Lion-O
ThunderCats (Super7) - Deluxe
Rated 4.00 stars by RMaster007
As much as I love Super7's Ultimates (well, most of the time), we can all agree they cost way too much. The $55 (now $65) price is mainly due to them being made-to-order figures, but with how the quality and effort ranges from "good" to "utter crap," and the fact that they show up often through online retailers and collectible and comic shops, they should really drop the price by $15. S7 seems to understand the issue with pricing, so last year they introduced their "Deluxe" line, which consists of Ultimate reissues, but with heavily trimmed-down accessories for a somewhat more reasonable $35 price. Out of all of them so far, Thundercats' Lion-O is one of the only new sculpts for the line (the other being the Iron Giant), so he'll be the one I'm looking at. These Deluxe figures usually...[See More]

M. Bison
Street Fighter (Jada Toys) - Ultra Street Fighter II
Rated 4.60 stars by RMaster007
Street Fighter isn't just about people duking it out all over the world; the fight between good and evil is also a prevalent factor. Most of the characters we've gotten in Jada's SFII line are good or at least neutral, but there are some villains as well. There's the Evil Ryu and Violent Ken exclusives (who didn't appear in the original SFII and its updates), as well as Sagat and more recently Vega. But the true big bad of the game and series is M. Bison (called Vega in Japan, while Vega is called Balrog, and Balrog is called Bison. Not sure why that is). Bison embraces his role as II's main villain with his design, dressed in a military uniform with a peaked cap bearing a winged skull pin. His face alone is intimidating, with an unamused expression on a head with a prominent chin and...[See More]

Godzilla (Minus One) (Toho)
Godzilla (Super7) - Ultimates
Rated 3.90 stars by RMaster007
I don't go to movie theaters often, but Godzilla Minus One was the first movie I was willing to see there in a long time. I was already prepared for it having seen the Showa- and Heisei-era films, and I enjoyed it a lot because of the story, characters, action, Godzilla returning to his portrayal as a destructive monster, not an ally... just about everything. Having the Godzilla license meant Super7 was quick to do him in Ultimates form, and thanks to a recent BBTS sale, I got him for a somewhat better price. Super7 already ditched the packaging slip covers with Toho wave four, so Minus One Goji doesn't have one either. The box is more simplistic than the other Godzilla Ultimates, but the graphics fit this specific version of the character well, and no slip cover means you can see right...[See More]

Triceraton
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Super7) - Ultimates!
Rated 4.00 stars by RMaster007
Super7's been doing great with TMNT, especially now they're giving the 2003 cartoon the action figures it deserves. However, the main reason for that is because Playmates allegedly told them to stop or at least dial back on reusing their old toy designs. I think it's because Playmates has been big into reissuing older figures (including rarer and deep-cut stuff like Scale-Tail and the Pizza Tossin' Turtles), and they're worried fans will prefer S7's updated but pricier takes on them. At least Super7 was able to do one of my most-wanted figures, the Triceraton, before things got complicated. Like usual, Four Horsemen's been doing a great job recreating decades-old designs, and the Triceraton doesn't look too much different from before. He bears the same pissed-off expression as the...[See More]

Laurie Strode
Halloween (Neca) - Ultimate
Rated 4.75 stars by RMaster007
Even if it retconned the memorable second Halloween movie, the 2018 film is darn good, with a compelling story and plenty of brutal kills. I was rewatching it the other day while writing my NECA 2018 Michael Myers review, and mentioned how I needed to scout out physical releases of its sequels. Just a day later, I found a Blu-ray set of the whole Blumhouse trilogy at Walmart. Talk about a coincidence! I watched Kills already and plan on checking out Ends this weekend, but for now, I'm going over NECA's figure of Laurie Strode, the series' other main character. The original Halloween was Jamie Lee Curtis' film debut as Laurie, making her a horror icon who has returned to the role more than once. Since 40 years has passed in-universe, teen scream queen Laurie Strode is close to sixty, as...[See More]

Robocop
Robocop (Neca) - 35th Anniversary
Rated 4.25 stars by Dark Fire Action Figure Art
This is a decent figure of RoboCop, but it is essentially a reissue of the old Spring Holster RoboCop with some added accessories. The articulation is limited just like their previous RoboCop figures. This isn't a huge deal since RoboCop has pretty stiff movements in the films, but I feel there could have been some upgrades made, given the Hagane Works RoboCop is the same scale and has much better articulation then the NECA figures. The spring holster is very fragile and easy to break on these figures, so I avoid using them at all given I had bad experiences with the previous three releases. This one also should have been the one to be included with the Repair Chair, but that was more of a smart move on NECA's part forcing fans to buy both pristine and battle damaged versions if they...[See More]

Machiko
Predators (Neca) - Series 18
Rated 4.45 stars by Dark Fire Action Figure Art
This was another long awaited figure for me personally. Machiko Noguchi is easily my favorite human character in the Alien and Predator Universe, and NECA did a fairly good job at capturing her appearance from Aliens vs Predator: War. This figure comes with a couple of accessories in the form of her burner rifle, a removable bio-mask, and an alternate hand. The mask is accurate to the one she wore in Issue 0 though it would have been nice if it had included a more Jungle Hunter-like one, too, as she wore one like it through the rest of the series. The mask's tubes can plug into her shoulder cannon, but it's a bit of a pain to plug them in and keep them in. I put some super glue on the ends, allowed it to dry and that seemed to make them fit more snugly. The rife is accurate to the one...[See More]

Hagane Works Robocop
Robocop (Good Smile Company) - Basic Series
Rated 4.75 stars by Dark Fire Action Figure Art
In my opinion this RoboCop is the best 7" scale depiction of the character and is leagues above the NECA figures of the same scale. It is a bit on the higher price side but well worth it if you're a RoboCop fan and can find it at retail price. The sculpt is pretty film accurate and the figure is made of a mix of die and plastic. The metal gives it a bit of heft and actually makes it so it stands on its own well, though it also includes a stand. The figures comes with an array of accessories and alternate parts including: hands, mouth pieces for different expressions, battle damaged parts, two different Auto 9 Pistols, and a Cobra Assault Cannon as well as a base and a stand arm. The base also opens for part storage, which is really nice. The only accessory I wish it had included is a...[See More]

Duffman
Simpsons (Super7) - Ultimates
Rated 4.50 stars by RMaster007
The first wave of Simpsons Ultimates had a guy who serves beer, and now we have a guy who promotes beer. Makes sense, doesn't it? Duffman is said to be played by many different people in the show, but he always looks the same (is there a bunch of guys who look the same in Springfield?). The man has a somewhat cylindrical head shape, wearing a Duff hat and sunglasses. The sunglasses aren't removable, but there are eyes sculpted and painted underneath, though he doesn't seem to have pupils. The default portrait is a grin, but he also has an open mouth head, as well as a head with a Duff sticker slapped onto his face, coming from "Pygmoelian." The sticker can actually be removed, pegging into the mouth, leaving you with an "oh yeah" expression. All three heads look nice, and the clean paint...[See More]

Scumbug
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Super7) - Ultimates!
Rated 4.80 stars by RMaster007
Scumbug isn't a TMNT character you see talked about much. He wasn't really present much in past media, being just a one-time character in the original cartoon, and some other versions like the Archie comics barely looked like him, though Mutant Mayhem reintroduced him (or in it's case, her) to today's audiences. NECA already made a great figure of him a while back, but that hasn't stopped Super7 from making their own version. While NECA's Scumbug was a recreation of the toon design which was no different from the original Playmates toy, Super7's more directly updates the toy design. Most of that involves simply making him more colorful, with all those little bugs crawling over him now being painted, along with a few other additional colors. There are some changes to the overall design as...[See More]

Mighty Morphin Eye Guy
Power Rangers Lightning Collection (Hasbro) - Mighty Morphin
Rated 3.50 stars by Karl T. Face
Ironically, I eyeballed this extensively when it came out. Finally pulled the trigger on a trade, but there's a reason I waited. As a Kaiju nut and mythology fan, I couldn't turn down another classic Dora Monster in the end. This one's based on Argos, the hundred-eyed giant that guarded one of Zeus' side pieces from his frequent advances, despite her having already been turned into a heifer. Dora Argus, meanwhile, was created to trap a little girl in a nightmare dimension to break her spirit so their pathetic resident vampire could actually drink human blood for a change. Either way, this is some wacky stuff. First, the good. This thing is big, hefty, and very well sculpted. Various eyes are half-closed, and the freaky skin texture looks great. The articulation is the usual Lightning...[See More]