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REVIEW: SOOSOO TOYS “MR BUTCHER”
This week, we’re looking at the “Mr. Butcher” figure from Soosoo Toys!
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SOOSOO TOYS “Mr BUTCHER”!
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!
This week, we’re looking at the “Mr. Butcher” figure from Soosoo Toys. Not to be confused with a character called “Butcher” that looks exactly the same in a TV show. This one has nothing to do with it. That’s why he has a different name (wink wink nudge nudge).
Last week, I received a notification with the tracking number of that figure, and the next day, I saw those pictures:
Holy crap! Charlie Day and Karl Urban’s cousin!
Needless to say, it made me clench my butt a little, since it does NOT look like the figure from the promo pics. A few days later, the figure arrived, and it looked MUCH better than that. So it was just a matter of someone managing to take the most horrible pics of that figure, so that we don’t have to. Thank you for your service! Please never take pictures again :)
Box!
Insert/sleeve!
Inside the box (top)
Inside the box (bottom)
The figure looks very good. SooSoo Toys killed it with that “Mr. Butcher”. The likeness of the headsculpt is very good (even the crazy one!). The figure comes with a ton of accessories also, including extra hands, an assault rifle, a sniper rifle, mags (with painted bullets in them), crowbar, drill, and all that anyone would need to torture people, and a base with the logo from a TV show, which has nothing to do with the figure (wink wink). Oh yeah, and a baby. With an extra head too.
The whole shebang
Menacing “Mr Butcher” is menacing
“Hey, mate.”
“Who you trying to get crazy with, ése?”
“Don’t you know I’m locoooo?”
Totally unrelated logo on the stand!
Heads!
Weapons with painted bullets in the extra mags!
“Well, well, well… If it ain’t the invisible c*nt.”
“Don’t you worry. Daddy’s home.”
“Oh, Hughie…”
Hawaiian shirt!
“We’ll cross that bridge when we burn it.”
“F*cking Compound V…”
“We didn’t bring him here for a f*cking Happy meal!”
One of the weirdest accessories ever…
You can add a battery under the hat, which then turns on/off when you lightly touch the head. Really creepy!
“F*CKING DIABOLICAL!”
*the child coos*
Nightmare fuel!
There goes my sleep for the next few days!
SooSoo Toys also announced a “John Lander” figure, which should come out soon. Once again, this figure has nothing to do with a character from a TV show from Amazon Prime, based on a comic book. I can’t wait to take “John Lander” home… (see what i did there?).
More news at 11:00… or in third party terms, “Additional information sixty minutes after 10:00”!
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REVIEW: HASBRO’S MARVEL LEGENDS THE HOOD
This week, we’re looking at the toy of the year 2022, the action figure of the Hood from the villains wave of Marvel Legends from Habsro.
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HASBRO’S MARVEL LEGENDS THE HOOD
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!
This week, we’re looking at the toy of the year 2022, the action figure of the Hood from the villains wave of Marvel Legends from Habsro. This figure has caused quite a sensation throughout the toy community! When first announced during a Marvel Legends panel, one of the members of the Hasbro team said this is the “Angry Marvel Legends Collector” figure, which was perfect. Then, once the figure started to appear in stores, all hell broke loose. The figure has so much meme potential, collectors worldwide took hilarious pictures with it. There is also an ongoing petition, led by Sonny from the Sonny Channel on Youtube (@sonnyplayswithtoys on instagram) to get that figure nominated for the Toy of the Year awards next year. Join the Hood movement!
Marvel Legends packaging, always nice!
“GET ME OUT OF HERE!”
“AAAAAAH!”
By God! He literally screamed himself out of the packaging!
“I’M FREE!”
Well… I guess I won’t be grading it, then…
“I NEED MY STUFF!”
“MY GUNS TOO!”
“THAT’S BETTER, HAHAHA!!!”
“WHAT IS THAT CRAP?”
“NOBODY READS THAT! SUCH A WASTE, IT MAKES ME MAD!”
The Hood, aka Parker Robbins, was a petty thief who got his hands on the cloak of a demon which came with some powers that enabled him to become the head of a vast criminal empire. He was especially active post-Civil War and during the Dark Reign crossover events. The figure itself is what you could expect from a Marvel Legends figure nowadays. Double elbow, double knees, ab crunch, thigh swivel, 360 kickflip, double pepperoni and all the likes. The head sculpt is where all the magic is at. That angry screaming expression is just amazing. So many photo ideas!
Superman pose
Superhero landing - Nailed it!
The Hood wouldn’t be The Hood without… the Hood.
“UNLEASH DILDOBURST EFFECT!” (“Dildoburst effects” term coined by Ibentmyman-thing from the Fwoosh)
“GLORIOUS!”
“STRAIGHT FIR… HUH?”
“WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?”
(One of my dildoburst effects was a bit bent in the packaging, which would have had an impact on the grading and he wouldn’t have gotten a full 10/10.)
“MUCH BETTER!” (Please contact a doctor if it lasts for more than 4h).
“XENMU! WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU?”
“MAYBE THE HOOD WILL HELP YOU…”
Narrator’s voice: It did not.
“I CAME TO PARTY!”
“TOO MUCH STRESS… TIME FOR MY SCREAMING YOGA! AAAAAAAAAH!”
Expect to see more of the Hood, as I will certainly try to get as many fun pics out of him as I can!
The Faces of the Hood
More news at 11:00… AAAAAAAAAAH!
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REVIEW: FUNKO POP JUNJI ITO COLLECTION
This week, we’re looking at the Junji Ito Collection Pop figures from Funko.
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FUNKO POP JUNJI ITO COLLECTION!
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!
This week, we’re looking at the Junji Ito Collection Pop figures from Funko. I know, I know, Funko Pops are the devil and should not ever be brought up. On the other hand, this is the only easily available Junji Ito merch (apart from a few expensive designer toys) , and I was not gonna skip on those! Who’s Junji Ito, you ask? Only one of the greatest masters of horror manga! I discovered Junji Ito through a friend (thanks, Hugo!) who told me to read Uzumaki over a decade ago. My mind was blown and I needed to get my hands on everything that this man had written (even the cute story about his cats!). Here’s a sample…
Eye-roll taken to the next level
How to keep the memories of your ancestors: wear their heads (true story!)
“Are you ok, dad?”
During Comic Con 2020, a single Funko Pop figure from Junji Ito was announced, Souichi Tsujii, along with his voodoo doll and candles on his head. I got it right away, as there is not really any other merch available, and he would look nice on the shelf next to the books. Then, later, Funko announced a whole wave of other characters: Tomie, Yuuko, the model Miss Fuchi and another Souichi figure. And here they are!
Books and boxes
Crunchyroll did an anthology series about some of the best short stories, hence their logo
Gloomy books and pops!
Let’s see those characters in the books…
Tomie, from the book of the same name, is a girl that never seems to stay dead. She was killed on her way back from school, found in a dozen pieces, and came back to school the next day, as if nothing happened. In the books, she manipulates men to do her bidding, and is most likely possessed by an evil entity.
Yuuko, from the story “Slug girl”, she wore a face mask not to protect herself from a virus, but to hide what was inside her mouth…
Miss Fuchi, from the story “Fashion Model” where a young director is looking for a model for a movie he is about to shoot, but ends up finding Fuchi, who has a horrible face, but he somehow cannot get her out of his head. She ends up eating her co-star during the shooting. YAY!
Souichi, or “that little shit” as I like to call him. There are many stories featuring Souichi who tries to scare his schoolmates, but most of his schemes and tricks always end up backfiring on him.
Bonus: the 2020 Fall Convention exclusive Souichi Pop figure. He always has nails in his mouth because of an iron deficiency in his body. He also sometimes shoots them.
Who said Funko Pops couldn’t be creepy?
Crunchyroll is developping a Uzumaki animated series which should come out in 2022. Hopefully, that means more toys!
More news at 11:00… Spirals… This review is contaminated by spirals!
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REVIEW: NECA SDCC 2020 EXCLUSIVE TMNT MUSICAL MUTAGEN TOUR SET!
This week, on monday, NECA did their Comic Con Panel and announced a ton of new stuff, including this year’s SDCC Exclusives. I felt it was maybe time to review LAST YEAR’s SDCC Exclusive!
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NECA SDCC 2020 TMNT MUSICAL MUTAGEN TOUR SET!
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!
This week, on monday, NECA did their Comic Con Panel and announced a ton of new stuff, including this year’s SDCC Exclusives (A huge set with the TMNT reporter team!! Flash Gordon and Ming in retro packaging!!). I felt it was maybe time to review LAST YEAR’s SDCC Exclusive, which had been sitting on my pile for months. Finally! When the first promo pics of this set came out last year, it was so outrageous, ridiculous and weird that I knew I 100% wanted it. After ordering it on the NECA store seconds after pre-orders were open, getting my order cancelled 2 months later, randomly, by NECA, and then asking a good friend to hook me up if he saw one while they were at Target, I finally got my hands on one earlier this year. Was it worth the wait? SHELL YEAH!
The packaging with the outer sleeve, with bonus face mask!
The packaging without the outer sleeve looks like a flight case from a concert, which is awesome!
Inside the flight case (Leonardo’s face is CREEPY AF).
ALRIGHT PEOPLE! WE ARE THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES! YEAAAAAH!
MIKEY!
DONNIE!
LEO!
RAPH!
The 4 turtles come with a sleeveless jean jacket (in case you weren’t sure they were from the 90’s), their instruments and extra hands. A few things in this set are really strange though, like the shoes! Turtles in shoes! ARGH!
My reaction when seeing the shoes: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Their feet wouldn’t fit in those!
The faces, also, might cause you to feel really bad on the inside and you’re not sure why.
Nightmare fuel
“ I WILL EAT YOUR SOUL”
We’re gonna rock this city, guys!
SCREAM FOR ME, NEW YORK CITYYYYYY!!
WE LOVE YOU, PEOPLE! AH YEAH!
From their cover of Genesis “I can’t dance” cover
Bedazzled eye patches too!
This part is for the ladies. A smooth and silky evening to you all. Find safe haven in a bath tub of my jazz (- Duke Silver)
What? Could it be… ?
Trumpet Spawn joined Raph for a duet!
Thank you, New York City! It’s been a blast! Now is the part where we go backstage and you clap, and we come back and play the songs that we were going to play because they were on our setlist anyway!
Oh, yeah… figures can’t bow, they fall forward. My bad.
COWABUNGA, DUDES!
Michaelangelos
Donatellos
Leonardos
Raphaels
This is a fantastic set, and a perfect exclusive, in the sense that if you want it, it’s great, but if you don’t want it, it’s an exclusive, you can just pass on it (unless you’re an idiot completist like myself and want to have everything. One day, there will be a cure, I swear!).
More news at 11:00… WE’RE COMING OUT OF OUR SHELLS!
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REVIEW: THREEZERO’S DOROHEDORO CAIMAN AND SHIN (ANIME VERSION)!
This week, we’re checking the Dorohedoro figures from ThreeZero, the anime version of Caiman and Shin!
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THREEZERO’S DOROHEDORO CAIMAN AND SHIN (ANIME VERSION)!
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!
This week, we’re checking the Dorohedoro one sixth scale figures from ThreeZero, the anime version of Caiman and Shin! Dorohedoro is a manga and anime series written by Q. Hayashida. The Netflix show was pretty great and had awesome designs and soundtrack. When Threezero announced they were going to do figures from the anime, I jumped right in and pre-ordered them (I had missed the manga version of Caiman because I didn’t know the manga yet).
Simple packaging
Inside
Caiman is a BIG BOI. Seriously. He is now one of the tallest 1/6th scale figure I own (if not the tallest). He comes with knives, extra hands, and a different unmasked head with interchangeable parts for different expressions. The figure has great articulations, even though the pants have some padding inside which blocks the leg movements (which can be totally fixed if you do some surgery and remove some of it).
“Bask in his awesome” - Chamba, 2011
It’s pose time!
Handle with care! The back of Caiman’s head is like an hedgehog’s butt!
The details on the suit are great!
“Is it breathable here?”
“Aaaaah, fresh air!”
MORE SPIKES!
You can switch from normal to angry eyes, and litteraly say “Prepare to meet Mr. Angry eyes!” (Toy Story)
“Where are the Gyozas??”
Shin is a more simple figure, with a normal body, a nicely tailored suit (dirty), his unmasked head, extra hands, and his trusted hammer.
Here’s SHIN!
I do not imagine a lot of people display him with his unmasked head. It’s a nice head, and looks just like him in the anime, but the “heart” mask head just looks better.
The tailoring on the suit is amazing. He even has a small wallet-chain, to show that he’s cool!
LOOK AT THEM JAYS! (Yes, I’m one of the cool kids and speak “sneakers”).
The last thing you see before having a hammer-sized hole in your forehead.
Nice details on the body, since Shin was put back together in the manga/anime (Only painted on the hands, though).
LET THE HAMMER … FALL!
“What are you looking at?”
The figures with the manga (all 23 issues of it)!
Classic anime opening pose with a “good” guy and a “bad” guy back to back!
Thanks for reading!
ThreeZero already announced another character from the show, Ebisu, which should come out later this year. Other brands are starting to get on that franchise, as Good Smile Company has announced a Nendoroid Gyoza fairy. Sentinel has also announced sets of 1/12 scale figures from the anime, which are basically two-packs, but the second character is an unarticulated accessory, which is a weird choice. Also, they cost more than those 1/6 figures, so I will stick to the 1/6 ones, thank you very much. ThreeZero killed it!
More news at 11:00… the rest of this review is lost in the chaos. This is Dorohedoro!
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REVIEW: NECA’S BATMAN/ALIENS & GREEN LANTERN/PREDATOR TWO-PACKS
This week, we’re looking at the NYCC 2019 exclusive two-packs from NECA, that included a Batman figure with a Joker Alien, and a Green Lantern with a Yellow Lantern Predator!
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NECA’S BATMAN/ALIENS & GREEN LANTERN/PREDATOR TWO-PACKS!
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!
This week, we’re looking at the NYCC 2019 exclusive two-packs from NECA, that included a Batman figure with a Joker Alien, and a Green Lantern with a Yellow Lantern Predator! I had been on the lookout for those sets since they were announced. They were inevitably all scalped on eBay and people wanted over $200 for each set for a while, until one day, they started to randomly pop up at Walmart stores during 2020. This led to the prices going a bit down, and after waiting for a while, I found someone in a Facebook group that would sell them at a reasonable price (I still overpaid, but they were only $15-20 more than retail, which was $59,99).
The packaging are some of the most sober ones i’ve seen. A simple black box with logos on the front. No text, no pictures, nothing else.
When NECA made DC Comics figures… and did it really well!
First off, the Batman and Aliens set. I knew I wanted that set since I first saw that Batman figure. It’s a hell of a nice Batman figure! At the time, DC Collectibles/Direct and Mattel were the only ones in town doing DC figures, so seeing that NECA version was a nice surprise. Then, there is that Joker-looking Xenomorph, which is better than having a basic, normal Xenomorph! I’ll take a variation of the normal Xenomorph any day!
Basic packaging is basic.
The cape on that Batman figure has a great feel to it. DC Collectibles ended up doing a similar one on the Batman vs TMNT figures.
That Caped Crusader is JACKED! #proteinshake
Ssssssmile!
The face-off
You have bad breath.
You wanna hear a ‘knock knock’ joke?
BE GONE!
HISSSSSS!
The Green Lantern/Predator set ended up being the most interesting one, in the sense that it not only gave us a great Hal Jordan figure, but also a Yellow Lantern Predator, which would be terrifying, when you think about it. The Yellow Lantern corps’ emotion being fear, the Predator would be a great asset for them.
Both figures come with various accessories, green and yellow constructs from their rings.
In Brightest Day, in Blackest Night… No Evil shall escape my sight… Let those who worship Evil’s might… Beware my power, Green Lantern’s light!
In Blackest Day, in Brightest Night… Beware your fears made into light…
Let those who try to stop what’s right… Burn like his power, Sinestro’s might!
One of the accessories, John Stewart’s head, gives you an extra figure for the set!
Respect social distancing!
ROAAAAAAAAAR!
Nice ring!
That doesn’t look very efficient…
Green vs Yellow… fight!
EN GARDE!
I would lie if I said I wanted those sets for the Alien and Predator figures over the DC Comics ones, but in the end, both figures in each set ended up being great. NECA still did an awesome job with those DC figures. I’d love them to revisit that down the line. There is also an ‘Armored Batman’ and Predator, and a Superman with a normal Xenomorph two-packs, which I might get someday, but those were really my priority, considering Batman and Green Lantern are my favorite characters.
Comparison with the DC Essentials Batman, and the McFarlane Toys Batman (Detective Comics 1000) which all came out within a year.
What? You don’t like this makeover? I spared no expense!
DC Essentials Hal Jordan and NECA Hal Jordan
With that ring, you make anything appear in solid light. It doesn’t have to be your own weapons, you can do anything! An elephant, a balloon, whatever you want!
More news at 11:00… In Brightest day, in Blackest night…
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REVIEW: NECA’S TMNT ACCESSORY SET!
This week, we’re looking at the NECA Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Accessory set.
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NECA’S TMNT ACCESSORY SET!
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!
This week, we’re looking at the NECA Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Accessory set. The set was announced in September 2020, and was available for pre-order on the NECA store for an entire week (from Sept 4 to Sept 11, 2020), for $49,99 (and is now available only via secondary market or scalpers). It’s a nice set that adds some cool accessories for your TMNT figures, along with extra heads, and baby turtles!
Front
Back
Text
(*inhales…*) A street sign, 4 alternative heads (one for each turtles), a manhole cover, a pizza box along with pizza slices, a TV with April on it, a straight nunchaku with a hand to hold it, a jar of turtle wax, a mutagen canister, a bag of corn chips and a bag of pork rinds, Michaelangelo’s stuffed panda, Shredder’s damaged helmet, a newspaper, a skateboard and the baby turtles!
Some people have a ‘Home Sweet Home’ door mat, the turtles have this
Hey, that’s home!
Look guys, April is on TV!
*The turtles coo* Those baby turtles are actually articulated, and can move their arms and head.
The new heads are a nice addition. Some of the original facial expressions on those figures were a bit too serious (Donatello looks like he’s constipated), so having smiling faces is great, as is getting a serious face for Michaelangelo. Also great for decapitation pictures!
Leonardo
Donatello
Raphael
Michaelangelo
Worst. Unmasking. Ever.
Pork rinds? - Pork rinds!
Heeeeeeey!
Turtle wax!
Such a weird fashion statement…
See? It’s worse!
Wise man says “Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza!”
It dices, it slices!
Cowabunga, dudes.
The next offerings from NECA for the TMNT 90 movie line should be either the Loot Crate Danny or the April O’Neil figure. Both are earmarked for August, so we’ll see who gets here first!
More news at 11:00… Cowabunga!
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REVIEW: BOSS FIGHT STUDIO LEGENDS OF LUCHA LIBRE PENTA ZERO M AND REY FENIX
Today, we’re taking a look at the Penta Zero M and Rey Fenix figures from the Legends of Lucha Libre line by Boss Fight Studio!
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BOSS FIGHT STUDIO LEGENDS OF LUCHA LIBRE PENTA ZERO M AND REY FENIX!
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… CEROOO MIEEEEDOOOO!
Today, we’re taking a look at the Penta Zero M and Rey Fenix figures from the Legends of Lucha Libre line by Boss Fight Studio! Those had been announced some time before the AEW ones from Jazwares were, and I had pre-ordered them right away, but because 2020 happened and all that, they ended up delayed and came out after the AEW Unrivaled series 2 were released (I got them in January and they were sitting on the ol’ pile ever since, waiting for their moment).
The packaging is quite colorful with all the orange and blue (Penta and Fenix in the next Portal game: CONFIRMED?)
Penta Zero M: front
Penta Zero M: back
Rey Fenix: front
Rey Fenix: back
The figures themselves are very good! I reviewed the Sam & Max figures from Boss Fight Studio earlier this year, and thought they did an awesome job on those, and those Legends of Lucha Libre do not disappoint either. Tons of articulations, which is perfect for acrobatic luchadores like the Lucha Bros. My only nitpick is that they are slightly smaller than I expected (being used to the AEW Unrivaled ones), but what they lack in size, they make up in articulations, and extra heads and hands.
Porque nosotros somos los Lucha Brothers, y tenemos CEROOO MIEDOOOOO !
CEROOOOO….
MIEEEEDOOOOO !!
*shoves his hand in your face*
*inhales loudly…*
ANIMOOOOOOOOO !
The details on their gear, masks and tattoos are pretty insane.
Deeper colors and black on the tattoos.
A bit of texture on the skin too!
CERO MIEDO *clap clap clapclapclap* CERO MIEDO *clap clap clapclapclap*
“Not the mask!”
“Wait, that’s illegal!”
Rey Fenix comes with a kendo stick…
…while Penta comes with a light tube. #JustNormalWrestlingThings
That spinning kick that Fenix does when he first spins between the ropes, comes back and hits his opponent?
*Chef kiss*!
He’s gonna break his arm!
“Aaaaaaah!” - Penta, and also Fenix.
Here are the inevitable comparison pics with the AEW Unrivaled series 2 figures from Jazwares. As mentioned earlier, they are a bit tinier.
Boss Fight Studio x Jazwares Penta Zero M
“…so… do you Cero Miedo?”
Boss Fight Studio x Jazwares Rey Fenix
“…Animo?”
Boss Fight Studio killed it with those 2 figures, and I’m glad there’s more to come. They have already announced a ‘sub-line', the Legends of Lucha Libre: Fanaticos (I see those as equivalent of the WWE Basics line), with Juventud Guerrera, Taya Valkyrie (NXT’s Frankie Monet) and different versions of Penta and Fenix wearing t-shirts (yup). They also have a huge Extreme Set Diorama, which comes with a ring and arena diorama that looks pretty sweet!
More news at 11:00…CERO MIEDO!
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REVIEW: BANDAI MOVIE REALIZATION STAR WARS - RONIN MANDALORIAN
Today, we’re taking a look at the Ronin Mandalorian from the Movie Realization Star Wars line from Bandai!
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BANDAI MOVIE REALIZATION STAR WARS - RONIN MANDALORIAN!
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!
Today, we’re taking a look at the Ronin Mandalorian from the Movie Realization Star Wars line from Bandai!
The Movie Realization line from Bandai is that awesome line where they take characters from either Star Wars or Marvel, and give them a feudal Japan look. And oh boy, do they look great! Darth Vader as a Samurai, the Stormtroopers, Darth Maul as a demon (Oni), Boba and Jango Fett as Ronin,… They are all very cool. The latest release was the Ronin Mandalorian, which came out on the Premium Bandai website in the USA (I believe it was even exclusive to the USA, since I still haven’t seen it on my usual japanese websites).
Front
Back
For those unfamiliar with the line, the boxes all have that Star Wars quote inside the box. Such a nice little detail, that make you feel at home right away!
Inside the box
The Ronin Mandalorian figure comes with extra sets of hands (as all the other figures from that line did), a small sword and sheath, his blaster gun and his rifle. Not many accessories, but I guess he didn’t need them. A Grogu would have been nice, looking like a Japanese frog or something, but I’m staying hopeful that the IG-88 that never came out, that they teased over the last 2 years at various Comic Cons, will be reworked into IG-11 and come with it!
First impression: “Damn, that is a good looking figure.”
“I can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in cold.”
“This is the way.”
The cape is actually made of fabric! The previous figures had plastic capes, so that is a great improvement!
When I took that picture, I thought he looked cool, like he just took his sword out, ready for action, but now, I only see the ‘Staying Alive’ disco dance move…which turns out to be even better!
*Pew pew pew!*
He can *nearly* hold the rifle in a normal position.
Comparison with the Black Series Mandalorian figure
*The child coos!*
“Are you kidding me?!”
The Ronin Mandalorian(s)
#BadAss
“Hey! No disintegration! Ok, fine… maybe a little disintegration.”
Who in their right mind would challenge those three guys?
BONUS: I had to rearrange the shelf so that they would all fit, and decided to add a few pics from that. Enjoy!
Only missing the white “prototype” Boba Fett and the second Samurai Darth Vader. There is also a Comic Con exclusive version of the Sandtrooper where he has a black shoulder pad instead of orange, but that’s just silly.
Admiral Ackbar and IG-88 have been shown at various comic cons for a couple of years now, but never came out, so no idea what the future holds for the line. Hopefully, more to come, but that shelf is definitely running out of space, though… #CollectorsProblems
More news at 11:00… This is the way!
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REVIEW: STAR ACE TOYS BATMAN NINJA - THE JOKER (DX VERSION)!
Today, we’re checking the 1:6th scale Joker from the Batman Ninja movie by Star Ace Toys, the Deluxe version!
TOYFARCE REVIEWS:
STAR ACE TOYS BATMAN NINJA - THE JOKER (DX VERSION)!
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!
Today, we’re checking the 1:6th scale Joker figure from the Batman Ninja movie by Star Ace Toys, the Deluxe version!
First things first: Yes, Batman Ninja, the anime movie…wasn’t great. It was wacky and pretty bad, but at the same time, so much fun! There’s samurai battles, and even giant mechas made of monkeys and bats fighting! I shit you not! It has become a guilty pleasure of mine.
One thing that I love about the movie is the character designs, by the great Takashi Okazaki (Afro Samurai). It seems I am a sucker for anything that is given a feudal Japan twist (Star Wars Movie Realization figures from Bandai for example…stay tuned for next week’s review *wink wink*), and that line hit the right spot for me. Batman being one of the main things I collect, I couldn’t pass on this. I already had the Batman Ninja himself anyway!
The box is very nice and colorful, as opposed to the Batman one which was dark and gloomy.
Sidenote: I was not aware that the Joker was into autoerotic asphyxiation!
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The insert of the box has some nice print on it too!
The figure looks very good, with an amazing headsculpt. The tailoring is also surprisingly nice, which wasn’t obvious on the Batman figure since it had a lot less soft goods on it.
The American-dubbed version of the movie had Tony Hale (Buster from Arrested Development!) voicing the Joker! I’ve always watched the Japanese version, though… It somehow fits better.
Oh, I never really wanted to be a Lord. It wasn't what you would call an aspiration. But when life throws you time travels, sometimes you gotta make "travelade."
That hairdo !
Did anyone say “creepy”?
The fans have very sharp pointy ‘teeth’ at the end. Because why not?
The Tanegashima (japanese rifle) from the Deluxe version
Even in feudal Japan, the Joker had to have a prank gun (it says “ha ha ha ha ha ha”)
The Deluxe version comes with a barrel, on which you can sit your Joker figure on, if you’ve played with it too much and it needs a rest.
Anyone fancy a bomb?
Thank god I had this gourd with me to quench my thirst!
Shiny!
The Deluxe version comes with a nice base and a barrel to sit the Joker on, as well as a few extra accessories, like the prank-tanegashima (Japanese rifle) with its flag. All the accessories can be displayed on the base, there are holes and slits (hmm…) to allow you to place all the items on it, so that it looks cool. A clever touch, which allows you to also display the accessories, instead of just keeping them stored in the box.
Accessories displayed on the base
It’s a bomb!
That Joker figure will nicely compliment your Batman Ninja!
So menacing!
Star Ace Toys has already announced a Catwoman, a Harley Quinn and a Modern version of the Batman with light-up features (from when they are in the present, in the movie), which will destroy my wallet when they come out. Yay!
More news at 11:00… HahahaHAHAhahaha!
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