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Scorpion

TV & Film Toys — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:43:03 +0000

I was never a hardcore Mortal Kombat player. The gimmicky nature of the game’s graphic presentation and the rather cumbersome gameplay were simply no match against Street Fighter II in the struggle for my arcade tokens. However, the franchise prospered and spawned over the years a few more iterations of the game for release in home consoles and arcade systems, with cleaner graphics, streamlined gameplay and what’s more relevant for this review, improved character designs that now serve as inspiration for Jazwares to produce action figures.

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Heavy Bramble NG

CollectionDX — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:08:21 +0000

Bramble, upgraded.

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LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 7 Review: Tennis Ace #8831

JesterGoblin — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:00:31 +0000

While I’m not the biggest fan of the LEGO Sports line in the Collectible Minifigures, I’m fully aware I’m not the target audience. So I will gladly accept a Baseball player if it means I’m getting an Elf, Evil Dwarf or Minotaur. But what makes it even better is when the sports figures start pairing up.

“Wham! And there it goes!” Some minifigures train hard all their lives to be good at their chosen sport…and then there’s the Tennis Ace. Where other tennis players might wait for the ball to come to them, he hurls himself toward it with all ...

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Skull Squad Trooper (2006)

Rob Buzan — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:47:29 +0000

Poor Sebastian Bludd. The man was quite the mercenary in the Marvel GI Joe comics, yet was relegated mostly to being a field commander in the Sunbow cartoon. At least he showed a lot of pride and motivation in his job; one of my favorite Bludd moments being from the Revenge of Cobra, with his valiantly crying “Cobra!” and then immediately running off-screen on his mission to retrieve the weather dominator fragment. You just don’t see that kind of excitement in terrorist organizations these days.

For the 2006 con set, Major Bludd was given his own troops, and this time ...

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Beachhead (1993)

Rob Buzan — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:53:38 +0000

The Battle Corps series of the final years of the Real American Hero line gave rise to quite a few core character redesigns. Some, like Duke, Roadblock and Gung Ho were updates of the character’s established look and specialty. Others like Flint, were placed into unfamiliar roles. Beachhead fortunately remains a ranger, but gets a sort of SWAT look that seems like it could have fit in with the DEF series alongside Shockwave and Mutt.

Speaking of Shockwave, the legs are from the 1988 version of that character. Maybe the parts reuse subconsciously made me think of a SWAT theme. ...

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New review – Madame Masque and Arnim Zola!

Michael Crawford — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:22:03 +0000

I'm finally finishing up the second ML wave!

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Mario & Luigi K’Nex Mini Figures Review

Infinite Hollywood Toy Reviews — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:50:00 +0000

Mario Kart Wii Building Set
Mario & Luigi
2 Inch Scale
By: K'Nex
$2.99
The Mario Brothers are easily Nintendo's most identifiable franchise and they're arguably one of the most famous brands in the entire world. Everybody knows who Mario is. Yet despite all that, the Brothers have had very limited toy selection through the years. Yes, Popco has a line of vinyls on the shelf and has for a few years, but it's been a very mixed bag at best.

For some reason K'Nex scored the license, to build around their construction sets. I don't know how big of ...

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Guest Review > Mumm-Ra (6″ Thundercats Classics, Bandai)

Poe Ghostal — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:30:46 +0000

I previously reviewed the 6″ Thundercats Classic Lion-O figure, and today I’m here to continue in that fashion and review the 6″ Classic Mumm-Ra.

Bandai’s Thundercats toy lines seem to be very hit or miss with the fans, due to several design elements the fans take issue with (and rightfully so), but the general consensus seems to be that the Classic figures are a good attempt at collector-oriented figures.

There have been rumors floating around recently of the new Thundercats cartoon ending and if so, it’s likely that the toy lines would end as well. I, and many fans, certainly ...

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Yellow Lion (with Hunk figure)

CollectionDX — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:48:02 +0000

Time for Round 2 in the Matty Collector Voltron Classics saga. This time the release is the Yellow Lion (with Hunk.)

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Earth Patron Saint

CollectionDX — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:43:59 +0000

I have to give it points for the pure insanity. Taking four unrelated toys and making an original, six-part combiner out of them takes something special.

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