Tomy Inside Out

Inside Out is a movie set in the mind of a young girl, Riley Andersen (Kaitlyn Dias), where five personified emotions—Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), and Disgust (Mindy Kaling)—try to lead her through life as she moves with her parents (Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan) to a new city. Inside Out is produced by Pixar Animation Studios.

Anything Pixar produces usually turns to gold and I am a big fan of the studio's movies. I have not seen the movie but I am super looking foward to it.
Because their movies are usually catered for kids, the toys are generally produced for the mass market.
You don't get high end toy companies making figures from their movies, however I still pick up the toys whenever I can.

Tomy has produced the figures for the movie and I have picked up the 5" line consisting of Anger, Joy, Fear, Sadness and Disgust.

I really like the packaging. It has very little wastage and shows the figure very well.
The design is really eye catching that makes you want to buy them.

Pixar's movie toys are usually mass market toys and there are hits and misses. Usually I don't expect too much.
The quality of the toys are dependant on the company tasked to produce them. Thinkway is a good example of a company that does fantastic figures for Pixar movies. However their pricing is also pretty steep.
For the Tomy Inside Out figures, I must say the sculpting is pretty decent for the price point.
I guess it is easier to capture the likeness of an animated character as compared to a real life actor but I think Tomy has done a good job for these figures.
The likeness is there and the chosen expressions are relevant. I especially like the expression for Sadness. Even the paint ops which usually is bad for mass market toys is decent.

There is some "action" feature where the heads of the figures will light up if they are brought close to the consoles which are sold separately....hmmm marketing gimmick to get you to buy more.

The figures comes with a memory ball and if I am not wrong the picture in the ball (memory) can be projected if you have the console.

Articulation is pretty limited for these figures. We can move just the head, arms and for some figures, the leg. My major gripe is that Joy and Disgust are almost impossible to stand on their own given their tiny tiny legs in proportion to their heads. I just wish Tomy gave us some stand or something to get them to stand on their own....Really frustrating.

Memory Balls

The memory in the ball

Overall, nice figures to represent the movie. The price point is also a plus. Just need to figure out how to get Joy and Disgust to stand on their own.

Anger

Sadness

Fear

Joy

Disgust

The whole gang

See if you can guess what Spidey is feeling?

Disney / Pixar Monsters University Scare Students

Monsters U is the prequel to 2001's Monsters Inc, making the first time Pixar has made a prequel film.
The movie brings us back to the time when Mike and Sulley were scare majors and room mates in Monsters University.
The movie takes a look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.

I love Pixar's movies and I have watched and enjoyed every single one of them.
However I do have to admit that I have not watched Monsters University and will most likely catch it on DVD once released.
Not watching the movie did not stop me from picking up some of the figures.
Bear in mind that these toys are for the mass market and meant purely for children, hence expectations are kept low.
I picked up familiar characters like Sulley and Mike and a new character Johnny J. Worthington III from the scare students series.
The scare students series have figures that are more articulated and no action features hence making them more attractive for adults collectors.

The packaging is simple but nice to look at.
You get a very good view of the figure while at the same time there is no space wastage.
It is also easy to take the figure out of the packaging.
At the back of the card, you get to see the other figures in the series. Funny thing is that not all figures are seen in stores (in Singapore)
I definitely would have wanted Randall.

In most stores, they only had the normal Sulley without the t-shirt.
I was determined to get the one with Sulley wearing his fraternity t-shirt because the normal Sulley looked pretty much the same as the Sulley I got from the movie Monsters Inc.
Luckily I managed to spot this guy in one shop and after that I did not see him anymore.

The sculpting of Sulley is at best average with limited details.
The painting however is pretty clean.
At this price point, I would consider it very good.
The articulation is limited with elbow, shoulder and head articulation.
Because the head and upper body is heavy, by raising the arms forward Sulley will topple over.

Again the sculpting is basic and lack details with very clean paint ops.
The articulation is limited with only the arms articulated.
You can't even put Mike's arms down making him very difficult to display with other figures.
Mike requires just too much personal space...

Johnny J. Worthington is a character I am unfamiliar with as this is a new character from the movie.
However this is my favourite figure.
I like the the expression and overall design of Johnny.
The sweater also adds some depth to the figure.
Even though his legs are small, they manage to hold the figure.
Again articulation is limited.

Overall, I bought these figures because I like Pixar's films.
The price point also made the decision easier.