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.
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Gamu, Mojya, K2O, K3 and Damien Sancho review the Bandai Robot Tamashii 00 Gundam figure from Gundam 00.
Kanon, Kaz, G.S.R. and Tom review the Bandai Robot Tamashii Arios Gundam figure from Gundam 00.
Kaz reviews the Takara Tomy Cool Girl CG13 V.I.S. (Violent Interception Squad) Kyouryoku Geigeki Butai (Powerful Interceptor Unit) 1/6-scale figure.
Ramuna reviews the Yamato GN-U Hagane Danguard Ace figure.
SR../Blood Zwei reviews the Yamato GN-U Dou Space Warrior Baldios figure.
SR../Blood Zwei reviews the Bandai S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Kabuto figure.
Syuuamamori reviews the Bandai S.H.Figuarts Domon Kasshu figure from G Gundam. (See also.)
K2O reviews the Bandai In Action Offshoot Burai (Zero custom) figure from Code Geass.
Len reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Street Fighter Online Teiran figure.
Shishioh reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Street Fighter Online Ryu figure. (See also.)
Gamu reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Ricky figure from Doko Demo Issho.
Natsume, Goe and Mojya review the Kaiyodo Revoltech Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann figure. (See also.)
Sousuke reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Hokuto No Ken Revolution Rei figure. (See also.)
Ken Murasame reviews the Megahouse Action Works Joseph Blassreiter figure. (See also.)
Syuuamamori reviews the Bandai S.I.C. (Super Imaginative Chogokin) Kamen Rider Den-O Gun Form and Ryutaros Imagin set. (See also.)
Sousuke reviews the Bandai HCM Pro Shenlong Gundam 1/200-scale figure from Gundam Wing. (See also.)
G.S.R. reviews the Bandai Extended Mobile Suit in Action (EMSIA) Gelgoog Production Type figure from Mobile Suit Gundam. (See also.)
Damien Sancho reviews the Bandai Mobile Suit in Action (MSIA) Zudah, Zudah Second Unit and Zudah Spare Unit figures from Mobile Suit Gundam MS Igloo: Apocalypse 0079. (See also.)
Tettsun reviews the Bandai Saint Myth Cloth Sea Emperor Poseidon (Royal Ornament Edition) figure from the Saint Seiya manga. (See also.)
Shishioh reviews the Max Factory Figma Tsuruya-san (uniform version) figure from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya series.
Syuuamamori reviews the Max Factory Figma Nagato Yuki (evil witch version) from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya series. (See also.)
Natsume reviews the Max Factory Figma Kanu Unchou figure from the Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians series. (See also.)
Syuuamamori reviews the Konami Busou Shinki MMS (Multi Movable System) Naked Flesh ver 1 Type Sports Wine Red figure.
Taoo, Len and Nekokami Sigma review the Konami Busou Shinki Light Armor Devil Succubus Valona figure. (See also.)
Syuuamamori reviews the Kaiyodo Fraulein Revoltech Amami Haruka (Noel Angelic version) Hobby Japan mail order exclusive figure from The Idolmaster game.
Kaz reviews the Kaiyodo Fraulein Revoltech Yoko figure from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. (See also.)
Transfomers Baka Ichidai, Gamu and Pokotannu review the Takara Tomy Transformers Binaltech BT-22 Convoy figure. (See also.) Pokotannu also reviews the FansProject Transformers TFX-ABT-01 ABT Upgrade Kit for the Binaltech Convoy figure.
Yuki Bune reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Universe USA Edition Powerglide figure. (See also.)
Yuki Bune reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Universe USA Edition Silverbolt figure. (See also.)
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Universe USA Edition Onslaught figure. (See also.)
Hinatatiki reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated Leader class Ultra Magnus figure. (See also.)
Hinatatiki and Ken Murasame review the Hasbro Transformers Animated Deluxe class Swoop figure. (See also.)
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Crossovers Hulk figure. (See also.)
Soh-dr (part 2, part 3) reviews the Bandai Engine Gattai Series DX Kyoretsu-Oh set from the Go-Onger series.
Nekonekokoara reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Duke (Tiger Force version) figure.
Nekonekokoara reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Cobra Para-Viper figure.
Nekonekokoara reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Mutt and Junkyard figures.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Kabaya Great Dash Vehicle Mach Striker, Tiger Tank, Drill Dozer and Phoenix Wing trading figures. (See also.)
Kanon reviews the Banpresto Kiba-Musha Den Real Type Figure 3 Musha Mk. 2 and Kiba Musha prize figures. (See also.)
Nekokami Sigma reviews the Bandai Minipla Keitai Sosakan 7 Phone Braver 01, Boost Phone Demolition and Boost Phone Grinder candy kits.
Retro reviews
G.S.R. reviews the Bandai Trans Model Nirvash Type Zero figure from Eureka 7.
Kanon reviews the Banpresto Kiba-Musha Den Real Type Figure Musha Gundam and Kiba Musha prize figures.
Kanon reviews the Banpresto Kiba-Musha Den Real Type Figure Musha Zeta and Kiba Musha prize figures.
Kanon reviews the Banpresto Kiba-Musha Den Real Type Figure Musha Gundam (silver-bladed naginata re-release version) and Kiba Musha prize figures.
Gamu reviews the Bandai HCM Pro Gelgoog 1/200 scale figure from the MS IGLOO OVA series. (See also.)
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Transformers C-128 Suiken figure from the C-131 Raiden giftset.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Transformers C-129 Seizan figure from the C-131 Raiden giftset.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Transformers C-130 Kaen figure from the C-131 Raiden giftset.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Transformers C-131 Raiden figure.
Red reviews the Hasbro Transformers Armada Sideswipe with Nightbeat figure.
Red reviews the Takara Transformers Micron Legend MD-07 Rampage figure.
Toy review roundup
MicroBry (part 2) reviews the Astro Midget Super Robot Spriggan-X garage kit. Excerpt: “… pretty much perfect when it comes to fun.”
Z reviews the Bandai Gundam Fix Figuration Full Armor Gundam Mk. III set. Excerpt: “… looks simply incredible.” (See also.)
Z reviews the Bandai Gundam Fix Figuration Full Armor Gundam (Blue version) limited figure. Excerpt: “… the added articulation certainly helps in making this GFF a little more playable than previous GFF … ” (See also.)
Z reviews the Bandai Gundam Fix Figuration Perfect Gundam (Frame Model) figure. Excerpt: “… it’s very flawed.” (See also.)
Randy Herkowitz reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Binaltech BT-22 Convoy figure. Excerpt: “The robot mode is exactly how this toy should have been in the first place. ”
Josh Bernard reviews the Bandai Soul of Chogokin (SOC) GX-42 Koutetsu Shin Jeeg set. Excerpt: “While some of the gimmicks are neat, I just can’t overlook the poor execution of the magnetic joints.” (See also.)
Atom reviews the Yamato Macross Destroid Tomahawk 1/60-scale figure. Excerpt: “… doesn’t disappoint.” (See also.)
Atom reviews the Bandai Saint Myth Cloth Sea Emperor Poseidon (Royal Ornament Edition) figure from the Saint Seiya manga. Excerpt: “… this might fall under ‘fans only’ as the design is a bit more basic than more recent God designs.” (See also.)
Andrew reviews the CM’s Corporation Brave Gokin EX Dark Legioss 1/48-scale figure from Genesis Climber Mospeada. “… the biggest problem with the toy is that it costs over a hundred dollars.”
Dave Van Domelen reviews the Hasbro Transformers Universe Classic Ironhide, Silverstreak and Sideswipe figures. Excerpt: “(Re: Sideswipe) You can see how most of the new Classics are molded for modular swapping to create new characters, but this was definitely the best of breed in that respect.” (See also: 1, 2, 3.)
yo go re reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated Deluxe class Oil Slick figure. Excerpt: “The way he’s designed makes him look like he should be voiced by Rene Auberjonois …” (See also.)
Rustin Parr reviews the NECA Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael (black and white versions) San Diego Comic Con exclusive box set. Excerpt: “… NECA’s Black and White Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles prove the point that paint is a crucial element of action figures.”
Michael Crawford reviews the NECA Player Select Gears of War Dominic Santiago figure. Excerpt: “This is one of the nicest sculpts in this scale I’ve seen this year …” (See also.)
yo go re reviews the NECA Cult Classics Beetlejuice figure. Excerpt: “… the paint is where it all goes to pot.” (See also.)
Poe Ghostal reviews the NECA Alien versus Predator: Requiem Predator (masked version) figure. Excerpt: “… he does have a fixed pose, and I don’t like it.”
Artemis reviews the Hasbro Marvel Legends Elektra and Ronin two-pack. Excerpt: “Each figure has a stand-out irk - Ronin the hunch, Elektra the irregular paint …”
Michael Crawford reviews the Hasbro Marvel Legends Red Hulk Series Union Jack, Silver Savage and Adam Warlock and Build-A-Figure Red Hulk Target exclusive figures. Excerpt: “… these aren’t $15 action figures.” (See also.)
yo go re reviews the Hasbro Marvel Legends Hulk Series Doc Samson figure. Excerpt: “… a good toy, just brought down by the lack of a little paint.” (See also.)
Thomas Wheeler reviews the Mattel DC Universe Classics Red Tornado figure. Excerpt: “I’m very impressed and very pleased.” (See also.)
Terry Dizard reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe Cobra Rattler Target exclusive set. Excerpt: “If you don’t have an original, you NEED this …”
Patrick Robinson reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe RAM Cycle vs. Cobra Flight Pod set. Excerpt: “… a good pairing of two popular vehicles.”
Jess C. Horsley reviews the Hasbro Iron Man Repulsor Power Iron Man 12-inch figure. Excerpt: “… it’s hard to find a 12” figure with lights and sound based on a major movie property at this price.” (See also.)
Artemis reviews the Hasbro Star Wars The Clone Wars General Grievous figure. Excerpt: “… the bad articulation and teensy head tend to outweigh the basic good design and accessory count just a bit …” (See also.)
“Pixel Dan” Eardley reviews the Hasbro Indiana Jones Crystal Skeleton Figure with Throne mail-away set from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Excerpt: “He looks great …” (See also.)
Nekrodave reviews the Amok Time Gort and Klaatu 1/6-scale figures from The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951 version). Excerpt: “… a very good value …” (See also.)
Engineernerd reviews the Hasbro Indiana Jones René Belloq figure from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Excerpt: ” Once you get past the old man caterpillar eyebrows, he’s okay.” (See also.)
Rustin Parr reviews the Jun Planning Nightmare Before Christmas Othello Jack San Diego Comic Con exclusive figure. Excerpt: “… a perfect exclusive.”
EVA Unit 4A reviews the Lego Star Wars 7659 Imperial Landing Craft set. Excerpt: “… this one absolutely rocks!”
Sean Huxter reviews the Thinkway Toys WALL-E U-Command WALL-E toy. Excerpt: “The simplicity of the WALL*E controls are this toy’s strength and its weakness.” (See also.)
Retro reviews
Scott Rubin reviews the Takara Web Diver W-10 Draguon figure. Excerpt: “… what is really striking about Dragion is its sheer size.” (See also.)
Thomas Wheeler reviews the Diamond Select Toys Marvel Select Thanos figure. Excerpt: “Truly superb.”
Artemis reviews the Jakks Pacific WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) Classic Superstars Sensational Sherri figure. Excerpt: “… she gets your attention.”
Artemis reviews the Jakks Pacific WWE Extreme Championship Wrestling Ariel figure. Excerpt: “… Ariel really shines, and is worth consideration based on her looks alone.”
yo go re reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe Comic Pack # 7 Stepan “Horror Show” Drukersky, Sgt. Stalker and Stormavik three-pack. Excerpt: “Out of the two Oktober Guard sets, this one is probably the weaker …” (See also: 1, 2, 3.)
yo go re reviews the DC Direct Kingdom Come Deadman figure. Excerpt: “Alex Ross’ design for Deadman in Kingdom Come is a simple yet clever update, and it looks nice in action figure form.”
Poe Ghostal reviews the Toy Island Universal Monsters the Mummy, Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman and Creature from the Black Lagoon figures. Excerpt: “I freakin’ love these figures.” (See also.)
Tom Prankerd reviews the Clover Diecast Gundam DX figure. Excerpt: “… a loveable, if flawed, piece of 1970s fun.” (See also.)
Tom Prankerd reviews the Hasbro Transformers Nightbeat figure. Excerpt: “… the usual price for the figure is much more than he’s worth, and sadly he’s best avoided.”
Mark Patraw reviews the Toy Biz The Amazing Spider-Man Daredevil 12-inch figure. Excerpt: “Outstanding value.”