Incredible
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Toy review roundup
yo go re reviews the Four Horsemen FANtastic Exclusive The Shield of Draumm exclusive figure.
Fred Meyer and Justin Bell review the Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Comic Pack 4 Firefly vs. Storm Shadow, Comic Pack 5 Shipwreck vs. Copperhead and Comic Pack 6 Duke vs Red Star two-packs.
Artemis reviews the Hasbro Transformers Movie Voyager class Ratchet and Rescue Ratchet toys.
Josh reviews the Hasbro Indiana Jones Indiana Jones (Crystal Skull and rocket launcher versions), Mutt Williams (jacket and no jacket versions), Irina Spalko, Colonel Dovchenko, Russian Soldier, Cemetery Warrior and Ugha Warrior figures from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Atom reviews the Kaiyodo Fraulein Revoltech Pocco figure from Yamashita Shunya’s Sweet Dreams art book. (See also.)
Josh Bernard reviews the Max Factory Figma Saber (armoured version) figure from the Fate/stay night series. (See also.)
Retro reviews
EVA Unit 4A reviews the Bandai Power Rangers Ninja Storm Samurai Star Lightning Megazord figure.
Engineernerd reviews the Kenner Indiana Jones Marion Ravenwood figure from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Shadow play
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Toy links
James May’s Top Toys: Meccano.
“I’m challenging this (class) to build a crane using the old-style Meccano and more importantly, the original instructions … what these kids don’t know is that the sadists at Meccano deliberately put mistakes in the instructions …” (An entertaining 6:57-long video.)
Indiana Jones (x8). [via]
Hasbro did a marvellous job of capturing Harrison Ford’s special face-altering mutant power.
Iron Man Mark 1 (Marvel Icons-style).
A fantastic custom figure by darthjrs based on a 12-inch Van Helsing Frankenstein figure.
Sasword.
Another impressive SIC-style Kamen Rider custom by Kenosyokutaku.
A toy trip to China. [via]
Marvin Chan, the founder of Singapore’s Museum of Shanghai Toys, visits tin and wooden toy factories in China.