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Fansproject Motormaster Review and Gallery!

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

Yes, you read that right. I’ve finally splurged a massive amount of cash and joined the ranks of advance video reviewers such as MitchSantona and Optibotimus! I am super excited to bring you this, as not only is Fansproject Motormaster a highly anticipated must have, he is THE must have figure of 2013!

And, as an added bonus: THIS IS A WORLD PREMIER EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN REVIEW.

That’s right, it may have cost me enough to army build with TRU MP10, but I got ahold of Fansproject Motormaster before he was officially revealed by Fansproject. Many thanks to my buddy overseas! I hope you enjoy the gold giraffe!

Please, bear in mind that this didn’t come with packaging or instructions, so the official modes might look a bit different. And since there’s no official name, I’ll be calling it Motormaster.

Yeah yeah. So lets get on with it and get to what you came for!

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Transformers Prime – SE FE Bulkhead Stress Marks

Wednesday, November 21st, 2012

I posted before about how the SE FE voyager Optimus Prime is missing paint compared to the first edition of the first edition, and I mentioned that the SE FE voyager Bulkhead was a bit more complicated.

While the lack of paint on Optimus is something I can overlook, Bulkhead had a problem that’s not aesthetic, but functional, and from what I’ve seen is widespread to the point all of them seem to be affected to varying degrees.

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Transformers Prime – SE FE Optimus not so Prime?

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

If you’re a transformers collector, you probably already know about the huge debacle over the Transformers Prime First Edition series. Hasbro showed off some great looking figures that were complex and for the most part very screen accurate, announced their release date, and then they barely got released.

It was a TRU exclusive, with only Canadian TRU’s getting the voyagers. Online stores even had to cancel preorders because of it. Meanwhile, in Asian markets the First Editions were shelfwarming.

But wait! Hasbro heard fans complaints. They were going to do a shared exclusive rerelease with BBTS and TRU. Fans could buy Bulkhead and Optimus at retail instead of ebay.

While that’s great, when I got my Second Edition First Edition voyager Optimus there was a problem. And it’s a problem with all of them.

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Action Pose – Super Poseable Amazing Spider-Man

Thursday, September 6th, 2012

I really liked the Amazing Spider-Man movie. I’d heard a lot of bad things about it, most about people bitching that it had plot problems and no real story, or that Peter doesn’t learn anything in the end, but I was happy to find that I didn’t agree with those claims. At all.

But even if you didn’t like the movie, it did result in a great 4inch scale Spider-Man!

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Prime RID Bulkhead – Classics?

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

Thanks to the good folks over at BobaKhan Toys I recently picked up a PRID Bulkhead.  A few months ago, a user over at TFW picked up an early sample and did the first pictorial review of the figure, and I did a post on here explaining a problem I had with the figure.

Basically, the user took a picture of Bulkhead from the side with him leaning really far back, and said that was because Bulkhead constantly looked down if you didn’t, that his head wasn’t really on a balljoint and only moved side to side.

As more people reviewed the figure, they confirmed that Bulkhead’s head actually is on a balljoint. That’s great news, because it fixed my only real problem with the figure.

And I can confirm as well, that Bulkhead can stand up straight and still look straight ahead.

But what about my reason for buying it? Does it fit into Classics?

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Cthulhu Dice by Steve Jackson Games – A review!

Saturday, June 30th, 2012

What was that wicked looking thing that Mer-Man was holding in the previous post? Can rolling with Cthulhu be fun? What does this have to do with Captain Olaf and why he lives in a desert?

Cthulhu Dice. Yes. And not much, but my love of The Last Lovecraft is mighty.

If you haven’t a clue what I’m talking about, keep reading. Today I’m doing a review of Cthulhu Dice by Steve Jackson Games!

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Prime RID Powerizer Bulkhead Review Comments

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

Transformers Prime First Edition Bulkhead is often said to be the best of the FE figures, with great show accuracy, poseability, and a fun transformation.

He’s also going for several times retail on the secondary market.

PRID Powerizer Bulkhead should be much easier to get ahold of, but is the figure worth a retail release?

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Headrobots Hothead Detailed Pictorial Review

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Headrobots is a 3rd party company, not officially endorsed by HasTak, and thus far has done two primary releases, that of the lackluster Snake mold, and more recently Hothead.

The cost and sometimes questionable quality of 3rd party products has kept me from purchasing very many. I have and can easily recommend Fansproject’s Bruticus set, and I’ve got the targetmaster for the upcoming Rodimus set on preorder, but thus far Headrobots only release to even tempt me was Hothead.

As I’ve not ordered anything else from them, I waited until a few reviews had shown up online before ordering one. However, most of them have been nothing but people happily saying the set looks great. I can tell the set looks great, but what is it really like?

Is Headrobots Hothead really worth it?

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Generations Blurr Review and Gallery!

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Generations Blurr Review!
Yes, you read that right. I’ve finally splurged a massive amount of cash and joined the ranks of advance video reviewers such as Peaugh and Genzao! I am super excited to bring you this, as not only is Transformers Generations Blurr a highly anticpated must have, he is THE must have figure of the generations line! He totally blows Drift out of the rice paddy!
And, as an added bonus: THIS IS A WORLD PREMIER EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN REVIEW.
That’s right, it may have cost me enough to army build with MP Grimlock, but I got ahold of Generations Blurr before he ever even hit Ebay. Many thanks to my buddy overseas! I hope you enjoy the Vespa!
Please, bear in mind that this is not a proto, and it’s plastered with NOT FOR SALE and a glop of paint across the hood, but I’ve been told this was from the step before it went to factory and even with the flaws he’s super cool.
Yeah yeah. So lets get on with it and get to what you came for!
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Transformers Generations Blurr Alt Mode
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This is probably the worst part of the figure. As you can see, it’s almost identical to Generations Drift, but with a super cool spike on the back in place of a spoiler (ala g1 and animated Blurr), so the alt mode itself is good.
But this is the only mode where the NOT FOR SALE is completely obvious, and that melted wax looking paint glop on the hood just looks terrible.
But as I’ve said before, I don’t collect cars. And eventually when he hits retail I’ll just sell the proto off on ebay. I think Seibertron buys stuff like that.
Moving on! Next up in my Generations Blurr Gallery!
Generations Blurr Robot Mode!
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Sooooo cool. I really dig how he’s rockin the cornflower blue and emo black, cause Blurr is hard like that and he can pull it off.
He’s a total gunslinger, and the shoulders remind me of a poncho.
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The MASSIVE BFG BACK CANNON looks like a rifle out of Evangelion. Or maybe I just haven’t seen it in a while.
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If you look close on the pistols, he’s got little autobot logos.
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And probably what will be a favorite part of this Generations Blurr Review….
(Say it like Thew from youtube, now…)
THE LIGHTPIPING!
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Drift kind of reminded me of Springer, but Blurr’s practically a spitting image of his spotlight appearance.
The feet are kind of clunky, but just like Drift they don’t bother the articulation much.
Transformers Generations Blurr Gallery – Articulated!
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And lets not forget the running pose!
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He is NOT touching anything, even though it looks like that brick is kind of close.
Well, that’s it for the review! I’ve hosted the gallery on photobucket cause of all the bandwidth this is likely to take up. In support of TFINO.COM, I am only posting it as news there. If you enjoyed the review, leave a comment!
~Matt Booker

Yes, you read that right. I’ve finally splurged a massive amount of cash and joined the ranks of advance video reviewers such as Peaugh and Genzao! I am super excited to bring you this, as not only is Transformers Generations Blurr a highly anticipated must have, he is THE must have figure of the generations line! He totally blows Drift out of the rice paddy!

And, as an added bonus: THIS IS A WORLD PREMIER EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN REVIEW.

That’s right, it may have cost me enough to army build with MP Grimlock, but I got ahold of Generations Blurr before he ever even hit Ebay. Many thanks to my buddy overseas! I hope you enjoy the Vespa!

Please, bear in mind that this is not a proto, and it’s plastered with NOT FOR SALE and a glop of paint across the hood, but I’ve been told this was from the step before it went to factory and even with the flaws he’s super cool.

Yeah yeah. So lets get on with it and get to what you came for!

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Hellboy and Golden Army Soldier Review Part 2

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Happy Halloween!  Welcome back to the second part of my Hellboy and Golden Army Soldier review.

Today, I’m reviewing the 3.75″ Hellboy that’s exclusive to this set.  Part of the reason why I’m doing this review is that I couldn’t find any detailed reviews of the set online, so I had to order it based on the quality of Mezco’s other products.

I ordered a demon on good faith.

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