In Optimus Prime We Trust
Optimus Prime is ready for his closeup, Mr. Lasseter.
(See also.)
Optimus Prime is art.
(More fantastic art by Tom Whalen.)
Optimus Prime can’t get any cooler.
Optimus Prime really can’t get any cooler.
Optimus Prime is taking it to the streets.
Optimus Prime is a street fighter.
Optimus Prime is getting back to nature.
Your mother
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by Siebuhr.
Toy links
My Little Godzilla.
A fantastic My Little Pony custom. (Check out the Master Chief custom.)
The Be@rbrick Circus.
A colourful Flickr photoset by ecpica.
The Dweller in the Depths.
An impressive Aquaman custom by M1 Customs.
Soundwave rides.
A modded World’s Smallest Transformers Soundwave figure with improved knee articulation.
The Baronatrix.
We’ve always suspected …
Niko Bellic custom.
BatCrazed’s GTA4-inspired custom is based on a Punisher figure.
Samurai Monk.
“This figure is a Hasbro Joe base, and headsculpt, with a little VELCRO added for a cool goatee.” (See also.)
The Wetzel collection.
2,000 construction toys from 1860 to the 1970s worth over half a million dollars.
Wizard’s faves.
“A year by year rundown of the hottest toys and comic merch released throughout Wizard’s history!”
BBC harasses Doctor Who fan.
“… if it’s small-scale and not for profit, then we turn a blind eye. … But there were some unscrupulous people taking these patterns and using them on eBay to make profit for themselves.”
Taxi
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by Bruno. C.
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.
It’s-a …
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by pinkarman.
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.
I’ll get you, I’ll get all of you
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by huees.
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.
Ken-O reviews the Studio HalfEye Super Robot Wars Perfect Change Cybuster figure.
MaruH102 reviews the Aoshima Shin Seiki Gohkin Getter 2 (black version) figure.
Kuronuko Yamato reviews the Bandai Motion Revive Series Kamen Rider Kiva (Kiva Form) trading figure.
Nekonekokoara reviews the Bandai Motion Revive Series Kamen Rider Ibuki, Kamen Rider Todoroki and Kamen Rider Zanki trading figures.
Ganhoo reviews the Bandai Soul of Chogokin GX-41 Raideen (part 2) set. (See also.)
Ken Murasame reviews the Bandai In Action Offshoot Knightmare Frame Sutherland (Normal and Purist versions) from the Code Geass series. (See also.)
Mondo reviews the Bandai In Action Offshoot Knightmare Frame Sutherland (Purist version) from the Code Geass series. (See also.)
Damien Sancho reviews the Banpresto Special Creative Model Exia (set A version) figure from the Gundam 00 series. (See also.)
Syuuamamori reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Tetsujin 28 vs Black Ox (Time Slip Monokuro versions) Figure Ou magazine exclusive mail-order set. (See also.)
The G reviews the Kaiyodo Fraulein Revoltech Amami Haruka (Snow Strawberry version) Friend Shop exclusive figure from The Idolmaster game. (See also.)
Kaz reviews the Kaiyodo Fraulein Revoltech Pocco figure from Yamashita Shunya’s Sweet Dreams art book. (See also.)
Cagalli-bi and Kuronuko Yamato review the Max Factory Figma Suzumiya Haruhi (uniform version) figure from The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi. (See also.)
Acro_characin reviews the Konami Busou Shinki Fighter Asuka figure. (See also.)
Kaz reviews the Konami Busou Shinki Firearms Zelnogrard figure. (See also.)
Hinatatiki reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Henkei Astrotrain figure. (See also.)
Damien Sancho reviews the Banpresto Gundam Series Transforming Model Core Fighter Card Case.
Retro reviews
Gamu reviews the Volks Super Robot Wars Original Generation Full Action Figure Series Twin Bird Strike Pack (part 2) limited set.
Sousuke reviews the Bandai Soul of Chogokin GX-03 Combattler V (part 2, part 3, part 4) set.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Kabaya Transformers DX Fire Convoy, Mach Alert and J-7 candy toys from the Transformers Car Robot series.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Hasbro Transformers Universe Inferno USA Edition e-Hobby exclusive figure.
Dude, we’re not Smurfs
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by ansik.