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FenixFiesta



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 11:24 pm Reply with quote
Clearly a reference to Metroid Other M, a game deserving of a thumbs down.
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AnthonyC8



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 12:04 am Reply with quote
FenixFiesta wrote:
Clearly a reference to Metroid Other M, a game deserving of a thumbs down.

*shots fired*
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 2:55 am Reply with quote
The bit about the amiibo at the end reminds me of how I'm deliberately looking for a defective amiibo--not for the increased price, but because they used to be frequently detached from their stands, and I want to use the bare stand to put a non-Nintendo figurine onto it.

The thumbs-down Mario Bros. are definitely worth a chuckle though. They gladly disapprove of you!
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belvadeer





PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:23 am Reply with quote
Now just imagine Mario saying all his usual encouraging lines with a thumbs down. Ouch. XD
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chito895



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:05 am Reply with quote
FenixFiesta wrote:
Clearly a reference to Metroid Other M, a game deserving of a thumbs down.


But I liked that game Sad Shame on me.

Those defective toys might be valuable sometime, though.
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meruru



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 10:51 am Reply with quote
If you observe closely, the defective Mario's hand is just rotated (his fingers are facing out), but defective Luigi actually has a left hand placed on his right arm, as although he's giving thumbs down, the back of his hand is facing out. Luigi probably has Mario's hand.
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supersqueak



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:04 pm Reply with quote
That thumbs down looks painful.
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Mizuki-Takashima



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:08 pm Reply with quote
It's even funnier when you remember that a "thumbs down" is basically the same thing as "flipping someone off", depending on who you ask Laughing
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 12:21 am Reply with quote
Upon closer observation I could tell that the hands were manipulation to make that "thumbs-down" version of the figures. In the third picture of Mario's thumbs-down figure, there seems to be some superglue residue on his sweater.
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