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Toy review roundup
yo go re reviews the Mattel Movie Masters The Dark Knight The Joker figure.
Koh Yong Qiang reviews the Medicom Toy project BM! Kamen Rider V3 1/6 scale figure from the Kamen Rider: The Next movie.
Thomas Wheeler reviews the Diamond Select Toys Star Trek Retro Cloth Klingon 8-inch figure.
Michael Crawford reviews the Thinkway Toys WALL-E WALL-E, Eve, Captain and M-O figures.
Michael Crawford reviews the Hasbro Indiana Jones Marion Ravenwood, Cairo Swordsman and René Belloq figures from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
EVA Unit 4A reviews the Bandai DX Engine-Oh set from the Go-onger series. (See also.)
Thomas Wheeler reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe Combat Squad Sgt. Boulder figure.
Sean Huxter reviews the Hasbro Indiana Jones (Whip Cracking Action and Real Movie Dialogue versions), Cairo Swordsman and Mutt Williams 1/6 scale figures from the Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movies. (See also.)
PrfktTear reviews the Hasbro Mr. Potato Head Taters of the Lost Ark toy.
Scott Rubin reviews the Happinet/F-Toys Chara-Works Macross Valkyrie Collection Volumes 1 and 2 (part 2) 1/44 scale trading toys.
Scott Rubin reviews the Dark Horse Deluxe Reaver Ship from the Serenity movie.
Scott Rubin reviews the Hasbro Star Wars Titanium Mon Calamari Star Cruiser and Rogue Shadow toys.
Jeff Saylor reviews the Diamond Select Toys Star Trek Communicator toy. (See also.)
Retro reviews
Tom Prankerd reviews the Bandai Godaikin DX Golion set.
Tom Prankerd reviews the Bandai Godaikin ST Daitetsujin set.
Alex Misiti reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular Disney exclusive 1/6-scale figure.
yo go re reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe Monkey Wrench Direct to Consumer exclusive figure. (See also.)
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Toy links
Bite his shiny plastic …
A fine Bender Stikfas custom by BullStik.
Sobek, the Mugen King.
A neat Mugenbine fanmode by GEE. (Click on the image for a closer look.)
Mach Slugger ver. 2.
Microman Kaito gets a new ride courtesy of Misodrill’s Meccano Multi Model 7 fanmode.
Extermi-knit, extermi-knit.
A knitted Dalek.
When doll customisation goes really, really wrong.
Ladies and gentlemen, the subject of your nightmares tonight.
Death by Playmobil.
See also: 1, 2, 3, 4.
Canadian Legends. [via]
It’s great to see children finally have the means to determine once and for all who would win in a fight between John A. Macdonald and Snake Eyes.
Gun play.
“It’s fascinating to see how Japan’s incredibly strict gun laws have given rise to an industry specializing in ultra-realistic simulacra of weaponry.”
On collecting.
“When we consume and dispose of everything, we throw a little of ourselves away as well; sometimes for the silly reason of simply wanting the newest or the biggest or the nicest something. Collecting old stuff helps me keep some perspective on the past and the way things use to be.”
Toy fad du jour: Bakugan.
“The collecting and battling game, designed for 6- to 11-year-olds, is a creative cross between marbles, Transformers and Pokemon. Across the country stores sell out of the toys as fast as they can get them in – often within the hour. … Recently a $4.99 Bakugan ball sold for $325 on eBay.”