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A Creative Commons-licensed photo by williamnyk.
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by williamnyk.

Toy review roundup

Michael Crawford reviews the Hasbro Iron Man Repulsor Power Iron Man 12-inch figure.

yo go re reviews the Hasbro Iron Man Iron Man Prototype figure, Michael Crawford reviews the Iron Man Mark 02 and Iron Monger figures, and Poe Ghostal and Pete review the Iron Man Prototype, Iron Man Mark 03, Iron Man Repulsor Red Prototype (Target exclusive) and Iron Monger figures. (See also.)

Atom reviews the MegaHouse Variable Action Mospeada (Stick version) 1/15 scale figure. (See also.)

Josh Bernard reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Hot Rodimus and Starscream figures from the Transformers series. (See also.)

Dunamis reviews the Lego Factory 10191 Star Justice and 10192 Space Skulls sets.

Mark Meyer reviews the International Playthings Mighty World Complete Construction Set.

Retro reviews

Wallas reviews the Takara Microman Bio Machine Machinemirror with Machinemicroman Xeku (US version) set. (See also.)

yo go re reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe Comic Pack #49 Scrap-Iron, Serpentor and Firefly three-pack. (See also.)

Mark Patraw reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe Valor vs. Venom Hi-Tech and Doctor Mindbender two-pack. (See also.)

Dan Hancock reviews the Hasbro Transformers Armada Supercon Optimus Prime figure.

Tree

Toy Tree by brokentrinkets
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by brokentrinkets.

Toy links

Starscream papercraft.
Astonishing.

Eat dirt.
A fine Earthworm Jim custom by The BeasT.

Kamen Rider Kiva.
A neat SIC-style custom.

Iron Monger fixed.
strap3.0 had to do quite a bit of work to improve the Iron Man villain’s hip articulation.

Sasha’s Custom Made Figures.
Customs from various Josh Whedon shows.

Burn ‘em to ashes, then burn the ashes.
A photo by Luckykatt. Amusing or sobering, you decide.

Silhouette.
A striking photo of a Stikfas Triceratops. (See also.)

Partsformer.
A Trans Scanning Optimus Prime fanmode comprising vehicular mode kibble.

Archie McPhee’s David Wahl interviewed.
“We have over 10,000 items in our store and since the only way to be sure if they meet standards would be to test them all … Each test costs $500. That is $5,000,000.” (See also.)

From China to Vietnam.
“TakaraTomy once had considered raising Tomica prices in order to cope with soaring labor costs in China. But it managed to avoid the price hike by transferring production to Vietnam, where the costs are less than half that of China …” (See also.)

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