Toy review roundup
Dan Wakerhauser reviews the Marvel Toys Legendary Comic Book Heroes Conan the Barbarian and Wrarrl, and Clownface and Panda two-packs. Excerpt: “I don’t know how legendary these heroes can be since Conan is the only one I’ve ever heard of …”
Dan Wakerhauser also reviews the Hasbro Marvel Legends Black Queen Toys R Us exclusive figure. Excerpt: “As the Black Queen, Jean Grey’s costume consisted of a corset, briefs, long gloves, boots, a choker and a cape. The figure gets at least half of it wrong.”
Josh Bernard reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Yotsuba figure. Excerpt: “If you are not into cute, this is not the toy for you.”
Thomas Wheeler reviews the Hasbro Transformers Movie Deluxe Barricade figure. Excerpt: “… there’s no question that Barricade is a cool toy, and an excellent representation of the movie character …”
Adam Pawlus reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Stalker figure. Excerpt: “25 years later, it seems the toy business still works pretty much the same way.”
yo go re reviews the Art Asylum Minimates Stargirl and S.T.R.I.P.E set. Excerpt: “This is a very cool set of Minimates, without any real shortcomings.”
Scott Rubin reviews the Art Asylum Star Trek Minimates Captain Kirk & Vina, Captain Pike & Spock and Scotty & McCoy two-packs. Excerpt: “They have great articulation and really perfect likenesses that bring out the individual characters.”
Retro reviews
Tom Prankerd reviews the 1985 Tonka Gobots combiner Puzzler. Excerpt: “It shouldn’t work, but it does, and very well at that, resulting in a surprisingly solid robot.”
Josh Bernard reviews the 2000 Unifive Choshingokin Daikyojin DX set. Excerpt: “The Daikyojin DX set is a remarkable toy, one that has modern engineering while maintaining the old school styling.” (See also.)
John Muir reviews the 1976 Mattel Pulsar: The Ultimate Man of Adventure figure. Excerpt: “He didn’t have the advantage of his own TV show, so maybe I need to create one. Now I just need to find someone with a see-through torso…” (See also.)
Simon Skey does a video review of the 1987 Hasbro Transformers Headmaster Mindwipe figure. Excerpt: “… it really does show that by the late 80s Hasbro really were just churning them out for the sake of churning them out.”