Category: Toy Reviews
Imperial EVO Trooper
Yeah, I’m a bit of Stormtrooper junkie. I’m not an army builder, but, if I find something other than a repaint variation, I’ll normally pick it up. That’s why I have a Crowd Control Stormtrooper in my collection. The upcoming “Force Unleashed” video game and tie-in figures have given us two such trooper variations. I recently looked at the Imperial Jumptrooper. This […]
Vintage Marion Ravenwood
In putting together all of the recent Kenner Indiana Jones reviews, I realized something. The folks working on the line really cared about what they were doing. Compared to the Star Wars figures from the same era, the attention to detail is just that little notch bigger. I once read George Lucas said the reason he made “Raiders of the Lost […]
SEAL (Codename: Torpedo)
With GI Joe figures flying off shelves across the country, I was inspired to go back and dust of my meager collection of vintage Joes. And I do mean meager, I’ve got less than a dozen of the vintage soldiers. And considering that against the number of RAH figures out there, it’s very small.I have to say though, the […]
GI Joe 25th Anniversary Torpedo
Alright. I recently did a Retro Review for the Vintage GI Joe Navy Seal Codename: Torpedo. With the advent of the 25th Anniversary Joes, I had a plan. I was only going to get figures I didn’t have the vintage version of to help limit myself. To be honest, I wasn’t real impressed with the first few I saw. I passed […]
Sesame Street Easter Eggs
Mrs. Nerd and I both grew up with Sesame Street. Frequently, we both remember similar things from the show. Back then there wasn’t a Dora or a SpongeBob. Cookie Monster was allowed to eat all the cookies he wanted. And nobody was talking ill about Bert and Ernie. And for the younger readers, Elmo wasn’t on the Street yet. I […]
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 […]
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