Review – Transformers – Combiner Wars – Computron (Technobot Giftset)
Posted in2015 - Combiner Wars

Review – Transformers – Combiner Wars – Computron (Technobot Giftset)

Combiner Wars was definitely an interesting take on the line.  The need for every figure to be a robot and a vehicle and an arm or a leg really made for some pretty similar designs across the board.  All of the most well known combiners, Superion, Menasor, Bruticus, Defensor, ended up with a release in the main line.  Devastator got a massive Titan Class boxed set release as well.  One vehicle combiner missing from the mainline was Computron.  Instead of individual releases, Computron came available at the tail end of the line as a boxed set only, though he consists…
Review – Transformers – RiD – Bisk
Posted in2015 - Robots in Disguise

Review – Transformers – RiD – Bisk

I have yet to actually watch any of the Transformers Robots in Disguise show, but very early on one of the designs showed off was for a character named Bisk.  Everyone hoped Bisk would get a toy but early indicators where we had one Decepticon for a dozen Autobots, it didn't seem likely.  Thankfully things changed and we ended up with our crazy Lobster Man Transformer.  He's even gotten a repaint named Thermidor. Bisk, has the pleasure of having a Lobster for his animal theme.  He definitely takes this theme above and beyond with his lobster head and giant Lobster…
Review – Transformers – RiD – Fracture
Posted in2015 - Robots in Disguise

Review – Transformers – RiD – Fracture

Fracture is the real turning point for the Decepticons of the Robots in Disguise line.  There was a slow build up before hand with Megatron but Fracture was the point where the line really got good. Fracture's animal theme, though less obvious than Quillfire and Steeljaw, is a rooster.  This mostly presents with his little mohawk deal on his head, though his shoulders also have a sort of random almost feathery look to them.  Articulation is really nice on this figure, and he doesn't have a lot of really bad hollow bits which tend to plague a lot of modern…
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…
Review – Marvel Legends – Dormamu Wave – Nico Minoru
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Review – Marvel Legends – Dormamu Wave – Nico Minoru

Runaways isn't a Marvel series I ever really expected to get any Marvel Legends from.  I kind of doubt we get too many more from this "team" either, all of them are kids and a lot of them essentially just have plain clothes costumes, which Marvel Legends doesn't really do too often.  I may be completely wrong though, there is a new TV series coming this fall.  It kind of seems like a fluke that we got Nico Minoru aka Sister Grimm.  She does sort of fit in with the Doctor Strange wave, since the figures are all "Magic themed"…