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Masterpiece Theater - Prowl and Bluestreak
After the good start with Sideswipe and Red Alert, the next mold selected for the Masterpiece treatment was the workhorse of the Autobot...
SMR
Jul 6, 2016
Toy Review - Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus
As I might have mentioned in my review for Masterpiece Ultra Magnus…I kinda love the character. Sure, Optimus Prime was like a father...
SMR
Jul 2, 2016
Action Toys' Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos Series Wave 1 - AKA Masterpiece GoBots
It was 2 years ago, 2014. [Thanks for clarifying, with the way you put out articles, we might not actually post this for another year. –...
SMR
Jun 30, 2016
Masterpiece Theater - Sideswipe & Red Alert
Takara started off their Masterpiece Transformers Autobot Cars perfectly. You see, back in the 80s, independent of whether or not you...
SMR
Mar 30, 2016
Toy Review - Transformers Combiner Wars Combaticons
At this point, we’ve gotten pretty deep in the Combiner Wars line and it’s starting to show. Wave 1 gave us the Aerialbots, wave 2 the...
SMR
Feb 29, 2016
Toy Review - Figma's Guyver
Continuing our trend in reviewing toys that actively want to hurt you, we move on from Ban Dai’s SH Figuarts Injustice figures to Figma’s...
SMR
Feb 5, 2016
Toy Review - Ban Dai SH Figuarts' Injustice Figures
Look…but don’t touch. Usually, that’s the warning that comes with any expensive collectible…but with SH Figuarts’ Injustice figures, it’s...
SMR
Feb 3, 2016
Toy Review - Transformers Combiner Wars: Devastator
As I may have touched on in my comparison review of FansProject’s and Hasbro’s Stunticons, the massive influx of third-party Transformers...
SMR
Jan 31, 2016
Toy Review - DC Icons: Wave 2
I have to admit, DC is shipping these Icons waves at a good clip, with wave 2 already here. [Actually, wave 2 is supposed to include the...
SMR
Dec 31, 2015
Toy Review - Transformers Combiner Wars Protectobots
With the tangled web of intrigue, exclusives and shuffled teams of waves 1 and 2 out of the way, Hasbro found solid footing for their...
SMR
Dec 28, 2015
Toy Review - DC Collectibles Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 2-Pack
For someone that supposedly has Bat-Fatigue, you sure are buying a lot of Batman figures lately. QUIET YOU! Truth be told, I don’t hate...
SMR
Dec 27, 2015
Toy Review - Transformers Combiner Wars Aerialbots
Wave 1 of Transformers: Combiner Wars was…well…they tried. The Voyager class figures were Optimus Prime and Silverbolt and the Deluxe...
SMR
Dec 26, 2015
Toy Review - DC Icons Wave 1
Having already reviewed the Batman figure from the DC Icons line, well, it just didn’t feel right to neglect the rest of the first wave...
SMR
Dec 25, 2015
Toy Review - NECA's 7-inch Christopher Reeve Superman
In a world with the internet…there aren’t too many surprises these days. And yeah, if I want to wax nostalgic, sure I’d say I miss it. ...
SMR
Dec 1, 2015
Toy Review - DC Collectibles Icons: Batman
YES! YES! YES! YES!!! DC Collectibles and its forebear DC Direct have been an emotional roller coaster for me. High quality sculpts have...
SMR
Nov 29, 2015
Transformers Vs. GoBots...FIGHT!!!
It was the defining clash of anyone who was a child in the 80s [Not really –Ed.]. And while its impacts reverberate to this day, the...
SMR
Jul 29, 2015
FansProject's Stunticons vs. Hasbro's Combiner Wars Stunticons
This is going to be like our Crime Syndicate review…only different. You see, back in the G1 days, when I was a wee lad, the Stunticons...
SMR
Apr 22, 2015
Toy Review - Masterpiece Ultra Magnus
Masterpiece. There, that was a quick review. But since we’re not into the whole brevity thing here, man…and, let’s face it, all I did...
SMR
Jan 21, 2015
Toy Review - Combiner Wars Optimus Prime
Welcome to Generation 2. Now, I don’t mean color schemes that would make even the blindest of men (or women) step back and say “Those...
SMR
Jan 21, 2015
Toy Review - DC Collectibles' Earth 2 Superman
Okay DC Collectibles, we need to talk. Remember when I reviewed your Crime Syndicate figures and I said if you kept this up for your main...
SMR
Jan 21, 2015
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