Warrior cats mini figures are always remind me of how funny it would be walking in a forest just to stumble upon like 30 cats just hissing at each other (anyone who saw an irl cat fight know they basically just stare at each other menacingly and growl)
I wish there was a part in the books where an important clan meeting is happening or something and then a random dude just walks into camp and causes an awkward silence as all the cats just stare at him before he walks away and the meeting continues. I know it's too intentionally funny for Warriors but oh well.
Yeah to be honest I love nightcloud and crowfeather not as a couple but I like how they are happily divorced unlike some characters who need to be *cough* bramblestar and squilf *cough*
As a Crowfeather fan I am actually very pleased with this figure; the point of Crowfeather is not that he’s cute, he’s an angsty scrunkly pile of twigs with enormous ears, and that is what is captured here.
@@Aqua_marine84 I mean we don’t know warrior cat beauty standards maybe an angsty pile of twigs with massive ears is the pinnacle of attractiveness for them lol
i think his pupils are also too centered. the rest of the cats having a browbone makes them more expressive which makes the eyes look less… unfocused… but cloudtail’s lack of eyebrows gives him this thousand-yard-stare. if they’d moved both pupils inward just ever so slightly i think he’d look cuter.
As a technical graphics student both leafpool and Crowfeather have a LOT of angles and tangents that make them look like absolutely hideous diagrams that we’d be told to draw in class. Sorry but who designed leafpool to have an external tangent right above her eyeball??
Now that's a super interesting take and I'd love to hear more! I was looking at these through the lens of "I like cats and I like figurines so yay!" lol. But the actual technical side of figurine design would be fantastic to think about! What are your thoughts on Cloudtail's design?
@@hazelfang3570 thanks! For cloudtail, I think there’s a lot of negative space? I know he’s meant to be fluffy, however the design would look a little bit better if the scars were limited to the body or just one or two near the face. He’s never specified to have scars in any of the books and even if he did, they’d be hidden underneath all of that floof! I love how dumb and cloudy he looks
I mean, I'm torn with figures like crowfeather and cloudtail because I'm glad they're making the figure models look a little different for each cat, to make each one a little more unique, but it also comes at the cost of crowfeather's dignity and cloudtail's... well, no, cloudtail was always a goofy-ass-looking marshmallow edit: I actually like longtail's interpretation, as a longtail enjoyer, and the collar is a fun touch, but I really really wish it was like the snake, it looks kinda goofy being a part of the figure
@@Espion- true! i think it's pretty cool they're willing to change it up but i wish theyd keep like basic..design..guidelines... in mind ? because a lot of the minis genuinely dont look right bc basic design elements arent really done right and i hope they get better in the future if that makes sense
fr, beyond the weird proportions/flatness, the design doesn’t read as ‘Cloudtail’ to me. I know he grew to be an old man in later books, but, in my mind, Cloudtail should look more like his feisty and precocious younger self. This design just looks like a generic floofy old man to me.
"what do you mean about frostpaw" I'll answer that question with a question: Have you ever been inside a Spencer's Gifts? Edit: guys, i have had to actually explain that it wasn't an inappropriate leaf to visitors to my home who saw it lying out for recording. I don't know what to tell you.
If you go to 8:50 in the video, you can see the Leafpool and Mothwing figurines touching noses while Crowfeather third wheels- Mothpool fans be winning.
Ah, but you see, Frostpaw looks older because she has been eating five star leaves to try to get visions of StarClan. She is sad because the leaf she is holding is her last one, and Splashtail stole her recipe for five leaf mice brownies. It all makes perfect sense.
I think it's nice that they experimented with noticeably different head shapes this time! They don't look as chibi, but there's a lot more personality and variety :) plus I personally like the big noses. There's already so many toys with the tiny upturned button nose/snout, and as a person who was a big nosed kid (I got compared to squidward a lot too lol) it's nice to see some change. Reminds me a little bit of older generation children's toys where it's a little less conventionally "cute" but there's something to be said about how interesting and unique each one looks. Ex: 2023 beanie babies vs 1990's beanie babies. I suppose it comes down to a matter of personal taste, but I think they're charming! (and weed cat is iconic)
Tbh this might be my favorite batch so far, I agree with everything you said! It’s totally cool if people don’t like them but watching this the whole time I was like, actually liking them, glad I’m not alone lol
See, I like the big nosed figures a lot, the older sets had some large chihuahua-like noses that were still cute. But cats aren't supposed to have.. noses that droop down off their faces. I'm not sure what you mean about 2023 beanie babies, though. I don't think they still make traditional beanies, only Beanie Boos and beanie boo type beanies, with standardized big wide eyes, which have less facial diversity than the old ones did.
@@Moonkitti😂 I'll admit I felt a little wounded about you talking about hating those nose lines, since my cat art used the nose/upper eye curve as the focal point for my drawings
I get your opinions, but almost everything you said was bad about this set is what actually made them my favourite yet. They have a lot more character, they're easier to identify {for the most part}, and just look a lot more unique than the previous ones. Even as a kid collecting every cat toy I seen ever, I would have looked at the more unique ones like Crowfeather and been ecstatic he had that long face you dont see in most cat depictions. When they all look the same they get pretty boring, but all the unique shapes actually made me want to get them more than any other official merch. I would also get the nose line complaint if all of them had super cluttered stripe designs like a lot of the older ones, but this set has pretty clean faces overall that I think work well with the lines. The only one i dont particularly like is Cloudtail because he's built like a bobblehead pancake, but I can even see some charm in that design compared to the same recoloured shapes in the old sets. No hate obviously, i just wanted to share my opinions
Yeah, a lot of adults and older teenagers like the weird designs. But you need to keep in mind that how easy these are to identify is something that kids who aren't part of the internet community are going to struggle with! Kids who grew up with new covers aren't going to make the connection with crowfeather, and most of these would have looked unique without adding unnecessary cuts.
@@Moonkitti tbh, when I was a kid i always wanted more realistic looking figures, but I understand that's not the majority of kids lol. when i was like, 11 or 12 i read literally so much about cat genetics i probably knew more about it back then than i do now HVHVGJBHNJ to be fair, these designs aren't particularly realistic at all, but I do think they would have potentially appealed to me more than extra cutesy designs. i even hated beanie boos as a kid hgvfvgjbhnj (funnily enough I actually don't mind beanie boos now-)
Seeing these videos are always so interesting to me because it really shows how art is subjective. I personally thought this was their best batch yet. I honestly did not think the noses looked like a Squidward nose (until now 😅 I can't unsee it). I especially loved Frostpaw and Leafpool. I also did not link the five point star to what you're suggesting as it's clearly a leaf.. I genuinely don't believe many people would think of that comparison immediately, I mean most people I show it to are like "did they chew that in the shape of a star?? Why??" which I find funny. All in all tho, I entirely agree about Cloudtail... an absolutely travesty and he hides behind my other minis on the bookshelf. I'm also not entirely in love with Longtail, although I think his details are unique and well-planned, I wish he was cuter 😭 but he's just a soft fluffball in my heart so that's bias. Loved this video though! And don't worry, there's a market for Dovewing out there! I got super excited over Frostpaw because it gives me hope for a Rootspring, Shadowsight, and Bristlefrost mini- I NEEEED them. Goes to show there's a market for pretty much any cat lol Edit: oh my god im an idiot... i thought the five point star was suggestive of satanism or the star of david 😭😭 as an enjoyer of satanic lettuce, I didn't even put two and two together... goes to show where my mind wanders lol
@@Moony1568 Imagine. Frostpaw finds a Maple leaf that looks like a star. Oops. Now fans are theorizing that this must mean Mapleshade is coming back. Oops. Jokes aside it would be very cute
I love the big noses on the older figures. I love that they're willing to make model differences, it's the unnecessary cuts that are ruining the noses, not the size of the noses.
@@Moony1568 Don't get me wrong, I love the unique pose, but why is she holding a leaf the size of her body? I wish it was smaller and in her mouth like you said.
I think the leaf being HUGE in frostpaw has funny implications for the book. its never implied to be that big, but thinking of it that way is very funny
I think that Crowfeather’s figure might be based off the of the cat breed the Orical because that’s what his head shape and depressed expression remind me of. I don’t know, I always thought that the Erins based some cats off of other breeds, but that is just what I think.
@@Moony1568Crowfeather on the cover of the books and in the mangas often looks skinny and long like Oriental Shorthairs (and a lot of people draw him as such in art and MAPs) and his mini looks like a pathetic attempt at an Oriental with his really large, long nose bridge, large ears, triangular face, and skinny legs.
I am by no means educated in any sort of graphic design, but I think the differences in the molds are fun, it makes the characters distinguishable and feels much truer to how they are represented in the fandom. If I had the money, I would definitely have no quarrel with purchasing myself a lil Cloudy Santa and a Horse-faced Crowfeather. :]
Friends with kids who read these books, ive had three tell me "Brambleclaw is their favorite" so I am surprised he doesn't have a mini. "But he'd look just like Tigerstar" that hasn't stopped them with Jayfeather just put him in another pose. but then I'm surprised it took this long to do a Spottedleaf mini I have my weird Cinderpelt so I'm happy
longtails design honestly has to be one of my favourites out of all of the minis. hes my favourite cat and seeing him depicted as a point cat (one of, if not my favourite cat coat) is honestly so cool?? massive fan of him, ive never thought to depict him as a lynx point but this is a really nice surprise
I think they could've just made Leafpool's and Frostpaw's eyes downturned to potray their "sadness", instead of the weird lines- I definitely think they look cute with those silly lines, but it would've been better. Maybe they were going for a ... 3rd drawing kinda look? Either way the execution wasn't very good, but i love their designs. CROWFEATHER BIG EARS SUPREMACY!✨
Ngl… I actually really like these. They are super unique. I like that they all look different. The shapes and colors are much better than the previous sets in my opinion. Crowfeather looks like an oriental, which is great! I like how much they looks like themselves. However, I agree with the Cloudtail sentiment. I honestly don’t think the star looks how you think it looks. That would have never crossed my mind.
What exactly is wrong with the five pointed leaf? I'm not understanding the meaning of concern. It's just a leaf with five points to represent the five Clans (Thunder, Wind, Shadow, River, and Sky).
I appreciate that the design team is doing something unique with all the weird cuts in the vinyl, but tbh I wish they’d left them smooth and more like an LPS figure. I think fans could do a lot of cool, creative re-paints on them if they weren’t pigeonholed by every marking being physically cut into the character.
They could also just sell some "paint your own" sets, letting you select the pose and then sending you a white kitty model. I bet they would sell quite a lot!
I personally love the design for Longtail, hes somewhat reminiscent of SSS Warriors Longtail. If the collar was 3d he'd be perfect in my eyes. And as a Crowfeather enjoyer I love the figure!! He looks kinda goofy but it makes sense to me, he's this weird jagged and lanky Windclan warrior! He looks very stern and rocky! I honestly didn't even notice the nose lines until having it pointed out LOL I cant quite see the Squidward nose but I agree the lines cutting into Leafpool's muzzle marking is odd...
I actually love Crowfeather's mold, it's so him. But I agree with the review of Longtail. Spottedleaf looks okay, the stars in her eyes are a nice touch. I barely know who Frostpaw is but she looks like she's holding a weed-leaf. Edit: Now I see why I have no idea who Frostpaw is, she's from a later arc than Omen of the Stars. I stopped reading the books after that.
Tbh I like how miserable they made Frostpaw look. Like it’s just so funny to me. “Hey kid, buy the new warrior cat merch- it’s a distressed kitty”. If they sold the minis individually I’d buy several sad Frostpaws
Crowfeather's my second favorite character and I absolutely LOVE this figure It's both funny and oddly accurate to Crowfeather. His dead inside expression.. big ears... long face.. extreme frown... it's beautiful. Its perfection Cloudtail I'd also perfection, also because hes funny and legit looks like a big white pancake
I really like how leafpool’s face is. Shes furrowing her brows, timid or concerned. I think the slightly longer faces are cool. I like how crowfeather looks like a big eared cat, like an oriental shorthair. Personally I think Cloudtail looks more like. Snowtuft? Kind of menacing. If it was… like, a lot of chest fluff and less cheek fluff, it would remind me of good ol chubby cloudtail. I LOVE tabby point longtail!! Did NOT expect a frostpaw, but I’m pleasantly surprised!! Also, yay, colorpoint frostpaw
crow feathers face looks uncannily simular to one of my cats face, just weirdly long and panther like. i actually really like that, it's really cute, interesting, and one of the silliest cat face shapes there are.
@@Zelologist Sorry about the confusion! Also sorry to Moonkitti if she doesn't want this mentioned in the comments, but the joke is the leaf resembles a weed leaf lol
@@kateb6699 Thank you for the answer! With how she talked around it, I thought there were some heinous meaning behind that shape. Like some racist groups start using that star shape as a symbol or something. I was like, "what the heck did I just miss when I'm off the internet for just 3 days!?", LOL
As a longtail fan, I don't want cloudtail sitting next to him in his mushy glory. He's making me reconsider getting the set. But maybe that's the point of him. Maybe this is peak cloudtail. Maybe he's making me want the set more.
I mean if anyone was gonna have a long muzzle, it might as well be Crowfeather. A lot of people seem to imagine him as an oriental shorthair. I want to hear crowfeather do a honk meow.
I actually see Crowfeather as like... having a long nose already, so tbh the mini doesn't upset me as a Crowfeather fan. Also his big frown made me laugh hysterically
Idk I think these mini figs look the best yet, but maybe I'm just happy to see diverse body shapes. I really like the color and the designs overall, especially with Leafpool and Longtail. Idk about the nose lines, I think they're cute and don't really see the squidward nose, but they probably would be better without them, makes them less cluttered. I think the reason I found these the best looking is because of the colors. The other minifigs tend to have pretty harsh colors with markings that don't really compliment the colors. I just really like the diversity and colors of this set. Honestly my least favorite is Spottedleaf, here design just feels really cluttered. Cloudtail is goofy and I love him. He literally just fur. Longtail has my favorite design from the set cause it looks like the combined two of the most common designs for him, yellow and gray. It feels like they actually took inspiration from the fandom for him and I love the finished look. Frostpaw is cute and I really don't see the issue with the leaf. "It looks like that one leaf" nooottt really? I think the cartoon star symbol works well for Warrior cats, each point can represent a clan. And tbf them having an idea of what a star looks like similar to a cartoon star is kinda canon, considering the whole star leaf debocal in Dawn of the Clans. I don't think anyone is gonna confuse the leaf the cartoon cat is holding next to a bunch of other cartoon cat next to a cat book series as that one leaf. Crowfeather looks goofy in a good way IMO. Like he looks like he's trying to act all serious despite the fact he has a goofy face. It's cute. I really like he has a different face shape than the others, though they kinda went a bit too far. I like his big ol ears and I really like his colors. He feels like Crowfeather, a guy trying to act serious but failing to be acknowledged as serious. Idk, I just like the look of these more than past minifigs
Honestly? I like them, The weird squidward noses dont bother me, Leafpools eyes dont bother me, The unfocused eyes dont bother me, And the tangent lines dont bother me. I really like the mini figs :D Except CloudTail poor dude
I think these are actually my favourite yet tbh, they definitely look horribly weird but for some reason I still really like their design and colours. I definitely miss the cute little noses though and cuter faces
I feel like they might have designed crowfeather to look like an oriental shorthair (cat breed with huge ears, a long nose, & defined cheekbones) & taking that into consideration I actually really like the way he turned out :) It does look kind of goofy regardless but in an endearing way at least lmao
Crowfeathers ears are way too big, compared to the rest of the face. I don’t mind longtail that much, he looks great, i think he’s my favorite. but oh no. OH NO CLOUDTAIL MY BOY. WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU. MY BOY! Also, he’s like fluffy and chubby but then it’s thinner then the other minis, i think. It’s like.. skinny from the top view. Frostpaws leaf is really weird, i know (or at least i hope) it’s supposed to be a star but it’s so.. goofy. It love frostpaws mini, but it looks very sad. Please give these cats some help, and longtail some love.
I don’t get the argument for frostpaws leaf. I understand to some it looks like weed, but weed doesn’t actually look like that. Every weed logo I’ve ever seen has like six or seven points, not five. And most of the points are pointed up, not in the shape of a star. The only thing that came to my mind with the leaf (before you said anything) was the tree stars from land before time. And kids would likely think the same. Plus if people are gonna misconstrue a five pointed leaf as weed then idk how four pointed would be any better. Honestly to those people every leaf probably looks like weed. In this case I don’t think it’s at all the toys fault for you and others automatically thinking of weed.
@@Moonkitti that’s kinda the point I was trying to get at. Would any sort of pointed leaf shape not make them think of weed? You were saying a four pointed shape wouldn’t, but I’m not at all convinced of that since the five point does. Likely the only way to avoid the weed association would probably be to just not have the leaf at all. It’s just odd to me to base a review off of a preconception that the designers have absolutely no control over.
Moonkitti the clip of almost naked animals when talking about leafpool's nose gave me whiplash and i was too distracted by it to focus on what you were saying Thank you for reminding me about that nightmare of a show
Im fine just imagining Leafpool not being the prettiest. Love crowfeather being angular. But MOST? I am SO happy Longtail was made tan and not silver like described in the books. Meaning they listen to the fandom 🥰 Cloudtail being a ridiculous marshmallow is halarius but I definitely don't like the nose thing on HIM. My other complaint would be that I AT least wish firestar family stripes matched up a LOTTLE better at least
I was totally lost on the 5 pointed star thing. Initially i was like "would old people not like it bcuz 5 point star demonic star? But itd hsve to be upside down" then had to scroll through the comments to find out it was hinting to mary jane 💀
I kind of want to see Shadowsight somewhere in series six. I'd also really like to see characters from Dawn of the Clans show up in merchandise, but I highly doubt it since it seems like the writers of Warrior cats try to openly forget that Dawn of the Clans even exists 💀
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Warrior cats mini figures are always remind me of how funny it would be walking in a forest just to stumble upon like 30 cats just hissing at each other (anyone who saw an irl cat fight know they basically just stare at each other menacingly and growl)
Yea lmao
I wish there was a part in the books where an important clan meeting is happening or something and then a random dude just walks into camp and causes an awkward silence as all the cats just stare at him before he walks away and the meeting continues. I know it's too intentionally funny for Warriors but oh well.
@@rrbp7470 OMG SAMEE
@@rrbp7470
You my friend are a genius!
Would u mind if I borrow this concept for my fanfiction?...
@@Kensuke22 yeah go for it mang
as a big fan of crowfeather, I like him BECAUSE he’s pathetic and divorced. this figure is PERFECT.
Yeah to be honest I love nightcloud and crowfeather not as a couple but I like how they are happily divorced unlike some characters who need to be *cough* bramblestar and squilf *cough*
Crow feather looks like he has a lot on his mind
As a Crowfeather fan I am actually very pleased with this figure; the point of Crowfeather is not that he’s cute, he’s an angsty scrunkly pile of twigs with enormous ears, and that is what is captured here.
I know what you mean,crowfeather is a lil emo scrunkly boi but God damn he's at least meant to be canonically attractive
@@Aqua_marine84 bro what??
@@torbieginger-sh2ccyou can't tell me crowfeather managed to pull two/three she cats based on his personality.
True. I find it amusing how literally they took "why the long face?" And how much that suits Crowfeather
And Cloudtail's just so pancake
@@Aqua_marine84 I mean we don’t know warrior cat beauty standards maybe an angsty pile of twigs with massive ears is the pinnacle of attractiveness for them lol
I think Cloudtail would have been saved if they had just gave him eyebrows. Without them, he looks absolutely terrifying.
i think his pupils are also too centered. the rest of the cats having a browbone makes them more expressive which makes the eyes look less… unfocused… but cloudtail’s lack of eyebrows gives him this thousand-yard-stare. if they’d moved both pupils inward just ever so slightly i think he’d look cuter.
More catlike nose and mouth, more focused eyes, eyebrows, those would probably all help a lot while still maintaining the intention
He has soulless expressionless eyes.
He is scary 😭😭
Thank goodness I'm not the only one who noticed that 😂
As a technical graphics student both leafpool and Crowfeather have a LOT of angles and tangents that make them look like absolutely hideous diagrams that we’d be told to draw in class. Sorry but who designed leafpool to have an external tangent right above her eyeball??
Now that's a super interesting take and I'd love to hear more! I was looking at these through the lens of "I like cats and I like figurines so yay!" lol. But the actual technical side of figurine design would be fantastic to think about! What are your thoughts on Cloudtail's design?
@@hazelfang3570 thanks! For cloudtail, I think there’s a lot of negative space? I know he’s meant to be fluffy, however the design would look a little bit better if the scars were limited to the body or just one or two near the face. He’s never specified to have scars in any of the books and even if he did, they’d be hidden underneath all of that floof! I love how dumb and cloudy he looks
I mean, I'm torn with figures like crowfeather and cloudtail because I'm glad they're making the figure models look a little different for each cat, to make each one a little more unique, but it also comes at the cost of crowfeather's dignity and cloudtail's... well, no, cloudtail was always a goofy-ass-looking marshmallow
edit: I actually like longtail's interpretation, as a longtail enjoyer, and the collar is a fun touch, but I really really wish it was like the snake, it looks kinda goofy being a part of the figure
I like that they're willing to change the model, but however they're designed now it without a lot of the sensibilities they had originally..
@@Moonkitti yeah definitely true. i just prefer goofy over boring personally
@@Espion- true! i think it's pretty cool they're willing to change it up but i wish theyd keep like basic..design..guidelines... in mind ? because a lot of the minis genuinely dont look right bc basic design elements arent really done right and i hope they get better in the future if that makes sense
I've always imagined Crowfeather to have a long face, so it looks fine to me. Cloudtail, however.... yikes.
I do like the different models, and that they committed to making Crowfeather appropriately skrunkly, I just wish Cloudtail wasn’t flat.
I really wanna know how multiple people during the design phase looked at Cloudtail and said "yeah, this is good"
fr, beyond the weird proportions/flatness, the design doesn’t read as ‘Cloudtail’ to me. I know he grew to be an old man in later books, but, in my mind, Cloudtail should look more like his feisty and precocious younger self. This design just looks like a generic floofy old man to me.
It gives the vibes of them running out of time before the deadline and having to cobble together the design
In all honesty, this figure reminds me more of what I picture Yellowfang to look like.
I just absolutely adore the way Moon describes Cloudtail being a *W I D E B O Y* it's hilarious
The, "Starting a fight with Lucy" reference killed me 😭
MA! there's a weird cat outside!
IT LOOKS LIKE GRANDMA
I'm still wheezing 💀
The leaf Frostpaw is holding looks like a sweet gum, kinda like the "tree stars" from Land Before Time. I think it's a cute part of the design!
Yea, it’s cute, but it kinda looks like, uhh… the Devils lettuce? Grass? The thing that gets u sky high?
@@ST4RBURZT what do you mean??? am i dumb for not knowing what your talking about-
@@LoopsAndLops weed. It looks like weed.
@@ST4RBURZT oh-
"what do you mean about frostpaw"
I'll answer that question with a question: Have you ever been inside a Spencer's Gifts?
Edit: guys, i have had to actually explain that it wasn't an inappropriate leaf to visitors to my home who saw it lying out for recording. I don't know what to tell you.
...oh- OH! Oh no
moonkitti why
No don’t you dare
never thought I'd hear that sentence from moonkitti but hop off I guess
seems reasonable, have a good day
WC merch team: "how fluffy should we make Cloudtail?"
Harper Collins: "yes."
I think they should right these wrongs by giving us 6 more Jayfeathers next
Coming soon on April 1st:
Jayfeather 3
Jayfeather 4
Jay’s wing
Jaypaw
Jaykit
The stick
If you go to 8:50 in the video, you can see the Leafpool and Mothwing figurines touching noses while Crowfeather third wheels- Mothpool fans be winning.
LOL ❤
HAHAHA
At 14:40 aswell!
am i the only person here who thinks crowfeather looks super good?? it's giving oriental and i love it
I think crowfeather looks great. He's definitely meant to be a black smoke oriental cat.
I love that he's meant to look like an oriental! but for some reason I just feel like they could have done it better.
I like how old and skrunkly he looks
Ah, but you see, Frostpaw looks older because she has been eating five star leaves to try to get visions of StarClan. She is sad because the leaf she is holding is her last one, and Splashtail stole her recipe for five leaf mice brownies. It all makes perfect sense.
8:49 the mothwing and leafpool kissing with crowfeather watching was so funny omg 😭😭😭😭 I love it
I think it's nice that they experimented with noticeably different head shapes this time! They don't look as chibi, but there's a lot more personality and variety :) plus I personally like the big noses. There's already so many toys with the tiny upturned button nose/snout, and as a person who was a big nosed kid (I got compared to squidward a lot too lol) it's nice to see some change. Reminds me a little bit of older generation children's toys where it's a little less conventionally "cute" but there's something to be said about how interesting and unique each one looks. Ex: 2023 beanie babies vs 1990's beanie babies. I suppose it comes down to a matter of personal taste, but I think they're charming!
(and weed cat is iconic)
I agree! Charming is for sure the word I'd use here and I really loved this batch.
Tbh this might be my favorite batch so far, I agree with everything you said! It’s totally cool if people don’t like them but watching this the whole time I was like, actually liking them, glad I’m not alone lol
See, I like the big nosed figures a lot, the older sets had some large chihuahua-like noses that were still cute. But cats aren't supposed to have.. noses that droop down off their faces. I'm not sure what you mean about 2023 beanie babies, though. I don't think they still make traditional beanies, only Beanie Boos and beanie boo type beanies, with standardized big wide eyes, which have less facial diversity than the old ones did.
@@Moonkitti😂 I'll admit I felt a little wounded about you talking about hating those nose lines, since my cat art used the nose/upper eye curve as the focal point for my drawings
@@Snowstar837 addressed in the video 17:44. doing it in art is different
I get your opinions, but almost everything you said was bad about this set is what actually made them my favourite yet. They have a lot more character, they're easier to identify {for the most part}, and just look a lot more unique than the previous ones. Even as a kid collecting every cat toy I seen ever, I would have looked at the more unique ones like Crowfeather and been ecstatic he had that long face you dont see in most cat depictions. When they all look the same they get pretty boring, but all the unique shapes actually made me want to get them more than any other official merch. I would also get the nose line complaint if all of them had super cluttered stripe designs like a lot of the older ones, but this set has pretty clean faces overall that I think work well with the lines. The only one i dont particularly like is Cloudtail because he's built like a bobblehead pancake, but I can even see some charm in that design compared to the same recoloured shapes in the old sets. No hate obviously, i just wanted to share my opinions
Yeah, a lot of adults and older teenagers like the weird designs. But you need to keep in mind that how easy these are to identify is something that kids who aren't part of the internet community are going to struggle with! Kids who grew up with new covers aren't going to make the connection with crowfeather, and most of these would have looked unique without adding unnecessary cuts.
@@Moonkitti tbh, when I was a kid i always wanted more realistic looking figures, but I understand that's not the majority of kids lol. when i was like, 11 or 12 i read literally so much about cat genetics i probably knew more about it back then than i do now HVHVGJBHNJ
to be fair, these designs aren't particularly realistic at all, but I do think they would have potentially appealed to me more than extra cutesy designs. i even hated beanie boos as a kid hgvfvgjbhnj (funnily enough I actually don't mind beanie boos now-)
Seeing these videos are always so interesting to me because it really shows how art is subjective. I personally thought this was their best batch yet. I honestly did not think the noses looked like a Squidward nose (until now 😅 I can't unsee it). I especially loved Frostpaw and Leafpool. I also did not link the five point star to what you're suggesting as it's clearly a leaf.. I genuinely don't believe many people would think of that comparison immediately, I mean most people I show it to are like "did they chew that in the shape of a star?? Why??" which I find funny. All in all tho, I entirely agree about Cloudtail... an absolutely travesty and he hides behind my other minis on the bookshelf. I'm also not entirely in love with Longtail, although I think his details are unique and well-planned, I wish he was cuter 😭 but he's just a soft fluffball in my heart so that's bias.
Loved this video though! And don't worry, there's a market for Dovewing out there! I got super excited over Frostpaw because it gives me hope for a Rootspring, Shadowsight, and Bristlefrost mini- I NEEEED them. Goes to show there's a market for pretty much any cat lol
Edit: oh my god im an idiot... i thought the five point star was suggestive of satanism or the star of david 😭😭 as an enjoyer of satanic lettuce, I didn't even put two and two together... goes to show where my mind wanders lol
There are leaves irl that look like stars, so that's what my mind went to. I think I love Frostpaw too much to hate her figurine.
@@falcon_arkaigvalid cause same 😂
@@Moony1568 Imagine. Frostpaw finds a Maple leaf that looks like a star. Oops. Now fans are theorizing that this must mean Mapleshade is coming back. Oops.
Jokes aside it would be very cute
I love the big noses on the older figures. I love that they're willing to make model differences, it's the unnecessary cuts that are ruining the noses, not the size of the noses.
@@Moony1568 Don't get me wrong, I love the unique pose, but why is she holding a leaf the size of her body? I wish it was smaller and in her mouth like you said.
I think the leaf being HUGE in frostpaw has funny implications for the book. its never implied to be that big, but thinking of it that way is very funny
At least now it makes sense as to why so much of thunderclan didn’t think Cloudtail would survive as a kit, it was because he was flat.
Crowfeather got the design he deserved
I think that Crowfeather’s figure might be based off the of the cat breed the Orical because that’s what his head shape and depressed expression remind me of. I don’t know, I always thought that the Erins based some cats off of other breeds, but that is just what I think.
@@Moony1568the only one i can remember is bluestar seemingly being based on a russian blue??? idk about any others
I always imagined him as a blueish black Oriental Shorthair tbh
@@Moony1568Crowfeather on the cover of the books and in the mangas often looks skinny and long like Oriental Shorthairs (and a lot of people draw him as such in art and MAPs) and his mini looks like a pathetic attempt at an Oriental with his really large, long nose bridge, large ears, triangular face, and skinny legs.
that’s how he used to be drawn as as well. The new mini really reminded me of the Crowfeather painting on the old Twilight cover.
@@waddle..666 Yeah, definitely
I am by no means educated in any sort of graphic design, but I think the differences in the molds are fun, it makes the characters distinguishable and feels much truer to how they are represented in the fandom. If I had the money, I would definitely have no quarrel with purchasing myself a lil Cloudy Santa and a Horse-faced Crowfeather. :]
agreeed
Friends with kids who read these books, ive had three tell me "Brambleclaw is their favorite" so I am surprised he doesn't have a mini. "But he'd look just like Tigerstar" that hasn't stopped them with Jayfeather just put him in another pose. but then I'm surprised it took this long to do a Spottedleaf mini
I have my weird Cinderpelt so I'm happy
longtails design honestly has to be one of my favourites out of all of the minis. hes my favourite cat and seeing him depicted as a point cat (one of, if not my favourite cat coat) is honestly so cool?? massive fan of him, ive never thought to depict him as a lynx point but this is a really nice surprise
I think they could've just made Leafpool's and Frostpaw's eyes downturned to potray their "sadness", instead of the weird lines- I definitely think they look cute with those silly lines, but it would've been better. Maybe they were going for a ... 3rd drawing kinda look? Either way the execution wasn't very good, but i love their designs. CROWFEATHER BIG EARS SUPREMACY!✨
The less lines the better
22:09 NOT MOON CALLING THE RUSTY PLUSHIE BEFORE IT DROPPED 😂
Frostpaw and Leafpool look so, so stressed out and depressed.
I wonder why's that..
I can’t hate Cloudtail’s figure because it reminds me so much of a cat named ChouChou that I adore. He has that same 100 yard glare.
Also, the marks look less like stretch marks and more like the vinyl was 3D printed and _didn’t finish printing._
www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk491/files/styles/sf_landscape_16x9/public/media/images/Chouchou.jpeg Wow you're right. it's uncanny. the same crossed eyes even.
@@Moonkitti If you played a spot the difference with the two of them you would think they’re the same picture 😭
@@Moonkittimaybe this was the reference for the figure?? is this how the team imagines cloudtail…
Ngl… I actually really like these. They are super unique. I like that they all look different. The shapes and colors are much better than the previous sets in my opinion. Crowfeather looks like an oriental, which is great! I like how much they looks like themselves. However, I agree with the Cloudtail sentiment.
I honestly don’t think the star looks how you think it looks. That would have never crossed my mind.
Longtail has always been my favorite meowmeow and I headcanoned him as being a lynx-point tabby so his figure design is perfect to me
I think Frostpaw's leaf is hilarious, but I understand the concern.
What exactly is wrong with the five pointed leaf? I'm not understanding the meaning of concern. It's just a leaf with five points to represent the five Clans (Thunder, Wind, Shadow, River, and Sky).
@@paradox-they-them9039 ummmm, it also represents a certain ✨thing✨ that isn't exactly child appropriate.😅
@@Quin.rainbow Still not understanding to me, a 23 year old.. It's just a leaf to me.
@@paradox-they-them9039 It looks kind of like a marijuana leaf.
@@paradox-they-them9039weed leaf
If they make a Onewhisker, they should put a single mole next to his nose to get along with stubble Spottedleaf 😂
I appreciate that the design team is doing something unique with all the weird cuts in the vinyl, but tbh I wish they’d left them smooth and more like an LPS figure. I think fans could do a lot of cool, creative re-paints on them if they weren’t pigeonholed by every marking being physically cut into the character.
They could also just sell some "paint your own" sets, letting you select the pose and then sending you a white kitty model. I bet they would sell quite a lot!
Oh Crowfeather, they did you dirty. So, so, so, friggin dirty 😭
I personally love the design for Longtail, hes somewhat reminiscent of SSS Warriors Longtail. If the collar was 3d he'd be perfect in my eyes. And as a Crowfeather enjoyer I love the figure!! He looks kinda goofy but it makes sense to me, he's this weird jagged and lanky Windclan warrior! He looks very stern and rocky! I honestly didn't even notice the nose lines until having it pointed out LOL I cant quite see the Squidward nose but I agree the lines cutting into Leafpool's muzzle marking is odd...
another moonkitti review a day keeps the depression away
the sparkles in spottedleafs eyes looks like something a toothpaste manufacturer would put on their toothpaste tubes
As a huge Crowfeather fan, I would totally but this mini as it perfectly displays the old man; angry, divorced, big eared and odd
i honestly like the crowfeather lmaooo
I actually love Crowfeather's mold, it's so him. But I agree with the review of Longtail. Spottedleaf looks okay, the stars in her eyes are a nice touch. I barely know who Frostpaw is but she looks like she's holding a weed-leaf.
Edit: Now I see why I have no idea who Frostpaw is, she's from a later arc than Omen of the Stars. I stopped reading the books after that.
Frostpaw got a mini before my guy Purdy? This sin will not be forgiven
Tbh I like how miserable they made Frostpaw look. Like it’s just so funny to me. “Hey kid, buy the new warrior cat merch- it’s a distressed kitty”. If they sold the minis individually I’d buy several sad Frostpaws
9:43 MAA
THERES A WEIRD LOOKIN CAT OUTSIDE
I DONT WANT IT STARTING A FIGHT WITH LOOSY
DROP EVERYTHING! NEW MOONKITTI VIDEO!!!
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FROSTPAW’S FIGURINE IS SO CUTE!!!!
ngl i like the nose bridge
Crowfeather's my second favorite character and I absolutely LOVE this figure
It's both funny and oddly accurate to Crowfeather. His dead inside expression.. big ears... long face.. extreme frown... it's beautiful. Its perfection
Cloudtail I'd also perfection, also because hes funny and legit looks like a big white pancake
9:43 was SO FUNNY I literally love you MoonKitti
"MA! THERE'S A WEIRD CAT OUTSIDE!"
I really like how leafpool’s face is. Shes furrowing her brows, timid or concerned. I think the slightly longer faces are cool.
I like how crowfeather looks like a big eared cat, like an oriental shorthair.
Personally I think Cloudtail looks more like. Snowtuft? Kind of menacing. If it was… like, a lot of chest fluff and less cheek fluff, it would remind me of good ol chubby cloudtail.
I LOVE tabby point longtail!!
Did NOT expect a frostpaw, but I’m pleasantly surprised!!
Also, yay, colorpoint frostpaw
I'm sorry but I love Frostpaw she looks depressed and is holding a weed leaf that's the exact reason I bought her
I actually love everything about frostpaw, she looks so sad and like she's got a tree star from land before time
crow feathers face looks uncannily simular to one of my cats face, just weirdly long and panther like. i actually really like that, it's really cute, interesting, and one of the silliest cat face shapes there are.
I actually thought Leafpool was one of their cutest minis yet :0
13:27 MOON NO ITS CUTE JUST LET IT BE CUTE 😭
It’s cute until you realize what the leaf looks like
@@MOUSEBRAINED_MUSHR00Mwhat does it look like? I’m not too sure…
@@TheOneAndOnlyKittyLoverIt looks like a pentagram.
@@swaanmoh, thank you. I’ll probably reconsider buying the Frostpaw mini now.
@@TheOneAndOnlyKittyLover it’s not a pentagram it’s weed
i was on the fence about grabbing a Frostpaw but now that it's been pointed out what the leaf looks like i want her even more (i am very mature)
could you explain what the leaf looks like i’m confused 😭
@@Zelologist Sorry about the confusion! Also sorry to Moonkitti if she doesn't want this mentioned in the comments, but the joke is the leaf resembles a weed leaf lol
@@kateb6699 Thank you for the answer!
With how she talked around it, I thought there were some heinous meaning behind that shape. Like some racist groups start using that star shape as a symbol or something.
I was like, "what the heck did I just miss when I'm off the internet for just 3 days!?", LOL
I want stoner frostpaw immediately, that is all
As a longtail fan, I don't want cloudtail sitting next to him in his mushy glory. He's making me reconsider getting the set. But maybe that's the point of him. Maybe this is peak cloudtail. Maybe he's making me want the set more.
I love the idea of frostpaw being an avid weed taker.
Can't believe moonkitti predicted the Rusty Firestar (side pose) (with collar on!)
If you turn Frostpaw around you can pretend she's dovewing!
😭
It is weird that Leafpool has those nose lines when the rest of her family members do not
Crowfeather is so cursed💀💀💀
i thought i was the only one who thought he looked weird 😭
Fr though
he looks like a fox kill me
Monday left me broken in warrior cats confirmed??!??!1??1!?!1??!??1?1!1!!1!??1!
@@damlatorun6756 _🫨_
I mean if anyone was gonna have a long muzzle, it might as well be Crowfeather. A lot of people seem to imagine him as an oriental shorthair. I want to hear crowfeather do a honk meow.
I actually see Crowfeather as like... having a long nose already, so tbh the mini doesn't upset me as a Crowfeather fan. Also his big frown made me laugh hysterically
I like that leafpool has eyebrows that soften her eyes, I also actually like the leaf,
I also like that frostpaw has eyebags and looks sad
It's me, I'm the fan of Darktail who would lose her mind if he got a figure
Idk I think these mini figs look the best yet, but maybe I'm just happy to see diverse body shapes. I really like the color and the designs overall, especially with Leafpool and Longtail. Idk about the nose lines, I think they're cute and don't really see the squidward nose, but they probably would be better without them, makes them less cluttered. I think the reason I found these the best looking is because of the colors. The other minifigs tend to have pretty harsh colors with markings that don't really compliment the colors. I just really like the diversity and colors of this set. Honestly my least favorite is Spottedleaf, here design just feels really cluttered. Cloudtail is goofy and I love him. He literally just fur. Longtail has my favorite design from the set cause it looks like the combined two of the most common designs for him, yellow and gray. It feels like they actually took inspiration from the fandom for him and I love the finished look. Frostpaw is cute and I really don't see the issue with the leaf. "It looks like that one leaf" nooottt really? I think the cartoon star symbol works well for Warrior cats, each point can represent a clan. And tbf them having an idea of what a star looks like similar to a cartoon star is kinda canon, considering the whole star leaf debocal in Dawn of the Clans. I don't think anyone is gonna confuse the leaf the cartoon cat is holding next to a bunch of other cartoon cat next to a cat book series as that one leaf. Crowfeather looks goofy in a good way IMO. Like he looks like he's trying to act all serious despite the fact he has a goofy face. It's cute. I really like he has a different face shape than the others, though they kinda went a bit too far. I like his big ol ears and I really like his colors. He feels like Crowfeather, a guy trying to act serious but failing to be acknowledged as serious. Idk, I just like the look of these more than past minifigs
Honestly? I like them, The weird squidward noses dont bother me, Leafpools eyes dont bother me, The unfocused eyes dont bother me, And the tangent lines dont bother me. I really like the mini figs :D
Except CloudTail poor dude
I can't stop laughing at Cloudtail's mini, it just looks so silly
They did everyone so dirty
SHUT THE FILP UP!!1!1!1!1!1!1!!1!1!1
I love Frostpaw and Spottedleaf. Ordered that set as soon as they were available.
I'm happy to display them with my series 2 Jayfeather.
I think these are actually my favourite yet tbh, they definitely look horribly weird but for some reason I still really like their design and colours. I definitely miss the cute little noses though and cuter faces
They did Crowfeather so dirty 💀
I feel like they might have designed crowfeather to look like an oriental shorthair (cat breed with huge ears, a long nose, & defined cheekbones) & taking that into consideration I actually really like the way he turned out :) It does look kind of goofy regardless but in an endearing way at least lmao
Honestly i think the frostpaw is absolutely adorable
As an 11 year old, I can confirm that I do NOT find a flat Cloudtail with a giant head, a beard, and a mustache desirable 😭
Crowfeathers ears are way too big, compared to the rest of the face. I don’t mind longtail that much, he looks great, i think he’s my favorite. but oh no. OH NO CLOUDTAIL MY BOY. WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU. MY BOY! Also, he’s like fluffy and chubby but then it’s thinner then the other minis, i think. It’s like.. skinny from the top view. Frostpaws leaf is really weird, i know (or at least i hope) it’s supposed to be a star but it’s so.. goofy. It love frostpaws mini, but it looks very sad. Please give these cats some help, and longtail some love.
i almost kinda like what they were going for with cloudtail although i wish he was fluffy in both directions and not just Wide lmao
MJ leaves have 7 points. frostpaws star is shaped oddly but i dont really think it looks like that.
You know that. I know that. 65 year old ladies stopping by after church have no idea
Whenever Moonkitti's describing Cloudtail it genuinely just sounds like she's roasting your new boyfriend
Crowfeather looks like a dog once you see it you can't unsee it
I don’t get the argument for frostpaws leaf. I understand to some it looks like weed, but weed doesn’t actually look like that. Every weed logo I’ve ever seen has like six or seven points, not five. And most of the points are pointed up, not in the shape of a star.
The only thing that came to my mind with the leaf (before you said anything) was the tree stars from land before time. And kids would likely think the same. Plus if people are gonna misconstrue a five pointed leaf as weed then idk how four pointed would be any better. Honestly to those people every leaf probably looks like weed. In this case I don’t think it’s at all the toys fault for you and others automatically thinking of weed.
It's not about if or not it looks like weed, it's about having to explain to visitors to my home that it isn't. Which I've already had to do.
@@Moonkitti that’s kinda the point I was trying to get at. Would any sort of pointed leaf shape not make them think of weed? You were saying a four pointed shape wouldn’t, but I’m not at all convinced of that since the five point does. Likely the only way to avoid the weed association would probably be to just not have the leaf at all. It’s just odd to me to base a review off of a preconception that the designers have absolutely no control over.
I really hate that they put the leaf that was used to manipulate Frostpaw on her mini
Moonkitti the clip of almost naked animals when talking about leafpool's nose gave me whiplash and i was too distracted by it to focus on what you were saying Thank you for reminding me about that nightmare of a show
I love your vids!!!
I love the Crowfeather mini and he’s my favorite, I think he looks cute 🥺😂
I think it’s hilarious they made the box double the size for cloudtail 😂😂
I came to this video right after watching Akiras and here you are referencing it
thanks for this video, moonkitti. i was (still a little) very overstimulated and this video helped
Cloudtail is getting the anime child head-size treatment
Love ur vids!!!
i think crowfeather is meant to look like an oriental cat !
Im fine just imagining Leafpool not being the prettiest. Love crowfeather being angular. But MOST? I am SO happy Longtail was made tan and not silver like described in the books. Meaning they listen to the fandom 🥰
Cloudtail being a ridiculous marshmallow is halarius but I definitely don't like the nose thing on HIM. My other complaint would be that I AT least wish firestar family stripes matched up a LOTTLE better at least
EVERYBODY WAKE UP, ITS MOONKITTI TIME
I was totally lost on the 5 pointed star thing. Initially i was like "would old people not like it bcuz 5 point star demonic star? But itd hsve to be upside down" then had to scroll through the comments to find out it was hinting to mary jane 💀
As Cloudtail’s #1 fan, I can confirm that his mini figure horrifies me
WHAT DID THEY DO TO MY BABY? 😭😭
The way she unintentionally roasted Cloudtail 😭
For series 6 even though these won't happen I want bristlefrost and Rootspring Riverstar and gray wing and hollyleaf and dovewing
I kind of want to see Shadowsight somewhere in series six. I'd also really like to see characters from Dawn of the Clans show up in merchandise, but I highly doubt it since it seems like the writers of Warrior cats try to openly forget that Dawn of the Clans even exists 💀
Old man core Cloudtail… what a phrase