Thursday, 24 April 2025
Movie REVIEW: Fuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull
Thursday, 17 April 2025
Toybox REVIEW: Transformers Studio Series 86 Springer
Release Date: May 2024
RRP: $54.99/£55.99
So far the Studio Series 86 line has provided us with four great years of Transformers: The Movie figures, but with most of the cast now covered it's definitely beginning to wind down a bit as the franchise moves on to other things. While there's still plenty to look forward to in 2025-26 (the Constructicons especially), pretty much all of the key characters are present and accounted for. For example the release of Studio Series 86 Springer finally saw the main group of Autobots rounded off entirely within the line itself, even though some of the characters had previously appeared in the War for Cybertron trilogy lines. Springer is a retooled version of the War for Cybertron: Siege figure previously released in 2019, somewhat controversially upgraded from a voyager class figure into a retooled leader class release in the same manner as Coronation Starscream.
Friday, 11 April 2025
Special REVIEW: The Dark Revelation: Lachesis
Kamen Rider Gotchard is a series that certainly isn’t short of backstory. Between the creation of the Chemies, Glion’s relationship with Fuga Kudo and experiments with dark alchemy as well as the formation and students of the Alchemy Academy, it has plenty of potential for spin-off material for long after the series has come to an end. But a good place to start is with fan favourite characters, and when they’re also villains you’ve got the perfect recipe for a Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club special. The Dark Revelation: Lachesis is an exploration into the origins of the youngest of the Three Dark Sisters, receiving a limited theatrical release in Japan before arriving on the streaming platform at the beginning of April 2025.
Wednesday, 9 April 2025
Anime REVIEW: The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World
Monday, 7 April 2025
Series REVIEW: Choukou Senshi ChangérÃon
Friday, 4 April 2025
Toybox REVIEW: Power Rangers Lightning Collection Dino Thunder Black Ranger
Release Date: June 2023
RRP: $24.99/£24.99
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Toybox REVIEW: Star Wars Black Series Clone Commander Cody (Revenge of the Sith)
Release Date: March 2025
RRP: $24.99/£24.99
2025 marks the 20th anniversary of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge on the Sith, and of course Hasbro are getting in on the celebration. In addition to some much-needed updates to characters via new sculpts and/or revised paint jobs, this new selection of Black Series figures have also been given the retro packaging treatment – matching that of the original 3.75" figures released all those years ago. Among the range is an all-new Black Series Clone Commander Cody, finally updating one of the most iconic clone troopers with an all new sculpt, removable helmet and movie-specific accessories.
Monday, 31 March 2025
Toybox REVIEW: S.H. Figuarts -Shinkocchou Seihou- Gridman
Release Date: January 2025
RRP: 11,000 yen
Although for the majority of its lifespan the S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou line has remained fairly Kamen Rider-exclusive, the last couple of years particularly have seen it branch out into a number of other tokusatsu franchises. First there was a brief foray into GARO, eventually followed by the line expanding into both Ultraman and Super Sentai. 2025 is set to see the line expand even more – most surprisingly with Wingman later in the year, but first with something else Ultra-adjacent. S.H. Figuarts -Shinkocchou Seihou- Gridman sees the Hyper Agent make his long-awaited return to a Bandai Tamashii Nations line – his first since his Ultra-Act figure all the way back in 2012. The figure is a Tamashii web exclusive, adding to the renaissance of Gridman merchandise there's been since the release of the anime series SSSS.Gridman and its subsequent sequels/spin-offs. This figure is of course based on his appearance in the original 1993 series, later adapted in the West as Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad.
Monday, 24 March 2025
Movie REVIEW: Kamen Rider Gotchard: Graduations
Thursday, 20 March 2025
Toybox REVIEW: Power Rangers Lightning Collection Dino Thunder Yellow Ranger
Release Date: December 2022
RRP: $24.99/£24.99
The Lightning Collection may be as good as dead by this point, but despite all the QC woes it will at least go down as the most varied and arguably best Power Rangers figure line collectors have ever gotten (and potentially will ever get). Though there were a number of teams sadly left untouched during the line's four-year run, some however were lucky enough to be completed – one such example being fan favourite Power Rangers Dino Thunder. The Lightning Collection Dino Thunder Yellow Ranger joined the line as part of its 12th retail wave at the end of 2022, completing the core trio of heroes despite being the fourth in the series to be released by Hasbro.
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