Welcome back! A week ago today, I posted on the fantastic Monsters Inc. Mike Wazowski & Boo Nendoroid Set and promised I'd be reviewing Sulley here on the blog soon as well... so let's do this! A lot of my thoughts will be the same (since they're applicable here as well), so I apologize if things sound a little too familiar.
If you've never heard of Nendoroid figures, let me introduce you. Nendoroids are super articulated, highly collectible stylized plastic figurines by the Japan-based company, Good Smile. What's unique about these is that they come with additional faces and other body parts that are all exchangeable, giving the characters a wide range of different expressions and almost unlimited poses. They also come with some really cool accessories to help you recreate scene specific movie moments! These are a collector's dream, especially for those who enjoy product photography like myself.
So far I have this Sulley, the aforementioned Mike Wazowski with Boo set, Buzz Lightyear and Woody (which I'll be reviewing soon as well). I felt a bit more confident going into opening Sulley, but since this is only the second Nendoroid I've ever opened and experimented with, there's still a little bit of a learning curve getting use to all the pieces, assembly and posing— but once again, after some practicing, I feel I'm a bit quicker and better at it. There's kind of an art to it, so I understand that there are many collectors who have been getting these for years who I'm sure are much better at posing them than I am.
This is the "Deluxe" version set, which includes more accessories (and is a bit more pricey) than the "Standard" set. This set comes with a base, three face plates with different expressions (smiling, scared/roaring and sad), thee pairs of movable/removable eyes (with different eyelids), two pairs of hands (open and closed fist), two movable/removable eyebrows, Boo's repaired door, Sulley's clip board with the last piece of the door (directly from the end of the film) and a "spare joint" (though I'm not 100% sure on what to use that for). Everything is so detailed!
Both Sulley and the door accessory are right around 4" tall. This set retails for $62.99.
Take a look at some of the poses and expressions you can create below! This is literally only scratching the surface. There is so much you can do with these, it's almost overwhelming! I'll be playing around with this one again soon, so be sure to stay tuned to my Instagram for any additional content featuring all my Pixar Nendoroid figures.
I love how all it takes is just shifting Sulley's eyebrows up slightly and his expression goes from mean/roaring to scared/concerned! It's amazing how much emotion is captured in the eyebrows alone.
Sulley doesn't need his base to stand (and there's no pegs on the stand or peg holes under his feet), so I guess it was just included for display purposes.
Boo's repaired door has some pretty remarkable detail! Everything in this set looks really great and is very well made overall.
I'm so impressed with how detailed this clipboard is for being so tiny!
I was lucky enough to get this as a Christmas present this past year from
my parents, so a huge thanks to them! I'm so excited to post the last two soon as well. We originally purchased this from BoxLunch
Gifts and it's still in stock HERE (they have the standard version too, right HERE). You can also still order it directly from Good Smile's online shop HERE.
For all you Monsters Inc. fans, I highly recommend picking this up if you're a serious collector or even if you're just looking for a really cool little item to display on your desk/shelf. Be sure to share your thoughts down below! What do you think of Nendoroids? Have you picked this up for your collection? I'd love to see any fun photos you've taken with any of the Disney/Pixar Nendoroid figures down in the comments.
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