Archive for 2009
ToyFare Exclusive Vacation Pepe
I’ve got maybe a half dozen or so of the ToyFare exclusive figures. (Ironically, I never recieved the Radioactive Homer that I mailed for.) I like quirky characters and that’s mostly what ToyFare had as their exclusives, Lara Croft, Guardian, etc… One I missed out on was the Vacation Pepe from Palisades Muppet line. I already had the regular one […]
Simpsons Movie Homer and Plopper
If you’ve been on TVFT before, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of Playmates World of Springfield series of figures. A good chunk of the comics on the site are WOS. Combine that with the fact that I love the Simpsons for their portrayal of a typical American family. Which one of has not had a Homer Simpson […]
Gambit (Toy Biz)
I’ll admit it. I wasn’t an X-men fan until the cartoon. When I was a kid I never really cared for the big team books that arc across several issues. That said the animated X-men had some cool characters with some interesting powers. My favorite of the band of animated mutants was Gambit. I’ve always associated with the loner […]
Gordie Howe (Mr. Hockey)
Anybody that knows me will tell you I’m a big hockey fan. Not only a big hockey fan, but a big Red Wings fan. All three of our dog prodigies have their own jerseys. There’s a game used Chris Osgood stick above my desk at home and a box of Stevie’s Stars cereal on the shelf above it. If you […]
Resident Evil Hunter
Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed their several days off from work. But now, onto the review… NECA pulls no punches as they continue to show us why they’re the best company to produce video game figures by releasing Resident Evil 10th Anniversary Series 2: Hunter. Appearance: Initially, I cared very little about this figure (my main focus […]
Final Fantasy VII Tifa Lockhart
Square Enix is proud to present its Final Fantasy VII Play Arts Volume One line by releasing the first three highly-detailed figures for FF collectors everywhere. Appearance: This is probably the first time I’ll be saying this, but the packaging for Final Fantasy VII Play Arts Vol. 1 Tifa Lockhart Action Figure is certainly eye-catching. The packaging is made of […]
Final Fantasy VII Cloud Strife
Square Enix is proud to present Cloud Strife from the highly-acclaimed Final Fantasy VII video game by releasing this highly-detailed figure for FF fans and collectors alike! Appearance: For those of you unfamiliar with Final Fantasy VII, Cloud Strife is the main character that you control the entire span of the game. The story goes something along the lines of him […]
Tomb Raider – Lara Croft vs. Shark
I’m a fan of the Tomb Raider series of video games. I haven’t played the most recent one, but just about the rest of them. The first installment was one of my favorite Playstation games. After number two, I started playing them on PC. We were watching something recently on TV, and they used the […]
German on Motorcycle
1989 brought us “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” With this film, Indy met up with his dad and faced off in a race to find the Holy Grail before the German Army. Sadly, kids of that era never new the joy owning action figures from the film. Hasbro, however, made up for that in […]
Biggs Darklighter Tosche Station
My guess is there are a bunch of kids that grew up with the new trilogy scratching their head over this one. I’d guess even a few folks that are older are wondering where this outfit came from. Since, as a much younger person, I had the “Star Wars Storybook”, I can tell you. There […]
Hellboy (3.75″)
Okay, let me start this by saying I haven’t seen Hellboy II yet. It comes to DVD in a couple of weeks, and I’ll see it then. It’s just another victim of a busy summer. That being said, I’ll admit I’m big fan of the first film. I picked up a few of the graphic novels after seeing it, and […]
Liz Sherman
I finally got to see Hellboy 2: The Golden Army on DVD. I liked it. It really had a better sense of the BPRD functioning as a coherent group instead of just leash keepers of Hellboy and Abe. Liz and Hellboy’s relationship has progressed as well. All in all, a great sequel. Ironically, I finally managed to track down a […]
Johann Krauss
As of the writing of this, we are a week and a half from the release of Hellboy 2: the Golden Army on DVD. So, needless to say, I’m pretty much doing this review blind, as I haven’t seen the flick yet. However, there are a few things I do about Johann Krauss. Or is it Kraus? I found it […]
C-3PO & Salacious Crumb
C-3PO didn’t really change through the original Star Wars trilogy very much. However, we have been treated with a couple of variations over the years. This one is taken from a couple of different scenes from “Return of the Jedi.” The first one one is the scene where Boushh brings in the rogue Chewbacca. Jabba thumps 3PO on […]
Butch Cassidy
When Paul Newman recently passed away, I remembered I had a figure of him, at least I thought I did. Kenner produced a line of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid figures, which I had never realized were actually for the prequel (“Butch and Sundance: The Early Days“) with Tom Berenger in the Butch Cassidy role made famous by Newman […]
Toht
There are a variety of baddies facing off with Indiana Jones in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” However, most of them didn’t seem truly evil. Belloq was delusional. Dietrich was just a cog in the German army. However, the Gestapo agent named Toht was a charachter that seethed villany on the screen. For a character […]
Hellboy in Kimono Bust-Up
I noticed on IMDB the other day that there’s a third Animated Hellboy film in the works. (Hellboy Animated: The Phantom Claw) Which made me remember I had started this review a while ago and never finished it. I’ve had a pretty tough time finding Hellboy stuff that I like. But, after getting one of […]
Cobra (The Enemy)
Back to Eighties again.Not that I mind.This time it’s for the 25th Anniversary of GI Joe A Real American Hero (RAH). I can still remember the first of the small Joes that I ever saw. A kid in grade school pulled a straight arm Grunt out of his coat pocket and said, “Check this out!”I […]
Obi-Wan Kenobi & Arc Trooper Alpha
I’ve not picked up any of the comic two packs up to this point. I don’t really keep up with EU stuff, so those were out. The Marvel figures while cool, and accurate to the source material, were just too goofy looking for me. I couldn’t put a blue Stormtrooper in the middle of display […]
Ceremonial Belloq
If Indiana Jones had one totally memorable nemesis, it would be Rene Belloq. The guy takes the fertility idol from Indy, almost gets to the Ark before Indy, tries to schmooze his girl, and then takes the Ark from him. Twice. That adds up to significant foe. However, he’s not much of an action star. In the vintage Kenner […]
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