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.”