Toy review roundup
John Muir does a retro review of the 1978 Milton Bradley Star Bird Avenger toy. Excerpt: “The ship was truly state of the art for the time, because if you had two Star Birds they could electronically duel with each other.” (See also.)
Thomas Wheeler reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe Sigma Six Snake Eyes Ninja Tracker ATV. Excerpt: “The file card also does a nice job of answering a question in the back of my mind, which was — What the heck is a ninja doing driving an ATV?”
Matthew Kessen reviews the Hasbro Marvel Legends Fantastic Four Series Doctor Doom figure. Excerpt: “This is Doom as he should look.”
Jerry Reed reviews the NECA Resident Evil 10th Anniversary Licker, Crimson Head Zombie, Hunter and Tyrant figures. Excerpt: “They manage to nicely balance the fine line between being effective monster figures and being just downright repulsive and sick.”
yo go re reviews the 2000 Vital Toys Columbia, Frank N Further and Riff Raff figures from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Excerpt: “Vital Toys’ Rocky Horror Picture Show figures are pretty terrible. Even more terrible than the show itself!”
Monkey Boy reviews the Hot Toys Alien Warrior from Aliens. Excerpt: “Any figure that costs this much deserves to be handled with extreme care, but right out the package this guy had more issues than 99% of the $10 toys I usually buy.”
Dan Wakerhauser reviews the Marvel Toys Legendary Comic Book Heroes series 1 figures. Excerpt: “… these are really well done figures and a line that should be well worth supporting.”
Michael Crawford reviews the McFarlane Toys Spawn 32 Adventure of Spawn Tremor, Raven Spawn, Agent 8 and Creech figures. Excerpt: “… if you’re like me and love any animated style, these will be some of your favorite Spawn figures in years.”
Sanjeev reviews the 1991 Robot House/Biliken The Mummy tin figure. Excerpt: “Billiken–perhaps more famous for their high-quality, realistic vinyl tokusatsu kits and figures–are NO slackers when it comes to tin. And that quality clearly shows in these toys.”
Toy links
Masterpiece Ultra Magnus powered up. [via]
Marc De Repentigny’s custom kit transforms a Masterpiece Optimus Prime or Ultra Magnus figure into a fully armoured Masterpiece G1 Ultra Magnus. The armour parts also transform into a car carrier trailer. The Buy It Now price was a mere 540 dollars. (More.)
Legostyle. [via]
Izzo has created some incredible Lego mecha and dragons. Visit his his Brickshelf gallery.
Death Note.
Hock’s classy digirama featuring the Medicom Yagami Light and Amane Misa figures.
Death Note, too.
Stanley has some nice photos of the Medicom figures of Yagami Light and L.
Buster Tank.
A kitbash by Nathaniel S. Barrera. Be sure to check out his heavily armed Strike and the Zaku diorama as well.
Faiz moves.
Rally customised a 1/6 scale vinyl Kamen Rider Faiz figure to make it posable.
Takara Tomy Heli-Q. [via]
It’s claimed to be the world’s smallest remote controlled toy helicopter.
Upcoming Yattaman merchandise.
Takara Tomy is expecting USD100 million in sales from the Yattaman franchise.