With a little over 30 years of releasing games Naughty Dog have created some of the greatest franchises for the Playstation platform. With games like Jax and Daxter, Uncharted, and more recently The Last of Us it's amazing to cast your mind back to 1996 with Crash Bandicoot.
Crash became an unofficial mascot for Sony Playstation and a household name akin to the likes of Sonic the Hedgehog, Mario, or Pac-Man, just to name a few. Although Naughty Dog were the original developers of the franchise it eventually changed hands multiple times. The first game defied the "rules" of the left and right scroller predominance by placing the camera behind the protagonist for the majority of gameplay. The Crash franchise would see untold sequels, spin-offs, and eventually cross platform releases. Releasing all this it seems strange and uncanny that no one thought to license toys and collectibles en mass, especially in the blind box market... until now.
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| On it's release, Crash Bandicoot had the highest polygon count of any game on the market. |
Crash became an unofficial mascot for Sony Playstation and a household name akin to the likes of Sonic the Hedgehog, Mario, or Pac-Man, just to name a few. Although Naughty Dog were the original developers of the franchise it eventually changed hands multiple times. The first game defied the "rules" of the left and right scroller predominance by placing the camera behind the protagonist for the majority of gameplay. The Crash franchise would see untold sequels, spin-offs, and eventually cross platform releases. Releasing all this it seems strange and uncanny that no one thought to license toys and collectibles en mass, especially in the blind box market... until now.
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| Kidrobot Crash Bandicoot 3" Vinyl mini-figures |
Kidrobot Crash Bandicoot 3" vinyl mini-figures mark the release of the franchise re-release/return/remake with the N.Sane trilogy and were released in the US a while ago, but are finally due out in New Zealand at the end of this month. The figures feature some great accuracy in the heads and faces with vibrant and bright colours and seem to capture most of the essence of the games favourite characters.
In fact the only cons would have to be the puckish body shapes which really don't capture the svelte physique of the games protagonist and, in my opinion, the boxes. The boxes are clearly a missed opportunity here since much of the game is spent jumping on and 'wumping' crates and the boxes really should have mimicked this in homage. In fact a crate design, although used before would also help to make them immediately identifiable and an endearing reminder of the gameplay.
Overall, this is a series for the true fans of the Crash Bandicoot franchise and well worth collecting to be placed under your screen as you race to thwart his many antagonists and foes.
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