Review – Transformers – Titans Return – Mindwipe
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Review – Transformers – Titans Return – Mindwipe

Continuing on with the updated Decepticon Headmasters, today's review cover's Titans Return Mindwipe.  Wave 1 gave us Skullcruncher, the first beast based headmaster, Wave 2 gives us Mindwipe and Weirdwolf.  All of the updated Headmasters figures are very close in design and look to their original G1 counterparts with the exception of Mindwipe.  While Mindwipe captures the essence of the Bat to Robot, he has a very different transformation and much more proportioned look overall. That design change isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's just something that may bother people looking for a really pure "update".  Titans Return Mindwipe is…
Mafex – BatmanVSuperman Superman
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Mafex – BatmanVSuperman Superman

I have to admit, I sometimes feel like a bit of a masochist because I'm still sticking with Medicom's Mafex line for my DC collection.  My experience so far has been pretty hit and miss, the hits are good, but the misses tend to be pretty awful.  I feel like if I just stick with it, they will figure things out and start producing really solid figures.  Mafex Batman vs Superman Superman here is definitely par for this course. I want to start with the good things, and why I stick with the line.  I really like the sculpts.  The…
Review – New Super Mario Brothers 2 (3DS)
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Review – New Super Mario Brothers 2 (3DS)

The Good It's Mario, it's pretty good in all the ways Mario is good. The return of the Raccoon Leaf, generally reminiscent of SMB 3 all around Build in mechanisms for if things get too tough The Bad It's Mario…  It's not a particularly original Mario either There are a few tricky points but not much is super difficult, which makes the game go by pretty quick The Coin Collecting aspect is interesting but serves little purpose In Depth If there's one consistency in Nintendo's world, it's Mario.  I'm not even going to attempt to figure out just how many…
Review – Marvel Legends – Abomination Wave – Scarlet Witch
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Review – Marvel Legends – Abomination Wave – Scarlet Witch

As much as I like that Hasbro keeps putting out these C and D tier characters in their line ups, sometimes it feels like they go a little overboard and overlook some of the more obvious and popular characters, especially when it comes to their MCU line up.  I am sure the die hard comic fans hate to accept it sometimes, but the movies really feel like they are driving Marvel these days. Thankfully, they didn't wait too long to fill in the Scarlet Witch hole in the current Avengers line up.  Not like they did for, you know, Falcon,…
Review – Movie – xXx (2002)
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Review – Movie – xXx (2002)

Around the same era that Vin Diesel started making his mark as a tough guy Street Racer in The Fast and the Furious, he starred in a similar movie called xXx, or Triple X.  It's similar in that Vin Diesel plays the same sort of underground tough guy bad ass character and both films are sort of designed for the X-treme audience.  xXx take this whole concept to the X-treme level though. Aside from general tone and Vin Diesel's character, xXx and Fast and the Furious don't share a whole lot else in common.  At it's core, xXx is essentially…