Introduction
Speaking as a mature, tax-paying grown-up, I want to complain about a lack of toys. I know. It’s not exactly a political polemic. I’m not even sure it counts as #firstworldproblems. Still, it’s something that’s bugged me in recent months, and one of those mild irritations that’s now developed into something of a rash – the depressing lack of decent gaming merchandise these days. The key word there of course being ‘decent’.
Basically, over the last few years it’s mostly disappeared without trace. Shops like Forbidden Planet used to have a ton of it – particularly things like action figures. These days, if you want to put your favourite characters on your shelf/by your PC/in one of those Ikea display cases, you’re basically screwed. And that seems a shame, because there’s something quite lovely about having a slice of a beloved game take physical life – a memento of a quest complete.
Very few games actually offer this though. Valve’s Team Fortress is a rare case of excellence, with the whole team available for a pricey but not entirely ludicrous £35 (around $50/AU$71) per member – I have the Heavy figure, and it’s a really well constructed bit of merch. Excellent paint …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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