Like a fish without a bicycle
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Toy review roundup
Michael Crawford reviews the Popco Golden Compass Lyra Belacqua, Mrs. Marisa Coulter, Lee Scoresby, Lord Asriel, Serafina Pekkala, Lord John Faa, Tony Costa and the Tartar Soldier figures. Excerpt: “… the quality and play value are extremely high …”
Thomas Wheeler reviews the Bandai Power Rangers 15th Anniversary Might Morphin’ Red Ranger figure. Excerpt: “… this is really a spectacular figure.”
Jeff Parker reviews the Hot Toys Elder Predator 1/6 figure from the Predator 2 movie. Excerpt: “… best Predator so far.”
David Yeh reviews the Hasbro Star Wars Battlefront II Clone Pack Diamond Previews exclusive set from the Star Wars Battlefront II game. Excerpt: “… this is a tad too excessive for my tastes.”
David Yeh reviews the Hasbro Star Wars Battlefront II Droid Pack (part 2) Diamond Previews exclusive set from the Star Wars Battlefront II game. Excerpt: “There’s enough issues to keep this from being highly recommended item …”
Engineernerd reviews the Hasbro Star Wars Han Solo with Bespin Torture Rack set. Excerpt: “The idea of making a figure being tortured seems a little out range for what they normally consider good toys to make.”
Mark Larson reviews Lego 7620 Indiana Jones Motorcycle Chase set from the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade movie. Excerpt: “This is a great set for the price …”
yo go re reviews the McFarlane Toys Twisted Christmas Jack Frost figure. Excerpt: “… it’s a good horror figure.”
yo go re reviews the McFarlane Toys Twisted Christmas Reindeer Rudy figure. Excerpt: “… two poor design choices don’t bring this figure down all that much.”
Artemis reviews the McFarlane Toys Twisted Christmas Mrs. Claus figure. Excerpt: “… this is a McFarlane figure, which is to say she’s excellent – they may not know what a balljoint is, but McToys knows how to make a plastic statue … .”
yo go re reviews the Hasbro Transformers Masterpiece Starscream figure. Excerpt: “A must-buy.”
Ben Yee reviews the Hasbro Transformers Collectors’ Club Chromia 10 Pilot (Airrazor) exclusive figure. Excerpt: “The price pretty much means this figure is for hardcore collectors or heavy duty Beast Wars fans.”
Atom reviews the Hasbro Transformers Movie Deluxe Bumblebee (Concept Camaro version) figure. Excerpt: “… a pretty sloppy toy.”
Atom reviews the 2003 Yamato Macross Do You Remember Love Valkyrie VF-1A (Max Genius version) 1/48 scale figure. Excerpt: “… as much as I like it, I rarely feel the urge to pick it up and transform it …”
Kirk at 2950m
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Toy links
Super Danbo.
yone’s Revoltech Danbo fanmodes clearly prove cardboard is the super robot material of the future.
Bear stare.
That’s no Care Bear.
Monkey Magic.
A mecha fan-creation by toolbird1 made from the Pregoods Asoblock construction kit. (More: 1, 2, 3.)
Lego Convoy.
Hunting for bear, Lego-style.
The Four Horsemen interviewed.
“With all of the variations of characters in DC’s library to choose from …. there’s no reason that Mattel’s DC Universe Classics line shouldn’t be one of the most successful action figure lines of all time…”