Figure Research

After conducting stop motion test on the two action figures, we then began to look at the cost prices and to see what was available to us. Unfortunatly, this was much harder than originally expected. When searching online for plastic figures, many were already from TV shows or films, that we just couldn't possibly use for our music video. We continued the research further, however, many of the finding were for plastic toy soilders or toys of a similiar genre, that were attatched to a base. We knew that this would be very hard to create the illusion that the character were infact walking. On the other hand, we did manage to find collections of small plastic figures that would be ideal for the music video. However, they were much more expensive then we originally imagined and as we examined them further, learnt that many of them were already fixed in various possitions. Due to use wanting to convay various emotions and place our characters in various situations, we needed the possibilty of moving the body parts of the figures. After gathering the group together and talking about the figure situation and the research results, we've agreed to research into other toys that would allow us this possibility. We've decided the test Playmobil toys next, as these have many of the features we were originally looking for. However, after tests are conducted this will allow us to make an overall judgement on which props we will be using for the music video.