Toy review roundup
Michael Crawford reviews the Hot Toys Hellboy II: The Golden Army Hellboy 1/6-scale figure. Excerpt: “Hot Toys is sort of like Pixar these days – it’s hard to judge them on the same scale as everyone else, because their work is so far above the competition.”
yo go re reviews the Hasbro Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Scout class Ransack figure. Excerpt: “Forget the rehashed Ironhides, Starscreams or Bumblebees, and go for something new. Or, in this case, something old.”
yo go re reviews the Diamond Select Toys Marvel Minimates X-Men Origins Wolverine Weapon X Wolverine and Silver Fox Toys ‘R’ Us exclusive two-pack. Excerpt: “… a nice value.”
yo go re reviews the Hasbro Star Wars Comic Packs Luke Skywalker and Deena Shan set from Star Wars: Rebellion. Excerpt: “… while neither Luke nor Deena are perfect, they’re not awful.” (See also.)
Newton Gimmick reviews the Shocker Toys Indie Spotlight ShadowHawk (variant) figure. Excerpt: “It’s tough to find too much fault with this figure …” (See also.)
Retro reviews
Nathan Newell reviews the Art Asylum Star Trek The Original Series Captain James T. Kirk, Commander Spock and Doctor McCoy AVON mail-away exclusive set. Excerpt: “These Art Asylum figures show the absolutely ineptitude of the new Playmates Star Trek line.”
Darren Cilenti reviews the Hasbro Transformers Shattered Glass Razorclaw BotCon 2008 exclusive figure. Excerpt: “… a very forgettable repaint and certainly isn’t worth tracking down …”
Toy links
Conan, what is best in life?
Getting a custom action figure based on DC Superheroes Clark Kent.
Andrew Ryan.
A man customises. A parasite says, “What will the neighbors think?”
Not even in the face of Armageddon.
“He was made using an Angel Season 5 Wesley figure from Diamond Select as the body, and the head is from the Toys R’ Us exclusive unmasked Rorschach figure.”
Old school.
Photos by oly_wood.
Maochao.
“… take a very bright and low-contrast photo using my camera, extract the details I want by tracing them in black, erase everything that’s not black to leave a line drawing, then manually block in colors and shadows.”