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Toy review roundup
Michael Crawford reviews the Hasbro Indiana Jones Indiana Jones with Ark, Marion Ravenwood and Cairo Henchman, and German Soldiers two-packs from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Michael Crawford reviews the Hasbro Indiana Jones (Whip Cracking Action and Real Movie Dialogue versions) 1/6 scale figures from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Sanjeev reviews the Yamato GN-U Hagane Chogokin Groizer-X figure. (See also: 1, 2, 3.)
yo go re reviews the DC Direct Justice League of America Dr. Impossible figure.
Artemis reviews the DC Direct Justice League of America Hawkgirl figure.
Michael Crawford reviews the DC Direct Deluxe Collector Figure Green Arrow 13-inch figure.
Michael Crawford reviews the Hasbro The Incredible Hulk Hulk and Abomination movie figures.
Jeff Parker reviews the Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man’s Chest Cannibal King Jack Sparrow and At World’s End Will Turner 1/6 scale figures.
Michael Crawford reviews the NECA Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael box set. (See also.)
yo go re reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Attack on Cobra Island Cobra H.I.S.S Target exclusive set. (See also.)
Dan Clark reviews the Diamond Select Toys Stargate SG-1 Desert Combat Samantha Carter, Desert Combat Daniel Jackson, Desert Combat Jack O’Neill, Desert Combat Teal’C and Jonas Quinn figures.
Josh Bernard reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Jun and Suzuki figures from the Doko Demo Issho game series. (See also.)
Mark Meyer reviews the International Playthings Mighty World Jonesie the Mounted Guide and Search for the Lost Mummy sets.
Retro reviews
WIKD reviews the Tomy Zoids Deadborder (1988, 1998 pre-release campaign and 2005 Toy’s Dream Project versions) kits. (See also.)
Mike reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe Dusty and Sandstorm figures. (See also.)
Vroom vroom
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Toy links
Lego Voltron.
Another impressive MOC by Johnny Tang.
Shuma-Gorath custom.
The tentacles are bendy and the eye lights up.
Beastbox.
Inspired by the Decepticon cassette, Chris Morada used a High Score 100 figure for this custom.
Spawn the Bloodaxe and Thunderhoof.
Thunderhoof: the early years.
“I Herd U Liek Kewt Ponies”
“If you aren’t mildly disturbed by this and think it’s adorable at the same time, there’s something wrong with you.”
The 10 coolest toys.
As determined by that renowned arbiter of cool, The Times’ Business section.
Roger Sweet interviewed.
“I’ve always been slender. And when I saw or got into tough situations happening, there were many times I wished I was a He-Man. That had a very strong bearing on my originating this concept.” A 2005 interview.
Those valuable throw-aways.
“… a rare prototype of an action figure for the ‘Star Wars’ character Boba Fett sold for $10,000 on eBay. The toy had been sitting in a Kenner Products employee’s Cincinnati home for years before the sale.” A 2004 article.
The fittest will survive.
“The planets are aligning to create a disaster scenario for the toy industry with rising costs, currency fluctuations and other factors piling on the pressure.”
Toy markets in the world.
(PDF file, 453KB.) The worldwide toy market was estimated to be USD67 billion in 2006.