I don’t play Fortnite, but love the figures, so sometimes that leads to brief moments of confusion when I try to figure what exactly I’m looking at when I see new photos. When I saw the initial photos of Skye and her monster companion Ollie, I thought Ollie was some kind of knock-off of Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Fortunately, he’s far cuter than that in person! Let’s take a look at Skye & Ollie!
The deluxe box is similar to the regular boxes in that there is a tiny window for the figures and much more space devoted to the art and figure photo. It works nicely for the art, since I love this artist’s style, but I like the digital render of the figure and accessories a little less. A cross-sell would be cool back there. The bottom corner of the box got pretty chewed up in the mail, and I was concerned that perhaps an accessory fell out of the hole, but they were secure in the center of the package.
The set comes with Skye, Ollie, a gun, a pack, and two swords.
The gun has a plunger on the end and in the game it works like a grappling gun where you fire it and get yanked in the direction of where you fired. It would have been nice to have a rope and removeable plunger to simulate this effect, but as far as I can tell, the plunger isn’t intended to be removed. It fits well in the hand and has some clean paints.
The pack fits securely via peg and has a lot of fun detail packed in there including what looks like a Nintendo Switch. The pack adds to the adventurer feel and I get a real Adventure Time meets Pokemon trainer vibe from her overall character. The pack also has fairly clean paint and a slot to store one of the swords.
The swords are known in the game as epic swords of wonder and work as harvesting tools. The translucent blue blades is a neat effect and I really like that she can store all her equipment on her person. The camera can come off if you pop the head, but I love that little bit of detail the camera adds, so it will stay on for me.
Ollie feels like a sort of Pokemon type creature and he’s got some big wings and his body is sculpted with what appears to be cartoony feathers. It’s pretty darn cute and comes split in two in the box so you could also store accessories in him if you wanted.
He doesn’t have any articulation and while there is a hole for a stand, he does not come with one. You can use a Star Wars Black Speeder Bike stand with him, but he balances well sitting on the ground too. In the game he can be used as a glider or he can be ridden like a bouncy-ball crossed with a horse and he works that way as a figure too. Skye sits on him well and can also grab and hold his tiny wings as glider handles. Apparently in the game, her hat disappears when she summons Ollie, so I think technically she should probably have a hatless head or a removeable hat. As a non-game player I’m okay with this as-is, but I wonder if it will annoy superfans.
Skye is a great match for her character model, which makes a lot of sense considering the designers mentioned at Pulsecon that they use digital assets straight from the game. She definitely has a more animated feel to her design than some of the other characters. I’m thinking specifically about her overlarge, anime-style eyes. I love all the little details in her outfit from the adventure gear in her pack, to the buttons on her jacket and her fingerless gloves.
She does stand a little taller than I had thought she would. Based on the character design, I figured she’d be a smaller teen character, but she’s the same height as the other women in the line. Ollie has no articulation, but Skye is packed with an impressive amount of mostly useful and pinless articulation including:
- Swivel/hinge shoulders, hips, wrists, and ankles
- Butterfly hinged pectorals
- Ball and socket lower neck, upper neck, waist, and mid-torso
- Double-hinged knees and elbows
- Swivel thighs, boots, and biceps
Her sweater tied around her waist is semi-rigid plastic, so I was worried that she might not have good leg movement, but it gets out of the way pretty well and she has good movement. The hair does impact her head movement and she can’t really look up. She also has in/out hinged wrists and I think I would have liked up/down for rifle holding and sword pointing poses.
Paint is solid with mostly clean lines. There isn’t any weathering, but there is a lot of detail work. I especially like the look of the face printing here. While it has pixelation up close, it looks fantastic at hand distance and those eyes really pop.
Overall I like these two a whole lot from a cool toy perspective. They are a bit out of the box and weird and fun, but they are a little pricey at around $36, but the regular figures are now running at around $23, which puts Ollie at $13. The costs are getting to the point for me where I may have to start cutting out some of these beautiful figures where I’m not a superfan of the property.
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