I'm crushing your head! Newish Bit Figs in the Culture Pirates store. And they're cheap.
The really cool Glyos-compatible Bit Figs pixel figures are getting a new run (with Glyos hole!) in more flexible plastic, seemingly now with partially painted eyes. The unpainted ones were nice, but these are a little nicer. Click here to see if you can get any - some sold out. Failing that, check vending machines at Dollar Tree or other fine stores near you.
Ever since the line was introduced, I was looking forward to the Bit Figs Mega Bit Spectre Pheyden Set.
I wasn't sure if it would be painted or not, so seeing them do both
versions was a nice surprise. Naturally, I bought both - it's a big
pixel figure with soft, glowing plastic. It's also a small figure with
glowing plastic. It's two figures! The little one is the same size
as the Bit Figs you'll find in vending machines (and should buy), while
the bigger one is about the same size as a regular Pheyden figure -
about 2 3/4-inches tall.
I missed it due to being on a plane, but an awesome, amazing, I wish I got it Matryx Pheyden went up and sold out for $11 on Thursday night.
I am a huge, huge sucker for M.U.S.C.L.E.-style mini figures. Huge. So I when I saw the Mega Bit Pheyden Flesh Set
I was sitting here asking if I needed to buy yet another set of these
guys. After realizing I still had to order that Copper Tape from
Flying Vipers and a couple of t-shirts, the answer was a fast "yes."
Once I'm paying shipping, all bets are off - if you sell music and band
shirts drawn by Matt Doughty - in my size, no less? I'm going to give
you my business. So here we are, more figures I don't need, but do
want.
I already bought one version of this mold, but a painted colorway of Mega Bit Pheyden
- a Standard Set - seemed to be an essential purchase. (I'm also
interested in a green "bad graphics" one and/or glow-in-the-dark
someday.) Pheyden in Pheyden colors is an important thing to have, and
this blocky one is nothing if not charming. If you got the Mega Bit Pheyden Trophy Set [FOTD #1,531]
the figures offer little new other than changes in color, but they're
good changes in color. In addition to these figures, an unpainted blue
duo was also put up for sale.
I
bought a sack of animals and a sack of ninjas, and didn't complete
either set. With the animals, I think there were some oddities. For
example, Pup - the dog - came in unpainted orange and painted
orange, as expected. He also came in grey, the cat color, with a pink
nose. Well, I was surprised - but I like weird variants, and this was
indeed a surprise as we're not entirely sure what all got made yet. In
addition to all of these, the manufacturers sold gold figures direct to
the consumer.
When
I saw the first Bit Figs showing up on social media, I thought "Those
are neat, but I'm sticking to this whole 'don't buy made-on-demand'
kick." I already live in sort of a black hole of toy purchases. When I
saw a plastic made-in-a-factory Mega Bit Pheyden Trophy Set was
on sale - $10 for 2 figures, no less - I pounced. I love weird pixel
things, and I love Glyos, so it's a good mix. (So far I've skipped
Minecraft because boy howdy those things are pricey.) With a 2
3/4-inch and a 1-inch figure, made of 4 total chunks of plastic, I
figured I should give these a whirl.
