Beware his power
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by CelloC.
Japanese toy review roundup
The following reviews are in Japanese but they include a generous amount of photos so they’re well worth checking out.
K2O and Hanegaru review the Takara Tomy Zoids Generations ZGe-004 Liger Red Hiou Dengeki Hobby mail order exclusive kit.
Momodani reviews the Banpresto Special Creative Model Exia A and B prize item sets from the Gundam 00 series.
Mojya and Soh-dr review the Bandai S.I.C Kamen Rider Agito and Machine Tornado set. (See also.)
Gamu reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Allspark Power Landmine figure. (See also.)
Ken Murasame reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Allspark Power Incinerator figure. (See also.)
Hinatatiki reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Movie Final Battle Jazz figure. (See also.)
Kuronuko Yamato reviews the the Kaiyodo Revoltech Brocken (red version) Friend Shop exclusive figure from the Patlabor OVA. (See also.)
Syuuamamori reviews the the Kaiyodo Revoltech Ingram 1 (movie edition) figure and Ingram 2 (movie edition) Friend Shop exclusive figure from the Patlabor movie.
K3 reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Danboard (a.k.a Danbo) and Amazon variant figures from the Yotsuba&! manga. (See also.)
Jongara reviews the Bandai Mugenbine Mugen Go Shinjuu MugenAnubis, MugenSphinx, MugenRa, MugenScorpion and MugenSebek candy toys, and their combined form, MugenPharaoh. (See also.)
Retro reviews
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Bandai Bunborger 99 Ballstar and Keshistar figures. (See also.)
G.S.R reviews the Bandai Voice Formation V-Rex Robo DX set from the Mirai Sentai Timeranger series.
K2O reviews the Takara Cyberformula Protjaguar Z-6 1/48 scale kit.
One of those days
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by nicasaurusrex.
Toy links
Training.
A neat Photoshop’d image of a Stikfas Warrior Monk.
Fox Sports Robot custom.
Scroll down for a fine custom figure inspired by The Four Horsemen’s Machine Kingdom.
Starscream ver. Lego.
A transforming MOC by Schide. (Check out the GaoGaiGar MOC, too.)
Juan Customs and Toys.
There are a lot of custom action figures to be found here including custom Microman and Micronauts figures. See the Microworld pages for soap opera-ish fan bios for the new Microman figures.
He-Man! (Disclaimer: may not include man parts.)
“I was inspired when I walked into a store and found a soft squishy man-chest.”
Blogroll grows
Added the Lego art Flick group to the Lego section and The Dinosaur Toy Blog to the Blog section of the blogroll.
Superman versus Optimus Prime
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by Nick Bowers.
In Optimus Prime We Trust
Hollywood Optimus Prime.
This is the best costume we’ve seen.
Shinkis love Optimus Prime.
(See also.)
Optimus Prime beats Geoge Washington. [via]
(See also.)
Optimus Prime is a kind of magic.
Optimus Prime gets under your skin.
(See also.)
Optimus Prime has a cardboard personality.
Optimus Prime has feet of clay.
Laa-Laa took the cancellation the hardest
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by BeccaG.
Toy links
Bukiborg fanmodes.
Kita082’s creations based on the Kabaya candy toys.
Prime versus Megatron.
A modern reenactment of that classic scene from the 1986 movie. (FLV format, 4.84MB. The direct link is here.)
Ultra Magnus has some issues to work out.
Role-playing aids the self-improvement process.
Where Toys Come From.
A fantastic article about toys and the toy industry from a 1986 issue of The Atlantic.
Really hot wheels.
“In November, Bonhams held an auction of one man’s lifetime collection of Matchbox models.” The winner “… paid well over $25,000 for the entire collection.”
Blogroll updated
Added Flickr Busou Shinki group to the blogroll and the Busou Shinki links list.