Happy smile
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by peasap.
Toy review roundup
Jeff Saylor reviews the SOTA Toys Now Playing Mega Scale Pumpkinhead figure.
Thomas Wheeler reviews the Marvel Toys Legendary Comic Book Heroes Pitt Series Savage Dragon figure. (See also.)
Scott Rubin reviews the Character Options Doctor Who Flight Control TARDIS set.
Scott Rubin reviews the Character Options Doctor Who Daleks in Manhattan (part 2) set. (See also.)
Michael Crawford reviews the Diamond Select Toys Minimates Back to the Future Enchantment Under the Sea Marty McFly and Lorraine Baines BTTF.com exclusive two-pack and the Back to the Future II Future Marty McFly, Future Doc Brown, Future Biff Tannen, and Leather Jacket Disguise Marty four-pack.
Jon Clarke reviews the Diamond Select Toys Minimates Spider-Man 3 Venom and Transformation Spider-Man, Gwen Stacey and Unmasked Black-Suited Spider-Man, and Sandman and Battle Damage Spiderman two-packs. (See also.)
Michael Crawford and David Yeh reviews the Sideshow Collectibles Star Wars Palpatine (Chancellor of the Republic version) and Darth Sidious: Sith Lord 1/6 scale figure set.
yo go re reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Zartan figure. (See also.)
Jon Clarke reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Cobra Legions set. (See also.)
yo go re reviews the Mattel The Batman ShadowTek Hawkman figure. (See also.)
David Yeh reviews the Toynami Futurama Leela and Zapp Brannigan figures. (See also.)
Matthew Kessen reviews the Gentle Giant Animated Hellboy Abe Sapien figures. (See also.)
PJ reviews the Disneyland Indiana Jones exclusive 7-inch figure. (See also.)
BikerTrashWolf does a video review of the Hasbro Transformers Movie Landmine figure. (See also.)
Atom reviews the Bandai Saint Myth Cloth Appendix Pegasus Seiya (Final Bronze Cloth version) set from the Saint Seiya series.
Scott Rubin reviews the Hasbro Battlestar Galactica Titanium Colonial Viper Mark II (black version) toy.
Jager reviews the Super7 Ghost Land Six-Gun, Peg Leg, Bump, Working Stiff and Blowfish figures.
Retro reviews
Adam Pawlus reviews the Playmobil 3170 Dino Discover Team set.
Artemis reviews the Toy Biz The Lord of the Rings Éowyn, Shield Maiden of Rohan (with Sword-Slashing Action) figure.
PrimeG1984 does a video review of the Hasbro Transformers Warpath figure.
Simon Skey does a video review of the Hasbro Transformers Beast Wars Tarantulas figure.
BikerTrashWolf does a video review of the Hasbro Transformers Cybetron Landmine figure.
Sean Long does a video review of the Takara Tomy Transformers Encore Megatron figure.
Sean Long does a video review of the Hasbro Transformers G1 Perceptor figure.
Actar does a video review of the Hasbro Transformers Animated Starscream (part 2) figure. (See also.)
C.J. Stunkard does an overview of the Mattel GUTS! line. (See also.)
Creepy smile
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by Stewart.
Toy links
Creating a muzzle flash for your toy weapons.
A tutorial for customizers by tom servo.
Utah raptor.
A Dinosaur-y Lego MOC by IPB.
Space Cowboy.
A Stikfas custom by Zook74.
Off with their heads.
Somewhere out there in the cold misty night are a few dozen headless Pinky figures roaming around. Pleasant dreams.
Green eyed.
An excellent photo of a Migidoll Ryu.
Gabriel Lone Ranger 1976 catalogue.
“All joints bend and turn to allow multi-position play as figures are posed in action situations.”
The toy designer from MIT.
“A great toy is something that you always have out on the desk. It’s something you can’t wait to show the next person who walks into the room …”
About that quintessential American doll.
“… Barbie – the All-American doll- was born in Tokyo because it would cost a fortune to manufacture a doll with such detail anywhere else.”
Top Secret: Mission Toy.
“Anytime you make something you’re more powerful than you were …”