Where the figurine trend came from
The figurine style spread across social media soon after Nano Banana launched in 2025. People shared a single prompt that turned a selfie into a boxed collectible, complete with a monitor behind it showing the figure being sculpted, and the results looked convincing enough to pass for product photos.
It works because Nano Banana is good at two things at once: keeping a person's likeness from a reference photo and rendering realistic materials such as painted resin, clear acrylic and printed cardboard.