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- JOE FRIDAY! This figure doesn't actually represent the Zartan we'll see in "Retaliation" when it finally comes out: after all, the trailers have already shown him in action, and he doesn't look like this. Granted, there could be a drastic change later in the film, but right now it seems like...
- The Aqua Droid is a big beast of a figure, by "Star Wars" standards. He tops out over 4 1/2" tall, so he towers over almost everyone else. The head is shaped somewhat like a hammerhead shark's, though it still has hints of the distinctive "snout" that makes a Battle Droid face so likeable...
- MARVEL MONDAY! Hulk in "The Avengers" was a revelation. It was nothing about the performance or the technology, so we can only attribute it to the writing. He was funny, brutal, and just generally well-imagined. Maybe he's a character who works better in an ensemble rather than solo...
- MOTU MONDAY! Over the past couple of years I've become a completist on the Masters of the Universe Classics line; this wasn't intentional, rather something that just came into being as less and less new interesting toys were being produced elsewhere and Matty were making a convincing argument...
- TRANSFORMERS TUESDAY! The AAT began development as a low-flying helicopter gun, but that changed into a hover tank as things progressed. And you have to admit, seeing these things drifting over the fields of Naboo wouldn't have been half as cool if they were flying. The front of the tank...
- DC Direct released their Atrocitus in 2009, so at least this isn't a case like Arkillo or the Color-Coded Cavalry, where Mattel made their figures JUST late enough to be a big "screw you" to people who had ordered DCD's. We've spent three and a half years with that Atrocitus being the only...
This week on the blog we had a GI Joe teamup, a cool Lego project, and an entire swarm of bees. Plus much more! Observe it all for yourself.
