Toy links
Haim Saban’s Lord of the Rings.
Warning: Do not watch Sean Mario’s reimagining of J.R.R’s saga with a mouthful of tea. (See also.)
Microman versus cat.
A Takara Microman Spyboy ad.
MagneSaurer.
A transforming Microman Magnepower custom by misodrill.
Hot Toys Apexplorers T-Rex pictorial.
Figures designed by Winson Ma.
Ben Procter’s Transformers movie designs.
“Designing robots for the Transformers movie was literally a dream job for me. As a kid, I collected robot toys from a variety of anime, pored over the pages of Hobby Japan, drew lots of robots and of course loved the Transformers cartoon.”
The action figure protest.
“That is still an illegal gathering of toys.”
Toy review roundup
yo go re reviews the Hasbro Transformers Real Gear Robots High Score 100 figure. Excerpt: “It’d be cool if he was a little bit bigger, but this is still one of the best Real Gear Robots …”
Ben Yee reviews the Hasbro Transformers Robot Replicas Optimus Prime figure. Excerpt: “The non-transformable nature of the figure may turn some people off, but if you’re into figures that are fun, well sculpted and posable, this one’s for you.”
Michael Crawford reviews the Mattel DC Superheroes Bruce Wayne to Batman and Clayface figures. Excerpt: “Clayface is going down as one of, if not THE, best figure for this year.”
Poe Ghostal reviews the Marvel Toys Legendary Comic Book Heroes Judge Death figure. Excerpt: “This is almost a perfect translation of Brian Bolland’s art …”
Dan Wakerhauser reviews the Marvel Select Skrull and Brood set. Excerpt: “… this isn’t two full figures. It’s the accessories from two figures.”
Jerry Reed reviews four Hasbro 25th Anniversary G.I. Joe wave 2 figures. Excerpt: “… nothing I have experienced this year has equaled the thrill I experienced when I found out I could finally remove Beachhead’s crossbow!”
Josh Bernard reviews the Takara Tomy Convoy feat. Nike Free 7.0 sneaker-robot. Excerpt: “… you would think at least they could have made a quality toy out of this, and that just did not happen.” (He also reviewed the Megatron variant.)
RC Mania reviews the Tyco RC N.S.E.C.T Robot. Excerpt: “It’s extremely loud … and it’s so heavy that the feet actually strike the ground like hammers.”