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Toy review roundup
yo go re reviews the Hasbro Star Wars 30th Anniversary Collection Saga Legends Shadow Stormtrooper figure from the Crimson Empire comic. (See also.)
Engineernerd reviews the Hasbro Star Wars 30th Anniversary Collection Mustafar Panning Droid figure from Revenge of the Sith. (See also.)
Michael Crawford reviews the Mattel The Dark Knight Action Cape Batman 13-inch figure.
Goldrich Castillo reviews the Bandai Soul of Chogokin (SOC) GX-40 God Mars set from the Rokushin Gattai God Mars series. (See also.)
Scott Rubin reviews the Bandai Ben 10 Benmummy (Battle Version) and Benvicktor (Battle Version) figures.
Thomas Wheeler reviews the Fisher-Price Planet Heroes Mercury Zip figure.
Retro reviews
yo go re reviews the Art Asylum Speed Racer Minimates Speed Racer with Mach 5 set. (See also.)
Magnusjam reviews the Takara Transformers Star Convoy (G1 and reissue) figures from The Battlestars: Return of Convoy manga.
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Toy links
The power cosmic.
An excellent Photoshop’d photo by ElDave of the Marvel Legends Captain Marvel (ver. Genis) figure.
Big Convoy.
A Transformers Movie Wreckage figure customised to resemble the Beast Wars Neo character.
Variable Fighter Mecha.
A transforming Lego MOC by G747.
Mugen Castle Doran.
A Mugenbine fanmode inspired by Castle Doran from the Kamen Rider Kiva series.
Armageddon approaches … yippee!
A cute digirama by Boogeyman13.
The A Trooper Team.
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by an imperial court for a crime they didn’t commit.”
The Four Horsemen and the Elephant.
“They’d already lost a lot of the money they’d put in, and ended up having to pay some out of their own pockets, but the Four Horsemen were determined to make sure the fans got their exclusives.”
Working Class Villains interviewed (part 2).
” … the sculpting of toys and figures has become more of an art form than it ever has been … people are just overcoming those barriers they had been limited by, allowing them to achieve what once was more difficult because of production limitations.”
Toy designer Dan Meyer profiled.
“… a story of toy obsession and professional play that should inspire any high schooler whose parents have told him or her to stop daydreaming and doodling and hit the books.”
Prague Marionettes.
The creations of Lenka Pavlíčková.