Category Archives: ToyBiz

New reviews

Posted on April 25, 2006 by Poe Ghostal

Now that yo go re has vented his spleen with a rant and an unprovoked calumny on Rustin's and my sentiments on articulation (and while Rustin has a definite "sculpt is more important than articulation" angle, I've always been a … Continue reading →

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Maestro and the Fallen Hero Armor

Posted on March 24, 2006 by yo go re

In today's review of the Marvel Legends Series 12 Maestro figure, I briefly mentioned that he was missing the Fallen Hero Armor that a lot of people were hoping for. Along with the redesign of Ultron, that lack is the … Continue reading →

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Marvel Legends Ultron addendum

Posted on December 5, 2005 by OAFE

In today's review of "Legendary Riders" Ultron, yo really disparaged the figure's original design. But if you look at the actual control art, you can see that things might not have been so bad. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Caption this … Continue reading →

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Marvel Legends Mystique prototype

Posted on October 7, 2005 by OAFE

As yo said in today's review, the Mystique who made it to store shelves was not the one that was promoted: The longer skirt and the thicker legs look superior to what we ended up getting, and both the head … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Professor X

Posted on May 2, 2005 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Marvel Legends Professor X. Originally, ToyBiz wanted to make Prof. X one of Series 9's variants - there … Continue reading →

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Squashing the rumors about NECA's Balrog

Posted on March 4, 2005 by Shocka

Thousands of people are eagerly awaiting NECA's 1/6th scale Balrog - a massive action figure, possibly the biggest ever 1:12 action figure ever created, in scale with the other Lord of the Rings figures by ToyBiz. <i>And now, some more … Continue reading →

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New Reviews!! + thoughts on Marvel

Posted on March 4, 2005 by Shocka

Reading a couple of our Marvel Legends reviews got me to thinking... I'm generally a fan of comics (or "graphic novels"), with favourites including Sin City, Johnny the Homocidal Maniac/Squee, The Dark Knight Returns and anything else by Frank Miller.

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Movie Maniacs/Now Playing/Cult Classics

Posted on March 2, 2005 by Poe Ghostal

Here's a question for our readers: are McFarlane's Movie Maniacs, SOTA's Now Playing, and NECA's Cult Classics all in the same basic scale? If I recall correctly, even the various Movie Maniacs aren't necessarily in scale with one another, but … Continue reading →

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Brown Costume Wolverine addendum

Posted on October 5, 2004 by Poe Ghostal

As mentioned in my new featured review of Marvel Legends 6 Brown Costume Wolverine, here is the ad that turned me off of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and turned me onto the X-Men: Powerful, powerful stuff. <i>And now, some … Continue reading →

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The Hulk: David Banner addendum

Posted on January 30, 2004 by yo go re

In today's review of the Hulk movie David Banner toy, I questioned what was up with his alternate left leg, and suggested it looked like electricity that was painted wrong. Here's a quick Photoshop to show what I think they … Continue reading →

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