Thousandkills is the last of the TFC Toys Seacons, and for
quite a while was thought to not be a real figure. Most of the promotional
images of Poseidon in his combined mode omitted this unofficial Tentakill, and
there truly was a sense that this combiner masterpiece would finish without one
of its members. Images and teases began appearing, one of which showed a pot on
a stove with Thousandkills’ tentacles hanging over the sides. Then
Thousandkills was released, Poseidon was complete, and all was well.
Friday, August 24, 2018
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Warbotron WB01-C Sly Strike
It feels like this is written a lot around here, but it’s
time to pick up the pace on some figures that have been sitting around, as new
things have been coming in, and more new things will be arriving this week and
next. So, the backlog needs to be addressed.
Sly Strike is the third member of the Warbotron Bruticus (
feel like it needs a better name. . . –mr) team, an unofficial version of
beloved Combaticon Swindle. Like his immediate predecessor Heavy Noisey, Sly
Strike is a very realistic, real world-looking vehicle as well as an accurate
to the original robot. He’s also probably the best toy in the set, mostly for
his competency, and not for any mind blowing or exceptional reasons. He’s great
because he’s really basic, essentially, also like Heavy Noisey.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Star Wars: The Black Series Lando Calrissian (The Empire Strikes Back)
Quite a while ago now this figure came into my possession;
at the time a rare example of actually finding a new figure from a new(ish)
Wave in a retail store. Just when Black
Series Lando was released as a member of whichever Wave is lost on me. I’m
pretty sure Lando was in the Wave after the Revan Wave, the Imperial Guard one,
and I think he was included in a Wave after that as well. Whatever; I’d never
seen one in a store, and wasn’t enthused enough to buy one online by itself, so
I grabbed him. Shortly thereafter, my feelings of wanting to backtrack through Black Series figures I’d skipped began
to solidify, and I was glad that I found this Lando when I did.
Friday, August 3, 2018
Star Wars: The Black Series Han Solo (Solo: A Star Wars Story)
The standalone Han Solo movie is reportedly the biggest box office
flop in the Star Wars franchise. That is an entirely relative statement, as I’m
not sure many people would label $265 million dollars in ticket sales a bad
thing. But, the movie had a $400 million budget apparently, so in industry
terms, it flopped. There are multiple theories as to why this happened, but as
is the case with all things Star Wars these days, only a few of them are
rational, while many more are fueled by a truly impotent rage coming from the
more delicate corners of the fan community.