Yet another experience at the usual invincible robot toy show this winter, right before Christmas rolls around. This would be my fourth time stopping by, having come non-stop for the past two years now. I’ll admit it loses its luster a bit with each visit, but there’s no doubt that we snagged the best deals this time around.
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Interlude – 12/3/14
So…this is a bit awkward, but while it is a usual Wednesday which usually warrants a review post…I don’t actually have anything left in the photoshoot queue at the moment. Usually how it works is I’ll have several photoshoots ready and typed up on the site and saved as drafts, ready to be published whenever the next Wednesday rolls around.…
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MP-06 Masterpiece Skywarp (Wal-Mart Exclusive)
Yes, Skywarp is actually getting his own review and photoshoot despite being the exact same mold as MP-03 Masterpiece Starscream. Why? I guess I just have an affinity for the black, purple, and silver that just manages to look so damn sexy on a Seeker body. Forget those ridiculous acid–green or sun-yellow Seeker recolors – if you’re gonna go for…
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Hot Toys 1/6 Movie Masterpiece Iron Man Mark VII
My second Hot Toys experience, the Mark VII Iron Man suit, as featured in Marvel’s the Avengers. I swore high and low after the disaster that was the Mark IV that I’d be selling that one off in favor of this one – a promise I did end up following through on. I can’t quite fathom how anyone would be…
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MP-12 Masterpiece Sideswipe (Lambor)
Sideswipe – notoriously the first Autobot car to get the modern Masterpiece treatment, I remember having mixed feelings when I first saw this thing’s dinky size. I wasn’t really totally sold on it at first – it was tiny in comparison to the infamous MP-01 (the definition of Masterpiece for me back then) and sported absolutely no die-cast metal. Add…