Mr. Stuffins #1 review
I know, what was I expecting? I’m a sucker for a good “teddy bear coming to life and running around with a gun” story. Problem was this one wasn’t good, but it did have a talking teddy bear with a gun.
The story was reminiscent of a bad 80’s kid’s movie. I predicted almost every moment of this book, as it played out like a bad formula for a straight to VHS movie. Here’s the plot: a guy has some high tech disc. Bad guys are chasing him; he runs into a toy store. He puts the disc in a talking teddy bear, marking the box and hoping to return. A boy is shopping with his dad and buys the bear. He gets the bear home and it starts talking about a secret missioon and grabs a gun. Crazy!!!
The art is better than the story, but that’s not saying much.
I thought Boom! Studios wouldn’t put out something so trite and perceptible. I assumed that Mr. Stuffins would offer something unique, worthy of $3.99. See what happens when you assume? I still like the title and the cover.
2 out of 5
I remember the old “disc in the teddy bear” trick from the 80s, too. I always wondered how that worked. Wouldn’t whatever you’re putting the disc into have to be designed to walk and talk in the first place? Wouldn’t the software on the disc need to be designed specifically to make a teddy bear walk, talk, and “bear arms,” if you don’t mind the awful pun?
Damn you, Boom! <– That wasn’t meant to be an exclamation, but if you end a sentence with their studio name it can’t be avoided.