Cupid man
A photo by ben hanbury. (Creative Commons-licensed.)
Toy links
My Little Skeletor.
When two 80s properties collide, it results in pure awesome. See Woosie’s gallery for more My Little Pony customs including this Cap’n Jack Sparrow. She also has tutorials on her site.
Kamen Rider Lucky Star. [via]
An awesome stop-motion video by dabidabi featuring Souchaku Henshin Kamen Rider action figures reenacting the Lucky Star opening. (See also.)
plamoo strikes again.
A stop-motion video starring the Busou Shinki Angel Arnval figure.
King Kaiser vs Monster. [via]
A really cool video of the final match of the recent Robo-One Grand Championship.
Mecha Hub.
Lego Mecha.
Like a fish without a bicycle
A photo by by oskay. (Creative Commons-licensed.)
Toy review roundup
Michael Crawford reviews the Popco Golden Compass Lyra Belacqua, Mrs. Marisa Coulter, Lee Scoresby, Lord Asriel, Serafina Pekkala, Lord John Faa, Tony Costa and the Tartar Soldier figures. Excerpt: “… the quality and play value are extremely high …”
Thomas Wheeler reviews the Bandai Power Rangers 15th Anniversary Might Morphin’ Red Ranger figure. Excerpt: “… this is really a spectacular figure.”
Jeff Parker reviews the Hot Toys Elder Predator 1/6 figure from the Predator 2 movie. Excerpt: “… best Predator so far.”
David Yeh reviews the Hasbro Star Wars Battlefront II Clone Pack Diamond Previews exclusive set from the Star Wars Battlefront II game. Excerpt: “… this is a tad too excessive for my tastes.”
David Yeh reviews the Hasbro Star Wars Battlefront II Droid Pack (part 2) Diamond Previews exclusive set from the Star Wars Battlefront II game. Excerpt: “There’s enough issues to keep this from being highly recommended item …”
Engineernerd reviews the Hasbro Star Wars Han Solo with Bespin Torture Rack set. Excerpt: “The idea of making a figure being tortured seems a little out range for what they normally consider good toys to make.”
Mark Larson reviews Lego 7620 Indiana Jones Motorcycle Chase set from the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade movie. Excerpt: “This is a great set for the price …”
yo go re reviews the McFarlane Toys Twisted Christmas Jack Frost figure. Excerpt: “… it’s a good horror figure.”
yo go re reviews the McFarlane Toys Twisted Christmas Reindeer Rudy figure. Excerpt: “… two poor design choices don’t bring this figure down all that much.”
Artemis reviews the McFarlane Toys Twisted Christmas Mrs. Claus figure. Excerpt: “… this is a McFarlane figure, which is to say she’s excellent – they may not know what a balljoint is, but McToys knows how to make a plastic statue … .”
yo go re reviews the Hasbro Transformers Masterpiece Starscream figure. Excerpt: “A must-buy.”
Ben Yee reviews the Hasbro Transformers Collectors’ Club Chromia 10 Pilot (Airrazor) exclusive figure. Excerpt: “The price pretty much means this figure is for hardcore collectors or heavy duty Beast Wars fans.”
Atom reviews the Hasbro Transformers Movie Deluxe Bumblebee (Concept Camaro version) figure. Excerpt: “… a pretty sloppy toy.”
Atom reviews the 2003 Yamato Macross Do You Remember Love Valkyrie VF-1A (Max Genius version) 1/48 scale figure. Excerpt: “… as much as I like it, I rarely feel the urge to pick it up and transform it …”
Kirk at 2950m
A photo by summitcheese. (Creative Commons-licensed.)
Toy links
Super Danbo.
yone’s Revoltech Danbo fanmodes clearly prove cardboard is the super robot material of the future.
Bear stare.
That’s no Care Bear.
Monkey Magic.
A mecha fan-creation by toolbird1 made from the Pregoods Asoblock construction kit. (More: 1, 2, 3.)
Lego Convoy.
Hunting for bear, Lego-style.
The Four Horsemen interviewed.
“With all of the variations of characters in DC’s library to choose from …. there’s no reason that Mattel’s DC Universe Classics line shouldn’t be one of the most successful action figure lines of all time…”
There he is
A photo by sintesiz. (Creative Commons-licensed.)
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.
Ganhoo, Takanishi and hirohiro review the Kaiyodo Revoltech Danboard (a.k.a Danbo) figure from the Yotsuba&! manga while otaudo and sushi jirou review the Amazon Box variant.
Gamu reviews Bandai Soul of Chogokin Baikanfu (part 2, part 3) set from the Machine Robo series. (See also.)
The G reviews the Konami Busou Shinki Yda figure. (See also.)
taku1 reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Miniature EVA-01 (Rebuild of Evangelion version) figure. (See also.)
Ken Murasame reviews Hasbro Transformers Movie Deluxe Arcee figure.
From days of old
silencer reviews the 2004 Bandai Ultra Chogokin Ultra Seven figure.
kuronuko yamato reviews the 2005 Takara Microman RoadSpartan Machslugger and Kaito set.
pitapa256 reviews the 1988 Takara Transformers Browning figure from the Transformers Masterforce series.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the 2005 Takara Transformers Galaxy Force Chromia figure.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the 1991 Takara Transformers Radar Hover W Team set from the Return of Convoy series.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the 2004 Takara Transformers Micron Booster Sea Micron trading figures. (See also reviews of Sea Micron, X-Dimensions Sea Micron and Sea Micron Aqua Raider figures.)
Model kits
sousuke reviews the Bandai Gekiranger Robo Series Saidaioh kit from the Saidaioh and Saiblade set. (See also.)
machu reviews the Bandai Gundam Exia 1/100 scale kit from the Gundam 00 series. (See also.)
machu reviews the Bandai HG Gundam Dynames 1/144 scale kit from the Gundam 00 series. (See also.)
machu reviews the Bandai HG Tieren Ground Type 1/144 kit from the Gundam 00 series. (See also.)
Somebody’s missing
A photo by Addictive Picasso. (Creative Commons-licensed.)
Toy links
Microman Material Force 4koma.
Click on the thumbnails to see full-size images of wordless but amusing four panel gag strips starring Microman Material Force figures. (More.)
Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu.
A custom by Zombihamma based on a Marvel Toys TNA Wrestling Sonjay Dutt (red pants variant) body topped with a custom head sculpted out Milliput epoxy putty.
Howling mecha custom
Glico’s custom Busou Shinki Howling figure combines with a mecha unit to power up.
Sergeant Peppers Lego Hearts Club Band.
Digger Digger Dogstar’s Beatles covers with Lego mini-figures. (More.)
Destroyer Vishnu.
A four-armed Mugenbine super robot fan-creation by Gee.