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, Nuu, Yo and Damien Sancho review the Bandai S.I.C. Kiwami Tamashii Autovajin figure from Kamen Rider 555.
Mojya and Yo review the Bandai S.I.C. Kiwami Tamashii Kamen Rider Faiz (Axel Form) figure from Kamen Rider 555.
Gamu reviews the Bandai S.I.C. (Super Imaginative Chogokin) Limited Kamen Rider Kiva (Emperor Form) Tamashii Web exclusive figure.
Yo and Lem review the Bandai S.H.Figuarts Cure Aqua figure from Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!
Lem reviews the Bandai S.H.Figuarts Cure Lemonade figure from Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!
Yo reviews the Bandai S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Sasword figure from Kamen Rider Kabuto. (See also.)
Yo, Shishioh and Lem review the Max Factory Figma Drossel Sightseeing Unit (gizmo) installation version Fireball Winter Package DVD exclusive figure.
Amadera reviews the Max Factory Figma Hatsune Miku (live stage version) Wonder Festival Summer 2009 and web exclusive figure. (See also.)
Shishioh reviews the Bandai Robot Tamashii Gundam Exia Repair Tamashii Web exclusive figure from Gundam 00.
herofigure reviews the Bandai Robot Tamashii VF-25F Super Messiah Valkyrie (Saotome Alto version) figure from Macross Frontier. (See also.)
Alfes (part 2) reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-8X King Grimlock figure.
Red reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Alternity Suzuki Swift Sport Bumble (Champion Yellow version) figure. (See also.)
Alfes (part 2) reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Optimus Prime (black version) Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Blu-ray Disc Box Amazon exclusive figure.
Alfes reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Revenge of the Fallen EZ Collection Stealth Bumblebee and Bumblebee (clear version, Tsutaya exclusive) Transformers Revenge of the Fallen DVD exclusive figures.
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Revenge of the Fallen RD-05 Sideways figure. (See also.)
Maruo reviews the Takara Tomy Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Robot Replicas Starscream Tomy Direct exclusive figure. (See also.)
Koshihara Hitoshi reviews the Bandai DX Chogokin GE-48 Macross Quarter figure from Macross Frontier. (See also.)
Gamu and Nuu review the Bandai SDX Vassal Knight Gundam figure.
Kaz reviews the Bandai Mugenbine MugenMoushinjuu MugenBarbaro, MugenGrand, MugenKong, MugenGiraffe, MugenZebra and MugenRhino candy toys. (See also.)
Esuyu (part 2) reviews the Bandai Kamen Rider Double Revolchange Doublemachine Machine HardBoilder and CycloneJoker, Machine HardTurbuler and HeatMetal, Machine HardSplasher and LunaTrigger, and Machine HardBoilder EX (Boost Unit) candy toys.
Gamu reviews the Fewture Models EX Gohkin Series Getter Robo Getter 1 Gigantic Double Tomahawk (repaint version) Fewture Direct exclusive accessory set.
Lem, Ramuna and Hima-toy review the Bandai Soul of Chogokin (S.O.C.) GX-48 Big-O Expansion Parts Set Tamashii Web exclusive set.
Retro reviews
Transformers Baka Ichidai reviews the Takara Transformers D-89 Misfire figure from Transformers: The Headmasters.
Amadera reviews the Kaiyodo Revoltech YF-19 (Isamu version) figure from Macross Plus. (See also.)
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“Nothing makes me lose my cool like toy packaging …”
(YouTube, 01:49.)
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Micro Krueger.
misodrill used a Microman Military Force Stealth Camo figure as a base for this custom.
Tags: custom, Microman/Micronauts, movie
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Wild Striker.
A brutal-looking 3-man Assemble Borg ride. (Click on the images for a better look.)
Tags: Assemble Borg, fanmode
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Tear down this wall.
Fine digirama by BFLV.
Tags: 1/6, digirama, Flickr, photo
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Made in China.
“The world toy market has been inevitably affected by the world economic crisis, but compared with the beginning of this year we’ve seen an improvement … As long as the products are innovative enough, there is market demand.”
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Michael Accardi’s Masterpiece Perceptor.
“Reworked his entire body adding tons of articulation.” (More.)
Tags: custom, Transformers
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raynir’s Liberty Legion.
Fine customs of obscure characters.
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Microman Link.
“I know Zelda 2 and this particular character design are not the most popular amongst hardcore Zelda fans but to them I say, ‘Well Eeeeehxcuuuuuuse me Princess'”
Tags: custom, game, Microman/Micronauts
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Frankencastle.
A custom by Apathy Ink.