Toy links

G.I. Joe Sigma 6: the unproduced.
“… hefty galleries of figures that were in the works, but didn’t make the cut.”

Ransack attack.
“… once I cut his string he didn’t look back.”

Hail to the king, baby.
Look but don’t touch. Your primitive intellect wouldn’t understand alloys and compositions and things with … molecular structures.

Ore futatabi sanjou!
Momotaros strikes a pose.

Odds stacked against matryoshka dolls.
“The first matryoshka is said to have been made (in Sergiyev Posad) in the 1890s, after a local craftsman saw a set of Japanese stacking dolls in the likeness of a Buddhist deity and created a Russian version in the form of a matronly peasant woman.”

Mastering the Universe review.
“… peppered with moments of bitterness, egotism, and defensiveness, not to mention a heavy helping of self-martyrdom.”