Archive for December, 2010

Name That…Big Dude

Name That…Big Dude

This is probably going to be the hardest shadow yet. It’s a fairly well known character, but this version isn’t by one of the big companies.

December 30, 2010 | By | 1 Reply More
Name That…Rifle

Name That…Rifle

An old fashioned looking simple rifle. How many toy accessory versions can there be?

December 28, 2010 | By | 2 Replies More
Name That…Stompin’ Boots

Name That…Stompin’ Boots

I think this shadow looks like a fire fighter. This should be an easy one.

December 23, 2010 | By | 1 Reply More
Name That…Green Phone

Name That…Green Phone

This accessory reminds me of a cell phone that I used to own.

December 21, 2010 | By | 1 Reply More
Iron Man Mk.VI (Power Up Glow)

Iron Man Mk.VI (Power Up Glow)

As a matter of principle, I usually shun gimmick figures. In most cases these features are either hideous to look at or mess with the articulation in some way. In the case of this Iron Man figure it is the later scenario but as it turns out, the end result is quite above tolerable in that regard.

December 19, 2010 | By | Reply More
Black Guard

Black Guard

Without knowing yet much about the plot of the movie, I can venture a guess that the Black Guard is part of a much larger cadre of troops in the service of the bad guy (red and black as a color scheme kind of give away their allegiance),

December 17, 2010 | By | Reply More
Name That…Robed Shadow

Name That…Robed Shadow

Yes, this shadow is wearing a robe.

December 16, 2010 | By | 5 Replies More
Clu’s Sentry

Clu’s Sentry

Well, you know that whenever an action figure is named after his job description the character it’s based on must be some kind of minion with a very low life expectancy when facing hero-type characters, kind of like Imperial Stormtroopers or Trek red shirts.

December 15, 2010 | By | Reply More
Name That…Wookie Sash

Name That…Wookie Sash

I think there are a couple of right answers for this one.

December 14, 2010 | By | 2 Replies More
Clu

Clu

In the original TRON movie, programs in the inner computer world tended to look like the people who wrote them, so actor Jeff Bridges got to play two roles, that of Flynn, the digitized user trapped in the system and Clu, the program he wrote to hack into the ENCOM mainframe.

December 11, 2010 | By | 2 Replies More
Luke Cage

Luke Cage

Luke Cage (a.k.a. Power Man) was released in 2010 as part of the second (H.A.M.M.E.R.) series of figures in the Hasbro’s Marvel Universe line. For this series, Hasbro upped the ante by offering a few new body types with unique sculpts.

December 10, 2010 | By | Reply More
Name That…Ladybot

Name That…Ladybot

This shadow reminds me of Rosie, the Jetson’s maid.

December 9, 2010 | By | 2 Replies More
Kitty Pryde

Kitty Pryde

Hasbro released Kitty Pryde as figure number 17 in their second series of Marvel Universe figures. At this point, it is no surprise that she uses the same female body we have seen before, and it is becoming increasingly evident that there is a need to add more variety into the line, at least as far as female characters are concerned.

December 8, 2010 | By | 1 Reply More
Name That…Pointy Thing

Name That…Pointy Thing

I don’t think anybody can tell you what this accessory is suppose to represent.

December 7, 2010 | By | 1 Reply More
Iron Man (Extremis Armor)

Iron Man (Extremis Armor)

The most recent Iron Man version in the Marvel Universe line is this Extremis Armor Iron Man. The basics behind the new suit is that Tony Stark got infected by a nano-virus that bestowed upon him the ability to interface directly with the hardware and …

December 5, 2010 | By | 2 Replies More
Name That…Right On Dude

Name That…Right On Dude

Sometimes I don’t know what to write for these. This is one of those occasions.

December 2, 2010 | By | 2 Replies More