Category Archives: Reviews

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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REVIEW: Funko Gingerbread Spider-Man POP Vinyls Figure

Posted on by December 15, 2021
REVIEW: Funko Gingerbread Spider-Man POP Vinyls Figure

Just when it looked like Funko had managed to squeeze out every possible penny from countless canonical variants of the most iconic Marvel characters, they had a devilishly ingenious idea for this year’s Holiday Marvel POP Vinyls figures series. I instantly fell in love with the Funko POP Gingerbread Spider-Man figure, and had my pre-order locked in as soon as listings for the series went up in August. And now that Gingerbread Spidey has arrived…? I am not at all disappointed. In fact, I want more POPs in this stylized form…

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends 2022 X-Men Age of Apocalypse Colossus Build-A-Figure

Posted on by December 10, 2021
Age of ApocalypseMarvel Legends Kitty Pryde Shadowcat & Colossus BAF

Some readers were upset by the drubbing I gave poor Age of Apocalypse Cyclops in his review, so I figured I’d jump from reviewing the worst figure in Marvel Legends AOA wave 2 to the best. You’ll have to purchase almost this whole X-Men Legends series to put him together, but the Marvel Legends Age of Apocalypse Colossus figure actually ends up being more than worth the trouble and expense of getting all the pieces from a fairly star-studded wave…

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Marvel Legends 2022 X-Men Age of Apocalypse Cyclops Figure REVIEW (AOA Colossus BAF Series)

Posted on by December 3, 2021
Marvel Legends 2022 Cyclops and Jean Grey Age of Apocalypse 5" Figures

Cyclops is a character that has oftentimes been accused of being boring over the years (perhaps because of his straight-laced boy scout personality). But in the Age of Apocalypse, Cyclops was a badass rebel with stubbly facial hair and only one eye remaining after a brutal battle where he blasted off Wolverine’s left hand. Scott Summers was a lock for the recently released Age of Apocalypse Legends Wave 2, but ironically, Cyclops’ alternate reality 6” figure ends up as boring as his 616 character is accused of being…

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x-Men Iron studios Magneto Statue REVIEW & Photos (BDS Battle Diorama Series)

Posted on by December 29, 2021
Magneto Head with helmet Iron SSentinel Head Base from Resin Iron Studios Magneto Statuetudios

Sideshow Collectibles’ once rapidly-expanding lineup of 1/4 Premium Format X-Men statues has slowed to a glacial pace over the last two years, but Iron Studios is picking up the slack and popping out 1/10 X-Men statues at an unprecedented rate—including never-before-done-as-statues characters like Spiral and even Elsie-Dee/Albert! It seems with their smaller, more affordable Battle Diorama Series, Iron Studios has hit a sweet spot with modern collectors with limited space and disposable funds! As they captured my full attention long, long ago, I figured it was high time I review something from the X-Men line: focusing on the Deluxe Magneto Iron Studios BDS statue!

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REVIEW: X-Men Marvel Legends Age of Apocalypse Rogue Figure (AOA Colossus Series)

Posted on by November 23, 2021
Age of Apocalypse Marvel Legends Rogue and Magneto Hasbro Figures 2021

gtime readers know that before I drank the “the Jonathan Hickman X-Men era is the best ever” Kool-Aid, X-Men Age Of Apocalypse was my jam for about a decade and a half. And so, I’ve been waiting about that long for a proper 6” (or even 5”) Age of Apocalypse Rogue figure. I worried such a thing might never occur when anecdotes indicated poor sales for the first series of X-Men Marvel Legends Age of Apocalypse figures. But the AX-Men Marvel Legends OA Wave 2 Colossus Series is now available, including the “Bride of Magneto” version of Rogue! Is the 6” Marvel Legends AOA Rogue figure all I could have dreamed?

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Marvel Legends Ultron REVIEW & Photos (2021 Iron Man Ursa Major Figure Series)

Posted on by November 17, 2021
Hasbro Ultron Marvel Legensa Mouth Energy Effects Piece Close-Up

If there’s one villain that was wronged by the first 19 years of Marvel Legends, it’s Ultron. Toybiz’s long-eared attempt was universally hated, and Hasbro’s first efforts weren’t quite on the ball either. But for this year’s series of Iron Man Marvel Legends, Hasbro finally hit a home run. Ultron quickly sold out through most online retailers, and has been difficult to locate at retail stores. But finally, I had the opportunity to sit down and review my own classic Ultron Marvel Legends Figure!

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends Ironheart Figure (Iron Man Ursa Major Series)

Posted on by November 11, 2021
ML Ironheart Unmasked Riri Williams toy figure

Note: I began writing this Iron Man Marvel Legends Ironheart figure review in September 2021, but completing and posting it got delayed because, well…
Somewhere during my NYCC 2021 preparations, my brain got it in mind that it would be a swell time to have a series of four consecutive strokes. Ten weeks, two hospitals, 50% of my vision lost, a couple tubes down my throat and one missed New York Comic Con later, I’m finally coherent enough to patch together my thoughts and complete this long overdue review (but please forgive any minor mistakes or typos in my articles for the near future)…

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marvel Legends 2022 Shriek Figure REVIEW and Photos (Armadillo BAF series)

Posted on by November 9, 2021
2022 Marvel Legends Shriek Acfion Fiure Review with Carnage Girlfriend

ven the hundreds and hundreds of 6” Marvel Legends figures Hasbro has cranked out over the last decade, you might think there are few significant characters left needing an update from Toybiz or even needing their first ML action figure. But as it turns out, there’s still some fan-favorites waiting for the limelight—and Hasbro is kicking off the first Spider-Man Marvel Legends 2022 Build-A-Figure wave with one such character! One of the last remaining key characters necessary to complete the Maximum Carnage 90s crossover lineup is the sound-manipulating psychopath herself: the 2022 Marvel Legends Shriek figure is in the house!

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends Ursa Major Build-A-Figure (Iron Man Series)

Posted on by November 1, 2021
W: Marvel Legends Ursa Major Build-A-Figure

There are few things in collecting life as sobering as realizing you don’t have the strength to force together all the pieces of a Marvel Legends Build-A-Figure while recovering from a [series of four] stroke[s]. But that’s precisely what happened over the weekend, when my wife had to construct the Iron Man Legends Ursa Major figure for me. However, once the deed was done, I got to enjoy the delight of yet another Marvel character I cannot believe Hasbro made a super-articulated action figure of. Is buying almost the entire Marvel Legends Iron Man series to build this Ursa Major BAF worhwhile or just too much to bear? Here’s my review…

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REVIEW: Disney+ Marvel Legends Loki Figure (2021 Hasbro TVA Costume)

Posted on by August 12, 2021
Loki Disney+ Action Figure Come at Me Articulation

I’ve gone out of my way to avoid watching any and all trailers for each of the Disney+ Marvel series so far, so from the time Hasbro unveiled this year’s new Loki in drab businessman-looking attire to when I ordered this Marvel Legends Loki Disney+ figure online to even after I had it unboxed and in-hand, I had zero clue what the heck this ML Loki was all about. But having now watched and fallen in love with the entire Disney+ Loki series—and with Sylvie and Mobius figures on the way—it’s high time I sat down and reviewed what is definitely the weirdest-clothed Loki action figure to-date…

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Marvel Legends WandaVision Scarlet Witch Figure REVIEW & Photos

Posted on by July 11, 2021
Close-Up of WandaVision Legends Scarlet Witch Figure

While Hot Toys has been showing off their super nifty (and super expensive) WandaVision sixth scale figures of the white Vision and Scarlet Witch figures this month, not everyone wants to wait another year and spend $500+ for a pair of figures of those characters. And for those fans, Hasbro has their own Marvel Legends WandaVision Scarlet Witch and Vision available now! These (particularly Wanda) seem to be selling out pretty quickly as they come into stock. Is it worth hunting down your own 6” Scarlet Witch figure in her Disney+ costume? Here’s my review…

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends Xemnu Build-A-Figure BAF Super Villains Series

Posted on by June 6, 2021
Review Xemnu Marvel Legends Supervillains Series Build A Figure

Oftentimes, Hasbro successfully uses a Marvel Legends Build-A-Figure as a proverbial carrot to entice collectors into buying an entire series of figures to build an essential character such as the Kingpin or Sauron. The subject of today’s review… is not one of those characters. The Marvel Legends Super Villains series is bringing us some of the most fan-demanded villains in toy form from across the Marvel Universe, but the BAF is easily the most obscure character in the whole wave. Even so, the Marvel Legends Xemnu Build-A-Figure is still selling for about 80 bucks on the aftermarket. Is this super-articulated niche figure worth those lofty prices?

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