Chris | January 27, 2012

By Loran If there’s one thing I can’t stand in the video game world, is the current influx of “realistic military shooters”. I can’t explain why, but they just bug me. They all feel like the same game in a different package. It’s just soldiers versus more soldiers. It feels like if you want a [...]

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Tags: Covenant, Elite Ranger, Halo, Halo Reach, McFarlane, Review

Chris | January 25, 2012

By Chris Troy Well okay, the title’s kind of a lie. Most of the new stuffs we’ll be looking at came in towards the end of 2011, but you know, I was busy playing catch up with the best of list and attending MAGfest (which again, was awesome). However most of the awesome new arrivals [...]

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Tags: Art Aslyumn, Arthur, Bandai, blackest night, Dante, Daredevil, DBZ, DC Universe Classic, Deadpool, Dormannu, Dove, Endless Waltz, Gouf, Green Arrow, Gundam, Gundam Unicorn, Gundam Wing, Hawk, Iron Fist, Iron Man, M.O.D.O.K., MAGfest, marvel universe, Marvel vs. Capcom, Matt Fraction, Megaman, Minimates, Morrigan, Nekron, one piece, OVA, Psylocke, Red Arrow, Reverse Flash, Revoltech, Robot Damashii, Shadowland, Sinstero, Storm, Tallgeese, The Phoenix, Thor, Tiger and Bunny, Trish, Universal Century, White Lantern Flash, Wing Zero, X-woman, Young Avenger Patriot

Chris | January 20, 2012

by Loran Like its younger, better-looking Gundam brother, the GM II has gone pretty unappreciated in the model kit world. There was one plastic kit back in the original Zeta Gundam line, and at least one conversion kit made for the HGUC GM. While I do like its design overall, it’s really not that much [...]

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Tags: GM II, GM Semi-Striker, Gundam, HGUC GM III Review, One Year War, Torrington Base, Zeta Gundam

Chris | January 20, 2012

By Loran Like I said in the review for the Schuzrum Dias, I love it when Bandai decides they’ll throw us a bone with a kit of a suit that’s never been done before. The thing about the Schuzrum Dias, though, is that most of it was already done. There are many suits that existed [...]

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Tags: 30th Anniversary Gundam, AEUG, Char’s Counterattack, Double Zeta, EFSF, Federation, GM III, HGUC GM III Review, Jegan, Karaba, Londo Bell, polycap, Schuzrum Dias, Strikers

Chris | January 13, 2012

By Loran As my love for Power Core Combiners probably showed, I have a soft spot for toys with parts-swapping gimmicks. I can’t explain it, really! It just gives me so many hours of fun. It’s like having two (or more!) toys in one. When I heard McFarlane was doing this for the Halo figures, [...]

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Tags: CQB, Custom Armor Set, Elites, Halo, Halo Reach, Mark V, McFarlane, Operator, Security Spartan, Security Spartans, Spartan, Spartan CQB

Chris | January 12, 2012

By Loran Gimmick figures tend to be kind of a mixed bag to me. By “gimmick” I don’t mean something like spring-loaded weapons or whatever, I mean something based around an idea, like say, a clear version of a character that’s supposed to turn invisible or something. Usually those tend to be cool when they [...]

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Tags: Anniversary, Halo, Master Chief, McFarlane, Review, tenth anniversary

Chris | January 11, 2012

by Chris Troy And we’re back! By now you’re probably all expecting me to start creaming my pants over the 2011 Marvel Universe offerings, and this WILL happen, but let me address my other picks for the year first. NECA had a rad year, releasing some really solid figures based on a variety of video [...]

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Tags: Bioware, blackest night, Brightest Day, Bulletstorm, Captain America, CATMAN, Commander Shepard, Crysis 2, Darkhawk, DC Universe Classics, Dead Space 2, Falcon, Gears of War 3, green lantern, Heroclix, Lord of the Rings, Marvel Comic Releases, Mass Effect 2, Nextwave, Skaar, Square Enix, Star Trek, Storm, the Assassin Creed series, X-23, Zatanna

Chris | January 10, 2012

By Chris Troy My 2012 is off to a brutal start, as the first day of the year started with me having no power in half of my apartment for 4 days, but rebounded when I went down to DC for MAGfest 2012 for another 3. The latter was rad, but explains my absence. NO [...]

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Tags: Achewood, Batman, Beserk, Big O, Bumblebee, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Dissidia, Dorothy, dragon ball z, enix, Evangelion 2.2, figma, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Godzilla, Gundam, Gundam AGE, Gunpla, Guts, Halo, Iron Man, Jehuty, MAGfest, Mari, Max Factory, Megaman X, Metal Gear, Metroid, one piece, Optimus Prime, Pixar, Play Arts line, Ray Smuckles, Revoltech, Robocop, Samus Aran, SH Figuart, Street Fighter, Street Fighter IV, Tiger and Bunny, Uncharted 3, War Machine, Zone of the Enders

Chris | January 5, 2012

By Loran Kamen Rider villains are something you don’t see too often in the main SH Figuarts line. Early on, Bandai experimented by doing the gold, silver, and bronze Riders from the Kamen Rider Kabuto movie, and they all ended up being extreme shelfwarmers. I can understand why kids don’t always go for the villains, [...]

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Tags: Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Kabuto movie, Review, SH Figuarts, Shadowmoon

Chris | January 5, 2012

By Loran While the SH Figuarts line has primarily focused on the Heisei era of Kamen Riders, every now and then we get to see a Showa Rider or two. Naturally, the first one Bandai picked was the ever-popular Kamen Rider Black, the only full TV series from the 80’s. Black is one of the [...]

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Tags: Battlehopper, Heisei, henshin pose, Kamen Rider Black, Review, SH Figuarts, Tamashii Nation, V3