Star Wars Black Series – Baze Malbus
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Star Wars Black Series – Baze Malbus

Star Wars: Rogue One gave us a nice interesting ensemble cast of heroes. What it didn't really produce was a particularly great line up of figures. A couple of the more interesting characters in the movie and figures are Baze Malbus and his partner Chirrut Imwe. Both of these figures were actually kind of hard to come by for a while, partially because wave 1 of the Rogue One waves sold incredibly poorly. For a good while, you basically were looking at paying a ridiculous mark up on either figure on the secondary market. I've seen both show up at…
Star Wars Black Series – Darth Maul
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Star Wars Black Series – Darth Maul

In the same wave as Anakin, we've gotten a second much needed re-release of a very popular prequel trilogy character with Darth Maul. Darth Maul was number 2 in the main line of figures, part of the first wave of Black Series every released. He is also pretty popular, that kind of makes him a little hard to find. For the most part, this is one of the more impressive Black Series figures I've picked up, mostly in part due to his array of accessories. To start off, there is his double bladed light saber. The blades are removable and…
Star Wars Black Series – Anakin Skywalker
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Star Wars Black Series – Anakin Skywalker

Star Wars has been on a bit of a low point lately for toys. Not really a low point of quality or anything, if feels more like a low point of interest. The last few movies did alright, but not really amazing, and a lot fo the character designs were kind of bland. Lately they have been tapping into some of the older movies, and part of that, thankfully, involves re-releasing some of the previously release Black Series figures in the Archives line. This isn't a new line or anything, it's been going on for a while, but it's been…
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…
Marvel Legends – Smart Hulk Wave – Union Jack
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Marvel Legends – Smart Hulk Wave – Union Jack

I know I've mentioned this before, but I am not always too familiar with whom these Comics characters are. Especially when they go off into people like union Jack here. That said, I often don't mind picking them up for the sake of a BAF that I do care about. Or sometimes just because they seem neat. Union Jack pretty much falls into the latter, though there is a bit fo the former there. What I can gather from reading some summaries of his story online, he's sort of like a cross between Captain America and James Bond. There have…