Revoltech checklist updated
Updated the Revoltech checklist with wave 27.
Tin toy
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by tyger_lyllie.
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.
(Please do not hotlink images on these sites.)
Hirohiro reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Johannes Krauser II figure from the Detroit Metal City anime.
SR../Blood Zwei and Ramuna review the Yamato GN-U Dou Sengoku Majin Go-Shogun figure.
SR../Blood Zwei and Ramuna review the Yamato GN-U Dou Galaxy Cyclone Braiger figure.
Hima-toy reviews the Volks Super Robot Wars Original Generation Full Action Figure Bellzelute Dengeki Hobby magazine mail-order and online exclusive figure.
Supa reviews the Max Factory Figma Kyon (Uniform version) figure from The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi.
Ganhoo reviews the Bandai Go-Onger Engine Gattai Series Engine Jumbo Whale (part 2) toy.
ledmb4da reviews the Konami Busou Shinki MMS Naked version 2 (Type Navy Blue and Type White versions) figures.
The G, Hikutori and Yuu-yui review the Konami Busou Shinki Lancamento set. Yuu-yui reviews the Heracles combined mode.
The G, Hikutori and Yuu-yui review the Konami Busou Shinki Espadia set. Yuu-yui reviews the Heracles combined mode.
Gamu and Tettsun review the Bandai HCM Pro Gundam Sandrock 1/200-scale figure from the Gundam Wing series. (See also.)
Damien Sancho reviews the Yamato Bubblegum Crisis Transforming Moto Slave and Priss (part 2) 1/15-scale set. (See also.)
Goe reviews the Bandai Souchaku Henshin Kamen Rider Kiva (Dogga Form) figure. (See also.)
Damien Sancho reviews the Bandai MSIA (Mobile Suit in Action) Tieren Ground Type figure from the Gundam 00 series. (See also.)
Ken Murasame reviews the Yamato GN-U Dou Macross Plus YF-19 figure. (See also.)
Hinatatiki reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated Deluxe Autobot Ratchet and Lockdown figures. (See also.)
Yuki Bune reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated Optimus Prime and Megatron figures from The Battle Begins: Optimus Prime versus Megatron set. (See also.)
Pokotannu reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated Deluxe class Bumblebee figure. (See also.)
Gun0826 reviews the Hasbro 25th Anniversary G.I. Joe Beachhead figure. (See also.)
Kuronuko Yamato reviews the Medicom Toy Bearbrick Pepsi Nex x Star Wars Darth Maul figure. (See also.)
Retro reviews
G.S.R. reviews the Takara Magnemo Series MagneRobot Koutetsu Jeeg reissued figure.
G.S.R reviews the Yujin SR SP Koutetsu Jeeg (Animation version) (part 2) set.
G.S.R. reviews the Marmit The Fierce Legend of Super Robots Koutetsu Jeeg vinyl figure.
Kuronuko Yamato reviews the Takara Microman Magneforce MagneMicroman Icurus figure. (See also.)
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Transformers Masterforce D-313 Overbite and D-316 Gulf figures.
Tintin
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by Axel Bührmann.
Toy links
Fruits beware.
pratt’s excellent Lego homage to the Penny Arcade character. (Be sure to view the rest of his gallery, too.)
Transformers K.I.T.T. [via]
A very cool custom figure by Ven based on a Transformers Alternators Tracks figure and two K.I.T.T. models.
Punch/Counterpunch.
A custom Transformers figure by Jin Saotome based on a Transformers Universe Sunstreaker figure.
The Big Toy Industry Panel transcript.
“… nine of the industry’s biggest names … waxing poetic about the state of the industry, their influences and what they’re excited about in the future of toys, action figures and statues, as well as the very real challenges now facing the industry.”
Richard Gottlieb interviewed.
“I am predicting that people will be printing out three dimensional toys in their own homes in five years.”