Ogre King
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (LJN) - Basic Series
Rated 3.50 stars by Karl T. Face
Ah, ogres. Classic fantasy fare, they've graced the mythology of many a culture, and earned thousands of players that last chunk of XP to level up. And now I can have one on the shelf! The first word that comes to mind is "bright". The olive green skin contrasts strongly with the bright blue armor, and the yellow highlights aren't helping. There's enough black and grey to break it up, though. Sculpt mitigates this a bit, with the various armor bits sporting at least basic textures and the face looking very animated indeed. The paint is plenty tight, and overall, it's a decent if slightly cartoonish presentation. While elbows and knees weren't popular in this line, the hips and shoulders are at least balljointed. Swivel neck, not surprising. The joints are actually pretty good still, at...[See More]

Michael Myers (Halloween II)
Halloween (Neca) - Ultimate
Rated 5.00 stars by RMaster007
The original Halloween stands as one of my favorite horror films, though it's first sequel isn't too shabby either. I don't think I've had a chance to rewatch it, but I may have to at some point, because I caved in and got this figure. I already have the 8" scale clothed Myers NECA did, but the "Ultimate" version was just too tempting to keep passing on. The Ultimate packaging is something we're all familiar with by now: poster art on front, figure photos on the back and inside the front flap. With Myers, it's no different. The skull-faced pumpkin adorning the front and sides is appropriately creepy, and it's not too hard to get the figure out of the box. Just three twist ties holding it in, and they're far less annoying that those plastic ties I usually see with NECA. Unlike in the...[See More]

B.A.T.
G.I. Joe - Classified (Hasbro) - Basic Series
Rated 4.75 stars by RMaster007
YO JOE! G.I. Joe has been around for years, but I've just now been getting into it. I got the original cartoon on DVD, and I've also gotten a few of the "Classified Series” figures, including this one. The packaging is the standard for the line, and is outfitted with some nice illustrations and graphics. There's also a number on the left of the box, but it feels unnecessary to me to number these. The box is easy to open, with only a single strip of tape to remove. Standing around 6 3/4” tall, the B.A.T. is similar in appearance to the original figure from the 80s, with some different details such as the grenades and cybernetics on the chest. The wrinkled clothes and detailed metal arms look good, and the paint is pretty clean, though some wash on the clothes and metal would help make...[See More]

Emily & Victor (Coffin Set)
Corpse Bride (Jun Planning) - 16" Scale Deluxe Sets
Rated 5.00 stars by remi2clara
my dream figure. I purchased it in 2016 it was the first one I bought from jun planning brand, it is impeccable, original plastics, it never comes out of the box. the branch bag broke because the plastic had dried up....[See More]

Wheelie
Transformers - Generation 1 (Hasbro) - Series 3
Rated 2.00 stars by Karl T. Face
Well, it's Wheelie. If you're the type to want to read Transformers toy reviews, you're probably not a fan of this guy. Hell, Floro Dery doesn't care much for him, and he designed him! But that doesn't necessarily guarantee a bad toy, does it? And hey, he was the only new-mold Minibot of his wave. Had to be something special, right? Either way, be thankful I'm not doing this whole thing in rhyme. For starters, vehicle mode. It's, ah.... creative. Definitely looks like an alien car. Also looks like a dustbuster, or a geoduck. Or other, less polite things. The color scheme, best described as "candy corn: disassembled", works better in person than on paper, and the wheels roll well. The Autobrand is, oddly, barely half an inch from the rubsign. Kind of redundant. The arms/fenders are a bit...[See More]

Demona
Gargoyles (Neca) - Ultimate
Rated 4.60 stars by RMaster007
It's been quite some time since I reviewed a NECA Gargoyles figure, but that's mainly because I haven't been able to find the latest ones. Demona and Bronx showed up at Target first as "Haulathon" exclusives, and they ended up being impossible to find, compared to the Turtles figures which showed up all over the place. I was just recently able to find the former, but I had to go out of town to get it. Demona isn't as big as the previous two figures, Goliath and Thailog, so her box isn't as big as them either. However, special new artwork was made here, and while it's not the masterpiece Thailog's was, it still looks really darn good. Once you get past all the annoying things like tape and ties, everything is pretty easy to take out of and put back in the plastic trays. Demona is...[See More]

Nag Nuts Nina (Orange & Green)
Nina Dolono (Fewture) - Basic Series
Rated 4.00 stars by Karl T. Face
Mr. Nirasawa has an interesting visual style when it comes to women: I'd describe it as Patrick Nagel meets Tim Burton. And then they took drugs and brainstormed submissions for Heavy Metal covers. Pretty much all his merch follows this pattern, and Nag Nuts Nina is no exception. NNN is apparently a form taken by the titular antihero, thanks to the adaptable nature of her nebulously-defined enhancements. If there's official fiction that explains this further, I haven't come across it, but basically, that weird Gigeresque arm of hers was destroyed in battle and replaced by a decidedly goofy, very inorganic design. Built by magical means. And yet it now has an eyestalk of its own, snaking out of the back of the shoulder pad to peer down at her right hand. A second one emerges from her pants...[See More]

Splinter / Shredder
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 1990 Movie (Neca) - Exclusives
Rated 4.75 stars by RMaster007
The rivalry of Oroku Saki and Hamato Yoshi; one died, the other became the leader of a ninja clan known as the Foot, known as the Shredder. What he didn't know was that his slain rival's pet, Splinter, was exposed to mutagen and seeks to avenge his master. It's only fitting that these two would be packed together when the movie line moved from GameStop to Walmart, and while I never saw one when they first came out, they're now all over the place. I was at a local store yesterday and saw SIXTEEN of them! Crazy, right? The packaging's basically what I described when I reviewed the other movie figures, so let's move onto the figures themselves. The Splinter puppet used the the film had fur like a real rat would, and the sculptor(s) did a good job translating that look in plastic. The...[See More]

Brain Gremlin (Gremlins 2)
Gremlins (Neca) - Ultimate Collection
Rated 3.65 stars by RMaster007
"We're advising our clients to put everything they've got into canned food and shotguns." May as well put that money into action figures as well, cause this guy has one. I was excited to hear that NECA had confirmed my hopes that the Brain Gremlin would get a new figure, especially because the one they did in their early days is pretty rare now. He's been hitting retailers for a while now, having recently begun to trickle into Target, my usual place for NECA. The packaging isn't anything too special, just having a photo of the original puppet on the front and photos of the figure on the back. It's not much, but it works. Standing 6" tall, the unique thing about this figure is that rather than his outfit being sculpted, it's soft goods on a base Gremlin body. It fits well on him, and...[See More]

Greta Gremlin
Gremlins (Neca) - Ultimate Collection
Rated 4.35 stars by RMaster007
I could've sworn I reviewed this one already… When NECA made its return to Gremlins 2 last year, their first new figure was one they've had in the vault for a while. After who knows how many years since she was first shown off, Greta finally saw a release. She doesn't seem to be easy to find, so keep an eye out, I think she recently got a re-release. The packaging isn't anything too special, with just an image of the character on the front. Unusually for these "ultimate" boxes, this one has the hanger as a separate piece of plastic in the middle of the top flap, rather than cut onto the back of the box. I've seen a couple boxes with damaged hangers, and this should hold up better. Why they didn't keep it for releases after this is beyond me. There's the usual plastic ties to deal with,...[See More]