{"id":24576,"date":"2013-08-20T03:50:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T08:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=24576"},"modified":"2013-08-22T23:16:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T04:16:20","slug":"vault-review-adventure-time-finn-jake-fionna-cake-3-inch-figs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=24576","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review:
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I\u2019m a bit late to the Adventure Time bandwagon, not discovering it until Netflix started carrying it this year.\u00a0 Since then it has become one of my favorite animated series, and I quickly caught up with all the aired episodes.\u00a0 And being an avid toy collector, I also felt the need to show my love through the purchase of little plastic totems.<\/p>\n

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Currently the license is being held by JazWares.\u00a0 The make a variety of figures from two inch figurines to three and five inch articulated action figures.\u00a0 I was originally going to start with the larger five inch versions, but they\u2019ve been out for a while and the pickings are pretty sparse at my local TRU.\u00a0 So I ended up trying the three inch figures, which seem to have just started hitting the shelves the last few weeks.\u00a0 I got the Finn & Jake Comic Book Pack, and the Fionna & Cake two-pack.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m actually a bit impressed with JazWares ability to capture these extremely animated characters in a pretty realistic 3D form.\u00a0 The animation on the show is simplistic yet exaggerated at the same time, and proportions only get more skewed when you have a character like Jake the Dog who constantly changes his look.\u00a0 The figures may look a bit odd when compared to more traditional human-shaped sculpts, but I\u2019m pretty happy with their design when seen in the context of their animated style.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, it gets a bit more dicey once you go beyond the sculpt.\u00a0 Paint is definitely an area that you\u2019ll want to watch out for in the stores.\u00a0 Simple figures like Jake and Cake have been mostly molded one color and given a few paint apps for details.\u00a0 This tends to work out fine, although I did notice a few Jakes with some slightly messed up eyes.<\/p>\n

Finn and Fionna were a bit more difficult.\u00a0 The two I ended up picking are actually pretty good, but there were definitely some with issues at the store.\u00a0 Finn was the easier of the two.\u00a0 I mostly had to watch out for blurred paint lines between his pants and shirt, or his pants and the flesh of his legs.\u00a0 Fionna was a bit more challenging.\u00a0 The blue stripes on her socks were a constant issue on all the figures, while her black shoes also varied against the white of the socks.\u00a0 I even saw one where the yellow of her hair had gotten on to her face.\u00a0 And unknown to me until I got the figure home, there\u2019s an unfortunately large tampo on her back that displays the copyright info.\u00a0 I can\u2019t help but think that could have been done better somehow.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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When it comes to articulation, all four figures vary wildly.\u00a0 I\u2019ll start with Finn.\u00a0 He has a swivel head, shoulders, biceps, and ankles.\u00a0 His hips are swivel\/hinges, and his knees are hinge joints.\u00a0 He also has rubbery arms.\u00a0 They won\u2019t hold a pose, but kids can still manipulate them during play.<\/p>\n

Jake is next, and he\u2019s a little more simple.\u00a0 He has a swivel waist, shoulders, and ankles.\u00a0 Like Finn, his hips are also swivel\/hinges and his knees are hinged.\u00a0 He also has those same rubbery arms too.<\/p>\n

Cake the cat has no articulation, and is more like a pack-in figure.\u00a0 I don\u2019t mind this so much for display, but there\u2019s not a lot of play value with her.\u00a0 Hopefully they\u2019ll consider doing a larger and articulated Cake, similar to Jake.<\/p>\n

Last is Fionna.\u00a0 She has a swivel head, elbows, and waist.\u00a0 Her shoulders are swivel\/hinges, while her knees are hinged.\u00a0 Articulation wise, she\u2019s comparable to Finn and Jake.\u00a0 Unfortunately her feet are so small, and a bit uneven, that she can\u2019t stand on her own.\u00a0 They\u2019ve included a translucent base to prop her up with, but that doesn\u2019t exactly scream fun when it comes to playability.\u00a0 I also have to fault JazWares for not allowing her hips to be swivel joints.\u00a0 Her legs are separate pieces, yet they\u2019re stuck in place.<\/p>\n

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There aren\u2019t a lot of accessories going around in this line.\u00a0 Finn and Jake couldn\u2019t even hold one if they had it. \u00a0They did come with a reprinting of the first issue of the Adventure Time comic book though.<\/p>\n

Fionna does come with her jewel sword, which she can kind of hold (mine tends to fall out of her hand\u2026).\u00a0 The sword itself is a translucent pinkish purple.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re just looking for some little Adventure Time figures to display on your shelf, then I think you\u2019d be OK with these figures.\u00a0 They definitely look the part, and feel more in line with the two inch figurines.\u00a0 But when it comes to posing and playability, you might want to save your money.\u00a0 The Finn & Jake pack is about $15, while Fionna & Cake is closer to $7.\u00a0 Both of which seem a bit too expensive when compared to the $10 five inch figures.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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