I checked one of the local Toys R Us stores near me this afternoon and saw that they now have the Funko Game of Thrones 3.75" figures. I had been thinking about getting into this line, and I had seen them a few months back in another store. On that occasion I had my daughter with me and she just did not have a whole lot of patience, so I didn't have a whole lot of time to check them out.
Today I finally had the opportunity to take a good look at most of the figures in the line: Jon Snow, the Night's King, the White Walker, the Magnar of Thenn, Ygritte, Sam and Rattleshirt. Funko must have some great photographers or people prepping these figures for the photo shoots, because the figures I saw today at TRU were REALLY disappointing. I had given Funko the benefit of the doubt with the ReAction line since I kind of got the concept. Those figures reminded me of ones from the 80's, like the Battlestar Galactica line, or lines for The Black Hole or Buck Rogers. And on figures for Alien I thought the concept translated well since that movie came out in 1979. But this GoT line seemed like it was a step up in terms of articulation and sculpting from the ReAction line, at least based on the promo photos. Seeing them in person and giving them a good look was the deciding factor though. Maybe I'm being a bit critical about the product. And I think I'm definitely being a bit more frugal about what I'm willing to spend my money on. But I really liked Funko's 6" GoT figure line a lot more than these 3.75" figure offerings.