Disney Store "Inside Out" Figure Set

I missed out on getting this set of Inside Out figures from the Disney Store and really regretted it, but I was lucky enough to find them recently secondhand for only £6 including postage! Bargain! They have been played with so a couple of them have the odd scuff on them but I'm not worried about that.

The figures in the set are Bing Bong, Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger. They are all really lovely and detailed and the colours are nice and bright. They all have really great expressions, especially Fear 😄 Bing Bong is definitely my favourite from the set.

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Tomy "Inside Out" Headquarters Playset

Today I will share with you the Inside Out Headquarters playset from Tomy. Each of the emotions figures I have shown you over the past 2 days, as well as the Joy & Console set, work with it.

The box is pretty large and shows a picture of a girl playing with the playset on the front and a plastic box window in the top right so you can see the Joy figure and the memory spheres that come with it. One one side of the box it shows you what items are inside; and on the back it has a picture of the set again, also showing the other emotions figures available and how the console works with the set etc.

The pieces come in plastic bags ready to be assembled together. The pieces all just slot together. On the memory sphere wall, you can put the memory sphere's at the top and they roll down like marble run. The detail is fairly basic but good enough for what is meant to be a play toy, and even if using it for toy photography purposes, it works fine in the background for setting the scene etc.

The Joy figure that comes with the set is different to the one that comes with the console. Her facial expression is different, plus she has glitter specks in her; and also her arm and leg positioning is different. She is just as useless at standing as console Joy but is a great glower like her ;)

The console can attach to the set by removing the piece that holds the memory sphere, and replacing it with the one that comes with the Headqaurters.The whole thing then attaches to the purple base so that you can "project" the images in the memory spheres onto the big white screen at the back. Do not get excited by this feature. I was doing it in gloomy daylight so it may be better in the dark (though even then I don't think they will project as spectacularly as it implies on the box), but I tried to take a picture of one of the ones that showed up best which was Disgust's memory sphere which shows baby Riley and the dreaded broccoli!

As a set, I really love it and I think I'll have fun using it for my toy photography in the future. It would be nice if the image projection worked a little better, and I will try it in the dark to see if thats any better; but if it doesn't, I'll get over it. The thing I am curious about now is if the individual Joy figure is different again to the two I now already have. I'm off to investigate...

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Tomy "Inside Out" Figures - Sadness, Disgust, Fear & Anger

So here are the rest of the emotion figures from Tomy that match in with the Joy & Console set I posted about yesterday, and the Headquarters playset that I'll be sharing soon.

Their boxes are all the same concept, with images of each corresponding character on the front and back, as well as details on the back about the other toys available in the range.

Sadness is probably my personal favourite as I just think they have captured her character really well again and she is great to photograph from multiple angles. Her arms move and in theory she can hold a memory sphere but I did have to support it with blu tac. I tried to show her "glowing" in front of the console but she doesn't glow as well as the others. Her plastic is too thick and dark so it doesn't shine through as well as the others. It does look better in the dark though.

Disgust is my least favourite of these figures. She doesn't stand well (it took me ages to get that photo of her standing and I have several outtakes where she fell as I clicked the shutter!) and I couldn't get her to hold a memory sphere. I know Joy can't either but at least Joy glows really well. Disgust glows a lot better in real dark, but still not great in comparison to lighthouse Joy!

Fear is a pretty neat figure. His arms and legs can move (though the legs not much, just so you can make him stand a bit better) and he could hold his memory sphere easily. He also glows quite nicely in front of the console. The eyes are painted a bit wonky on mine but I think it adds to his character :)

Anger is probably the most interesting in terms of his options because you can remove the flame piece from the top of his head which is quite cool. You wouldn't want to then photograph him from above though as he has a huge hole in his head haha! His arms twist, he can hold his memory sphere really well and he glows pretty will by the console too.

I don't think I showed it yesterday but here is a picture of the Console glowing too. Again, its obviously more noticeable in the dark. I will do a little video on Instagram later to show all the figures and the console in the dark.

And finally, here's a little photo of the emotions gang all together. I had to blu tac Joy and Disgust into position (plus Anger is supporting Disgust with a sly hand on the rear hehe!).

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