To be honest, I love Rocket Raccoon and Spider-Ham. Raccoons have always been one of my favorite animals, so Rocket has always been a neat character to me. And Spider-Ham I thought was neat just because the idea of a Spider-Pig (predating Homer Simpson's by about 20 years) is pretty funny.
What I really don't like is paying $20 for a 3-inch figure. That's pretty fucking ridiculous. Though I only paid $5 for Rocket because the Five Below in Westland had a bunch of GOTG2 figures so I wound up getting him and Death's Head II. The Spider-Ham, though, I paid full price from Meijer in Waterford because I figured if I didn't get him then I'd never see him in a store again and he'd be even more expensive from Amazon or eBay. Besides the 3-inch figure you get a Venom Build-A-Figure chest and an alternate Venom head that's a pig. The Rocket one came with a baby Groot and the leg of a full-size Build-A-Figure Groot.
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| The 6-inch figures in the background give you an idea of scale. |
Since I was never going to get all the other figures to complete the Build-A-Figure it was pretty much a waste. Hasbro does the same stuff with some of the Star Wars ones like droids, Yoda, Jawas, or Grogu (aka "The Child" from The Mandalorian.) As much as I might like these characters, paying $20 for a half-size figure just seems ridiculous to me. On clearance or as part of a two-pack or something would at least give you better value.
Unless you have tons of money to throw around you can either buy one regular-sized figure or a half-sized figure. What do you do? #ToyCollectorProblems
What sucks is I could have waited until this year (or next year) when they came out with a Spider-Gwen that includes a smaller Spider-Ham from Into the Spider-Verse. Not that mine is bad; it just makes me feel like a chump paying $20 for half the figure.
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