REVIEW: LONE COCONUT’S PLUNDERLINGS!

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LONE COCONUT'S PLUNDERLINGS!

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This week, we’re reviewing the awesome Plunderlings from Lone Coconut. Lone Coconut is a Dominican Republic-based award winning visual effects and animation studio (thank you, Google!) and last year, they launched a Kickstarter for the Plunderlings, their own IP, that took the toy collecting world by storm. “A little bit goblin, a little bit pirate, united with infectious charm. These greedy adorable pirates travel from island to island looking for treasure and mischief”, they’ve been the latest craze in the toy community and are more than worth the hype! There were 14 of them during the Kickstarter campaign + 2 “Fawns” that were released afterward.

First off, the packaging: A beautiful crate-like box, with a window in the front and at the top. The front part looks like their faces, with the window in the mouth. You can see the figure from the front , and the extra heads and accessories on the top. The boxes come with extra ears that you can attach (the ears are inside the box, so they won’t be damaged during transport, you can just add them yourself. Or not, if you don’t like fun!). Footprints are printed at the bottom, and you get a picture of your figure in the back (If i remember correctly, there’s some QR-code animation or something like that in the back too, but I haven’t tried that yet!)

The ingenious thing about them is that they are basically the same figure/mold for all of the 14 figures, but it’s the accessories and colors that give them their own personalities!

First, let’s check Raider Gank!

When I hear “Goblin”, I always see in my mind something green. Since the Plunderlings look like little goblins, I picked Gank, the green one with the accessories making him more “piratey”. And what can I say… This figure is a lot of fun! Gank comes with a bandana (all the head accessories have magnets in them, which is genius. F’ing magnets, how do they work?), a sword and a tiny crossbow/slingshot weapon. All Plunderlings come with 2 extra heads (smiling and mouth open), and extra hands to hold the accessories.

I had decided that I would pick 2, and the second one that caught my eye was Nomad Goyle, a blue/grey-ish Plunderling with a purple hood. There’s always something about characters with hoods, that makes them look cooler. And this one is purple! He comes with 2 daggers, and what looks like a dead-frog. So mischievous!

The articulations on those figures are incredible. I have played with them (a lot) when taking the pictures, and they really can be put in a lot of weird positions, which is amazing.

I will most likely be switching them around and putting them in various places in my displays, annoying other figures from other franchises. It’s great fun!

“GIMME!”

“SHINY!”

“Are they with you? - I thought they were with you…”

“Leave my cape alone.”

“MINE!”

“Hello, little guy! Were you created with mutagen too?”

“I somehow doubt it…”

“What would be a cameo-ridden review without the king of cameos! EXCELSIOR!”

We miss you, Stan Lee…

“Sam, they’re saying there’s some sort of mischievious half-pirate, half-goblin wreaking havoc in town…”

“Great smile!”

“Selfie time!”

“GIVE IT TO ME!”

I have nothing but good things to say about those figures. They’re just awesome. I can’t wait to get a few more (I have a fawn on the way + a couple more coming later this year). Lone Coconut has also teased a few more figures (Plunderlongs, Plunderstrongs,…) which look fantastic. I also hope we’ll get some of the Kickstarter accessory packs and especially the hatchlings body down the line, so that we can display those extra heads too.

Due to the success and popularity of the Plunderlings, Lone Coconut is re-issuing 6 of them, which are available for pre-order RIGHT NOW on BigBadToyStore and EntertainmentEarth, so don’t miss out!

More news at 11:00… Plunderlings, Plunderlings, PLUNDERLINGS!

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