Toys
G.I Joe VAMP Mk. II Review
By Loran I think if Cobra had the HISS tank as its iconic land vehicle, the Joes had the VAMP. Sure, it may not be as well known as the Skystriker or the USS Flagg, […]
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Anime
HG00 Union Flag Review
By Loran Gundam 00. So much great promise, so many great designs, so many interesting concepts… and so many letdowns. Personal feelings about the show itself, it was filled with great designs, especially the grunts. […]
Anime
HGGS Buster Gundam Review
By Loran Every once in awhile I’ll buy a kit for the “why the hell not?” factor. They usually end up being kits from shows that I’m not too into, or ones that “just look […]
Toys
SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Kuuga Mighty Form Review
By Loran In every toyline, there are some that I consider “essential.” Sometimes this has to do with the character, othertimes it has to do with how good the figure itself is. Right here, we […]
Toys
SH Figuarts Kamen OOO TaJaDol Form Review
By Loran Ah Kamen Rider OOO… how I hated you when I first saw you. Maybe it was just coming off the elegant simplicity of Double/W, but OOO’s design just rubbed me the wrong way. […]
Toys
Pursuit of Cobra Beachhead review
By Loran Hey look, a Joe I forgot to review! Beachhead is a character I’ve always had mixed feelings about. I don’t hold him in the contempt I do for Duke, but I always felt […]
Marvel Comics
Retroview: Marvel Legends Wasp
By Loran Alright, so after a few more articles on Joes and whatnot, it’s time to go back to another figure from Toybiz’s Marvel Legends days. Let’s look at another girl, and the first lady […]
Toys
Renegades Duke Review
By Loran Oh, Duke… as I’ve said before I’m not a Duke fan. The Joe team belongs to Hawk, no questions asked. But, the Renegades cartoon made Duke somewhat cool, by playing him off as […]
Toys
Renegades Snake Eyes Review
By Loran The Renegades keep marching in now, with another constant of the G.I. Joe Universe: Snake-Eyes! Yeah, I figured I should just get the “big three” out of the way first, or else I’d […]
Toys
Renegades Cobra Commander Review
By Loran G.I. Joe Renegades was probably my favorite incarnation of G.I. Joe of all time. In many ways it felt like G.I. Joe how I would have done it, namely the whole “Cobra is […]
Toys
Halo Reach Blue Spartan Mark V Review
By Loran I’ve always been kind of skeptical of McFarlane’s toys. As a kid I owned a few of the Terminator 3 figures they did. They were very… okay. Their sculpts were fantastic, don’t get […]
Marvel Comics
Review: Marvel Universe Doctor Doom
By Loran I’m really starting to think I need to put more “rhythm” into my comic character collecting… I got Deadpool before any of the other X-Men, Ms. Marvel before Captain Marvel; I own Iron […]
Toys
30th Anniversary Cobra Viper Review
By Loran I’m very much in the camp of “If you have Vipers, why would you need Cobra Troopers?” and vice versa. It just makes things confusing when you have two sets of grunts to […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Marvel Universe Ms. Marvel Review
By Loran In my… unfortunately limited experience with comics (seriously, I’m working on it!), there are a few characters I’ve really taken a liking to, and one of them is Ms. Marvel, and I can’t […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Marvel Universe Thanos Review
by Loran Larger 3.75” figures tend to be pretty hit or miss. Once in awhile, you can get something great like the Resolute/Rise of Cobra sculpt for Roadblock from G.I. Joe; a great interpretation of […]
Toys
D-Arts Mega Man Zero review
By Loran I guess I picked a good time to get into Mega Man, huh? It’s hard to believe such a great franchise went so long without toys that were both good and affordable. Now […]
Toys
30th Anniversary Sgt. Stalker Review
By Loran Some people tend to really hate repaints and remolds. I could never really understand why. Sure, if it’s a reuse of a bad figure then it’s perfectly understandable. But what’s wrong with buying […]
Toys
30th Anniversary Cobra Trooper Review
By Loran I’m gonna come out and say it: I didn’t like G.I. Joe: 25th Anniversary. While I more than welcomed the new style of figure construction, a few things were just off. They didn’t […]
Anime
Real Grade Aile Strike Gundam Review
By Loran When Real Grade started out with the original RX-78 Gundam I was… kind of upset, really. It was less than a year after we got the 30th Anniversary High Grade Gundam. It just […]
Toys
Transformers DOTM Specialist Ratchet review
By Loran Movie Ratchet has been kind of a weird character for me, toy-wise, ever since the first Transformers movie. I loved the look of his robot mode, and I love his… odd choice of […]