Revoltech checklist updated
Updated the Revoltech checklist with Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann review links.
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.)
Mojya reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Street Fighter Online Ryu figure.
Toybu, Gamu and Shishioh review the Kaiyodo Revoltech Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann figure.
Ganhoo, Gamu and Damien Sancho review the Kaiyodo Revoltech Super Valkyrie VF-1J (Millia type) Hobby Japan exclusive figure from Macross.
Nekokami Sigma reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Protect Gear figure from The Red Spectacles. (See also.)
Mojya reviews the Medicom Toy Project BM! Kamen Rider Den-O Sword Form 1/6-scale figure.
Kaz (part 2) reviews the Soldier Story ODA Assault Team Leader 1/6-scale figure.
Syuuamamori reviews the Volks Super Robot Wars Original Generation Full Action Figure Wild Würger (L version) event exclusive figure.
Syuuamamori reviews the Volks Super Robot Wars Original Generation Full Action Figure Wild Würger (R version) event exclusive figure.
Goe reviews the Yamato GN-U Dou Dancouga Nova figure.
Ganhoo reviews the Yamato GN-U Dou Dancouga figure. (See also.)
Tettsun reviews the Megahouse Action Works Joseph Blassreiter figure. (See also.)
Gamu reviews the Bandai Gundam Fix Figuration RX-78-NT1 Alex (Frame Model) 1/144-scale set. (See also.)
Damien Sancho reviews the Bandai Extended Mobile Suit in Action (EMSIA) Gelgoog Production Type figure from Mobile Suit Gundam.
Ken Murasame reviews the Bandai Mobile Suit in Action (MSIA) Gundam Nadleeh figure from Gundam 00. (See also.)
Tettsun reviews the Bandai Saint Myth Cloth Sea Emperor Poseidon figure from the Saint Seiya anime.
Len reviews the Konami Busou Shinki Light Armor Angel Commando Werkstra figure. (See also.)
Len reviews the Konami Busou Shinki Light Armor Squirrel Pomock (prototype version) figure. (See also.)
Soh-dr (part 2) reviews the Bandai Super Imaginative Chogokin (SIC) Kamen Rider Den-O Sword Form and Momotaros Imagin set. (See also.)
Akaboushi reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Universe USA Edition Powerglide figure.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Universe USA Edition Silverbolt figure.
Hinatatiki and Yuki Bune review the Takara Tomy Transformers Universe USA Edition Onslaught figure.
Damien Sancho reviews the Hasbro Transformers Animated Deluxe class Oil Slick figure (See also.)
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Henkei D-03 Astrotrain figure. (See also.)
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Allspark Power MD-22 Incinerator figure. (See also.)
Red reviews the Hasbro Transformers Shattered Glass Sideswipe Botcon 2008 exclusive figure.
Red reviews the Hasbro Transformers Univese Classic Sideswipe figure. (See also.)
Nekonekokoara reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Mercenary Wraith figure.
Nekonekokoara reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Croc Master figure.
Nekonekokoara reviews the Hasbro G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Sgt. Bazooka figure. (See also.)
Kuronuko Yamato and Satocchi review the Max Factory Figma Hiiragi Tsukasa (winter uniform version) figure from the Lucky Star series. (See also.)
Satocchi reviews the Max Factory Figma Hiiragi Kagami (winter uniform version) figure from the Lucky Star series. (See also.)
Ebi reviews the Bandai Engine Gattai DX Engine Dai-Shogun set from the Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! Gekijobang!! movie. (See also.)
Kaz reviews the Bandai Mugenbine Kaiseijuu Mugenpirates Mugenstingray, Mugenkraken, Mugenscissor, Mugenshark, Mugenwhale and Mugencaptain candy toys. (See also.)
G.S.R. reviews the Bandai Minipla Keitai Sosakan 7 Phone Braver 7 candy kit. (See also.)
FTS reviews the Change Car Robo Gear Arc toys.
Retro reviews
Akaboushi reviews the Takara Microman Microforce Commander Microman. figure. (See also.)
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Transformers C-125 Shouki figure from the C-131 Raiden giftset.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Transformers C-126 Getsuei figure from the C-131 Raiden giftset.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Transformers C-127 Yukikaze figure from the C-131 Raiden giftset.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Transformers D-309 Blackshadow figure from Transformers Victory.
Red reviews the Hasbro Transformers Universe Sideswipe Official Transformers Collectors Convention exclusive figure.
Tom reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech Getter 2 figure from Shin! Getter Robo.
Satocchi reviews the Bandai Gundam Fix Figuration Guncannon figure. (See also.)
Toy links
Thunderwing.
A phenomenal repaint of the Movie Megatron figure. (Click on the image for a closer look.)
Neo Henshin Cyborg.
The clear plastic makes it difficult to convey how cool the figure is through photos but tatsuru does a fine job.
Captain America Android.
“The custom figure was based on the Joe Madureira’s stunning variant cover to Ultimates 3 #5.”
Wings’ Odin custom.
“I noticed he didn’t have a set look so I designed the look by lifting ideas from different appearences over the years.”
V3 (Kamen Rider the Next version).
Another cool SIC-style custom by Killing Monkey.
Zoids Blox gattai.
This neat Misodrill fanmode was originally intended to be a homage to Beast Wars Magnaboss.
Battle-damaged S.C.M. Gundam Exia.
Damien Sancho used the cloak from Kamen Rider Zeronos Vega Form soft vinyl figure for this custom.
Souchaku Henshin Kamen Rider IXA Burst Mode.
G.S.R. used the head from a HDM IXA figure, parts from a Twin Hero IXA soft vinyl figure and a Souchaku Henshin Kamen Rider Plat Form figure for this custom.
The orange and grey.
A striking Lego mecha by scouzy. (More.)
Cobra-a-a-a!
A custom Lego minifig by Legokilla01. (More G.I. Joe Lego minifigs.)
March of the BATs.
An awesome diorama display at Collecticon 2008.
The anatomy of a Lego minifig.
An imaginative illustration by Jason Freeny.
Mad in China.
“Smart Union, a supplier to Mattel, had not paid its 6,500 employees in the export-oriented southern city of Dongguan for two months … The number of Chinese firms exporting toys overseas halved in the first seven months of 2008, compared to the year before …”