So, I don’t really do “Figure of the Year” stuff, but if I did, Mafex Gwenpool would very likely be my “Figure of the Year”. I can’t express how worried I was about this figure leading up tot he release. All of the previous Mafex figures I have picked up had some sort of issue, most often, arms or heads that don’t stay attached well. The sculpts on the figures are all great, but the quality is a little dodgy. I’ve mentioned before that as much as I like Mafex […]
Unlike Thor, Ant-Man did get a dedicated wave during the time of his movie. It just, only had one movie figure in it, Ant-Man, and the rest of the wave was Ant-Man themed comic characters, sort of, the 3 villains of the wave weren’s Ant-Man villains. the Build a Figure was AoE Ultron, though in the comics Hank Pym built Ultron, not Tony Stark. Anyway, the point is, there wasn’t a Yellowjacket figure, comic or otherwise. Marvel has seriously shied away from doing figures of the movie villains for whatever […]
I don’t really collect Masterpiece Transformers, not on any sort of large scale. I have a few, the original MP-01 and MP-05 Optimus and Megatron. Though both of those are in the old larger scale of Transformers. I use MP-08 Grimlock as my “Classics Grimlock”, because it’s a nice looking toy and his bulk makes him nice and imposing next to mainline sized toys. Sunstreaker is more of a personal indulgence. When he was announced, he looked really nice, and when a reissue of his brother Sideswipe was announced to […]
So, even before Goodsmile announced they were doing Overwatch figures of any kind, a company known for 3rd party Transformers, DX-9 put out a transforming 3rd Party Bastion. Or as it’s officially know, K1 Freeman. So, a little background, “3rd Party” is a term used often in the Transformers community to refer to a slew of toys and companies that produce unofficial, unlicensed Transformers figures. There are, I believe, similar operations in other toylines, but Transformers is definitely the biggest market for these toys. They aren’t straight bootlegs, like you […]
For the ten year anniversary of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hasbro is putting out a special sub line of Marvel Legends celebrating the event. These figures all come in special boxes that create a little mural when combined along the edges, and all are themed around different movies from the MCU so far. Its sort of the Marvel Legends equivalent to the Transformers Studio Series line. They are also using it as a chance to catch up on characters who may have been missed over the years in the previous […]
