Cowpooling
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by tillwe.
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.)
Ramuna reviews the Bandai Soul of Chogokin (SOC) GX-42 Koutetsu Shin Jeeg (part 2) set.
Natsume, Gamu (part 2), Goe (part 2) and Seki Futoshi review the Bandai Super Imaginative Chogokin (SIC) Kamen Rider Den-O Sword Form and Momotaros Imagin set.
Mojya and Gamu review the Bandai Gundam Fix Figuration Full Armor Gundam Mk. III set. (See also.)
SR../Blood Zwei and Toybu review the Banpresto Kiba-Musha Den Real Type Figure 3 Musha Mk. 2 and Kiba Musha prize figures.
Tom reviews the Volks A3 Muv-Luv Alternative F-22A Raptor figure. (See also.)
G.S.R. reviews the Yamato GN-U Dou Sengoku Majin Go-Shogun figure. (See also.)
G.S.R. reviews the Toranoana Detroit Metal City Johannes Krauser II 1/10 scale figure.
Machu reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Johannes Krauser II figure from the Detroit Metal City anime. (See also.)
Len reviews the Bandai HCM Pro Wing Gundam 1/200-scale figure from the Gundam Wing series. (See also.)
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Henkei C-06 Skyfire figure. (See also.)
Hinatatiki reviews the Hasbro Transformers Movie Allspark Power Deluxe Stealth Bumblebee figure. (See also.)
Tettsun reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Henkei C-01 Convoy (clear version) International Tokyo Toy Show 2008 exclusive figure. (See also.)
Syuuamamori reviews the Konami Busou Shinki Lancamento set. (See also.)
Nekonekokoara reviews the Max Factory Figma Nagato Yuki (uniform version) figure The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya series. (See also.)
Kuronuko Yamato reviews the Hasbro Star Wars 30th Anniversary Collection Republic Elite Forces Mandalorians and Omega Squad Entertainment Earth exclusive set. (See also.)
Nekonekokoara reviews Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Spirit Iron-Knife figure. (See also.)
Kaz reviews the Bandai Minipla Engine Gattai Seiku-oh Engine Toripter (with Engine Jumbo Whale wing A), Engine Jetras (with Engine Jumbo Whale wing B) and Engine Jumbo Whale (body) candy toys. (See also.)
Retro reviews
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Transformers D-53 Wild Rider figure.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara DX Koutetsu Busou Advenger toy from The Brave of Gold Goldran series.
Shishioh reviews the Banpresto Saint Seiya Souchaku Real Cloth II Dragon Shiryu figure.
Go fish
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by william.ward.
Toy links
Starbot.
A fantastic robot Lego MOC by nissen. (Be sure to the Spider-Man and Batman variants, too.)
Predacat.
One suspects this Lego MOC by snyderman might bring something considerably larger than a dead mouse into the house.
NeoZeRo35’s Classic Jazz custom.
“I sculpted over Prowl’s head, filled in the hole in his chest/hood, cut out the windows, and then finished with painting.”
Sixth scale Shipwreck.
An excellent 1/6-scale custom GI Joe figure by Alexander.
Retro Roboto.
Crisco used a Tomy ZKnights CPU figure as a base for this Masters of the Universe-inspired custom figure. (Check out Roboto customs by Madtinker76 and windblock2002, too.)
“Can you break a twenty?”
An amusing photo by Liz Page of a tin robot’s night out. (More from this series.)
Time Travellers.
A group shot of the classic Micronauts figures.
Glow.
Another excellent blacklit Zoids photo by greefus groinks.
Indiana Jones, chibi-style.
The Mola Ram figure from this Kotobukiya series of trading figures is especially jarring.
Toy Box Leadership.
“The Slinky Dog, for example, only moves in a certain direction when the head of the metal coils leads it. It’s the same with leaders, the book states. ‘Leaders do not send their people out where they are not willing to go.'”