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ON HOLD: Asian Butterfly Encore £50. All her stock eyes. by pinknblack73
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Toy review roundup

Dave Van Domelen reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated Voyager class Lugnut and Grimlock figures. Excerpt: “(Grimlock) doesn’t really try anything astounding, settling for a solid update of the G1 design. But this is not a bad goal to have …”

EVA Unit 4A reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated Voyager class Lugnut figure. Excerpt: “… the biggest letdown for this Voyager-class toy was his size compared to his on-screen counterpart.”

yo go re reviews the Hasbro Transformers Movie Voyager class Deep Space Starscream Target exclusive figure. Excerpt: “… unless the plan was always to do these repaints and force fans to double-dip, why not do them right in the first place?” (See also.)

EVA Unit 4A reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated Deluxe class Prowl figure. Excerpt: “… this will probably be one of my top favorites of the whole line.” (See also.)

Engineernerd reviews the Hasbro Indiana Jones Monkey Man figure from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Excerpt: “For a ‘Monkey Man’ figure, I expected a bit more from the monkey.”

Michael Crawford reviews the Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man’s Chest Cannibal King Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones 1/6 scale figures. Excerpt: “Jack is in the running with only a couple other sixth scale figures at this point for best of the year.” (See also.)

Poe Ghostal review the Mattel Movie Masters The Dark Knight Batman with Crime Scene Evidence figure. Excerpt: “… we’re seeing a raising of the stakes in the movie-based action figure market.” (See also.)

Jeff Saylor reviews the NECA Alien Alien 18-inch-scale figure. Excerpt: “… at this price point, it is a bona fide bargain.” (See also.)

Matthew Kessen reviews the NECA Alien Alien 7-inch-scale figure. Excerpt: “If your other action figures need to be menaced by something, it comes highly recommended.”

Jess C. Horsley reviews the Tonner Doll Company Lara Croft, Tomb Raider Legend doll. Excerpt: “… few fans will want to miss this one …”

Chong Kah Fai reviews the Bandai Saint Cloth Myth Chrysaor Krishna and Merak Beta Hagen figures from the Saint Seiya series. (See also.)

Retro reviews

Matthew Kessen reviews the Kenner Star Wars Patrol Dewback set. Excerpt: “… the creature’s face sported an enigmatic, reptilian Mona Lisa smile.”

Atom reviews the Bandai Saint Cloth Myth Grand Pope Shion figure from the Saint Seiya series. Excerpt: “I’m glad I grabbed him …” (See also.)

Toy links

Kabuto.
Grandmother said this: Killing Monkey makes outstanding SIC-style custom Kamen Rider figures.

Tim Shinn’s Movie-style Soundwave custom.
“Made from everything but the kitchen sink.” (More: 1, 2, 3.)

Doctor Doom: Sorcerer Supreme.
An excellent custom by ResIpsaLoquitur.

Freezing Hoth.
Your Trooper will freeze before you reach the first marker!

08th Mobile Suit Team Strarf.
A very cool Busou Shinki Strarf custom using parts from the Master Grade RX-79(G) Gundam kit.

Noeling’s Cher custom.
“Original factory paint was completely removed and fully repainted very painstakingly to resemble a young Cher.”

My Little Chopper.
A highly unusual My Little Pony custom by AnimeAmy.

The Lord of the Lego.
“Best. Homemade. Gift. Ever.”

The 10 greatest playsets of all time.
“… toy companies are making fewer and fewer playsets available … which is why we gratefully look back at the 10 greatest playsets of all time.”

The downside of the Xevoz Rune Slayer.
“All my life I wanted to be an Arcaster …”

Toy links

Kamen Rider Orga.
A majestic SIC-style custom figure by Killing Monkey.

Murder Mod.
Ladies and gentlemen, a preview of your nightmare tonight.

Death Star Gladiators.
Lacking lightsabers, the Junior Stormtrooper Brigade improvised.

Danbo.
An excellent photo of the Revoltech figure by cgines. We highly recommend checking out her wonderful 365 Toy Project photo set.

In Wonderland.
A suitably dream-like portrait of the Tonner Doll Alice in Wonderland doll by tatsurus.

Uranian.
A Lego MOC by timgould vaguely reminiscent of a Micronauts figure.

Knight.
An impressive Bionicle MOC by bigfatslob.

Rah rah.
A creative minifig MOC by Patrick Bosman. (See also.)

Brick Bender.
“I am a journalist spending a year inside the world of Adult Fans of LEGO … for a book that will be published by John Wiley & Sons.”

US toy industry to grow in the long term.
“The number of children under age 10 is expected grow over the next five years, and since an average of about $400 is spent each year per child, the $22 billion domestic market could grow as much as $800 million …”

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