I think that’s supposed to be a half-eaten turkey drumstick that Hiro is “holding.” Because he’s a fat sumo wrestler. I was hoping the figures would have a glossier finish. However, the paint application is a little bit lackluster. I don’t mind the “chibi” caricature proportions of the figure. As you may be able to read in the photograph, this particular character’s name is “Hiro Thunderbutt.” Yes, you read that right. In an apparent push against the current trend of so-called “blind bags,” there’s a small window to allow buyers to see what figure they’re purchasing.Įach bag contains one figure, a 2×4 brick with the character’s faction printed on its side, and a checklist of available characters. The most basic set is the Single Character Pack. Character sets come in a variety of configurations.
We’ll only be focusing on the toys for the sake of this review. However, Sick Bricks utilizes optical recognition via the player’s tablet or smartphone camera to “beam” characters into the game rather than via NFC.
SICK BRICKS SPIN MASTER ANDROID
Taking its cue from Skylanders and Disney Infinity, Sick Bricks figures can be utilized to play a downloadable video game for iOS and Android devices. The “sick” in Sick Bricks does not refer to “ailing.” Sadly, it seems as though “sick” is more contemporary in its usage, as in, “That double kickflip frontside 1080 was totally sick, bro.” Sick Bricks is Spin Master’s second attempt to penetrate the building block market after the apparently disappointing performance of their Ionix building system. I thought I would begin with a look at a new product that was officially released in the United States this past week: Spin Master Sick Bricks.
Welcome to my inaugural review for Building Up to Something, a new blog created for the purpose of examining some of the lesser-known and more offbeat plastic building block products.