unprincess wrote:
ooh anyone have a pic of the new dragon Maleficent? I always wanted the original pop but it was too expensive so I bought the mystery mini.
Here are my thoughts as conflicted as they are I hope they kind of make sense.
Maleficent as a dragon in regular size doesn´t work. She´s huge with that form in the end of the movie. However, precisely because of monetary reasons I get that Funko would release her in that size so it´s affordable.
On the other hand, I don´t care that much for the Moana movie (I liked it but that was it) and in the case of Tamatoa and TeKa they don´t work as regular size Pops either. But, precisely because I just want a Disney Villain collection for me it´s great they were released that way so I could get them. And it doesn´t bother me further knowing there aren´t bigger versions available.
Como to think of it, Evil Genie Jafar should have been a big Pop as well. Sure, you can say that as a genie he can change sizes. However, both in Aladdin and Return of Jafar his genie scenes were of him being huge.
...if Funko wanted to release another version of Jafar they should have gone with Sorcerer Jafar. Basically the same (so collectors that didn´t get him could own him) yet different enough that warranted a second purchase. I don´t mind at all since I love this version and there´s barely merchandise of him so I´m fine.
As for Shan Yu I believe he yet will be made. Look how long it took for Gaston to happen yet he eventually happen. And it´s not just that he´s on the live action version it´s because that he´s another Mulan character that can be made into a Pop figure.