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The Toyark › General Toy News › Kidrobot 4-Inch Scale Foam Madballs – Toyark Photo Shoot

Kidrobot 4-Inch Scale Foam Madballs – Toyark Photo Shoot

Posted on March 10, 2017 at 10:10 am by Joe Moore under General Toy News, Random Photo Shoot

Of all the recent Madballs releases, the 4″ scale foam Madballs by Kidrobot were my most anticipated. This assortment of classically styled Madballs are similar sculpts to our previously reviewed Blind Box Madballs Mini-Figures and the Madballs Keychains. Standing about 4″ tall each, these are made of a very dense foam and feature highly detailed sculpts at a collector friendly price. Included in the assortment are:

  • Screamin’ Meemie
  • Skull Face
  • Slobulous
  • Horn Head
  • Oculus Orbus
  • Dust Brain

Toyark sponsor Entertainment Earth provided us with the first assortment and we have over 35 photos of the new 4″ foam assortment. Check out the photos and my review of the new Madballs after the jump.

Entertainment Earth

Related Entertainment Earth Links: Madballs 4″ Screamin’ Meemie, Madballs 4″ Dust Brain, All Madballs Collectibles

Kidrobot 4″ Scale Foam Madballs

Pros

  • Excellent sculpts
  • Detailed paint deco
  • Dense foam adds good weight to them
  • They bounce!
  • Good price

Cons

  • Packaging is very minimal

Overall
Now this is what I’ve been waiting for. As much as I enjoyed the Madballs mini-figures, the 4″ foam versions were the ones I had my eye on from the beginning. Each Madball comes in a nylon net package with a cardboard hanging tag. The very minimalistic packaging approach is all about showcasing the individual Madballs. Though, once opened there’s no point in keeping the packaging at all.

The Madballs themselves are essentially perfect. At 4″ they’re larger than the original 80’s versions. These are a little larger than a softball, while the classic ones were tennis ball sized. As with the smaller ones released by Kidrobot, the design and sculpts are top notch. Details are sharply sculpted and the faces are as creepy, funny and grotesque as can be. There’s a bit of mold flashing on a few of them, but that’s expected on this type of all foam release. After reviewing the smaller releases, I expected these to have stellar paint jobs, and I wasn’t disappointed. the paint lines are mostly clean, with just a bit of bleed on a few of them, with Oculus Orbus being the most noticeable. The colors, though, are bright and enhance the sculpts nicely. There’s a very dark paint wash over each one, filling in each crack and crevice, punching up the gritty look of the Madballs.  Overall they looks awesome in hand and are by far my favorite of the Kidrobot releases.

Fans will be happy to know that getting these 4″ versions won’t break the bank. they are priced at $9.99 each, which is the same price for the smaller cartoon style Madballs by Just Play. So for the same price you get a larger, more detailed and classically styled version of each character. Check out some highlight photos below with the full gallery after that.

You can grab The Building pop-up dio used here from Extreme-Sets.

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› Companies: Kidrobot › Characters: Skull Face, Horn Head, Oculus Orbus, Slobulus, Dust Brain, Screamin' Meemie

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Discussion / Comments (Jump to this Thread on the Forum)

  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    03-10-2017, 08:09 AM

    Kidrobot 4-Inch Scale Foam Madballs – Toyark Photo Shoot







  2. Tony_Bacala's Avatar Tony_Bacala says

    03-10-2017, 09:28 AM

    That is a beautiful ugly pile of balls! I hope they keep on, and work in some new ones.

  3. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    03-10-2017, 09:42 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tony_Bacala View Post
    That is a beautiful ugly pile of balls! I hope they keep on, and work in some new ones.
    There's a lot of original characters to get through, plus the Super Madballs (even if they're just small versions), and all the unreleased designs. It'll probably be awhile before we get a good slate of original designs. I'd also love to get a Freakella from the cartoon.

  4. evilekim's Avatar evilekim says

    03-10-2017, 09:58 AM

    I got the Skull Face and Dust Brain the other day. I really like the designs! Classics! These are my favorites so far as well. If I had any complaints, I think they are a little too big and I wish they were softer. These would probably hurt if you hit somebody with one. Cool pictures!

  5. Satam's Avatar Satam says

    03-10-2017, 10:00 AM

    Anybody know where to get these things?

  6. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    03-10-2017, 10:04 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Satam View Post
    Anybody know where to get these things?
    Kidrobot Madballs Toys, Action Figures, Key Chains: Entertainment Earth

    BigBadToyStore.com Search

    Toys"R"Us/Babies"R"Us

  7. Tomax has no avatar! Tomax says

    03-11-2017, 05:02 PM

    ohh this i like, classic. will be buying these soon

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