The Blokees obsession in the toy market today has seemingly come out of nowhere. Around this time last year I picked up my first Blokees figure (a Rise of the Beasts Arcee) that I was moderately happy with. My second purchase, however, was a Transformers One Elita-1 last year that I was obsessed with. But the current obsession has nothing two do with those two figures, but rather the smaller blindbox designs that have filled up every toy and comic shop overnight. This new Elita-1 is the first female to be included in the blindbox assortments so my firsthand knowledge is a little lacking. I believe there are two scale of blindbox figures. This Elita-1 is in the larger Galaxy Version, and then there is a super tiny and cute Defender Version scale which look like the old Playskool Robot Heroes, but super articulated and slightly SD. I hope they make a female character in that scale soon. The larger scales are not blindboxed and come in larger holographic packaging specific to the character you want.
I was at a little collectible shop last weekend and I was happy to see this second Transformers One assortment already available (among multiple previous Transformers assortments as well as Sesame Street and Marvel). Luckily Elita-1 was (by far) the lightest-weight character in the counterbox, so I easily nabbed her on the first try. Let's check out Elita-1 below!
Inside the box, there are 43 pieces and a Cyberton Fawn accessory.
Elita-1 also comes with small plastic Collector's Card. This is small; a little bigger than an SD card.
The Cybertron Fawn was a fun and unexpected accessory.
It is highly detailed, but unarticulated.
Time for some Group and Comparison Pics!
Here are the two Elita-1 figures from Blokees so far. On the left is the Classic Class version from last year, and on the right is the new blindbox Galaxy Version. I much prefer the design/proportions of the Classic Class, but she is double the price at $16 versus $8 for the smaller one.
And here are all my Transformers One Elita-1 figures so far: From Left to Right: The Hasbro Robot Battler, the Yolopark 5" Cog-Less Mode, Blokees Classic Class Model Kit, Blokees Galaxy Version Model Kit, the Yolopark 7" Cogged Mode, and the Burger King Kid's Meal figure.
Cheers!
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