Toy Story 2 Dynamic 8ction Heroes DAH-074 Al McWhiggin
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Toy Story 2 Dynamic 8ction Heroes DAH-074 Al McWhiggin

As a toy collector, this felt like a figure that was a weird requirement to own.  It's also a figure that feels less likely to get a lot of toys.  He was the villain for Toy Story 2, for the most part, but Toy Story toys tend to revolve around the Toy characters, who are all "toy sized."  Plus he is just kind of a goofy weird design in general. I was a little warry because I don't really know anything about the company making these.  Buying from lesser known companies isn't always an issue, and neither is buying from…
BringArts – Final Fantasy VII – Tifa Lockhart
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BringArts – Final Fantasy VII – Tifa Lockhart

I probably don't really need to reiterate my overall criticisms of this line from my Cloud write-up. I will add that, I was inspired to start this line when I saw Wave 2 had Yuffie, who is my favorite character from the game. But this Tifa looked super great and was part of what pushed me to go ahead and get the rest of them. That and Cid and Cait Sith both look great, and kind of round out my top 3 of this game. Tifa was harder to find though. Since I was starting with the announcement of the…
BringArts – Final Fantasy VII – Cloud Strife
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BringArts – Final Fantasy VII – Cloud Strife

Final Fantasy, and Final Fantasy VII were once a pretty big part of my interest many years ago. I probably would not be Ramen Junkie online if not for alt.games.final-fantasy on Usenet. FFVII is probably the most popular game in the series, and while I prefer FFX, a lot of people consider it to be the best. With the recent remakes, and all the spin off games and movies, the original character designs felt like they were kind of pushed to the side. I don't really pay much attention to any of Square's various "Arts" lines either I did not…
Review – Soul Blazer (SNES)
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Review – Soul Blazer (SNES)

On a bit of a whim, I decided to pick up and play through Soul Blazer for the SNES. I know I have heard of this game previously ages ago, probably in Nintendo Power, I'm surprised I never tried it in the past honestly. Anyway, it turns out it's a bit of a hidden gem of a game. It kind of feels like if Gauntlet and Zelda had a baby, though it's better than Gauntlet, not as good as Zelda. You play as this sort of spiritual angel entity, come to the world to save it from destruction, except the…
Review – Transformers – G1 – Rodimus Prime
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Review – Transformers – G1 – Rodimus Prime

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before and chances are you already know, but a while back, Hasbro re-released several of the old G1 toys in commemorative packaging with, unfortunately, commemorative pricing. They ran 30 to 40 dollars each and were exclusive to Toys R Us. A few people bought it, but most didn’t. They made it to clearance and the occasionally discount clearinghouse store. That’s why I picked up Rodimus, sort of. Unlike Perceptor or the Incecticons, I wasn’t interested in him at 40 dollars. But for 8 bucks, I figure, how can one go wrong. Well, it’s possible you…