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Jakks Pacific World of Nintendo 8-Bit Toad Action Figure Jakks Pacific, 2016

Day #1,668: March 27, 2017

World of Nintendo 8-Bit Toad Action Figure Series 2-5 World of Nintendo 2.5-inch Scale Action Figures Item No.: Asst. 78276 No. 47886 Manufacturer: Jakks Pacific Includes: n/a Action Feature: n/a Retail: $4.99 Availability: February 2017 Other: From Super Mario Bros.
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You know the drill by now - the smaller World of Nintendo line is either pretty cheap or kinda pricey, depending on where you found it. I scored 8-Bit Toad from Walmart for $3.96, but Toys R Us frequently sells this assortment for $6.99 - which is a substantial price for a 2 1/2-inch figure with no articulation that is mostly flat. I'd even go as far as to say this kind of figure is the type of thing you yourself could crank out with a 3-D printer when they become cheaper, but at $4 it's not too shabby. It doesn't feel substantial - it is flat, after all, particularly when compared to Mario and Link figures - but it's still nifty and unusual. And yes, Walgreens has an exclusive redeco.

For whatever reason, Jakks elected to make these figures roughly the same physical size - this means Mario is made of bigger pixels, resulting in figures that aren't quite scaled to one another. The white, red, and fleshy figure is modeled exactly as you remember it - showing up in a castle to let you know that the princess isn't there. You just risked your life to save a peasant. Good on you. The figure stands thanks to thicker feet, and sports a bit of a pot belly and a very skinny chest. The dimensions on these pixel figures have been rather fanciful so far, effectively being good for a fridge magnet but less so for a realistic 3-D take on the classic pixel character. At its thinnest point, the figure is only three pixels deep - and thats including the black back of the figure.

The design (minus the dimension) is a perfect recreation from the original Super Mario Bros. game, with blocky eyes and mouth set above a vest and flailing arms. The character had no animation in the original NES game, so it just standing there means that Jakks perfectly recreated everything you saw Toad do. Which is to say, not much.

Joined in his assortment by 8-Bit Star Power Luigi, these figures would be a real treat if they weren't so popular/tough to track down. Pixel guys tend to sell first thanks to their distinctive packaging color, which lets collectors immediately see that there are stocks on the shelves in the sea of other game characters. Heck, it worked well for me when I found it a couple of weeks ago. If you stumble on one I highly recommend picking it up at or under $5. Above that, and maybe you want to give it some thought - after all, this figure's main purpose is going to be sitting on your desk looking cool. And it certainly does look cool - but so do the other figures.

--Adam Pawlus

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