"Three! For the future of scientific investigation!" Hot on the heels of the Tamashii Web exclusive Deka Blue was S.H. Figuarts Deka Green , the third release from Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger . Like Blue, Deka Green is also a web exclusive leaving Red as the only mass release member of the team (unless Deka Break or Deka Master are potentially announced at some stage...but that's unlikely) and was originally released back in December 2012. Bandai 's methods aren't ideal if you're someone planning to buy the whole team, but this is a much better option than not getting the figures at all. Once again we have the standard Dekaranger packaging, only this time in green and sporting a "3" like the ranger inside. The green on the clear window is a brighter shade than the box itself, making the name of the character probably stand out the most on the whole thing. The box is standard Figuarts size, with just one plastic tray to house all o...

While Power Rangers and Masked Rider borrowed from Toei's two most successful tokusatsu franchises, they also had two other shows that borrowed from their third lesser-known-but-still-beloved Metal Heroes franchise. Whilst VR Trooper s took the difficult task of merged three wholly unrelated shows into one, Big Bad Beetleborgs took the two B-Fighters series as its inspiration. The first season of Beetleborgs  ran for a total of 53 episodes in 1996-7, and would later be followed by sequel series Beetleborgs Metallix . "Three typical average kids, inside a haunted mansion..." While the easiest way to get the plot quickly would be listen to the infectiously catchy theme song, I shall relay it here too. Beetleborgs  takes place in the town of Chaterville, and follows kids Drew, his sister Jo and Roland. When exploring the haunted Hillhurst Mansion as part of a dare, they are attacked by a number of monsters and inadvertently release a phantasm named Flabber from...

After the Ponds bowed out at the end of The Angels Take Manhattan back in October, the Doctor has turned his attentions towards a new mystery. Following his second encounter with the "impossible girl" Clara Oswald in The Snowmen , finding out who she really is and how she can exist in more than one place has become the Doctor's newest priority. Luckily, it doesn't take him long to find a new Clara to take on adventures in the second half of Doctor Who 's seventh (modern) season! We begin the half-season with  The Bells of Saint John (★★★) which, while not a bad episode in itself, doesn't feel like anything the audience hasn't seen before. The Great Intelligence is back again, only this time moving away from snow-related henchmen to a more contemporary scheme. The not-so-subtle commentary on just how vulnerable we would be from a wifi attack is great, but the dodgy looking robot things and motorcycle action sequences just reek of a generic f...

Jōchaku! Finally making an entry into Bandai's S.H. Figuarts  line is the original Metal Hero - Space Sheriff Gavan ! This is the original version of the character rather than the new Type-G Gavan (who will be getting a release a little later), who appeared in the original Gavan  series and more recently the Gokaiger vs. Gavan crossover movie. Gavan was a Tamashii web exclusive figure, and also a little more expensive than the standard Figuart. Much like the character himself, there's something that feels gloriously retro about Gavan's packaging. Lots of grey and black colours and angular shapes with some effective red text tampoed on the packaging window. As you can see the back adds a little more colour into the mix, showing off the figure in front of a fiery orange background. The most notable thing about the Gavan Figuart is just how shiny it is - so shiny that you can probably see the reflection of me taking all these pictures in him. Almost t...

After a rather mediocre beginning, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger   is back with its second entry in the annual Super Sentai   candy toy/minipla line. This additional set includes three new arms for Kyoryuzin , covering the remaining combos that have been seen in the show up until episode 11. This second wave of Kyoryuger minipla includes Zakutor , Parasagun and Ankydon , each made up of one box each. The building instructions are printed on the inside of the box, and included with the contents is the usual piece of soda flavoured candy. As usual I've chosen to paint my minipla, so if you're interested how the figures look with just the stickers applied check out this blog post HERE . ZAKUTOR In the first box we have Zakutor, the Velociraptor Zyudenryu and partner of swordsman Souji/Kyoryu Green. Zakutor is the first of the second type of Kyoryuzin arm, sharing a mould with Parasagun and the yet-to-be-released Bunpachy. Zakutor features quite a few moving pa...