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Toy Video Review/Pictorial: D-Arts Zero Type 2
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Toy Video Review/Pictorial: D-Arts VaVa Vile
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Toy Review/Pictorial – Transformers Custom Shattered Glass (SG) Rodimus by AZNDragon58
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Toy Review/Pictorial –Mastermind Creations KM-03 Cyclops
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Toy Review/Pictorial – Playmates TMNT 2012 Donatello
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Toy Review/Pictorial – Playmates TMNT 2012 Leonardo
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Toy Review: Renderform: RF-006R Gold Scout kit (RTS Version)
So, here we have the latest Transformers upgrade kit from Azim Venksta, who’s known to most of the community as “Randerform”. The reason that I’m showing the image to the left of this text is that it’s artist Don Figuera’s version of Bumblebee, which is actually an homage to the G1 figure in that it has a visor. I elected to buy the orange version of the kit, to make my bumblebee into Don figuera’s Bumblebee rather than Goldbug, who the figure is meant for. But, I’ll also link to the site itself at the bottom, because it comes in multiple colors to fit the multiple color variants of the classics Bumblebee figure which it’s meant to upgrade.
With that, onto the review!
We’ll start by taking a look at what comes in the package. it comes with a booklet, a head sculpt, two visors, two small blasters, and a larger blaster. The blaster you see on the left-most is another Renderform blaster that I’d purchased at a previous time, but matches the set greatly. All of the art on the booklet is done by Azim Venksta as well. He’s a magnificent CGI artist even on top of being a fantastic toy designer:
(All images taken by myself, using the Nikon D4 DSLR camera)
It’s great, because the removable visors basically give you the option of having three radically different face styles:
And here are a few pictures showing off the upgraded Bumblebee in all of it’s glory!
Overall, it’s a must have upgrade kit for owners of the Classics Bumblebee mold. In the following link, you can see that he’s made the kit in multiple colors to match the variety of colors that the original toy can be purchased in:
Renderform: PF-006 Gold Scout Kit
It’s a wonderful kit, and is just the latest in the great offerings from Azim Venksta. He uses a great quality plastic, which matches the plastics of the original Hasbro toys, and for someone who designs and manufactures these kits completely himself, it’s insane to think that he’s doing it on his own yet matching perfectly the quality of mainstream toy manufacturers in Hasbro and Takara. This is the type of Third party designer that we, as a fandom need to support, and support greatly. I know I am, and have never regretted a single purchase from him to this day. A great person, and a very talented designer.
Toy Review: Transformers Prime: Takara First Edition Voyager Optimus Prime
Even though I own both the Hasbro and Takara versions, I’ve decided to review the Takara version (first anyways) because it has the more show accurate color-scheme, and I feel that it’s the definite choice between the two to purchase.
We’ll start off with some pictures of the robot and alt. (truck) modes. As you can see, there’s a very strong and complete homage to the on-screen CGI model in aesthetic and proportions.
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The accessories are fairly simple and to-the-point. They’re both what he uses in the show (although he has two blasters in the show). The only problem I have is tha the sword is rubber. It’s not even as much that the sword is rubber, as the fact that the texture of rubber keeps it from having a polished sheen like a blade would.
They do add quite a bit to Prime though:
It’s a very uncanny likeness for even the best of Transformers toys, and that, combined with it’s great articulation and height (7″ from head to toe in Robot mode), really do make this one of the best Voyager-classed Transformers figures that I feel has ever been made! Because of that, I’m not even going to bother rating this one, and just say to buy this. If second-hand pricing is expensive, then save up. You’re not going to find much better than this in Transformers as a whole even, let alone just the Prime toyline.
Toy Review: Revoltech Yamaguchi 116: Edward Elric
As a big time Full Metal Alchemist(/brotherhood) fan, I was EXTREMELY excited to get Revoltech’s rendition of Edward Elric in (Alphonse comes next month). I was a bit timid because my last experience with a revoltech of this style was the Fraulein line (No. 10, Yoko to be exact), and the loose joints and overall shoddy engineering are something that disappoint me to this day from that one, so, with this being modeled in the same vein as those, I was very held back. However, I was pleasantly surprised with great articulation, solid joints, and a toy that delivers an overall fun experience.
So, with that, let’s get started!
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So, we’ll start off by looking at the accessories that he comes with:
As you can see, it comes with FOUR faces, which alone adds a great deal, but it comes witha nice variety of hands, his alchemy “effects” and even the option of the metal arm/hand. And, the metal arm comes with a seperate attachment to give it the “bladed” look as well. Options for options is NEVER a bad thing when it comes to toys. This set pulls the options off together extremely well. So next, we’ll take a look at these accessories, along with the poseability provided by the Revoltech joint system:
The great thing about the provided faces is that they’re actually expressions commonly used in the show:
My favorite is probably his stoic face:
“Who are you calling short!?!”
Showing some of the effects, and mixed with the alternate hands, it’s awesome being able to get that “hand clap” effect for when the alchemy starts:
Even his coat has revoltech joints on the ends to give them a “winded” effect:
The metallic (actual) arm is a great edition. It even has an option piece of torn cloth (really plastic) to make it look like he ripped his sleeve off:
The stand that it comes with, along with the optional extension piece is just great, and really adds some fun poses into the mix:
He also comes with a regular “ground” stand that his feet can peg into:
Overall, this is a very solid, poseable, and fun figure. At a price of 49.99 imported, it’s a steal considering all of the additional options it comes with. It gets a definite 4.5/5 for me, and I think that all Full Metal Alchemist fans should own this one.
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