To dream is to fly
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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.
SR../Blood Zwei reviews the CM’s Corporation Brave Gokin Mospeada Ride Armor Mospeada (Ray type) set.
Damien Sancho reviews the CM’s Corporation Brave Gokin Mospeada Ride Armor Mospeada (Stick type) set.
SR../Blood Zwei reviews the CM’s Corporation Mecha Action Series Balking figure and the merged form, Gaiking the Great, from the Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu series.
Kuronuko Yamato and Toybu review the Max Factory Figma SP-001 Chouyusha Haruhi Playstation 2 Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi game exclusive figure. (Toybu does a size comparison with Busou Shinki and Microman figures.)
Machu reviews the Kaiyodo Fraulein Revoltech Tohsaka Rin figure from the Fate/stay night series.
G.S.R. reviews the Bandai Mobile Suit in Action Extended Zaku II (Real Type Color version) figure.
Sappy reviews the Bandai Motion Revive Series Kamen Rider 3 Kamen Rider Hibiki and Kyosuke henshin form trading figures.
Hirohiro and Mondo review the Konami Sky Girls Ichijyo Eika on MMS figure.
Momodani reviews the Konami Busou Shinki Cradle Konami Style exclusive toy.
Momodani reviews the Bandai Chogokin Tanoshii To-Fu Oyako set.
Goe reviews the Bandai Mugenbine Mugen Go Shinjuu MugenAnubis, MugenSphinx, MugenRa, MugenScorpion and MugenSebek candy toys, and their combined form, MugenPharaoh. (See also.)
Damien Sancho reviews the Banpresto Special Creative Model Z Gundam 2nd and Z Gundam 2nd (Green Divers version) prize item figures. (See also.)
SR../Blood Zwei reviews the Bandai HCM Pro MS-06F Zaku II (New Markings version) figure.
Pokotannu reviews the Banpresto Gundam Series Kyuukyoku Henkei Mobile Suit Zaku Mazera Attack figure. (See also.)
Jongara reviews the Bandai Minipla Kemono Kobushi Gattai Gekifire Gekigorilla, Gekipenguin and Jetboard, Gekigazelle and their combined form, Gekifire, from the Juken Sentai Gekiranger series.
Damien Sancho reviews the Banpresto Gundam DX Hi-Nu Gundam Display Model Special prize figure.
Syuuamamori reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Tetsujin 28 figure. (See also.)
G.S.R. reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Danboard (a.k.a Danbo) Amazon variant figure from the Yotsuba&! manga. (See also.)
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Movie Starscream (Vardia Red version) HD DVD exclusive figure.
Ebi reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Longarm figure. (See also.)
Retro reviews
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Bandai Bunborger 99 Kilstar, Holstar and Irostar candy toys.
Mondo reviews the Takara Actic Gear AG-05 Scopedog Red Shoulder Custom 1/48 scale set from the Votoms series.
Tom reviews the Bandai Souchaku Henshin Kamen Rider G-3 from the Kamen Rider Agito series.
Sousuke reviews the Bandai Minipla Magiranger Robo Series Magilegend kit.
Pokotannu reviews the Hasbro Transformers Beast Machines Battle for the Spark Battle Unicorn figure. (See also.)
A wolf in the skies
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by Locutis.
Toy links
Revoltech Astrotrain and Blitzwing.
Excellent fan-created customs based on the Revoltech Convoy and Megatron figures.
Bloody Evangelion.
SR../Blood Zwei’s repaint of the Revoltech EVA-01 figure.
Barricade ver. Stikfas.
A fine Stikfas Robot custom by Jon Wilks Beyond.
Rogue’s Gallery.
dreamonix’s nice digirama of Batman’s foes.
Becoming an action figure.
“To lure older buyers, ‘realism is a must, just as it is with video games and movies … ‘” A USA Today article from 2001.