TFC Toys Poseidon: Thousandkills

 

 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.

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.

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.

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.