Toy links
Stormtroopers rock.
Suggested song. (Related.)
Bucket of babies.
A striking photo by SewcialButterfly.
Microman defiant.
Awe-inspiring.
It’s-a Mario.
An impressive Nintendo-flavoured Lego MOC by puddleglum42.
On packaging.
“… a consumer’s eye initially spends just 1/16th of a second on each product in the store.”
Happy smile
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by peasap.
Toy review roundup
Jeff Saylor reviews the SOTA Toys Now Playing Mega Scale Pumpkinhead figure.
Thomas Wheeler reviews the Marvel Toys Legendary Comic Book Heroes Pitt Series Savage Dragon figure. (See also.)
Scott Rubin reviews the Character Options Doctor Who Flight Control TARDIS set.
Scott Rubin reviews the Character Options Doctor Who Daleks in Manhattan (part 2) set. (See also.)
Michael Crawford reviews the Diamond Select Toys Minimates Back to the Future Enchantment Under the Sea Marty McFly and Lorraine Baines BTTF.com exclusive two-pack and the Back to the Future II Future Marty McFly, Future Doc Brown, Future Biff Tannen, and Leather Jacket Disguise Marty four-pack.
Jon Clarke reviews the Diamond Select Toys Minimates Spider-Man 3 Venom and Transformation Spider-Man, Gwen Stacey and Unmasked Black-Suited Spider-Man, and Sandman and Battle Damage Spiderman two-packs. (See also.)
Michael Crawford and David Yeh reviews the Sideshow Collectibles Star Wars Palpatine (Chancellor of the Republic version) and Darth Sidious: Sith Lord 1/6 scale figure set.
yo go re reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Zartan figure. (See also.)
Jon Clarke reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Cobra Legions set. (See also.)
yo go re reviews the Mattel The Batman ShadowTek Hawkman figure. (See also.)
David Yeh reviews the Toynami Futurama Leela and Zapp Brannigan figures. (See also.)
Matthew Kessen reviews the Gentle Giant Animated Hellboy Abe Sapien figures. (See also.)
PJ reviews the Disneyland Indiana Jones exclusive 7-inch figure. (See also.)
BikerTrashWolf does a video review of the Hasbro Transformers Movie Landmine figure. (See also.)
Atom reviews the Bandai Saint Myth Cloth Appendix Pegasus Seiya (Final Bronze Cloth version) set from the Saint Seiya series.
Scott Rubin reviews the Hasbro Battlestar Galactica Titanium Colonial Viper Mark II (black version) toy.
Jager reviews the Super7 Ghost Land Six-Gun, Peg Leg, Bump, Working Stiff and Blowfish figures.
Retro reviews
Adam Pawlus reviews the Playmobil 3170 Dino Discover Team set.
Artemis reviews the Toy Biz The Lord of the Rings Éowyn, Shield Maiden of Rohan (with Sword-Slashing Action) figure.
PrimeG1984 does a video review of the Hasbro Transformers Warpath figure.
Simon Skey does a video review of the Hasbro Transformers Beast Wars Tarantulas figure.
BikerTrashWolf does a video review of the Hasbro Transformers Cybetron Landmine figure.
Sean Long does a video review of the Takara Tomy Transformers Encore Megatron figure.
Sean Long does a video review of the Hasbro Transformers G1 Perceptor figure.
Actar does a video review of the Hasbro Transformers Animated Starscream (part 2) figure. (See also.)
C.J. Stunkard does an overview of the Mattel GUTS! line. (See also.)
Creepy smile
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by Stewart.
Toy links
Creating a muzzle flash for your toy weapons.
A tutorial for customizers by tom servo.
Utah raptor.
A Dinosaur-y Lego MOC by IPB.
Space Cowboy.
A Stikfas custom by Zook74.
Off with their heads.
Somewhere out there in the cold misty night are a few dozen headless Pinky figures roaming around. Pleasant dreams.
Green eyed.
An excellent photo of a Migidoll Ryu.
Gabriel Lone Ranger 1976 catalogue.
“All joints bend and turn to allow multi-position play as figures are posed in action situations.”
The toy designer from MIT.
“A great toy is something that you always have out on the desk. It’s something you can’t wait to show the next person who walks into the room …”
About that quintessential American doll.
“… Barbie – the All-American doll- was born in Tokyo because it would cost a fortune to manufacture a doll with such detail anywhere else.”
Top Secret: Mission Toy.
“Anytime you make something you’re more powerful than you were …”
10 Star Wars toys that resemble celebrities. [via]
Poke you man
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by Juha-Matti.
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.
Pokotannu reviews the Bandai Motion Revive Series Kamen Rider 3 Kamen Rider Den-O Liner Form and Kamen Rider Gaoh trading figures.
Momodani reviews the CM’s Corporation Brave Gokin Mospeada Ride Armor Mospeada (Stick and Ray types) (part 2) sets. (See also.)
Damien Sancho and syuuamamori review the Bandai S.I.C Kamen Rider Agito and Machine Tornado set. (See also.)
Goe reviews the Bandai Mobile Suit in Action Extended Zaku II (Real Type Color version) figure. (See also.)
Sappy reviews the Banpresto Display Model Special Gundam Exia prize figure from the Gundam 00 series.
K3 reviews the Max Factory Figma SP-001 Chouyusha Haruhi Playstation 2 Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi game exclusive figure. (See also.)
The G and Mojya review the Kaiyodo Fraulein Revoltech Tohsaka Rin figure from the Fate/stay night series. (See also.)
Mondo reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Tetsujin 28 figure. (See also.)
Kuronuko Yamato reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Danboard (a.k.a Danbo) Amazon variant figure from the Yotsuba&! manga. (See also.)
Ebi reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Movie MD-01 Blackout figure.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Movie Basic Series Starscream figure.
Pokotannu reviews the Hasbro Transformers War Within Titanium Starscream figure.
Momodani reviews the Gunze Sangyo P: Chara Makoto Konno (school and after school versions) figures from the Toki o Kakeru Shojo movie.
Taku1 reviews the Takara Tomy Talking Tomica Lightning McQueen (Standard version) toy from the Cars movie.
Retro reviews
Tom reviews the Ohtsuka Kikaku Hyper Hero Kamen Rider Ryuki 1/10 scale figure.
Gamu reviews the Takara Masterpiece Brave series MP-B02 Dragon Kaiser figure from the Brave Exkaiser series.
Reisende reviews the Max Factory Murakami Proto Zoalord figure from the Guyver series.
Ganhoo reviews the Bandai Charawheels Shocker Autobike, Gelshocker Autobike, Riderman Machine and New Cyclone (Rider 2 version) toys from the Kamen Rider and Kamen Rider V3 series.
Diversity
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by jlrsousa.
Toy links
Sloth Paper Toys Rommy.
“ROMMY is an original paper toy model designed by Tetsuya Watabe. These models are a gift from an Japanese paper engineer to you.” (See the gallery for more paper doll creations.)
Junifig Mr. T.
Fools pitied, Lego-style. (More Junifigs by Junsier.)
Spawn at sunset.
A striking digirama by biggkugg. (See also.)
The Hector Ramirez Universe. [via]
Fine investigative work by DrSpengler to tie together the toy tie-in shows from Sunbow and DIC.
Happy Chinese New Year.
ecpica’s toys do the Lion Dance.
Blogroll grows
Added Momonja’s HCM Pro archives, created a G.I. Joe section and added the Vintage Joes Flickr group pool.