Jeff Parker reviews the Hot Toys Predator Major Alan “Dutch†Schaeffer and Private Billy Sole 1/6-scale figures. Excerpt: “Well, once again we are in the territory of ‘Dallas and Kane’ where one actor/agent/lawyer has given permission to use his likeness and the other hasn’t …â€
Newton Gimmick reviews the Playmates TMNT Mini-Mutants Exoskeleton Shredder figure. Excerpt: “… while it’s obviously inspired by Exo-Squad it has tons of little traits that definitely make it TMNT.â€
Dave Van Domelen reviews the Hasbro Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Scout class Rollbar, Dead End, Knock Out, Dirt Boss, Depthcharge and Ransack figures. Excerpt: “… it seems like they used a much more brittle plastic in most of these than the designs would have worked best with.†(See also: 1, 2, 3, 4.)
Brent Johnston reviews the Hasbro Transformers Universe Generation 1 Series Ultra class Autobot Countdown figure. Excerpt: “Countdown is one of the better Ultra-class figures out today, despite being a repaint of a Cybertron-line figure.â€
Michael Crawford reviews the Mattel Batman The Joker 12-inch Toys ‘R’ Us exclusive figure from The Dark Knight. Excerpt: “… there’s a lot of wasted potential here, especially considering the price point.â€
Poe Ghostal reviews the Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics Zodac Mattycollector.com exclusive figure. Excerpt: “… my own fondness for Zodac’s character and design is giving him an extra half-raven he probably doesn’t quite deserve.†(See also.)
Corey Tincher reviews the Mattel DC Universe Classics Mr. Terrific figure. Excerpt: “I guess Mattel liked that left-leg sculpt so much, that they wanted to use it twice.†(See also.)
Artemis reviews the Lego Bionicle Phantoka 8685 Toa Kopaka set. Excerpt: “… he looks badass.â€