Toy Fair 2016: Night’s King and New Funko Mysteries Minis
By Ani Bundel
Toy Fair 2016 was held up in New York this weekend, with all the major companies rolling out their wares for the upcoming year. The two major announcements in the Game of Thrones category came from Dark Horse Deluxe and FunkoPop.
First up, the newest figurine from Dark Horse. Known for their 8-inch artistic recreations of the major figures in the Game of Thrones series, at the Toy Fair this weekend, they introduced the 24th character in the ongoing production line, and it’s one you might not have expected.
The Night’s King: that mysterious yet terrifying figure that stood by and watched as Jon Snow defeated one of his generals below with a sword he had never seen before. However, the Nights King is more remembered for standing on the shoreline at Hardhome after the battle was lost, and raising his arms, and the Daed along with them.
Dark Horse’s Product Development head David Scroggy made a statement:
The Night King’s confrontation with Jon Snow in the aftermath of the Hardhome battle is one of the most dramatic moments of Game of Thrones to date. We are very excited to have captured the power of this character in a stunning new figure.
Also released at the Toy Fair were the newest series of characters from the very collectible and slightly addicting Funko Pop series. The leak of the new series earlier this week proved to be dead-on for the main characters being released. (Those are now available for pre-order, by the way.) But the company also announced the Mystery Minis, which we had not gotten a look at before now. The picture of them from the fair booth comes from PopVinyls:
I love the little Arya in her Braavosi outfit, as well as Dany in her regal white gown and the smaller versions of Margaery and Melisandre that match the ones that came out with the new line. (Full disclosure, I have the full-sized ones of those two on pre-order.)
The Mystery Minis will be out next month along with the regular sized characters. Finally, there’s Funko’s new line of Dorbz. It just keeps getting cuter:
