Thoughts on these? Always enjoyed them and thought they were neat, but outside of Polly Pocket, they don't really seem to be made anymore
I'm hoping they get back in style some day. There always seem to be girly micro playsets available, but playsets for boys went out of style and never came back.
>>11586063>I'm hoping they get back in style some dayMe too anon. But it seems unlikely. These kind of more detailed micro playsets like Mighty Max relied a lot on many paint apps and unique tooling for the 'shells'. Doing those kind of things these days is so expensive and exactly the kind of thing toy companies avoid. They like tooling they can re-use many times with different mold colors and stuff that doesn't have to be hand painted since that's more expensive than paint stamping and the UV printing.That one small company was making new micro playsets that were kind of a Mighty Max knock off, but they're really expensive for what you get since they're small production runs
>>11586063>>11586124There's some hope out there with the Adams Family and Trick or Treat's Micro Maniacs line
take the micro sofubi pill
>>11586467I hadn't heard of the Trick r Treat studios Micro playset before. Looks pretty cool, but I'm sure it'll be priced similarly to other small company ones and be like $50+ The Mattel Addams Family one is kind of nice but I still wish there were more micro sets sold at retail like the old ones that aren't that expensive. $30 for sets like that will never sustain a full line at retail sad to say.
>>11586586Where do you get something like this? These are fucking cool.
>>11586684Thanks anon! I agree I love them. This particular set is from JSM Sofubi. It's about to go on sale via online lottery through their Instagram. I got this one through yahoo japan auctions, it just came out at a show last weekend. I didn't want to fuck around with missing it so I overpaid. They're very cool but if you're one of the people balking at the newer mighty max sets costing $50-80 you're not going to want these, which will cost you double that at least once shipping and tariffs come into play. Micro stuff like this are my favorite kind of toys so I don't really care what they cost so long as I can pick them up.
Mattel recently put out these playsets for the Jurassic World movie and they are alright. Plenty of sculpted detail, just not as much paint apps as Mighty Max. That's already a step up from those Polly Pocket and TMNT sets from the past decade, they use stickers for most of the interior.
>>11586694Thanks anon. It’s a shame that they are so expensive. I’m glad you are able to enjoy’em. I’ll watch from afar dreading my economical status.
>>11586694>>11586745>expensiveThey're basically hand made customs by individual creators like many sofubi, right? If thats the case, I get the price. >>11586742Those were great! I forgot those were out with the movie merch too. These very much felt like a cross between the detailed exterior of Mighty Max and the larger scale environrment interiors of those old Trendmasters Godzilla ones or the Primal Rage ones
I enjoyed this a lot as a kid.
>>11586467That one is cute.
I would do damn near anything for this Dexter's Lab set they released in the 90s but I can't find it anywhere.
They were neat. I had a Godzilla one.Mattel said they're looking into maybe bringing back Mighty Max, so thats neat.
>>11592679>Mattel said they're looking into maybe bringing back Mighty Max,Where? When? Last I heard they let some of the trademarks lapse or whatever, and some have said the legal stuff is a mess since some animation company or something has a partial stake in the characters
>>11592749>PJ Lewis, VP of Global Marketing and Executive Lead for Action Figures said of the revival last year, “I think one of the things Mattel has done very well is manage the nostalgia aspect of [collecting], and Street Sharks and Mighty Max, I feel like it fits perfectly. Mattel has one of the richest IP libraries in pop culture, and I think the retro-nostalgic brands — be it Street Sharks, Mighty Max, and more — have opportunities of being reinvented. And at the same time, have opportunities for fans that grew up with them to relive some of those memories and storylines, and own a piece of that as an adult.”https://thenerdy.com/street-sharks-revival/They're at least aware anyway.
>>11594460But how big is the chance in todays financial situation that you can pull that off? Better wait till Trump is out of the office.
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>>11586467Their Collectors line is interesting, they have some stuff you wouldn't expect from Polly Pocket.
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>>11600233>>11600230>>11600227Those are nice.
>>11600211>>11600209Those remind me of the Godzilla playsets.
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>>11600604>>11600605Underrated as fuck. the jeep in the king kong jungle is one of my favorite toys of all time. Also like the spoopy train.
>>11600604>>11600605I love how they have smaller versions of the vehicles in the set.
>>11600829The Jeep is based!
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>>11601950>>11601951Wish I could've got this one when it was new. I need something to satisfy my desire for portable micro train sets.
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>>11600498I still have this but I don't know if I have all the pieces. I have Mighty Max as well.
>>11607498Thats the biggest problem, loosing the small stuff.
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