Review – Transformers – Titans Return – Blurr
Posted in2016 - Titans Return

Review – Transformers – Titans Return – Blurr

Like Combiner Wars previously, Titans Return isn't a total homage to only Headmasters.  There aren't a ton of Headmasters to pull from so some character who weren't originally Headmasters get roped into the mix as well.  I'm not super keen on picking up a lot of the non Headmaster Titan Masters, the way I passed on all of the non combining Combiner Wars characters.  Blurr however is a character seriously in need of an updated toy, and this Blurr is a really good representation of the original Blurr, especially compared to the previous Generations Blurr.  The old Blurr is a…
S.H. Figuarts – Ranma (Female)
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S.H. Figuarts – Ranma (Female)

Getting Sailor Moon Figuarts was a surprise.  But not a huge surprise when you consider there was a new redesigned series put out recently.  Getting Ranma 1/2 Figuarts was the real surprise.  For the most part the anime Figuarts I see tend to be based on newer anime and manga that I've never heard of.  But here we are, with Ranma 1/2 in glorious highly articulated plastic form.  Sadly it kind of seems like we'll never actually get Panda Genma who was featured when these were announced. The first release is the female version of Ranma.  In case you are…
Review – Marvel Legends – Juggernaut Wave – Deadpool
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Review – Marvel Legends – Juggernaut Wave – Deadpool

I'm a little torn on Deadpool here.  He's a pretty great figure.  Not the perfect Deadpool necessarily due to a few minor design issue but he's solid.  He also comes with a ton of accessories and no Build-a-Figure piece for Juggernaut.  Which is why I'm torn.  What Deadpool represents is essentially what I wish we got from Marvel Legends as a line.  Dump the dumb BAF aspects, load up more accessories, alternate heads, weapons, effect parts, alternate hands. Yeah, it's a dumb reason to dislike a figure, it's more that I dislike the concept he is presenting, because it's what…
Review – Transformers – Generations – Brainstorm
Posted in2014 - Generations Transformers

Review – Transformers – Generations – Brainstorm

If you've been keeping track, you might have noticed that I've gone through all of the original 7 Headmaster's remakes from Titan's Returns.  You might have been expecting the last review here to cover Titan's Return Brainstorm.  Well, you'd be almost correct.  The thing is, I have Generations Brainstorm already, and I don't really need Titan's Return Brainstorm, so instead, you're getting Generations Brainstorm. If you follow some of the recent lines just before Combiner Wars, it kind of felt like Hasbro was exploring and experimenting with ideas for future lines.  We got Scoop with his Trigger masters, and the…
Mafex – The Dark Knight Joker
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Mafex – The Dark Knight Joker

I'm not a huge fan of the "Nolan Batman" films as a whole, but The Dark Knight is one of my favorite movies in the broad sense.  Batman Begins, The Dark Knight Rises, both are kind of mediocre, The Dark Knight is so good though.  A lot of this is because of the Joker as the villain.  Loving Heath Ledger's Joker isn't an uncommon opinion at all for sure.  Unfortunately, in the US, Mattel has the license for DC figures, and produces most of them.  Mattel, honestly, isn't the greatest toy company, mostly because they tend to have wonky articulation…
Review – Marvel Legends – Walgreen’s Punisher
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Review – Marvel Legends – Walgreen’s Punisher

Walgreen's has quickly become a pretty hot spot for toy collecting.  They have continually been getting some really good exclusives for Star Wars and Marvel Legends and more recently Transformers.  These often, though not always, aren't just mild repaints or useless variants of other characters from a mass release, especially on the Marvel Legends side.   They also have started having a good track record of getting waves earlier than other retail outlets such as Wal-Mart and Target.  The Punisher here is one of those exclusive figures. This Punisher is such a mixed bag of hit and miss.  He's mostly good,…
Review – Transformers – Titans Return – Wolfwire (Weirdwolf)
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Review – Transformers – Titans Return – Wolfwire (Weirdwolf)

The last entry in the line for Titans Returns Decepticon updates for the G1 Headmasters is Wolfwire.  In G1, Wolfwire was known as Weirdwolf.  There are all sorts of crazy reasons for name changes like this from rights ownership to names being slurs in other languages or even just because Hasbro decided that they don't like the name Weirdwolf anymore. Weirdwolf, Wolfwire, whatever you want to call him, he's definitely the best of the Decepticon ranks here.  He's has nice pose ability in both modes, his weapons are both nice, his transformations is simple yet nicely elegant. The beast mode…