"Criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot," so Batman's costume is designed to frighten them. Many people are afraid of clowns, so a Jokerized version of Batman ought to scare a good number of people! McFarlane Toys has really been going overtime with their Jokerized variants, and who can blame them? Batman and the Joker sell and they make for a way to reuse tooling again. Some of the Jokerized figures have been very cool while others have been kind of bland and completely skippable. Today I'm checking out the Target exclusive Jokerized Batman from The Dark Knight Rises. This is the same mold as the Christian Bale inspired Batman from the Dark Knight Trilogy released earlier this year, but this time he's been Jokerized with a new paintjob. Even stranger, though, is that he's part of a Build-a-Figure series with a Jokerized Bane. What? Yeah, that's kind of odd. This definitely isn't something from the film though when I first heard about it I thought it might be based on Brian Douglas, the Batman copycat vigilante the Joker kills in the film. Nope. Just a weird, creepy take on Batman. Let's check out this unsettling Batman figure after the break...
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Monday, October 2, 2023
Sunday, October 1, 2023
The ABCs of 31 Days of Toy Terror: A is for Acid Alien from Aliens: Hive Wars by Kenner
Welcome to the first installment of this year's Halloween countdown: The ABCs of 31 Days of Toy Terror! This is the 11th year of 31 Days of Toy Terror and it's still something I eagerly look forward too every time the Halloween season rolls around! While I don't strictly collect horror figures and I certainly don't buy as many horror figures as I used to, I still have a bunch of horror themed figures in my collection. I also generously stretch the definition of horror figures, sometimes, to allow for aliens, robots, and all sorts of supervillains who are frightening, intimidating, or just plain creepy. This year I'm challenging myself to review one figure for every letter of the alphabet, which also leaves me a few extra reviews for unique and interesting stuff that just happens to show up during the Halloween season. To kick the season off right, today I'm starting with a figure from one of the horror themed line I loved as a kid: Kenner's Aliens and Predator line!
For the letter A, I'm taking a look at the Acid Alien from Kenner's 1998 Aliens: Hive Wars line. Released the year after the film Alien: Resurrection and it's tie-in toyline, Aliens: Hive Wars was a bit of a dumping ground for multiple molds that Kenner had worked on but hadn't released when the Aliens/ Predator line was ongoing. It was also released exclusively through KB toys, who managed to score a lot of exclusives of previously unreleased figures through different manufacturers. This fellow was pretty cool as he really looked like one of the movie Xenomorphs, particularly the dog alien from Alien 3. I'm not sure what makes this guy more of an "acid" alien than the rest, though. Maybe Kenner just needed a cool moniker for this guy? Let's check him out after the break...
Saturday, September 30, 2023
Action Figure Review: Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe: Classified Series by Hasbro
Friday, September 29, 2023
Action Figure Review: Cobra Eel from G.I. Joe: Classified Series by Hasbro
Hasbro has been releasing so many G.I. Joe: Classified Series figures recently that it's almost overwhelming, but in the best way possible! I've got a bunch of figures lined up to review with more arriving each day, but today I'm checking out the Cobra Eel, an Amazon exclusive. The original Cobra Eel was released in 1985 as part of the fourth series of figures. While I never had one as a kid, I did have the Eel's unique accessories from one of the weapons packs. My first Eel was the 25th Anniversary version from 2008. The Classified Series Eel does reuse some parts from Torpedo, but there is so much new stuff here that he doesn't feel like a repaint or anything. These guys have been a little tough to get but they do seem to be popping in and out of stock on Amazon. Hasbro will surely rerelease the Eels at some point, too, so patience will hopefully pay off. Let's dive in and look at the Cobra Eel after the break...
Action Figure Review: Sentinel from Marvel Legends Retro Series
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Action Figure Review: Moss Man from Masters of the Universe Origins by Mattel
Moss Man is my favorite Masters of the Universe character and I was pretty devastated when my preorder for the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Savage Eternia Moss Man was cancelled earlier this year. It seems like the figure was produced in very limited numbers and has dramatically surged in price. As a consolation prize, I did find the Masters of the Universe Origins Moss Man at a local Walmart quite quickly after he began showing up in stores. The Origins version of Moss Man is a Walmart exclusive and a deluxe release that comes packaged in a really nice window box. Oddly enough, though, he's bizarrely expensive. I've always found Mattel to be really fairly and competitively priced with Origins but Moss Man's $40 price point is quite bizarre. The Walmart exclusive flocked version of Panthor was also more expensive back in 2021 ($15 more than the standard Panthor), so maybe flocking has gotten really pricey since the 1980s? I love Moss Man so much, though, that I had to go ahead and snag him. How is he? I like the figure quite a bit but is he deluxe enough to justify a $20-$22 price increase? Let's find out after the break...
Monday, September 25, 2023
Action Figure Review: Avalanche from Marvel Legends Retro Collection: X-Men by Hasbro
Today I'm looking at another X-Men figure from the Marvel Legends Retro Collection and this time it's Avalanche, the mutant master of seismokinesis. Avalanche was a figure I was really looking forward to as the last version of him released is over 15 years old and wasn't even in Marvel Legends (it was the Toy Biz X-Men Classics version) but when he first showed up I wasn't that impressed with him. I really wanted him to have the character for my Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, but as a figure I thought he seemed dull and so I waited until he was on sale. Well, I found him on sale so now I have Avalanche. I remember wanting Toy Biz to make him as a kid but he didn't appear in the line until after I was mostly through collecting the Toy Biz X-Men line. How do I feel about this figure now that I have him in hand? Well, he's kind of dull. That doesn't really sell the review much, does it? Let's still check him out after the break...
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