Angels
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In Optimus Prime We Trust
Optimus Prime is art.
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Optimus Prime is art.
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The Duck Lord
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Toy links
Ms. Jazz.
An action figure inspired by the Transformers character.
My Little Vader.
Another excellent My Little Pony custom by Mari Kasurinen. (See also.)
DeceptiBear.
“Hey, the Care Bears have somebody for everyone else, right? So they send in Special Agent DeceptiBear for poor, stressed, un-caring Decepticons.”
Nice ass.
A Lego MOC of a Shrek character.
The Fly.
A portrait of a Baxter Stockman figure from the Playmates Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles line.
Dino-Riders 2008.
Boskoes is working on Marvel Legends-style custom figures based on the Tyco toy line.
R2-D2, where are you?
Andy C’s Artoo is going places.
Flame on.
A very nice photo of a plastic army man at work.
Hey, two can play.
Soundwave and Blaster cosplay at BotCon 2008.
Toy store closes.
“One thing I have learned in my 35 years in the business is that it doesn’t matter if you are a 21st century child or one from 50 years ago, kids all love simple things like marbles, spinning tops, balls and games like Snakes & Ladders …”
Building block
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Toy review roundup
yo go re reviews the Mezco Toyz Hellboy II: The Golden Army Wink 7-inch-scale figure. Excerpt: “The figure is really good, and really huge, and therefore really worth your money.” (See also.)
Artemis reviews the Sideshow Collectibles Star Wars Padme Amidala (Ilum Mission version) 1/6 scale figure from the Clone Wars series. Excerpt: “Incidentally, did you know Senator Amidala is a chimpanzee?” (See also.)
Dave Van Domelen reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated Deluxe class Oil Slick, Autobot Jazz, Soundwave and Snarl figures. Excerpt: “… Soundwave is f’in metal.” (See also: 1, 2, 3.)
yo go re reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated The Battle Begins: Optimus Prime versus Megatron set. Excerpt: “… neither of these figures is entirely show-accurate, but they are fun and well-designed, and really, that’s what Transformers are all about.” (See also.)
Artemis reviews the Marvel Toys Legendary Comic Book Heroes Ann O’Brien (normal and variant) figures. Excerpt: “… she’s not a great action figure – the unpainted hair and badly painted shirt hold her back – but she’s good in spite of those flaws …” (See also.)
Atom reviews the Yamato Macross Zero SV-51 Gamma (Nora Type) 1/60-scale figure. Excerpt: “… as much as I like this thing I can not recommend it based on the piece I got.”
Retro reviews
Tom Prankerd reviews the Select Convertors Insectors Creeper figure. Excerpt: “… it lacks any real flourish, and is bland …”
Pow
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Toy links
Ghost episode 11.
Justin Bell’s excellent G.I. Joe photocomic continues.
Doubledealer’s Brock Samson. [via]
“Partially an experiment in mixed mediums, he was sculpted in wax, castilene, Willow Product’s waxes and Apoxie sculpt. I decided to make him in the 6 inch Marvel Legends scale, so he can beat up my other figures.”
Iron Lantern 5700.
A custom figure by Chris Morada inspired by the Amalgam Comics character.
Black Dragon Knight.
Meades Lemicah gets medieval with this Stikfas custom.
My Little Rincewind.
A work-in-progress of a Discworld-inspired My Little Pony custom.
Smile, smile.
An excellent portrait by Alexander Fernandes of the Toy Biz Mecha-Hulk figure.
Jim Earley’s wooden toys.
“The joy he got from providing children with what he says are simple, quality toys helped him stay with the hobby.” (See also.)
Lego MOCs of the Year.
Two remarkably life-like studless designs.
Cowpooling
A Creative Commons-licensed photo by tillwe.
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.
(Please do not hotlink images on these sites.)
Ramuna reviews the Bandai Soul of Chogokin (SOC) GX-42 Koutetsu Shin Jeeg (part 2) set.
Natsume, Gamu (part 2), Goe (part 2) and Seki Futoshi review the Bandai Super Imaginative Chogokin (SIC) Kamen Rider Den-O Sword Form and Momotaros Imagin set.
Mojya and Gamu review the Bandai Gundam Fix Figuration Full Armor Gundam Mk. III set. (See also.)
SR../Blood Zwei and Toybu review the Banpresto Kiba-Musha Den Real Type Figure 3 Musha Mk. 2 and Kiba Musha prize figures.
Tom reviews the Volks A3 Muv-Luv Alternative F-22A Raptor figure. (See also.)
G.S.R. reviews the Yamato GN-U Dou Sengoku Majin Go-Shogun figure. (See also.)
G.S.R. reviews the Toranoana Detroit Metal City Johannes Krauser II 1/10 scale figure.
Machu reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Johannes Krauser II figure from the Detroit Metal City anime. (See also.)
Len reviews the Bandai HCM Pro Wing Gundam 1/200-scale figure from the Gundam Wing series. (See also.)
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Henkei C-06 Skyfire figure. (See also.)
Hinatatiki reviews the Hasbro Transformers Movie Allspark Power Deluxe Stealth Bumblebee figure. (See also.)
Tettsun reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Henkei C-01 Convoy (clear version) International Tokyo Toy Show 2008 exclusive figure. (See also.)
Syuuamamori reviews the Konami Busou Shinki Lancamento set. (See also.)
Nekonekokoara reviews the Max Factory Figma Nagato Yuki (uniform version) figure The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya series. (See also.)
Kuronuko Yamato reviews the Hasbro Star Wars 30th Anniversary Collection Republic Elite Forces Mandalorians and Omega Squad Entertainment Earth exclusive set. (See also.)
Nekonekokoara reviews Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Spirit Iron-Knife figure. (See also.)
Kaz reviews the Bandai Minipla Engine Gattai Seiku-oh Engine Toripter (with Engine Jumbo Whale wing A), Engine Jetras (with Engine Jumbo Whale wing B) and Engine Jumbo Whale (body) candy toys. (See also.)
Retro reviews
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Transformers D-53 Wild Rider figure.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara DX Koutetsu Busou Advenger toy from The Brave of Gold Goldran series.
Shishioh reviews the Banpresto Saint Seiya Souchaku Real Cloth II Dragon Shiryu figure.