If you were around during the years of the Nintendo 64, you'll no doubt remember Rare's foul-mouthed squirrel Conker and the beloved bear and bird duo, Banjo-Kazooie.
To help you remember the glory days of these iconic characters, the Totaku Collection is adding the characters to its officially licensed figurine line. Both the designs are sporting classic Nintendo 64 looks and are expected to be released in the UK this autumn for £12.99 (exclusively at Forbidden Planet and Game).
This classic-game-inspired line started at the beginning of this year with six characters - the majority being PlayStation icons. Unlike amiibo, these are traditional figurines - with no extra features or functionality.
Do you collect video game figurines? Are you a fan of Rare's N64 classics? Or would you rather stick with amiibo? Tell us below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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I was hoping for a Great Mighty Poo figurine.
Ah, that's right, the totally-no-amiibo stuff. Neat.
Why didn’t nintendo buy the rights to these games!!!
They look spot on great. I want
People keep calling Conker "foul-mouthed" but he's actually one of the least foul-mouthed characters in the game. You could count the number of times he swears in the game on one hand and even then it's very mild and not bleeped (except once in the Xbox version, which was more censored in general) like some other characters who swear.
Y'know these are Microsoft characters now. Let go. (/jk)
@BensonUii @sandman89 nfc costs almost nothing
The bases are made of metal
awesome!
They keep coming and I don't have money for all. Without an amiibo-like functionality I have a hard time justifying them to my wife, so I think I'll stick to Sonic, Knuckles and Tails.
Looked at a few of these in GAME the other day, I like that it's a chance for figurines of other video game characters but they're really not the best quality. The paint jobs are cheap and nowhere near Amiibo quality (at least first run amiibo). Some of the sculpts were less than amazing too.
Oh no, Conker as soldier?
Banjo & Kazooie look nice (if the quality is right)
As written before Totakus often look cheap, not as good as Amiibos. Ryu for example is painted in semi-gloss all over resulting in an oily beige suit, just terrible. They are far too expensive for the quality.
I only own one Totaku, a Lemming. It looks OK (even if the paint is a little sloppy and has some fluff) and was reduced to 10€... and is a lemming
@The_ghostmen my lemming has got no metal but a plastic base
Oh yeah...the "not-amiibos". I completely forgot about this figure series
Wait, Isn't Totaku licensed by Sony though?
@BlueBlur101 Nope
@BlueBlur101 no there's been plenty of non-Sony characters in the lineup, like Tekken, Tomb Raider, and even Sea of Thieves
Why is Banjo not standing on a Jiggy?. Tut tut
@gortsi Ok I knew about Heihachi and Laura Croft, but Rare properties were legitimately unexpected from me
@gortsi I just thought that since the majority of properties represented when TOTAKU was introduced specifically were Sony IPs like Little Big Planet, God of War and Wipeout, I just thought it was a Playstation thing
@BlueBlur101 yeah they've expanded since and have properties from like ten companies now
The Heihachi and Bloodborne Hunter ones are definitely my favorite
The only good thing to come out of microsofts buy out. really.
I bought the Totaku figure of the Lemming a while back. The quality is pretty low. Nowhere near the quality of amiibo. And I've seen some pretty lousy paint jobs on other figures in store. That said...I'm totally buying Banjo-Kazooie anyway...
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