Tonight on Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World
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Toy review roundup
svelte_corps reviews the Lego Agents 8635 Mission 6 Mobile Command Center set. Excerpt: “I love it to pieces and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to anyone, whether for parts or for play value.”
Deinonychus reviews the Lego Agents 8634 Mission 5 Turbocar Chase set. Excerpt: “I’m very comfortable recommending this set to anyone.”
Michael Crawford reviews the DC Direct Deluxe Collector Figure The Dark Knight Batman and The Joker 13-inch figures. Excerpt: “This Ledger Joker is the best Deluxe 13″ figure DCD has produced.”
Matthew Kessen reviews the DC Direct Batman The Killing Joke Collector Set Batman and The Joker figures. Excerpt: “Bolland’s straightforward artistic style is captured beautifully.”
yo go re reviews the Hasbro Star Wars 30th Anniversary Collection Expanded Universe Pre-Cyborg Grievous figure from the Star Wars Visionaries comic. Excerpt: “… it’s cool to see where he came from.” (See also.)
Josh Bernard reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech YF-19 (Isamu version) from Macross Plus. Excerpt: “While I prefer the styling of the GNU YF-19, this one has it beat on accessories.” (See also.)
yo go re reviews the Hasbro Transformers Movie Allspark Power Deluxe Salvage figure. Excerpt: “Salvage is actually a sort of double homage …” (See also.)
Blitzwing reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated Voyager class Optimus Prime figure. Excerpt: “This is just about as show accurate as it gets.”
Blitzwing reviews the Hasbro Transformers Movie Voyager class Deep Space Starscream Target exclusive figure. Excerpt: “While still not perfect, the color alone is an improvement over the original release.”
yo go re reviews the Four Horsemen FANtastic Exclusive Ggruxx and Ssejjhhorr exclusive figures. Excerpt: “… you can’t appreciate the good without the bad.”
Artemis reviews the Hasbro Spider-Man Mary Jane figure from Spider-Man 3. Excerpt: “… a very dull figure.”
Scott Rubin reviews the Bandai Ben 10 Alien Force Humungousaur and Swampfire figures. Excerpt: “… fun figures for kids, and neat collectibles for more adult fans.”
Josh Bernard reviews the Mattel Hot Wheels Speed Racer Mach 5 1/24-scale toy. Excerpt: “… the Mattel version is a bit more expensive, it is still a great piece.”
Retro reviews
WIKD reviews the Tomy Zoids EZ-076 Brastle Tiger kit. Excerpt: “… an awesome addition to any collection.” (See also.)
Atom reviews the Bandai Saint Myth Cloth Hades Shun from the Saint Seiya Hades OVA. Excerpt: “For fans of the show, Hades is a nice addition … .” (See also.)
Technic
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Toy links
Barricade Girl.
A custom figure based on a cosplay costume. (Related.)
LadiesMan217.
A custom Sam Witwicky figure based on the Indiana Jones Mutt Williams figure.
Employee motivation, Sith-style.
A creative Photoshop’d shot by WenHann.
Pegasus.
A striking Lego MOC by edulyoung. (More.)
Shipwreck.
“My very good friend Matt, recently back from his Tour in Iraq as a Navy Corpmen with the Marines.”