For those of you who haven't watched the movie yet, here's a brief summary. The movie follows the story of 14 year old robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada along side his robot partner Baymax and his college friends, as they proceed through their origin story; defeating a villain and becoming Big Hero 6.
I personally liked this movie much more than Frozen (and I really, really loved Frozen). Although I am sure it will not become as big as Frozen instantly while in theatres, I can see that over time it will become a growing franchise that can span more than just a movie and a sequel.
The characters were created almost perfectly with just the right amount of flaws and a great deal of variety in terms of their personality and physical traits.
My favourite character from the movie is one of Hiro's friends - Honey Lemon. Honey is a chemical engineer, and as such her weapon includes a robotic purse with the ability to create chemical bombs of different combinations and effects by simply pushing buttons on her purse. Here's the thing - these buttons are in the shape of the periodic table - meaning, she can punch in certain chemicals that will combine into a chemical ball that she can use tactically against her target. Memorizing the periodic table is hard enough, but to be able to quickly punch in the correct series of elements to combine into the exact reaction you want? Under pressure and time sensitive too - very difficult.
Today, I have a few Honey Lemon specific merchandise to review!
This includes the classic doll, plush and funko pop figure!
I'll begin with her classic doll. Here she is in her box.
A close up of her artwork
Side of her box, features her name.
The back of her box.
I think it's cool that the back of her box has this futuristic looking "description" of the doll.
More box art
Out of the box
Close up of her outfit. You can see that she comes with super tiny chem capsules (these are a choking hazard and should be taken into consideration when purchasing).
Her shoes.
Her purse.
The chem capsules.
Here she is completely out of the box.
She can stand well on her own without a stand, and her visor flips up (a nice little detail)
A close up on her face.
Her shoes are very shiny and metallic wedges.
Back of the doll. Her hair has lighter coloured streaks in it! Very nice touch and adds more colour to this doll.
Another nice small detail of this doll is that her uniform is very movie accurate. Her thumb goes through the sleeve the same way it does in the art work, separated from the other fingers.
Another nice thing about this doll is the purse (which is semi-functional with the chem capsules).
Taking a look at her accessories, we can see that her helmet is extremely well done in terms of paint job and movie accuracy.
The purse has been changed from this version to the version in the movie which took away the cute bear parts and includes the periodic table on the heart. (I like the animal parts and will include the periodic table - hand made and re-created using photoshop)
These small capsules all fit into the purse - however I recommend keeping them in the box if you plan to display her, as these are definitely easy to lose.
Her chest plate is actually not one solid piece.
It comes apart into two pieces and snaps on easily onto the doll.
Here she is in comparison to her funko pop.
Moving along, here we have the Honey Lemon Funko Pop figure.
Here she is out of the box. Due to her large head and hair, she is quite top heavy and requires a stand. The stand snaps onto a hole on one foot via a peg on the stand.
Side view
Back view
Top view
The funko pop figure is very well made, and the stand was an extremely good idea for this figure. Collectors can definitely appreciate these stands being put to use in more of this figure line.
Next up is the Honey Lemon Plush!
It is a chibi looking plush with very anime-esque eyes.
The back of the plush
The plush even includes her purse.
The eyes are embroidered evenly and the colours work very well together.
Last but not least is the very popular Baymax plush!
This plush is very soft, however, because he is white, extra care should be taken to ensure he doesn't get dirty.
His arms are jointed! Something new I haven't seen in a disney plush, that adds just the right amount of character to this toy.
He is able to stand on his own because he is weighed down by beans in both of his feet.
That concludes my review! Hoping there is more merch to review coming up! If you haven't seen the movie yet, I highly recommend that you do!
