So, my sister-in-law emailed my wife, somewhat plaintively, to ask “What’s with all this Five Nights at Freddie’s stuff with the nephews, anyway?” My wife waxed poetic on the subject. Also, profane.
As do I. Dear Lord, but I loathe this game. Mostly because they’re trying to sell to kids. I mean, it’s not hurting either of them – otherwise, we’d shut it down, of course – but marketing a horror game to kids under ten is a bit much.
Short Short Version of the Five Nights at Freddie’s (FNAF) mythology:
A psychopathic “Purple Guy” killed some kids at a pizza parlor. The ghosts of the kids haunted him, chasing him down. He tried to hide inside a mechanical character suit (“Springtrap”) but the suit was defective, the springs went sproing and crushed him to death. His death did not apparently let the dead kids’ souls rest, because they possessed the pizza parlor animatronics.
The FNAF game occurs well after all that; the player is a security guard at the pizza parlor and has to survive five nights of work. The haunted animatronics (Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy in the original) wander around the place. If they see the night guard, they will think he is an animatronic endoskeleton and try to stuff him into an animatronic skin. This will kill him, so you have to prevent the robots from getting you. Cheerful shit, isn’t it?
Anyway, that’s the first game. I’m a little fuzzier on games 2-5. Game 2 introduced “the Mangle” or “Mangle,” which is the pink and white fox. Game 3 might be where the “phantom” versions of the characters came in. THere’s a “Golden Freddy” that shows up for some damn reason or another. Also the kids insist that “Fred Bear” is different from “Freddy Fazbear” and I have no idea why. Game 4 had the “toy” and “nightmare” versions of the animatronics, as it occurs in a boy’s home. Game 5 introduces a “Sister Location” with two new characters (Circus Baby and Ballora) and pink “funtime” versions of Freddy and Foxy. Also there is a robot called “Eddurd” at the end, and a running gag about “Exotic Butters.” So far no plushes of these new characters.
I am planning to make a basket of fake “exotic butters” basket for [Younger Child] for Christmas. We have hidden a purple Phantom Freddy, a Toy Freddy, Nightmare Freddy and a Marionette (oh yeah… supporting character from game… 2? Marionette, Balloon Boy, and a goddamn cupcake. No idea what the cupcake is about. And the original Chica got replaced by a sexier version, because the world is an awful place.)
ANYWAY TO ANSWER YOUR ACTUAL QUESTION
Yes, generally speaking, [Elder Child] is into the Freddy Character and [Y.C.] is into Foxy, but [Y.C.] is actually into ALL THE THINGS.
[E.C.] specifically wants the Phantom Freddy and the Toy Freddy, but he is okay with [Y.C.] having the Nightmare Freddy (to go with the Nightmare Foxy), which is good, because [Y.C.] says he wants that one. Haven’t decided yet if they each get two plush at Christmas, or else one, and [E.C.] gets the other at his birthday (which was the original plan) and [Y.C.] gets the other with his allowance. The official Funko plushes are 6″; there’s another maker called Sanshee which has some 10″ ones that don’t suck and I think are licensed. But look out on ebay and amazon because there are a lot of Chinese fakes that use the pictures of the real ones. Look at the customer reviews. If you are even buying a plush, I’m just assuming here and maybe you are just making a Foxy set and a Freddy set. (By the way, [Y.C.] had me paint a box grey today so he can make his own Sister Location (Game 5) prop – so I think the sets will be a HUGE hit!)
Plushes still in the wild, not yet in our Pokeball –
The fuckin’ cupcake. They have actually asked for it, too. (either kid)
https://www.amazon.com/Funko-Nights-Freddys-Cupcake-Plush/dp/B01IO95BX4/Toy Chica. Not sure if I’ve heard them actually ask for this one, but plushie lust is all-consuming. Gotta catch them all. [Y.C.]
https://www.amazon.com/Funko-Nights-Freddys-Chica-Plush/dp/B01IO951EI/Green version of Foxy. Phantom? Possessed? Airsick? No idea. [Y.C.]
https://www.amazon.com/Funko-Nights-Freddys-Exclusive-Plush/dp/B01MG9FQ8K/Golden Freddy, requested by [E.C.]
https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Freddy-Exclusive-Freddys-Collectible/dp/B01CXOTI3K/Possessed Fredbear. Not Funko, Spud still wants. Think it’s like the previous Golden Freddy? Think again! THE HAT IS PURPLE. Makes all the difference.
https://www.amazon.com/Microplush-Possessed-Fredbear-Plush-10inch/dp/B01GPWVOD8/Nightmare Bonnie. I have never even *seen* this one before and it’s freaking $60, but I include it for exhaustive completeness. [Y.C.] would surely add it to his “Nightmare” version set.
https://www.amazon.com/Funko-Freddys-Exclusive-Limited-Nightmare/dp/B01MYMB41V/Oh, wait, there’s more. I think they breed when I sleep.
Nightmare Mangle (or it is Funtime Foxy? Who knows!)
https://www.amazon.com/Nights-Freddys-Nightmare-Mangle-Exclusive/dp/B01LZMIGL0/In case one cupcake wasn’t enough: NIGHTMARE CUPCAKE. I don’t even.
https://www.amazon.com/Nights-Freddys-Nightmare-Cupcake-6-Inch/dp/B01MG1TFA6/For your visual reference, they do sell action figure sets with places from the games. If you look at the recommended purchases below this one, it’ll give you the names of the locations in the game. You can Google Image Search screenshots or YouTube videos or whatever you need. Probably want to avoid the creepy-ass fan art, though.
https://www.amazon.com/Nights-Freddys-Pirate-McFarlane-Construction/dp/B01J6DUUII/…I think I need to get [Y.C.] a laundry bag to cart all these things around in. Because you know they migrate down to the living room every morning, and then up to bed for nighttime cuddles. Every day. Like, a dozen of these things. Mom is in heaven, laughing her ass off.