![]() The ape that would be Monkey Kong has certainly had his fair share of starring and supporting roles in games across all of Nintendo’s systems, but this figure is apparently based on the most recent offering, D onkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Well, I guess “villain” could be debated it is hard to tell if he or Mario is the true villain of the original DK game, but I digress. It took a bit for me to start to accept that Donkey Kong transitioned to a heroic character after being so iconic in the villain role. Thus, we bring tidings of Donkey Kong and Bowser, King of the Koopas! Two of the Super Mario universe’s biggest character have charged out of gate first, and, well - color me IMPRESSED! DONKEY KONG ![]() Well, it was unceremonious for about half a day because when collectors started spotting these figures at Target and TRU, the unthinkable happened - people were impressed! Yep, the 4-inch line consisting of Link, Mario, and Yoshi has been gobbled up by collectors at Target, while the two deluxe figures have been released at Toys R Us. That is, until, the action figure line started to seep out rather unceremoniously. I am sure there is a market for stuff like that, but that kind of line really isn’t for me, so I continued about my business and did not think much more of this Jakks endeavor. It seemed like it would be easy, too, when the first Jakks merchandise hit the shelves - it was a “Micro World” Mario assortment with tiny figurines that stand no taller than about a half an inch, which is fine. I have picked up some gems like Link, Samus, Pit, and the recent Bandai Mario, so I just expected to ignore whatever Jakks was going to offer and stick to my very serious adult collector figures. It is true that Japanese companies like Figma and Bandai have been making some really, really cool figures based on Nintendo characters for a while, but collecting those is anything but cheap, and, Figma especially, they are not known for going all-in to build up a universe. People have been waiting for good action figures based on the Nintendo license for a very long time, so when this new master license deal was announced, most people just assumed that they would be waiting a lot longer. Jakks is not really known for collector-grade figures and the last time they really had a horse in that race, it was the WWE property and it has been made pretty obsolete by Mattel’s superior action figures. ![]() I know when it was quietly announced (all the way back in February of 2013) that Jakks was taking over the Nintendo license, most people around the Internets were anything but impressed.
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