E3 2016 has fully wrapped up, but it leaves us with a full year's worth of games - and collector's editions - to look forward to. Or not. Getting merchandise for your favorite franchise as part of a collector's edition is exciting, but sometimes that merch is poorly made, and sometimes it's, well, downright terrifying.
Here are five of the worst toys we've seen in video game collector's editions, in no particular order - click right to see them all, and keep scrolling for full descriptions:
Unlike the other items on this list, there's nothing particularly wrong with the F.3.A.R. Collector's Edition Statue in terms of manufacturing or production. It's more of an odd design choice — unless you happen to like glow-in-the-dark pregnant women. The figure is 7" tall, and Alma Wade's womb/fetus specifically glows. Reception from fans on forums when this was announced was mostly along the lines of "why?"
The Witcher 3 Collector's Edition was available for around $200 in the US when it was originally up for pre-order, and the bulk of that price was likely attributed to the 12" tall Polystone figure of Geralt battling a Griffin. The promotional images made the statue look awesome, too, but the final product — a deformed mess, with a pretty awful paint job. Some people's Geralt's looked much better than others, but I haven't seen any that look quite as good as what was promised.
The Call of Duty: World at War Collector's Edition flask is a giant failure because it's not actually a flask at all. The cap on the top doesn't come off, so it can't be opened, making it entirely useless except as an ornament that can't stand up on it's own anyway since, you know, it's rounded.
The Alone in the Dark Collector's Edition statue suffers from the same issues as the Geralt figure — it looks next to nothing like Edward Carnby, the game's protagonist. The whole collector's edition was exclusively sold in the UK, though, meaning this 5" statue is pretty rare, and potentially worth a fair bit of money. Shame it looks so awful.
The Batman: Arkham Knight Batmobile Edition Batmobile takes the cake for never actually coming out. It was never officially confirmed, but apparently the Batmobile was manufactured so poorly that it couldn't be officially sold, and any pre-orders had to be fully refunded. The official statement only said that there were "unforeseen circumstances that greatly compromised the quality of this extremely limited run of product". It's a shame, because the Batmobile was supposed to be "fully transformable," which is probably how they justified the $200 price point.
Of course, for every poorly made toy we have an awesome one, too. For example, check out this round-up of some of the awesome Star Wars merchandise out this year.
Alanah Pearce is IGN's Toys & Culture Editor, and she was one of the unfortunate chumps who had pre-ordered that non-existent Batmobile. She's still recovering. You can find her on Twitter @Charalanahzard.
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