16bit.com Figure of the Day Review: Jakks Pacific World of Nintendo 8-Bit Princess Peach Action Figure

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Jakks Pacific World of Nintendo 8-Bit Princess Peach Action Figure Jakks Pacific, 2017

Day #1,991: June 21, 2018

World of Nintendo 8-Bit Princess Peach Action Figure Series 2-7 World of Nintendo Basic Figure Item No.: Asst. 57833 No. 78276 Manufacturer: Jakks Pacific Includes: n/a Action Feature: n/a Retail: $3.99 Availability: Fall 2017 Other: Inspired by the original Super Mario Bros. game
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After debuting at work as a lovely and inspiring exclusive 2-pack in a box with an NES and an old CRT TV, the single release of 8-Bit Princess Peach proved particularly difficult to find - it took me until April 2018 to finally find one to open. (I'm keeping the exclusive packaged one in the box, because reasons.)

Despite pixels all being the same size, Jakks opted to resize the figures for some reason. The pixels on Mario are bigger than on Peach, so they're closer to the same size. As usual she has no articulation, and a limited color palette - this is consistent with the game. Back when this game first came out, she had a different name too - "Princess Toadstool" was the monniker in the manual and marketing for the first few years of Mario madness. For all we know, this is a different character - the princess you don't hear a bout. With the ewird face and the flesh-color crown.

This type of figure is ideal for collectors, because you can put them against the wall and not miss a thing. The back is black and flat, with no interesting detail whatsoever. The pixels billow out near the feet so she's stable, designed to face the player just as she would have appeared in the game. Since the design is a pixel-perfect adaptation from the game, Jakks can only screw it up - and they didn't. Everything looks like it should, and that weird face isn't getting any better.

I assume there won't be a redeco and I'm kind of surprised to see we're getting more non-playable characters but not a single Koopa Troopa or Goomba. Or Super Mario, for that matter. Jakks is slowly (very slowly) adapting 8-bit characters for its toy line, but at this pace the license might expire before we get enough figures to build out an interesting display. I realize I didn't say much about the figure, but it's a pixel figure - these things are almost always perfect. This is no exception. If you see her, why not buy one?

--Adam Pawlus

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