Brick wall
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by gilles chiroleu.
Toy links
Scharnhorst ver. Lego.
An extraordinary MOC by C.S. based on the German battleship.
Micronauts Acroyear customs.
Custom figures by Jeremy Sung, Kambei and search4skills.
Acroyear.
A beautiful sculpture by Helder M. of the Micronauts character. (There are work-in-progress photos on his site.)
The Toys.
A painting by Veronika Nagy.
Q-BA-MAZE inventor Andrew Comfort interviewed. [via]
“I see play and design as two facets of the same thing, so I’d say my childhood LEGO play continues with my design work as an adult.”
In the dark
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by Ka13.
Toy review roundup
Devin Lewis reviews the Medicom Toy Real Action Heroes What If … Venom Had Possessed the Punisher 1/6 scale figure.
Artemis reviews the DC Direct Armory Flamebird and Nightwing figures.
Jess C. Horsley reviews the Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece Aliens vs Predator Requiem Alien Warrior 1/6 scale figure.
Chong Kah Fai reviews the Bandai Super Imaginative Chogokin (SIC) Kamen Rider G3 and Kamen Rider G4 set from the Kamen Rider Agito series.
Josh Bernard reviews the Yamato Proto Garland 1/15 scale set from the Megazone 23 Part II OVA. (See also.)
Lando da Pimp reviews the Diamond Select Toys Star Trek Deep Space Nine Captain Benjamin Sisko and Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax figures as well as the Lieutenant Ezri Dax chase figure. (See also: 1, 2, 3.)
yo go re reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe Combat Squad Backblast, Deep Six and Barrel Roll figures from the Land, Sea, Air Toys ‘R’ Us exclusive set. (See also.)
C.J. Stunkard reviews the Chap Mei True Heroes Emergency Hero 6-pack. (See also.)
Dave Van Domelen reviews the Lego Exo-Force 8106 Aero Booster set.
Thomas Wheeler reviews the Fisher-Price Planet Heroes Mars Digger figure.
Sean Huxter reviews the Rocket USA Mars Patrol Rocketship Raider X-2 and Mars Patrol-2 toys.
Retro reviews
Rantinan reviews the Tomy Z Knights ROM and Sol Saber kits.
Mark Patraw reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe Valor Vs Venom Tele-Viper figure. (See also.)
Ol’ blue eyes
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by SantaRosa OLD SKOOL.
Toy links
Halo Action Figure Theater.
A photocomic by Elnea.
Forever blowing bubbles.
A very cool portrait by TCM Hitchhiker of the Hasbro G.I. Joe Comic Pack 14 Cpl. Breaker figure.
Duckraiser.
Demon to some. Duck to others.
Cloud Strife ver. Kingdom Hearts.
A custom figure by SomaKun.
The articulated barbarian.
JFAK075 used parts from the Jakks WWE Build N’ Brawl Batista figure to improve the articulation of the Chap Mei Beast Raider Savager Warrior figure.
Robosapien Akihabara assault. [via]
The revolution begins.
McFarlane Toys Lead Concept Artist Jin Han interviewed.
“In time, you will be seeing more poseable figures from McFarlane Toys …”
Robert Burden’s Toybox exhibit.
“… aside from all of my conceptual reasons for making this work, part of me just wanted to see a really big Battle Cat painting …” (See also.)
Sophisticated toys at cheap prices.
“Riding on what engineers call the ‘trailing edge’ for components, toy companies have been able to use second- and third-generation parts from other industries to vamp up their lines or create new ones without upping prices.”
How action figures are made.
An informative article by Randy Schueller.
Prickly
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by thomas_hobbs.
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.
Hirohiro reviews the Takara Tomy Yatta Action Series Doronja figure from the Yatterman series.
Tom reviews the Volks Muv-Luv Alternative A3 Takemikaduchi Type-00C Comic Market 73 and mail-order exclusive figure.
Sappy reviews the Taito Super Mechanics Queen Emeraldas (Galaxy Express 999 movie version) toy.
SR../Blood Zwei reviews the Most Wanted Project Super Robot PSR-001 Daiku Maryu Gaiking figure. (See also.)
MaruH102 reviews the Bandai Soul of Chogokin (SOC) GX-37B King Joe Black and GX-37 King Joe from the Ultraman series.
Mojya reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Starscream figure from the Transformers series. (See also.)
MaruH102 reviews the CM’s Corporation Brave Gokin Mospeada Ride Armor Mospeada (Stick type) set. (See also.)
Gamu reviews the Hot Toys Appleseed Saga Ex Machina Deunan Knute 1/6 scale figure. (See also.) (Related.)
Tom reviews the Bandai Souchaku Henshin Kamen Rider Zeronos Zero Form figure from the Kamen Rider Den-O series. (See also.)
Tom reviews the Bandai S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider The Next Kamen Rider 1 figure. (See also.)
Ka2-yuki reviews the Bandai HCM Pro Tieren Ground Type 1/200 scale figure from the Gundam 00 series. (See also.)
Onbashira reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated Voyager Class Bulkhead figure.
Toybu and Yuki Bune review the Takara Tomy Transformers Henkei Bumble figure. (See also.)
Onbashira reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Encore Sky Lynx figure. (See also.)
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Real Gear Robots Wire Tap V20 figure.
Retro reviews
Reisende reviews the Kaiyodo Toy Tribe Trigun: The Planet Gunsmoke Vash the Stampede figure.
Don’t touch that dial
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by noii’s.
Toy links
Custom Cobra Night Raven Starscream. [via]
Shinobitron used a Transformers Energon Storm Jet figure as a base.
Clone Commander Deviss.
A custom Lego Star Wars mini-fig by Ryan Huo.
My Little Xbox Elite Pony.
“I might change one of the eyes to a red ring …”
Prowl plushie.
A Suzy Wong creation based on the Transformers: Animated version.
Tamashii Nation 2008.
“… the really fascinating thing about the show … Bandai’s attempt to position their Saint Seiya, S.I.C., and Chogokin collector lines as ‘lifestyle goods’ rather than toys.”