: FNaF 2
Rarity: 1/12
This is the most interesting one to me. They made its body green instead of translucent, and kept the white stripes. Buttons were changed to white, and the head is also white (except for the mask portion). The rest of him is green, except for the mask. Really neat and interesting decision.

Character: Balloon Boy (Glow)
Appearance: FNaF 2
Rarity: 1/12
Basically they made everything green except the alternate stripes and his skin portions. His hair was changed to black though. Similar to Marionette, they put some extra work into this one. I like how it turned out.

Character: Cupcake (Glow)
Appearance: FNaF 2
Rarity: 1/12
The cupcake now has a green motif, except for the blue eyes. The alternate stripes aren't present, giving the translucent look to it.

Character: Springtrap
Appearance: FNaF 3
Rarity: 1/12
This is one of my favorites. All the marks are colored black along with the wires. The belly, ears, and eye lids are colored green. It looks nice with all the black against the translucent white.


Conclusion

A neat series and had some unique design choices. They actually glow pretty decently in the dark. I'd recommend not constantly keeping them exposed to sunlight too long though. I'll give my rankings as Best and Favorites (1 being top):

Top 5 Best:
1. Springtrap (Glow)
2. Marionette (Glow)
3. Balloon Boy (Glow)
4. Cupcake (Glow)
5. Mangle (Funtime) (Glow)

Top 5 Favorites:
1. Springtrap (Glow)
2. Marionette (Glow)
3. Mangle (Funtime) (Glow)
4. Foxy (Glow)
5. Toy Bonnie (Glow)


I hope you enjoyed the review.  Keep on the look out for Series 2's reviews in the future! Thanks again!