Category Archives: Reviews

REVIEW: Marvel Legends Rintrah Build-A-Figure (Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness 2022 Series)

Posted on by April 1, 2022
Close-Up of Marvel Legends Rintrah BAF Head Doctor Strange 2 Movie

While fans may have reasonably hoped for an MCU Ancient One or even Kaecillius as the fourth movie character in this year’s Marvel Legends Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness series, Hasbro decided to go wild and crazy instead with a character new to the MCU in Doctor Strange 2: the headliner Rintrah Build-A-Figure that collectors will have to build the rest of the series to assemble! Is this fuzzy green minotaur-looking sorcerer worth your effort and investment to put together?

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Marvel Legends Retro Hobgoblin Figure REVIEW (2022 Spider-Man Collection)

Posted on by March 26, 2022
Hobgoblin Marvel Legends 2022 Hasbro Figure Pumpkin Bomb Review

The 2022 Marvel Legends Spider-Man Retro Collection is chock full of “ultimate”, definitive-level 6” action figures. The subject of today’s review is not one of those figures, in my opinion. While there’s always plenty of fans excited and happy to buy a new Marvel Legends Hobgoblin figure, I’m not convinced that this 90s Spider-Man animated style Hobgoblin figure is hardly an upgrade over what we’ve seen previously at all…

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Iron Studios Deadpool Statue REVIEW! (X-Men vs. Sentinels BDS Series)

Posted on by March 19, 2022
Iron StuDios Deadpool Statue Review 1:10 X-Men BDS

Deadpool was actually the very first character I ever bought a full-body resin statue for, way back in 2005 (from Bowen Designs). So you could say I was a Deadpool-collecting fanboy before Deadpool was cool—or at least since before he was gratuitously merchandised. As such, I was primed and ready to buy whatever Deadpool Iron Studios put out as soon as they announced it was on the way. Deadpool turns out to be one of the most expensive entries in the whole X-Men BDS statues lineup… but that doesn’t mean he’s necessarily one of the best…

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REVIEW: 2022 Marvel Legends Spider-Armor Spider-Man Retro Figure

Posted on by March 15, 2022

You just know it’s a true golden age of Marvel action figures when Hasbro feels confident enough to bring out a new version of one of Toybiz’s biggest duds of all-time. The Spider-Man The Animated Series Spider-Armor figure languished unloved on store shelves for years and years in the 90s, which is likely why it’s never been upgraded to a 6” figure. But the time has come to see the Spider-Armor Mark I available again, and the retro 90s Toybiz packaging definitely feels apropos in this instance. this is probably the only Marvel Legends Spider-Armor Mark I figure ever to be available—is it worth getting? Here’s my review…

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Marvel Legends Sleepwalker REVIEW (Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness Rintrah Series)

Posted on by March 10, 2022
Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness Astral Form & Sleepwalker Figures

From Siryn to Speedball, Hasbro is rolling out a multitude of never-before-done characters as part of their 2022 Marvel Legends figures lineup. And the latest 90s niche favorite to get the spotlight is the subject of today’s review: Marvel Legends Sleepwalker! He’s in-stock now on Amazon for MSRP and not nearly as Z-List as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness wave-mate D’Spayre—should you let this comics-based Sleepwalker figure haunt your waking hours?

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Marvel Legends Psycho-Man Figure REVIEW (Fantastic Four Retro Series)

Posted on by February 20, 2022
Marvel Legends Psycho-Man Figure Review with Control Box

Not every supervillain Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created went on to become a mass merchandising juggernaut and household name. Some just became classic characters who show up every now and again in minor comic book appearances and have merely mild fandoms. Such is the case with the subject of today’s Marvel Legends review: Psycho-Man was one of the better Toybiz 5” Fantastic Four figures back in the day—can the Hasbro Marvel Legends Psycho-Man Fantastic Four Retro 6” figure top it?

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends 2022 Doctor Strange Astral Form 6″ Figure

Posted on by February 16, 2022
Astral Doctor Strange Marvel Legends Figure Holding BAF Rintrah Head

When it comes to Doctor Strange merch, astral form repaints of the good doctor are cheap, easy-to-create, and justifiable repaints—which is why we have numerous of them from Hasbro, Diamond Select Toys, Funko and more. So it was not exactly an eyebrow-raiser when Hasbro debuted the new Marvel Legends Doctor Strange Astral figure in the Multiverse of Madness movie Rintrah Series. Does this figure improve over the original iteration released six years back? Here’s my review…

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X-Men Iron Studios Sabretooth Statue REVIEW & Photos (BDS Sentinel Battle Diorama Series)

Posted on by February 13, 2022
REVIEW Iron Studios Sabretooth Statue

general consensus I’m hearing about the new Marvel Legends Sabretooth figure that went up for pre-order this week is that fans think the first appearance look is novel… but what they really want is a buff 90s styled Sabretooth. While it may be another year (or more until Hasbro gets to that iteration, fans wanting a killer representation of Creed in this approximate scale sooner aren’t entirely out of luck. The recent X-Men Iron Studios Sabretooth statue is just about the right size figure, and a real beauty of a 1:10 statue as well…

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends D’Spayre Figure (2022 Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness Series)

Posted on by February 10, 2022
Review D'Spayre Marvel Legends Figure

most years, I can count on no fingers the number of times I have to resort to Google to research the backstory on a Marvel character Hasbro releases. 2022 isn’t going to be one of those years! Hasbro is kicking off the year with a truly DEEP cut—the Doctor Strange Marvel Legends D’Spayre figure is now beginning to ship! But just who is this dude, and is his first 6” action figure ever worth your 20+ bucks? Here’s my review…

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X-Men Iron Studios Pyro Statue REVIEW & Photos (BDS)

Posted on by February 7, 2022
Iron Studios Pyro Statue Review

It was when Iron Studios actually solicited a resin statue of Pyro that I knew they were dead serious about making their 1:10 scale X-Men Battle Diorama Series the deepest range of X-Men statues ever made–and also when I started to get really, really excited about the line. Now that he’s in-hand at an affordable-ish ~$160, is this fiery former member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants worth his price-tag?

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Iron Studios Avengers Endgame Rescue Pepper Potts Statue REVIEW & Photos (BDS)

Posted on by January 26, 2022
Gwyneth Paltrow Rescue Iron Studios Statue

Losing most of my vision (and function of my left side) has altered what and how I collect somewhat. If I can’t see (or lift) enormous statues that are larger than my field of vision, what’s the use in having them, right…? And so, I’ve begun prioritizing smaller, lighter statues such as the 1/10 scale Battle Diorama Series from Iron Studios. And thus, I’ve backtracked to pick up some pieces from the last year or so that I missed—including some statues from Avengers Endgame such as the subject of today’s review: the Iron Studios Endgame Rescue statue is a great value at $105 shipped—should you add this Pepper Potts to your collection?

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Marvel Legends Age of Apocalypse Magneto Figure REVIEW & Photos (2022 Hasbro)

Posted on by January 15, 2022
Marvel Legends 2022 Magneto Effects Pieces Review

As a 13-year-old boy in 1995, the very notion of Magneto himself serving as the founder and leader of the X-Men—even in an alternate reality—completely blew my mind. X-Men Age of Apocalypse served as my favorite comic book storyline ever for over 20 years, and while AOA Magneto was never my favorite character from the story, I still happily gobbled up the 5” Toybiz AOA Magneto figure and its repaint. But 26 years later, I was ready for an upgrade, and Hasbro has delivered: the Marvel Legends Age of Apocalypse Magneto figure is now available! Is it a worthy successor to Toybiz’s version two and a half decades later?

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REVIEW: Iron Studios X-Men Bishop Statue (BDS Sentinel Battle Diorama Series)

Posted on by January 13, 2022
Bishop x-Men Statue Review Iron Studios

hardcore X-Men fanboy-ism was born in the early 90s, so I have vivid memories of thinking Bishop was the coolest and most badass dude ever. The ripped, arms-wielding enforcer from the future was a central character and plot element for years after his arrival, and I was delighted to buy his first-ever mini bust and statue from Bowen Designs a good decade-plus ago. And now, I’ve added another resin Bishop to my collection. The 1/10 scale Iron Studios Bishop statue is now shipping—is it worth having this time-traveler travel to your home? Here’s my review…

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REVIEW: 2022 Marvel Legends Spider-Man Armadillo Build-A-Figure BAF

Posted on by December 29, 2021
Marvel Legends Armadillo Build-A-Figure Review

If anyIf anyone had told me a year ago that my last review of 2021 would be me reviewing a Marvel Legends Armadillo Build-A-Figure semi-blind, I’d have thought they were crazy on all fronts. But here we are, so let’s begin. Collectors will need to buy almost the entire Marvel Legends Spider-Man No Way Home figures series of 6″ figures to get all the pieces for the ML Armadillo BAF. Is it worth the expense to build this relatively obscure pro wrestling supervillain?

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REVIEW: X-Men Animated Gambit Bust (Diamond Select Toys)

Posted on by December 21, 2021
Review X-Men Animated Gambit Bust Diamond Select Toys 2021

X-Men 92 has a long-standing legacy with fans as being among the greatest superhero cartoons of all-time. It’s also how mutants permeated my 10-year-old brain, beginning my life-long love of the X-Men. So when I was given a chance to have a review sample of the Diamond Select Toys X-Men Animated Series Gambit mini bust by Entertainment Earth, I jumped at the opportunity. Now that I’ve spent some time with the first resin Gambit animated statue ever, does the Rajun Cajun spark as much love from me as he did almost 30 years ago?

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