First up, we'll dive into Just Play's slightly stylized take on the classic Madballs art! You may speculate the art changes were to make these toys a bit less disturbing for today's mom's and dads shopping for kids, and granted, the old school balls were a bit more intense, but not much more than the array of gross out toys we see on store shelves yearly, targeted specifically at young kids. Still, Just Play doesn't stray far from the original designs and each character is almost instantly recognizable.
Along with the cartoonier look, Just Play's balls seem a bit shinier than their vintage counterparts, and certainly have a glossier paint than the Basic Fun re-issues cranked out some years back. We did a quick comparison, ball-to-ball with the couple of Basic Fun counterparts we had on hand...
These shots also show you how Just Play made the designs slightly less sinister for little eyes. The rounding of teeth..less piercing eyes..cutting back overall of those little touches that make a creature more menacing. While this makes Just Play's line less creepy for die hard horror collectible fans, it may end up putting their balls into more hands overall!
Let's check out the entire line, starting with Blind Packs, covered by our newest reviewer Jackson...
To sum up, Jackson may or may not have opened a full box of 21 mini-balls (we say may because Just Play sent the box and they may have filled it randomly) and did not get a full set. He was 5 balls shy, but did get the ultra rare ball. Here's a closer look at the lot...
And here are the standard sized balls!
So, so many balls...and yet...still, not enough balls. So the maths say i'm missing 5 mini balls and 1 regular sized ball ...so the ball hunt continues. #ballstruggle
NEXT UP!! Mondo's super ultra magnificent MADBALLS. Same ball-time, same ball-channel.
Balls.
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