Toy Review: Jason and the Argonauts Skeleton Warrior Revoltech figure

February 3rd, 2011 | Reviews, Toy Reviews | Jeff Bond | Comments Off

The skeleton warriors from Ray Harryhausen’s Jason and the Argonauts have long confounded toy and action figure makers because of the difficulty of building articulation into the stripped down human chassis. Fortunately Kaiyodo’s patented “Revoltech” joint system is just about the perfect remedy to this dilemma, and in their Sci-Fi Revoltech Series 20 they’ve produced a killer reproduction of skeleton warrior that is probably the finest reproduction of the characters done yet—and they’re completely poseable.

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Toy Review: Greedo Bounty Hunter 1/6 Scale Figure

January 25th, 2011 | Reviews, Toy Reviews | Jeff Bond | Comments Off

Ah, Greedo—the galaxy’s most misunderstood bounty hunter. Was he a bumbling screw-up who let that shifty Han Solo get the drop on him, or a trigger-happy hothead who forced that nice guy Han Solo to shoot him in a clear act of self-defense?

Jeff Bond examines Sideshow Toy’s 1/6 scale Greedo Bounty Hunter action figure from Star Wars.

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Toy Review: Sci-Fi Revoltech Monster Figures

January 4th, 2011 | Reviews, Toy Reviews | Jeff Bond | Comments Off

Jeff Bond examines Japanese toy company Kaiyodo’s high-grade, collectible Revoltech SFX action figures line, featuring classic Japanese kaiju as well as characters and creatures from American movies.

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Toy Review: Papo Dinosaur Replicas

December 17th, 2010 | Reviews, Toy Reviews | Jeff Bond | Comments Off

Somewhere in France lies the toy company Papo, which produces everything from toy zoo animals to undersea life, pirate figures, knights in armor, cowboys and Indians, historic figures, and lots of other stuff. Oh, and dinosaurs.

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