012 & 013 Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Super Heros - Rocket Raccon & Iron Fist

012 & 013 Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Super Heros - Rocket Raccoon & Iron Fist Ok, I'm getting a bit back-logged so I'm going blitz through these new Infinity figures. I'll get back to more traditional figures soon, but these things have been on sale. Rocket Raccoon: Really captures his bad ass, guns-a-blazing sculpt. Little big for my tastes and does not fit very well with the others GOTG figures, but I'm not so sure that scale was a big concern in the design. Iron Fist: I hate the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon; it's terrible. I believe that this sculpt is taken from that design. However, I do not hate this figure; in fact, it's pretty great, so I'm torn. Also, what a crazy time in which we live; Iron Fist in figure form? Who would have guessed? Maybe that means I'm one step closer to have my beloved Sleepwalker toy that I have always wished for. Pros: Awesome sculpt and representation, the base hides the "tech" Cons: No articulation

011 Playmates Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "Original Comic" Raphael

011 Playmates Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "Original Comic" Raphael Big fan of these original designs and since I'm cheap I missed out of the NECA versions, but unfortunately these figures are a bit of a letdown. Sure the sculpt is bang on, but the articulation is weak considering the range that these guys should have from being ninjas and all. Probably the last TMNT figure that I will buy unless they drop the price of the revoltech figures, or they do another refresh of the brand. Pros: Awesome look right out of the original comic. Cons: no wrist swivels: makes for awkward poses.

010 Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Super Heros - Drax

010 Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Super Heros - Drax I already made my new found love for GOTG known in a previous post, so I will spare you the gushing again. But, I will take this moment to say how impressed I was with Dave Bautista's performance in the movie. Sure, it wasn't Shakespeare, but he held his own. Drax had a few of the laugh out loud moments in the film, but also could back it up with being a total bad ass. I do hope to see more of him in the sequel. The figure itself is stylized in the vein of all the Infinity figures. I'm very impressed with the how much personality flows through on this sculpt, it really looks amazing. I can not stress how awesome these figures are in terms of a cool representation of a character, regardless of the video game connection; these figures make perfect desk accoutrements and will have a place in my collection well after the video game is forgotten. Pros: Awesome sculpt and representation, the base hides the "tech" Cons: Like all Infinity figures this is a static figure.

009 Bandai Big Hero 6 - (Marshmallow) Baymax.

009 Bandai Big Hero 6 - (Marshmallow) Baymax. What can I say about Big Hero 6? It was a heartfelt movie with some wonderful and memorable characters. In my past review for Dusty (The Planes 2 toy) I mentioned that I was a Disney geek, so this movie was a bit of a no-brainer for me. Heck, I already like comics; add some Disney into the mix and i'm happy. The only bummer was that I felt BH6 was overshadowed by last years hit movie Frozen. The Disney community has taken a bit of a hard stance on Frozen lately (Think of how Transformers fan feel about Bumblebee) and while I really liked Frozen, I am more than Frozen-ed out. Overall I really love his Red Armour, but I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this version sporting his "non-intimidating", personal health care companion look; how could you not love this guy? He even comes with the "hairy baby" Mochi. With its success, including an Oscar, you have to believe that they are talking sequel, to which I'm kind of on the fence about. Sure I would love to see another big movie adventure, but i'm not so sure that another movie can capture the charm of the first. Honestly, I feel like a weekly cartoon television series would lend itself very well to the brand and the further development of the characters. They could even work in an Incredibles crossover. Pros: Great look with the likeness being spot on. I loved that they included Mochi. Cons: Limited articulation, Doesn't warm up. Overall it is a nice representation of an excellent character who will enjoy much popularity over then next few years.

008 Hasbro Transformers Combiner Wars - Windcharger

008 Hasbro Transformers Combiner Wars - Windcharger. Eight in and this is my first Transformer featured; crazy because I have more transformers to open than anything else. In any case I picked this guy up from Toys R Us when the rest of the first wave CW figures were released. I like these little figures as they are nice updates to the mini figures of Generation one, but compared to the other recently released Windcharger, it's a bit of a let down. I'm not sure what the execs at Hasbro are thinking, but this is not progress. Pros: Nice transformation, decent alt mod. Cons: No accessories, elbows limit poses, no head movement, inferior to the figure released 2 years ago.

007 Hasbro Star Wars - The Black Series - Bastila Shan

007 Hasbro Star Wars The Black Series - Bastila Shan Who? If that is what you first thought then you are not alone. I am a Star Wars fan, but apparently I'm not as big as I once was. Apparently the Jedi Bastila Shan was a supporting character in the Knights of the Old Republic Video games released in 2003 on the X-Box and PC (Thank you Wookiepedia). Not sure how I missed what seams like an awesome sounding game/story, but I guess my daughter was just a newborn that year, I had a Playstation and I was working two jobs so I didn't have time for computer games. Perhaps these excuses give me enough of an appeal for the revocation of my NERD card??? I started collecting toys in 1995 with the long sabre POTF figures and have my share of Star Wars toys. I continued through the prequels but quickly lost interest afterwards; how many Chewbacca's do you really need?(Four is the correct answer) And eventually moved on to Transformers and other collectibles. When the Star Wars, The Black Series figures were announced I was intrigued and started picking up characters from Ep 4-6 and the various extended universe figures. Pros: Great sculpt, detail and articulation on the shoulders, elbows and knees. Honestly it's very surprising to have a toy of such an obscure female character; I wish they would do this more. Cons: Brutal non-ball jointed hips, no interchangeable hands, lack of other accessories. How did Starkiller get so much stuff?? Anyways, I'm glad that Hasbro took the risk on this one; nice little figure and I hope they not only continue with the EU stuff, but making figures of the cool female characters in the Star Wars universe.