Yor Forger (Uniform)
Spy x Family (Bandai) - S.H. Figuarts
Rated 4.90 stars by RMaster007
As part of his latest mission, agent Twilight, under the identity of Loid Forger, had to get a wife and child. After adopting the adorable telepath Anya, he secured a wife in businesswoman Yor Brair, unaware she was secretly an assassin. Fitting the order of appearances in the manga/anime, Yor is the third figure in the S.H. Figuarts line. Like Loid, Bandai went with doing Yor's secret life outfit first before her casual outfit, but the expression isn't one you'd expect out of an assassin. The happy, wide-eyed face looks great, however, thanks to what I assume is face-printing technology. The shape of her head is accurate, but she's also got an unusual hairstyle. There's strands of hair hanging down at the sides, but the hair is braided in the back; it's so odd that not even the mangaka...[See More]

Loid Forger (Suit)
Spy x Family (Bandai) - S.H. Figuarts
Rated 4.80 stars by RMaster007
There's been plenty of iconic anime and manga in recent years, one of which Spy X Family. It's about a master spy who poses as a family man with a wife and daughter as part of his latest assignment, unaware that they're an assassin and telepath respectively. It's equal parts action-packed, funny, and wholesome, and while I haven't read the manga in a while, nor have I seen the anime, it's definitely something I should get back into. I have been picking up the S.H. Figuarts line, however, and let me tell you, they're good. The figure comes packaged in a small green window box, and while simple in appearance, the graphics look nice, with plenty of figure shots all around, and the color scheme fits the character. It's very easy to get everything out; just snip a piece of tape on the side,...[See More]

Hyacinth Hippo (Fantasia)
Disney (Super7) - Ultimates
Rated 4.35 stars by RMaster007
Disney's musical film Fantasia was composed of all sorts of memorable segments, ranging from Mickey Mouse as the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" to the terrifying Chernabog, as well as "Dance of the Hours," a display of the company's love of anthropomorphic animals. One of such animals is the lovely Hyacinth Hippo, proving that even the largest animals in the wild are graceful dancers, at least in cartoons. Continuing the Disney Ultimates line's trend of giving everyone a unique package, Hyacinth has a primarily purple and pink color scheme for her box, with lovingly painted character artwork and a bio on back. There's only a single twist-tie and a few bits of tape to worry about, and they can be cut out easily for everything to be removed and replaced with no hassle. The slip cover is a gold...[See More]

Mouser
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Super7) - Ultimates!
Rated 4.40 stars by RMaster007
A common element in the TMNT franchise, Mousers are small, chomping robots who are used to solve the city's rat problem and/or commit criminal activities. But the real purpose of them is to get wrecked by the heroes in case there's no robotic Foot Soldiers around. While NECA put out a great set of Mousers earlier this year, Super7 beat them to the punch. Does this little look familiar? He should, since it's the same Mouser we saw with the wave one Baxter Stockman. Standing around 3 3/8" tall, the Mouser's design is based off the "Wacky Action" figure from the original line, but without all those stickers on it, and since you can't just have one Mouser, this set includes three of them. The colors on all three are the same, including some nice shades of blue accurate to the original toy,...[See More]

Yakko
Animaniacs (Super7) - Ultimates
Rated 4.20 stars by RMaster007
Just last week, Big Bad Toy Store suddenly discounted a ton of Super7 Ultimates across multiple licenses, ranging from TMNT to Power Rangers to Silverhawks. Figures that usually cost $55 became as low as $19. Now is definitely a good time to grab all those figures you've been holding out on, I have, including the last Animaniacs figure I needed. As with the other figures, Yakko gets a solid plastic (I assume it's plastic) head, and the expression matches his siblings. It's okay, but the problem is that it's misshapen, appearing a bit wider than it should be. The head is also a little oversized in comparison to the body, bit more than how it was with Wakko and Dot. The alternate, open-mouth head looks nicer, but it too is a little too big. It also has a graduation cap, a little...[See More]

Biollante (Godzilla vs Biollante)
Godzilla (Super7) - Ultimates
Rated 3.50 stars by RMaster007
Throughout his many films, Godzilla has had a lot of adversaries to go up against, many of which have very cool designs. Not a lot of companies aside from Bandai and Trendmasters go beyond the big G, though, but Super7 joins them in giving equal focus to both him and the various kaiju, including Biollante. Considering how the BioGoji version of Godzilla was the first version of him to make it into "Ultimate" form, it's no surprise the big plant joins him, Most companies do Biollante's second, more monstrous form when doing figures of her, but Super7 chose to do her flower form instead, something that rarely gets made into plastic. Her head isn't anything complicated; it's just a rose with sharp teeth in the middle. It's a good rendition here, and the color of the flower is a bold red,...[See More]

Sewer Samurai Leo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Super7) - Ultimates!
Rated 4.20 stars by RMaster007
After the first wave or so of Ninja Turtles figures, Playmates looked into other ways to do the four brothers and occasionally other characters. Kicking off a plethora of quirky turtle variants was the "Disguised Turtles" series, which gave each of the four brothers a different costume. In Leonardo's case, the level-headed Turtle leader became an honorable samurai. Comparing the original Playmates figure to Super7's newer "Ultimate" version, it can be noted that not much has changed, except for the head. The expression looks better than the original figure, with a less awkward-looking mouth, and the eyes aren't as narrow. He's also wearing a golden samurai helmet that hasn't changed too much from the original, aside from it being more golden than bronze this time around. The newer Leo...[See More]

Grimlock
Transformers (Super7) - Ultimate
Rated 4.60 stars by RMaster007
While characters like Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron are getting the most merch, Grimlock is just as popular, mainly because he's a giant robotic dinosaur. How is that not cool? Recently, Robosen put out an electronic Grimlock that can transform on its own, be controlled with your phone, and even has his original voice actor from the G1 cartoon providing new dialogue. For over $1000, it's too rich for my blood, but there's much cheaper Grimmys out there, such as the Super7 Ultimate. Normally, I wouldn't bring up the box here since it's the same uniform style all figures in the line have, but Grimlock's deserves special mention as it's utterly massive. His package is 13" tall, 14 1/2" long, and 6 5/8" deep, which can make room for it difficult if you plan on keeping it. Everything...[See More]

Elisa Maza
Gargoyles (Neca) - Ultimate
Rated 4.90 stars by RMaster007
The world of Gargoyles isn't just about those winged creatures who are "stone by day, warriors by night," there's also plenty of humans, friend and foe, from the past and present, that associate with them. After doing plenty of gargoyles, NECA has recently gotten to some of the humans, including the Manhattan Clan's ally Elisa Maza. The box art continues to be great for this line, with Elisa's being handled by Djordje Djokovic and Raph Lomotan. It fits her character well, given that she's a detective, doing some investigative work. Like Lexington, her box is more around the size of most ultimate figures than the big Gargoyles, but a little deeper to accompany one of her accessories. Elisa is the first NECA Gargoyles figure I covered that isn't sculpted by Djokovic. Rather, she's...[See More]

Raphael (Mutagen Ooze Glow)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Super7) - Ultimates!
Rated 4.70 stars by RMaster007
One thing that can certainly be said about Super7 is that they loving doing glow-in-the-dark figures. How much so? Their first released TMNT Ultimate was one of them, before the regular version even came out. We've since gotten a few others, including the four turtles themselves in "Mutagen Ooze" variants. They looked cool, but the higher $65 price due to the rising cost of glow material, along with it being Super7-exclusive meaning absurd shipping costs kept me away. Just earlier today, I was able to secure one for a good price at the annual Maryland Toy Expo, and it's my favorite turtle: Raphael. Usually, the glow figure packaging isn't much different from the regular versions outside of different colors and some GITD accents, but that's not the case here. The slip cover is designed...[See More]