http://www.oafe.net OAFE - Online Action Figure Entertainment Reviews of new and collectible action figures, news and commentary, Figuretoons, humor, a discussion board and links to other useful resources. en-us http://www.oafe.net/yo/omfg1.php The packaging is a simple blister card, much like the classic MUSCLE four-packs: a bright blue background with yellow lettering. Of course, MUSCLE didn't have a big blue mouth on their packaging, but you've got to allow for SOME differences, right? But enough about the stuff that gets thrown... http://www.oafe.net/blog/?p=7721 This week: a lot of disappointment and a few absentees. http://www.oafe.net/yo/wwe_l02_sfjs.php WWEDNESDAY! We usually wait until the end of the review to talk accessories, but Superfly's has to be mentioned now. He comes with a display base and a cardboard nameplate, but that's just ancillary: the items of note are the softgoods tiger print robe and sash. He's wearing them... http://www.oafe.net/yo/tfc_met.php TRANSFORMERS TUESDAY! "Cybertron" involved the quest for the Cyber Keys, four pointless McGuffins that were scattered across different planets for no real reason. One of those planets was Gigantion, home of the giants. The original plan was to make a Junkion-style trash planet, but that got... http://www.oafe.net/yo/smsfsw.php MARVEL MONDAY! True to the era, the figure is rather pre-posed: his torso is twisted and he's leaning to the side. Every inch of him that's not his gloves or the soles of his feet has a lumpy, uneven texture - their way of showing that he's made of bees. You know how Black Panther had that... http://www.oafe.net/yo/mcs12heap.php Born of the dirt, garbage and waste of mankind. Driven by the hunger for emotions of pain and suffering. The Heap is the behemoth from the bowels of humanity. Walking a path of wide destruction. Able to regurgitate the trash and waste into power, he begins a journey where uncertain death... http://www.oafe.net/monkey/necat1psa.php NECA has been working hard on making just about every variation of murderous machine from the first two "Terminator" films, so it was just a matter of time before they gave us the original killer robot in his original bad-ass outfit. The sculpt shares quite a bit with the previously... http://www.oafe.net/yo/gijgij.php JOE FRIDAY! Okay, clearly he's not the REAL real deal, since the original GI Joe dolls were 12" tall and this is only 3 7/8", but still. In 1964, Hasbro created the world's first "action figure" as a way to sell something other than balls and toy cars to boys. America's Movable Fighting Man... http://www.oafe.net/blog/?p=7467 This week: a lot of fun Disney crossovers. http://www.oafe.net/yo/wwe_l05_mmrs.php WWEDNESDAY! Macho Man Randy Savage was a forerunner of today's wrestlers: he was never really a good guy, but he was too popular to really be a complete villain, either; while Hulk Hogan was just flexing and grunting his way through interviews, Macho Man cut promos filled with a manic energy... http://www.oafe.net/yo/mu_cp_mtu65.php MARVEL MONDAY! In all honesty, this costume is pretty terrible. It's solid red, with blue stripes around the shoulders (and sometimes blue gloves and boots to match), a golden lion rampant on his chest, and Union Jacks on his wrists and forehead. His nose and mouth are covered by a blue... http://www.oafe.net/yo/swfusit.php This one is wearing the Sith outfit Vader gave him on his first official mission, which comprises black, red-lined robes, a padded grey shirt and a bit of silver armor over the chest and shoulders. Honestly, it looks like what Darth Vader might have been wearing if he hadn't been turned into... http://www.oafe.net/yo/gij30zv.php JOE FRIDAY! GI Joe is a great property for dividing its fanbase. Do you like the plain military action? The magical ninjas? The outlandish sci-fi? The complex relationships? The political backstabbing? Odds are you hate at least one of those things, which means you may also hate today's figure...