Toy review roundup
Jeff Parker reviews the Hot Toys M Icon James Dean (Cowboy Version) 1/6-scale figure.
Michael Crawford reviews the Mezco Toyz Heroes Mohinder Suresh, Sylar, Hiro Nakamura and Claire Bennet figures.
Poe Ghostal reviews the NECA Player Select Gears of Wars Marcus Fenix figure. (See also.)
yo go re and Terry Dizard review Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Spirit Iron-Knife figure. (See also.)
Michael Crawford reviews Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece Pirates of the Caribbean At World’s End Will Turner 1/6 scale figure. (See also.)
Josh Bernard reviews the CM’s Corporation Mecha Action Series AV-0 Peacemaker (Unit 2 variant) figure from the Patlabor series. (See also.)
Join us or die
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by disavian.
Toy links
Kamen Rider Orga.
A majestic SIC-style custom figure by Killing Monkey.
Murder Mod.
Ladies and gentlemen, a preview of your nightmare tonight.
Death Star Gladiators.
Lacking lightsabers, the Junior Stormtrooper Brigade improvised.
Danbo.
An excellent photo of the Revoltech figure by cgines. We highly recommend checking out her wonderful 365 Toy Project photo set.
In Wonderland.
A suitably dream-like portrait of the Tonner Doll Alice in Wonderland doll by tatsurus.
Uranian.
A Lego MOC by timgould vaguely reminiscent of a Micronauts figure.
Knight.
An impressive Bionicle MOC by bigfatslob.
Rah rah.
A creative minifig MOC by Patrick Bosman. (See also.)
Brick Bender.
“I am a journalist spending a year inside the world of Adult Fans of LEGO … for a book that will be published by John Wiley & Sons.”
US toy industry to grow in the long term.
“The number of children under age 10 is expected grow over the next five years, and since an average of about $400 is spent each year per child, the $22 billion domestic market could grow as much as $800 million …”
Play face
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by kwankwan.
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.
SR../Blood Zwei reviews the Yamato GN-U Dou Macross Plus VF-11B figure.
Mondo reviews the McFarlane Toys Warriors of the Zodiac Aries figure.
Kaz reviews the Hot Toys U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division Sniper 1/6-scale figure.
Gamu reviews the Bandai S.I.C. (Super Imaginative Chogokin) Kamen Rider X and Apollo Geist set. (See also.)
Goe, K3 and Acro_characin review the Bandai In Action Offshoot Knightmare Frame Gloucester (Gilford version) from the Code Geass series. (See also.)
K3 reviews the Bandai In Action Offshoot Knightmare Frame Sutherland (Normal and Purist versions) from the Code Geass series. (See also.)
Shishioh and Tom review the Bandai Souchaku Henshin Kamen Rider Kiva (Basshaa Form) figure. (See also.)
Tom reviews the Bandai Souchaku Henshin Kamen Rider Kiva (Garulu form) figure. (See also.)
Acro_characin reviews the Bandai Saint Cloth Myth Scylla Io figure from the Saint Seiya series. (See also.)
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Henkei Megatron figure. (See also.)
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Hasbro Transformers Movie Allspark Power Warpath figure.
Nekonekokoara reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Snow Job figure. (See also.)
Satocchi reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Regult from the Macross TV series. (See also.)
Hinatatiki reviews the Kaiyodo Fraulein Revoltech Futami Mami (Snow Strawberry version) Friend Shop exclusive figure from The Idolmaster game. (See also.)
Syuuamamori reviews the Konami Sky Girls Aisha Krishnam on MMS and Elise von Dietrich on MMS figures.
Retro reviews
Damien Sancho reviews the Konami Chouseishin Gransazer Impactor Logia figure. (See also.)
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Beast Wars II C-21 Drillnuts figure.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews Hasbro Transformers Warpath Transformers Station exclusive and the Takara Transformers Collection Warpath figures from the TFC-12 Minibot Team set.
Gun0826 reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe Valor vs. Venom Over Drive and Baroness two-pack.
Play art
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by tnarik.
Toy links
Everything’s OK.
A Lego stop-motion video inspired by Chris Rice’s song.
Custom Steel Spider figure.
TFMANIAC’s homage to the Marvel character. (More.)
The Obama action figure. [via]
“The first and only action figure with the power to transform a nation. … For every online order we receive, one dollar will be donated to the Obama campaign!”
Cobraganda. [via]
“… America’s ongoing conflict with Cobra Command was fought on the battlefield as well as in the theater of public opinion …”
Toys: The Inside Story.
“(The exhibit has) 12 different hands-on stations illustrating the simple mechanisms commonly found in toys, and lets visitors create their own toy-like combinations of gears, pulleys, linkages, cams, and circuits.”
Paper Op
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by markleggett.
In Optimus Prime We Trust
Optimus Prime is full of hot air. [via]
Optimus Prime might be a giant.
Optimus Prime is a Hollywood player.
Optimus Prime laughs at Oscar.
Perspective
Strike a pose 30/52.