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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.’”

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Battle Cruiser Robo.
Click on the thumbnail for a closer look at a cool fanmode by MicroBry based on the classic Micronauts Battle Cruiser. It also has a gerwalk mode. (Related: Dave Zav’s Micronauts Veritech Fighter.)

Transformers Henkei Microchange.
A creative fanmode by Misodrill paying homage to Megatron’s Microman origins.

My Little Joker.
A custom My Little Pony by Sarah Tong. (Related.)

Old Master Q.
A Lego MOC by Johnny Tang based on the classic Hong Kong comic character. (More.)

Zizou.
Shaun Wong noted the Saturday Toys x Playhouse Marine Gear Set 2.0 1/6-scale figure had a vaguely familiar head-sculpt.

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Best laid plans.
An amusing Lego diorama by Patuara.

Insector Ninja Manterror.
pisuwo used the Movie Wreckage figure as a base for this Beast Wars-inspired Transformers custom.

AcroPamela.
A Microman Material Force Lady custom with an AcroSpider backpack constructed out of BJPM Geneblock parts.

Stare.
TCM Hitchhiker’s excellent potrait of an intense-looking figure.

Cobra -a -a -a!
An impressive collection.

The Rubber Ducks Brigade.
Are those ninja rubber ducks we see?

Matchbox million.
“A set of 3,500 Matchbox toys, which auctioneers describe as ‘phenomenal’, could raise up to a million dollars for its American owner when it goes under the hammer in Middlesbrough in September.” (See also.)

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.)

Hima-toy reviews the Volks A3 Muv-Luv Alternative F-22A Raptor figure.

Goe reviews the Volks Super Robot Wars Original Generation Full Action Figure Bellzelute Dengeki Hobby magazine mail-order and online exclusive figure. (See also.)

Gamu reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Johannes Krauser II (Satanic Emperor version) Amazon.co.jp exclusive figure from the Detroit Metal City anime.

Gamu and G.S.R. review the Kaiyodo Revoltech Alexander Jagi figure from the Detroit Metal City anime.

G.S.R. reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Johannes Krauser II figure from the Detroit Metal City anime. (See also.)

Gamu reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Camus figure from the Detroit Metal City anime.

Damien Sancho reviews the Yamato GN-U Dou Macross Plus VF-11B figure. (See also.)

Ebi and Nekokami Sigma review the Bandai Mugenbine MugenKnight, MugenLio, MugenUnicorn, MugenLeviathan, MugenPhoenix and the combined form, Mugen Arthur, from Mugen Kenseijyuu trading toy set. (See also: 1, 2, 3, 4.)

Ganhoo reviews the Yamato GN-U Dou Galaxy Cyclone Braiger figure. (See also.)

SR../Blood Zwei reviews the Bandai HCM Pro Gundam Sandrock 1/200-scale figure from the Gundam Wing series. (See also.)

Kaz reviews the Bandai S.I.C Kamen Rider Soukou Hibiki (Sengoku Jidai version) Hobby Japan exclusive mail order figure from the S.I.C. Hero Saga Masked Rider Hibiki Edition Seven Ogres story. (See also.)

Supa and Shishioh review the Max Factory Figma Asahina Mikuru (Uniform version) figure from The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi.

Acro_characin reviews the Max Factory Figma Kyon (Uniform version) figure from The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi. (See also.)

Yuki Bune reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Henkei C-06 Skyfire and D-04 Ramjet figures.

Hinatatiki reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated Leader class Bulkhead figure. (See also.)

Tettsun reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Henkei C-05 Hot Rodimus figure. (See also.)

Toybu reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated Voyager class Optimus Prime figure. (See also.)

Kuronuko Yamato reviews the Hasbro Star Wars Comic Packs 09 Princess Leia and Darth Vader two-pack from the Star Wars Infinities comic.

Hinatatiki reviews the Takara Tomy Zoids Malder Guylos Specification e-Hobby/International Tokyo Toy Show 2008 exclusive kit. (See also.)

Kuronuko Yamato reviews the Medicom Toy Bearbrick Pepsi Nex x Star Wars Boba Fett figure. (See also.)

Retro reviews

Shishioh reviews the Banpresto Saint Seiya Souchaku Real Cloth II Cygnus Hyoga figure.

Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Transformers Beast Wars C-11 Cybershark figure.