Have you otakus got enough space for a few more PlayStation-themed dust collectors? It looks like Yootooz, the Funko-esque toy company behind licensed collectible tat, is lining up a range of Sony goodies.
A post on the company’s X (or Twitter) account includes the famous PlayStation slogan “live in your world, play in ours”. It shows four silhouettes: Kratos, Sly Cooper, Astro Bot, and Ratchet.
The Sly Cooper model actually leaked earlier in the year:
To be fair, we like the look of Youtooz much more than Funkos, and we reckon these could end up being pretty nice models for ultra-fans. We’d certainly consider grabbing a couple of these.
Presumably this is just the beginning of a collaboration which will extend to many different characters. Personally, we’d like to see some real deep-cuts from the PS1 era: Vib Ribbon and the cast of Motor Toon Grand Prix, for example. Oh, and how about Robbit from Jumping Flash!?
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Astro seems to fit into Yootooz well because of his eyes
Also I don't get why so many people hate Yootoos much? They look way better than Funko pops because they look so cute.
Not that I want to rain on anyone's parade, but these horrible YouTooz and Funko Pop vinyl figures, that take any popular IP they can find and mutilate and molest the characters to fit their products, are just ghastly.
Funko is horrible with those beady-eyes, and half the time you can't even recognize what character they're supposed to be - especially with humans, as the faces are all generic and the bodies comparatively tiny. YouTooz just feels to me like a late arrival to the party who are not subtle at all in ripping off Funko's shtick with differently-styled eyes.
Never heard the word “tat” before. Pulled the old Merriam Webster off the shelf, blew off the dust, and looked it up.
“a small protein produced by a lentivirus (such as HIV) that greatly increases the rate of viral transcription and replication and enhances the susceptibility of T cells to infection
also : the viral gene that codes for the tat protein“
No, I don’t think I’m interested in this.
@Milt They're definitely better than Funkos.
@Balaam_ Tat (noun): tasteless or shoddy clothes, jewellery, or ornaments.
(Admittedly does appear to be another one of those pesky British-only words)
Okay, I may get the Sly and Ratchet figures.
@Milt “looking better than funko pops” isnt exactly something id put in my CV tbh.
I just wish someone would make real toys for kids for PS games. My son really wants an Astro Bot toy and a Ratchet and Clank. I know nothing about this brand, but, man, if there’s an affordable Astro Bot toy, I’d get it for my kids. They both love him. My daughter’s not quite able to play yet, but she loves to watch my son play.
I feel bad for kids nowadays that action figures have sort of dropped off. Nintendo’s got that section of the market cornered. My kids are continuously grateful that my mom never threw my toys away because all their favorite toys were my toys! Lol.
@species Not really. They have better and more appealing eyes than Funko pops.
Y'all complained about Funko pops having soulless eyes but now when another toy company tried to make their own spin on that but with better eyes you still complain about it.
I prefer Nendoroids, but these are nice too...
@get2sammyb Any chance of a PSA when orders for these are up?
@somnambulance Try Astro Bot nendoroid. It will rerelease next year.
https://www.goodsmileus.com/product/nendoroid-astro-13614?srsltid=AfmBOoqxueffGGzPSI0d5baGBxLyE0ZGyXF3Gp6cqGV53E_lq7BVtEq-
@get2sammyb I only knew this because of Ashens
@get2sammyb why would you say that? I am very happy with Funko Pop Diablo almost full set
@Shepherd_Tallon Sure! Not even officially announced yet, but we'll definitely update when they are.
@get2sammyb Thanks! 💖
I have the sly funko so may aswel have this too lol
I'm not familiar with the product
@somnambulance Spin Master just recently started making figures of PS games. They're currently doing human characters (Aloy, Jin, Kratos the ones you'd expect to be made first) but they'll probably do other non-human ones if they sell well. Ratchet, Astro etc.
I’d rather stick with Funko. Much cheaper. Youtooz aren’t bad, I just don’t want to shell out $30 a figure for something that is basically the same thing I can get for $10-$15…
That sly cooper design is ugly as sin, what a disappointment 🥺
The best headline I've seen so far on Push Square.
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