Note: Once again, this is a review of the DUB version of Digimon Adventure 02. As I haven't seen the original Japanese version, any name/event/dialogue changes shall not be mentioned. Despite the original Digimon series having a fairly conclusive ending, there were of course plenty of stories that can be told about the Digital World and so Toei quickly put a second season into action. While this series was simply released as the second season of Digimon in the West,   in Japan its full title was Digimon Adventure 02 . It ran for a total of 50 episodes in 2000-2001, and also had two movie releases. Meet the new Digi Destined Set four years after the events of the first series, Digimon Adventure 02 kicks off with the arrival of a new child in the Digital World. Proclaiming himself the Digimon Emperor, he captures and enslaves Digimon, controlling them through black rings and negating digivolution by erecting control spires across the land. Seeking the help o...

We're rewinding back to 1974 for this review as we look at the fourth entry in the Kamen Rider franchise - Kamen Rider Amazon ! Amazon is notable for being the shortest Kamen Rider series to date, airing for only 24 episodes (and technically a movie, but that's simply a cinematic version of episode 16). Several years before the start of the series, a plane crashes in the Amazon rainforest, leaving the young Daisuke Yamamoto without his parents. Adopted by an Incan tribe, the boy is raised in the jungle. However the Ten-faced demon Gorgos, leader of the evil Geddon, arises, massacring his village in search of the mystical Gigi Armlet, said to grant its wielder mystical powers. Operated on by the tribe leader before his death and given the Armlet, the boy (known to most as 'Amazon') is told to travel to Japan to keep the Armlet away from Geddon's clutches. Arriving in Japan, Amazon befriends a young boy before being attacked by one of Geddon's beastmen....

The second of the three 3.75" scale Doctor Who figures I planned to pick up is unsurprisingly a modern interpretation of a classic monster. This Ice Warrior figure is based on their appearance from the series 7 episode Cold War , in which Grand Marshall Skaldak was awakened aboard a Soviet submarine. Here is the review of these highly popular Martian warriors. The Doctor Who  figure packaging is universal, and as such there is absolutely no difference between this and the packaging talked about in my earlier Dalek review other than the card at the front of the plastic bubble. However I will mention that the back advertises the Cold War  playset, which includes an exclusive unarmoured Ice Warrior figure. Only the figure doesn't look anything like how Skaldak did in the episode, which begs the question of what exactly Character were basing the figure off of... And so here is our Ice Warrior figure, standing as tall as he can at this scale. That being ...

With series 7 of Doctor Who  having just drawn to a close, it's time for Character Options  to wheel out their newest range of figures to help tide us over until the 50th Anniversary special in November. What makes this first wave of series 7 figures special is that it marks the debut of the 3.75" scale for Doctor Who figures, which all of the modern series figures will be in for the foreseeable future (the classic figures retaining the old 5" scale). Whether you are for or against this change, this is the standard for figures these days and so it was an obvious business move for Character Options to move into this scale. As I'm not a fan, I'll only be picking a few choice figures up for review. And first up is what should have been a given - the Dalek . There isn't a whole lot to say about the packaging as it's pretty much the same as all the Matt-Smith era figures have been, albeit scaled down. The back features a breakdown of the figur...

Note: Being the nostalgic guy I am, this is a review of the DUB version of Digimon Adventure. As I haven't seen the original Japanese version, any name/event/dialogue changes shall not be mentioned. Back in the mid-nineties when the world was in the grips of Pokémon fever, there was another monster related series hitting both Japanese and Western television. While it's true many probably overlooked it at the time as a cheap imitation, the Digimon franchise has its own very loyal fan base and actually excels its "rival" in certain areas. While Digimon started out as a virtual pet toy, it soon branched out into video games, toys and anime series/movies. The first of which was Digimon Adventure (the "Adventure" was dropped for the Western version), released back in 1999. The Digi Destined and their partner Digimon Our story begins when seven children (Tai, Matt, Izzy, Sora, Joe, Mimi and T.K.) are mysteriously transported to the "Digit...