Fortnite Victory Royale The Scientist
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Fortnite Victory Royale The Scientist

A little before Christmas I bought a bunch of "Clearance masquerading as a Christmas Sale from Entertainment Earth stuff. It was all stuff I had been "sort of looking at" for a while, but for super marked down, I decided why not. Slightly annoyingly, a lot of it ended up being slightly disappointing for one reason or another. Maybe I need to start listening to tat little, "you put this off for a reason" voice more. Anyway, this was one of them. In the last year, I've started playing a ton of Fortnite. Though I don't own a ton of…
S.H. Figuarts – Sakura Kasugano
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S.H. Figuarts – Sakura Kasugano

When playing Street Fighter, I have always been a fan of the "Ryu Family" of heroes. Ryu, Ken, Sakura, Akuma, that sort. They tend to have a nice balance with speed and power. That said, I also kind of prefer Sakura, for being a bit faster. All of the other Street Fighter figures I have are from SOTA Toys' old line. For the most part they are pretty good figures, even their Sakura, but the Figuarts Sakura just generally looked a lot nicer, so I've been wanting to pick her up for a while. She is definitely an upgrade. I…
NECA – Heroes of the Storm Thrall
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NECA – Heroes of the Storm Thrall

If there is one central figure in all of World of Warcraft Lore to pretty much everything going on, it's the Orc known as Thrall. Some people suggest his is a Mary Sue stand in for Chris Metzen who was basically in charge of WoW for a very long time. Even when Thrall tries to take a step out of the story, it always brings him back to fix everything. He also has the Nickname "Green Jesus". Thrall has had a few different roles and looks over the years. This particular design, like The Lich King, is not from World…
Sentinel – Roll Caskett (AmiAmi Exclusive Ver)
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Sentinel – Roll Caskett (AmiAmi Exclusive Ver)

I'm pretty picky anymore, so it's not super often that I end up slightly disappointed with a figure, especially one that is expensive that I didn't randomly pick up because it was marked down to nothing at Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, the 4 Inch Nel Roll Casket gets the pleasure of being slightly disappointing. So, the figure itself is pretty decent, and I really like the Classic Megaman that I have. The real insult of this figure is the price and the dual release. The version I have is the AmiAmi.com exclusive version. It includes a hatless head and a mini figure…
Sentinel – Mega Man (Classic)
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Sentinel – Mega Man (Classic)

Mega Man is one video game series I have extremely fond childhood memories of.  I've played and finished all of the games and Mega Man 3 is one title that I played religiously back in the day.  It's a series that just begs for a good toy line but it seems like it will never achieve the greatness I had always hoped with hundreds of Robot Masters.  Years ago Jazwares put out a short lived line and I snapped all of them up, despite their mediocre quality.  I've dabbled a bit in some of the model kits as well.  The…
NECA – Heroes of the Storm Arthas (Lich King)
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NECA – Heroes of the Storm Arthas (Lich King)

I have a real love/hate relationship with NECA.  They get a lot of interesting licenses, and for the most part, do nice sculpt jobs on most of their figures.  However they use some weird plastic that's kind of flakey and prone to breaking and often results in stiff or stuck joints.  There are ways to loosen them up but it just feels like a shame that the figures often don't work too well out of the packaging.  In many ways, they remind me of MacFarlane Toys of yesteryear, when MacFarlane was a huge presence in the toy industry. Fortunately, I…
S.H. Figuarts – Yoshi
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S.H. Figuarts – Yoshi

While he wasn't part of the original Super Mario Brothers, in fact, he didn't come around until much later in the series during the 4th full game, Super Mario World, Yoshi is as iconic to the Mario series as any of the main cast.   The popular Dino has even gotten several of his own spin off games.  He certainly makes sense as an addition to the Mario Figuarts lineup. Yoshi is quite a different little figure than Mario and Luigi, for the obvious reasons that, he's a Dinosaur and not a plumber.  He's actually a quite a bit more dynamic…