Toy review roundup (via Fanmode)

Corey Tincher reviews the Shocker Toys Indie Spotlight ShadowHawk (variant) figure. Excerpt: “You’re … getting a character in plastic form that you would probably otherwise never see, so paying a little extra premium is more reasonable.” Nathan Newell reviews the Shocker Toys Indie Spotlight Scud (Sol version) figure. Excerpt: “… a pretty solid figure.” yo [...]

Most Wanted: Mercenary Gunman

Welcome to a new feature where I publicize some rare or out-of-production figure I’m looking for. I’m thinking I may make this available to anyone–people can submit their “Most Wanted” holy grail figures/toys and I can spotlight them. Thoughts?

Whither the ML Nemesis wave?

PGPoA reader and all-around grand fellow Esbat wrote in to alert me to something I’d been unaware of–apparently the Walmart-exclusive Marvel Legends Nemesis wave is in some sort of weird limbo where it’s sort of been released, but sort of not.

G.I. Joe Resolute: A Sh*t Load of Awesome (Spoiler Free)

Friday was the debut of the G.I. Joe animated project entitled, “G.I. Joe Resolute”. The premier consisted of two short episodes on Adult Swim’s website and quite frankly, they seriously rocked socks. Before I get to my impressions, I need to go on a bit of a rant. The very idea behind Resolute is one [...]

Odds ‘n Ends

Mattel is supposedly going to post information about its MOTUC subscription service today. If/when it does, I’ll post it here. My Mer-Man should arrive tomorrow. Review coming shortly thereafter. I’m impressed by the fact we reached 200+ votes on the latest poll…what are the chances we can get to 300 before May 1, people? I’m [...]

FANtastic Exclusive Round 3: Articulation

Raven has come out on top, and the new round for FANtastic Exclusive 2009 is all about articulation. Rather than asking about specific points of articulation, this time around the Horsemen have chosen to give some more general choices. Minimally articulated: Maybe head, shoulders and waist for a more or less static stance. Minimally/Moderately articulated: [...]