Good morning folks! My apologies–there is no actual news roundup today. I did my usual perusal of the toy websites and found virtually nothing I deemed newsworthy. Feel free to post anything you found interesting in the comments below. The only thing that caught my attention was that reportedly, the Mattycollector.com news page briefly had [...]
Michael Crawford reviews the Diamond Select Toys Ultimate Quarter Scale Han in Hoth Gear figure from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Excerpt: “… I had my hopes up that he’d be the ONE, the Neo of the line.” Michael Crawford reviews the Mezco Toyz Cinema of Fear Jason Voorhees (hockey mask version) 7-inch figure [...]
Manglors Manglord Action Figure Toy by Neato Coolville Poe’s note: Man, I loved these toys as a kid. Well, toy, I should say, since I never had any of them except for the Manglord here. As you can see, they had some great, creepy box art, too. There was a certain tragic aspect to these [...]
A roundup of all the Transformers and G.I. Joe stuff Hasbro showed off at Toy Fair last weekend.
While I like the mace Hawkman came with, it sits a little too loosely in his hand, so I went looking for a replacement. On eBay I found a range of approximately 1/12th scale diecast weapons under the brand name “Mononofu.” I ordered the mace, which also came with a shield and a little stand. [...]
Good morning folks! A lot of you have probably already seen this, but for those of you who don’t visit any other geek-oriented websites, Marvel has produced its own Robot Chicken-like video featuring MODOK bawling out an A.I.M. henchman, Christian Bale-style. It’s apparently the first of a series titled Marvel Super Heroes: What The–?! It’s [...]
PVC Characters by Ottoman Polisher
[Well, the whole "new review format" went over like a lead balloon with you guys. This review may read more like the newer format, but that's only because I already did the definitive long-winded Wolverine figure review years ago.
Mattel posted a lengthy update on their Facebook page.
Back in the late 1980s, the California Raisins were huge. Like so many pop culture characters of the decade, they began as a marketing gimmick. Within a year or two they had toys, albums, TV specials, and they were even awarded that epitome of 1980s pop culture adoration, a (short-lived) Saturday morning cartoon. They even [...]