Thursday, July 26, 2018

The Brick Miser: Decool Cute Doll Bootleg BrickHeadz Figures

What?! LOZ's not the only one to copy Lego's BrickHeadz, which are copying Funko POP! figures?! There are OTHER companies producing lines featuring bootleg and knockoff BrickHeadz-like sets?! ...Well, I guess we'd better look at them, then! Next up: Decool's "Cute Doll" line!

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Name: Cute Doll Spider Hero/Lokey/Red Giant
Brand: Decool
Model: 6810/6812/6813
Pcs: ???













As I briefly mentioned before I reviewed Big Bonus Slots, I originally intended for my look at various brick sets capitalizing on the various collectable crazes of today to be a month long, and only feature the three I knew existed at the time: Kubros, BrickHeadz, and LOZ's Mini Block BrickHeadz. Then I'd wash my hands of this franchise and talk about other stuff(including an upcoming anniversary for a certain blog...)













However, as I was doing research and finding images of LOZ's take on BrickHeadz, I discovered TWO more sets blatantly knocked off from existing brick lines. ...And, since I have no intention of looking at any more sets in this niche in the future, I went ahead and bought the other two lines. Of course, that meant waiting a few weeks for them to arrive from China, and expanding the look at these figure lines to FIVE weeks, hence why I decided to change things up and do my normal reviews of a Plug n Play game and a pirate/knockoff game/console before I flooded my blog with these things! Because I care about my readers, and I know that five weeks in a row of the same thing tries the patience of even saints. ...And anyone waiting for Star Citizen to be released...






















But, they're here now, and I think there was a long enough break between the official and unofficial sets, so let's start wrapping things up by taking a look at Cute Doll! ...Which, as far as I can tell, are all of Marvel/DC superheroes, so these characters being "cute" is debatable...






















 Especially the ones based on DC movies...













Unfortunately, I couldn't find a boxed version of these, and that would normally make for a shorter, incomplete look. Thankfully, others have featured these "Cute Dolls" who DO own boxed versions, so, thanks to Alan Peterson, we have images that give us an idea of the line as a whole! ...I'm not crazy about the cropping, but beggars can't be choosers... Also, don't beg. Bad life choice in general...














These sets come to us from brick company(or proxy for another company): Decool.


















Besides having a name you'd be surprised WASN'T a Deee-Lite song lyric, Decool, like LOZ, Dargo, LELE, and LEBQ, is a name mostly known for straight-up bootlegging existing Lego sets and figures.














Mostly superheroes, Lego Creator(which they renamed to "Architect"), and Technic sets. ...If you want me to get Technic-al...














Any original designs from this company are rare. However, I DO own a minifigure line from them called "Zombie World", which features six zombies from different walks of life a la The Walking Dead universe. ...That was totally intentional that I just happened to have these ...


















They're also responsible for an Iraq Conflict-esque military set known simply as "Modern War". ...As long as they don't make a space set and call it Infinite War(fare)...


















But, most impressively of all, they apparently created their own version of the PokéCenter originally on Lego Ideas(and that Dargo stole the character designs from for their line of minifigures)! I would KILL for one of these sets! And I've tried to get one. Believe me, I HAVE tried! ...But every single purchase ended up as a scam, and they don't appear to be available anywhere now...





















In fact, with Mega Construx now owning the license to Pokemon, why haven't we seen an OFFICIAL PokeCenter from them? HEY, MEGA BRANDS! Take a break from Call of Duty for a second and build a set millions of people will climb over each other for!


















Their unoriginality extends to the BrickHeadz line, where most of the sets they distribute are simply brick-for-brick copies of existing BrickHeadz.


















 But original sets DO exist. ...They're a little hard to find, but they ARE out there! And we're going to talk about a few of them!













The box design I was able to find depicts a bootleg of the Joker BrickHeadz set, but, based on a search for these figures, I'm relatively sure they all share similar package layouts.


















The text design is very similar to Lego BrickHeadz boxes, or Lego box designs in general. The Decool logo is in the upper-left corner, with the product logo next to it, and some text telling us the age recommendation, model number, and number of pieces. Because sometimes even pirate companies recognize the value of consistency.














Speaking of the product logo, I LOVE IT! They've renamed "BrickHeadz" to "Cute Doll", so they already get more creativity points than LOZ's blatant copy, but they've also redesigned the logo to match! This version's mascot features it pressing its hand to the side of where its mouth would be, while it crosses its legs in a rather seductive "D" shape as it leans against the other letters. It's a very sassy take on the mascot, is what I'm saying, telling us "Go ahead, big boy. I dare you to take me home..."

















 It gives Smug Wendy's a run for her money...


















 Below the age recommendation, model number, and number of bricks, and where Lego usually tells us in a number of languages that you can indeed build with the contents, they tell us that "We aimed to help children build dreams!" ...Well, they didn't say they succeeded...













The sides simply show a side view of the figure, along with the Cute Doll logo again. As well as something else, but we'll get to that in a second.







 At the very bottom of the left side, we're told to "Enjoy the Fun of Inspiration and Imagination!" Of which these sets, this set in particular, have neither, being exact duplicates of existing sets!







While the bottom of the right side(in unfortunately blurry text due to the quality of the source), tells us "Improve operating ability and stimulates the imagination!" ...Not from this set. Just advice in general.













The back is mostly comprised of showing us how to attach the figure to the baseplate, as well as the standard warning that kids will explode if they put it in their mouths. ...Which they stamped three times on the back just in case you missed one of them. ...If you're someone who needs THREE of the same warning in the same place to get the picture, please stay away from any and all sharp objects, do not operate machinery, and just stay away from the rest of humanity in general...













But the Engrish on the sides wasn't the only bit of fun we get, as the back of the box has an entire few paragraphs of badly-translated text to laugh at!

"Children of the world love to play." Well, that goes without saying...

"Improve operating ability and stimulates the imagination." We already had that one. Your imagination clearly wasn't stimulated when you wrote this...

"Unlimited imagination, creative future." Wasteful life. Intentional unemployment. Sponge on society...

"Elementary education." Which I'm pretty sure is all you had...

"Build a dream. Happy growing!" This is not my dream, and I'll have you know that growing pains throughout my life made me feel anything BUT happy!

"According to the research showed that: the building blocks of children's intellectual development of great help, can cultivate and improve children's observation, the ability to identify and filter assembly process, a different shape can stimulate children's imagination and creativity." Ok, we get it already! This toy will educate our children more than any school or book ever will! ...Of course, at this point, critiquing graffiti on a brick wall is more educational than our school system or curriculum, so I guess I can't argue with their statement!















 But the best part of this line? Decool actually renamed each of the figures! So in their line, we have "Deadguard", "Spider Hero", "Raytheon", "Lokey", "Red Giant", and, possibly my favorite, "Ant Sir"! Most of the names aren't too far off and serve as decent descriptors, but what were they going for with "Raytheon"? It's like they ran "lightning" and "pantheon" a few times through Google Translate, and smushed the resulting words together! "Lokey", I can understand, as it's pronounced the same either way. But I absolutely LOVE how they managed to mistake "Sir" for "Man" in "Ant Sir"! ...I'm just going to call all superheroes "sir" from now on. "Look out! Here comes the Spider-Sir!" "I AM IRON-SIR!" "Dadadadadadadada Dadadadadadadada BAT-SIR!"






















But it doesn't end with their own line of BrickHeadz, as they've given names to EVERYONE in their range! We also have "Dark Relict", "USA Hero", "Green Mon", "Iron Hero", "Droll", "Tubin", "BatHero", and "BatLass"! I(and probably President Trump) absolutely LOVE their renaming of Captain America, Hulk has apparently become Jamaican, and PLEASE tell me there's a buildable Steffi Love for BatHero! ...And what the crap is "Dark Relict", "Droll", or "Tubin"?













"Droll" being what they decided to call their Joker knockoff. ...Someone who would kill you on the spot if you called him that!






















Unless he was Frank Miller's All-Star variant. ...But we don't talk about him...













 Maybe Block Tech should hire Decool to name their next line of Superheroes?













The instruction manuals are mostly designed like the boxes, only with far fewer details(and the return of the "Enjoy the fun of inspiration and imagination" tagline.)













While the back displays Decool's original contributions to this not-very-original line. ...If you can call blatantly stealing Marvel hero designs "original"...













Before I finally shut up and put these together, we of course have the multiple warnings of "0-3"
















Yet we're told only "6+" should be playing with these.













Anyone between those ages is torn in half by Smasher and Red Beast(or Hulk and Red Hulk for the purists). ...Who were ironically fighting over him to be the one TO tear him in half...













Alright, the pieces are normal-sized this time, and there's only three characters, so hopefully it shouldn't take as long to put these together. Let's build us some heroes! ...Because we're too poor to use the SCUD vending machine and need to build our assassins ourselves...

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The dolls are assembled! ...And, right off the bat, I can't say the advertising wasn't misleading. ...They are cute...













These are definitely the most doll-like of the figure lines we've seen so far. The shapes and features are similar to BrickHeadz, but things like the arms, heads, and feet all seem a lot closer to cuddly dolls than collectable vinyl or action figures. ...Much taller as well...













The heads are built with a greater variety than most of either BrickHeadz lines we've seen, trying much more for accurate shapes built out of multiple types of bricks, as opposed to each side just being a plate with flat or slanted pieces making up the detail. I especially like how they built Spider-Man's--Sorry, Spider-HERO's--head, with large round plates loosely imitating the perspective of the unnaturally oblong head Spider-Hero's mask suggests. It legitimately looks like a mask one of the BrickHeadz could wear!













...That is, if the regular BrickHeadz heads weren't already freakishly large... ...Though if Deadpool's* head popped out of the Beast's body in the remake, I'd instantly forgive that movie for everything...

*Yes, I know I said it was Spider-Hero, but you can't tell me that that doesn't look like Deadpool! ...Or "Deadguard" in this case.













Even when the head IS a cube, they still use a lot more bricks to give it detail, as seen with Red Hulk's--I mean Red GIANT's--hairstyle and forehead ridges here. Once again, a PIRATE company has proven that they can create figures with personality, unlike the OFFICIAL thing, AND it's in a unique way that's different from LOZ's BrickHeadz that Decool can call their own! ...Somebody please smack the guy who pitched BrickHeadz upside the head... Or Niels B. Christiansen for supporting the idea... Or both...













A subtle touch that helps gives these figures more personality are the shapes of the eye gleams. Instead of square, like both versions of the BrickHeadz, they're soft circles, which gives an air of intelligence and cheer to them, as opposed to pure lifelessness with the dull squares. It's amazing how much brighter these figures look JUST from that one change!













What also helps give the figures personality are the bricks with decals! ...Which, while I was gushing over them last time, I forgot to mention most of LOZ's BrickHeadz don't have, so that's another point for Decool. They look as good as the decals on official Lego BrickHeadz, only they're helped in Cute Doll's case by how much personality the heads and faces are given, so they add detail as opposed to being the only thing carrying the figure! If Red Giant didn't also have that toothy snarl, his abs wouldn't have the same power behind them.













...Ok, they would, but it wouldn't look as cool!













 Even the legs and feet are given a better build, looking less like a pile of bricks and more like... Legs and feet! You can notice they've used a ring of flat studs to create pant legs, and built an L-shape for shoes/feet, making these figures the most realistic of all the lines. ...If you want to consider legs growing flat mushrooms and feet shaped like cowboy boots "realistic."













But my absolute favorite feature is the arm design, where they've created the most ambitious and articulate limbs on these figures! Instead of being immobile, like BrickHeadz, or simply on a peg, like Kubros or LOZ's BrickHeadz, these have 360° rotation at the shoulder AND 180° at the joint, allowing for the arm to be posed practically anywhere! Heck, the arm is actually an ARM, instead of a collection of flat bricks and a claw on the front! These are some of the most versatile limbs I've ever seen connected to any kind of brick figure, and I'm upset that they only appear on these figures! Now I'm stuck trying to picture what the Kubros would look like with these arms!













...Oh. They'd look like that. ...Ok. Not as impressive as I thought.













 Unfortunately, with all the praise I'm heaping on these figures, there is one obvious flaw, and it's a major one. While the Kubros' heads attach by a peg, the LOZ BrickHeadz by a spinning plate, and the regular BrickHeadz just sit flush on the rest of the figure













Cute Doll heads attach via a single stud plate attaching to the middle of a plate on the bottom of the head. This does allow them to turn their heads 360°, but gives VERY little foundation to attaching to the body, especially with the plastic quality.













This results in a VERY loose connection, and, more often than not, the head will just pop off if you try to move it. So these don't have as much "play value" as the other figures if the heads fall off if you so much as poke them.













Or maybe they're trying to emulate squeak dolls whose heads pop off if you squeeze them too hard? ...Not a very "Cute" result...













They're not even consistent with what comprises the bottoms of the heads, as Spidey here only has a 2x4 and 1x4 brick for a base instead of the 4x4 plates of the other figures.













This forces Spider-Hero's neck to jut out more than the other figures. ...And I hate owning figures with the same neck as mine...













The plastic quality also made putting these together a bit of a pain, since a lot of the pieces had to be pinched together REALLY hard to make a connection. I did eventually get everything to fit, but you can still notice small gaps and crooked pieces in the frame. They're not the worst quality bricks I've come across, but they're the most noticeably flawed molds I've seen in a while. ...I wish there was a bad Marvel movie in recent years that I could make a comparison to, but there's no such thing anymore, so I curse Disney for not letting me make a joke...













However, a lot of the figures also come with awesome accessories, so that makes everything alright! ...Ok, it doesn't, but it does help!













Since we only have three sets this time, let's look at each of them separately and see what unique features each of them possess. Starting with Spider-Hero. I purposely bought these figures because they're based on characters you can't get as regular BrickHeadz.



















Unless you count the two-pack of Spider-Man and Venom that was a SDCC-exclusive last year. ...But seeing as how that was their only release and they're currently going for hundreds of dollars, it's still unlikely anyone can get these certain BrickHeadz...













Like I said earlier, I REALLY like how they built Spider-HERO's mask, and tried to make a much rounder head than most of the other figures we've seen, while not exclusively using round pieces. It looks REALLY good, and even though the dimensions are cartoonishly exaggerated, that just gives it more personality and makes it look even more like a cartoon doll. This is a deformed look that WORKS!















Bonus points for being based on the alternate universe character variation where Princess Leia is Spider-Hero! ...Hey, they're both Disney now. It could happen...















Of the figures I own, this one has the most impressive decal work. It legitimately DOES look like classic Spider-Man's costume pattern, VERY well painted and with matching colors. It looks so professional, I'd be fooled into thinking this was an actual Lego set!













It's more convincing than other bootleg Spider-Men we've seen on this blog, anyway...













Still, I guess I need to subtract points for not having a pattern on the mask itself, despite a decal plate on the back suggesting the pattern continues up to the mask...













 Also, instead of the soft-shaded eyes, Spider-Hero's eyes are pure white. ...And the lack of detail makes it looks like his eyes are bulging out. ...Maybe this IS Deadpool in a Spider-Man costume?






















 The design's not that far off from their "Deadguard" figure... Could be either one in that getup. Especially with how buddy-buddy these characters have become in recent years.













Spider-Hero's accessory is, of course, a web shot, which they made to look like it's shooting out of the figure's hand through the transparent handle it connects to. It looks great, and that was an ingenious way to make it look like it's coming from the figure itself! ...Sad that it's not their idea...













 This is a common piece in official Spider-Man sets, as seen with this shot from Spider-Man Web Warriors: Ultimate Bridge Battle. ...Though I do have to admit that the piece is much more to scale with the Decool variant. ...I'm not intentionally looking for things to appreciate with Decool over Lego. They're just coming naturally!













 Overall, this figure is awesome, and I eagerly await his team-up with Bat Hero, as they take on Steffi Love!












...Oh wait... He joined forces with Steffi, didn't he? ...Just goes to show that everyone would rather join the forces of evil than have to work with Bat Hero*!

*Seriously, if you haven't checked out Phelous' Bootleg Zones, especially the episodes featuring Bat Hero and Steffi Love, you're missing out!













Next up is Lokey! ...Well, that's technically correct, if you're spelling things out phonetically, so I guess I can't give them too much grief for the misspelling. ...Though since it's technically the same name as the official character, this is ironically the least "low key" of all the figures.


















 Again, this is a set that Lego's yet to release as part of their official BrickHeadz line. Though if you're desperate, LOZ's got you covered in THEIR BrickHeadz line. ...And seeing as how it's a figure too similarly designed to the real junk, I'll pass...













If you're wondering why this was one of the figures I chose to feature here, here's your answer! How can you say "no" to a figure with a smile like that?! They don't use this smile with any of their other figures, so why they decided to give this figure in particular, and a villain of all characters, this minifigure grin I'll never know!












Still, is it any goofier than the actual Loki grins?













Oh, but he has a cool spear! That excuses everything!













Seeing as how Loki's one of the more outlandishly-dressed villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it only makes sense that the brick version has an outfit to match. Lokey is clad in... Whatever his official counterpart wore in the movie, that was some amalgamation of a robe and armor? ...He looks awesomely goofy and comic-booky in it, so whatever. It works!













Especially with the addition of a long, flowing cape on the back. ...Somebody didn't take Edna Mode's fashion advice...













Speaking of elaborate getups, Lokey, of course, is wearing his trademark horned helmet, which they went all out on trying to make look like a helmet! There's clear separation between the helmet and his head, a lot of the pieces are sloped and rounded to make it look more like a realistic-fitting helmet and not the Minecraft variation, and there's a little piece on the front that fits between his eyes! It's again goofy, but it matches just how goofy the outfit is in the movie and comics!













In fact, they, most likely unintentionally, make the helmet even goofier with what they use for the horns! They're pieces Lego likes to use for claws or blades, and they're absolutely TINY compared to what he actually wears! It just looks adorable, those two tiny horns decorating that huge helmet, doesn't it?






















It looks like something his counterpart should be wearing for A-Babies!













What's even better? Since they're on a hinge, they can bend forward! ...Now I'm just imagining that he recently upgraded his horns to feelers, so he can detect when Ant Man(sorry, Ant SIR) and his insect swarm are coming! ...Or maybe they're a modification so he can more effectively ram his enemies like a bull?













If that's the case, a certain superhero is about to find out the hard way how a bull treats the color red...













And that leads us to the final figure I own: Red Giant. Woe woe woe. Red Giant! ...Sorry, I couldn't resist...






















Like I mentioned in my Block Tech Superheroes look, this is clearly based on a more recent Hulk character, known simply as Red Hulk, who's either a hero or villain, depending on who's taken that form this week. So kudos to Decool for creating a figure based on a relatively obscure comic character!













Admittedly, there's not as much to point out about this figure as the other characters. He doesn't wear a costume, he doesn't carry a weapon, and he's built the most like a standard BrickHeadz. I got him because he's the most unlikely to become an official BrickHeadz set.













I like his haircut, though, with the way they stacked the single-stud pieces on the back like Ronald McDonald's hair from the last review! ...That's enough to keep him from pulping me, right?













Despite not as much given to him as the previous figures, they put a lot of creativity into his face! The eyebrows are sunken into the head, so they don't look like the big, bushy things other characters had(like The Beast), and they used two slanted bricks to give him that trademark Hulk rage look! They even tried for deep forehead ridges to really get the anger motif across(though in this case, they look like Klingon head ridges instead of a furrowed brow...) But my favorite part is the sneer they made with white single-stud pieces! That is the last look anyone who gets in HulkGiant's way will ever see! ...Almost makes up for the overly cute button nose.













And, as pointed out before, Red Giant is RIPPED! His pectoral muscles are the size of a minfigure's head, and he's ready to either tear you apart or set you on fire, whichever one comes first!













Which he will demonstrate on any puny gods foolish enough to get in his way! ...Especially those trying to ram him...

And that's Decool's "Cute Doll" line. ...They're adorable! They're yet another example of the "deformed vinyl collectable" in brick form done RIGHT, and yet another instance of bootleg companies doing a version of a concept BETTER than Lego's! Heck, if I can be perfectly honest, I think it's a better job than LOZ's take, as their designs were too similar to the real bland & blocky Lego line, while these actually look like figures AND they're given slight changes to make them appear alive and with some semblance of personality! They're not Kubros-level of impressive, but of the BrickHeadz and their direct clones, they're the best of them all!













Plus, I can't wait for the inevitable event comic: Decool Cute Dolls VS. Block Tech Superheroes! ...If the Avengers and the X-Men can have a few miniseries dedicated to an all-out brawl, these lines deserve at least ONE!

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Quality: Just looking at the bricks, you could be easily fooled into thinking that they're standard Lego bricks, as they hold a shape well, don't have obvious sprue holes like most other knockoff Lego, and the paint jobs are professionally done, with no scratches or fades. However, it's when you actually start putting them together that you notice defects, most notably that most bricks don't connect unless pushed together VERY hard! It's this connection issue that results in small gaps and unsturdy connections between some bricks. Still, it's not as severe as other budget brick sets I've come across, and they do their job. Heck, you could argue that the need to push the bricks together makes it harder for the set to come apart, so collectors rejoice! If you're looking for bricks for projects you want to keep, these work mostly fine. If you need some bricks for your kids to casually build with, I'd recommend getting one of those Lego Classic buckets.







Design: Decool's taken the design of Lego's BrickHeadz for their figures, but in a way that makes it their own! These are much more like figures(or dolls) than solid rectangles with small bricks and accessories attached, which is something even LOZ's take on the BrickHeadz line fell into. The heads are clearly separate from the bodies, they're given a lot more facial features and/or more detailed head molds, and they're even given arms and legs that go beyond simply "stacks of bricks". The articulation of the arms is more than you get with most other figures, nearly on the same level as their Marvel/Star wars Ultrabuild figures, and letting you pose them in more poses than even Kubros! I love how they have professional custom-painted decals for each figure, and that each one adds more detail to already elaborate costume designs! And I especially love the slight change they made to the eyes, as the rounded gleams add a lot more to the figure expressions than the squares BrickHeadz use. And, of course, I have to give any collectable figure high marks that come with accessories. The two major design flaws I unfortunately have to give these involve the neck and legs, as they're not put on very sturdily and can snap off very easily, not helped by the low plastic quality of the bricks. Still, of all the buildable collectable figures we've seen, this is my second-favorite design and joins the legion of sets closest to actual "figures" that I'd want to collect. And if they ever get thrown out of whatever superhero/villain league they're currently a part of, they can rest easy knowing that they'll always have a place in that legion.







Creativity: They're unlicensed knockoffs of known superheroes/villains, so not much credit towards originality. However, as I mentioned, this is a design all to Decool's own, so to have an original design that couldn't be easily mistaken for another line is creative in its own right. Where I can give the most creative praise is in the head and face builds, where each figure is given a unique head mold that matches the cartoonish style of their source material, and/or given facial features like teeth, eyebrows, head ridges, and horns. Also, "Lokey's" smile. That alone scores major points! Speaking of which, I love the attempt at changing each character's name, and the Engrished-up result that followed. "Ant Sir", "BatLass", "Lokey", "USA Hero", "DROLL"?! These are the knockoff attributes I LOVE to find! I guess in terms of creativity, I like the LOZ BrickHeads a little better, given their custom accessories/baseplates, more colorful characters, and spinning-head articulation, but these at least take Bronze in the creativity sector. They're fun, they're funNY, and they match the definition of collectable figures I picture when they're brought up.







Readability: The instructions copy Lego's format beat-for-beat, save for the lack of any advertising or other inserts. There are 2-3 steps each page, each one only depicting 1-3 different bricks, and each showing you where they go. I'm a little disappointed that they don't gray out the previous steps like most other knockoff directions do, but they're just as easy to read and follow as Lego's, so there's no complaint here.






Packaging: As I pointed out, I couldn't find physical packaging for these sets. However, thanks to other collectors, I know what it looks like. It's basically a watered-down version of a Lego BrickHeadz box, with the same text fonts and placements(age recommendation, model number, etc.) of that packaging. As packaging that relies on images to sell the product goes, it's not that appealing or exciting. However, what DOES get my attention is all the Engrished-up text spread across the sides and back of the box that tries to convince you that playing with this toy will grant you the equivalent of a college degree! Also, HUGE points to the redesign of the BrickHeadz logo, as they not only came up with a name that fits their product(albeit a pretty generic one), but redesigned the mascot to match the letter change, in a HILARIOUS way that's just DARING you to buy it and try to handle all its sass! So while this box doesn't score many points in terms of exciting design work, I still have to give it major points for the hilarious text and the seductive take on the BrickHeadz logo.






Compatibility: They're built out of standard bricks, so there's nothing that would keep these from working with regular brick sets. As long as you're comfortable with how hard you need to press to get them to connect...







Overall:






If the plastic quality was a bit better, the legs and head didn't constantly threaten to fall off, and the figures were given better accessories or baseplates, this would have gotten a perfect score. As is, the designs are excellent, the creativity is clear, and the packaging and instructions, while clearly ripping off Lego, are fun and easy to follow. This is what I imagine when I think of buildable collectable figures, and Decool has created the best example of these types of figures that use the standard BrickHeadz design! Maybe I'll collect the rest of the line, but whatever I decide, I don't regret buying the sets I did, and I hope Decool takes a page from LOZ and expands how many characters they build using their design. If you're into collecting buildable figures, this is the second-best example of this type of set I've ever come across. Find one, see for yourself, and build your own League of Cute Dolls! ...Just have some soothing ointment for your fingertips on standby...

Alright. ONE MORE SET TO GO, and then we'll have seen all collectable brick "vinyl" figures! ...But first, it's the blog's TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Better celebrate in the only way I know how! By reviewing another Spongebob game! Next!

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