Shocker (Dual Blast)
Amazing Spider-Man (Toy Biz) - Series 3
Rated 3.50 stars by Henchmen4Hire
I'm not sure what the big deal is with the animated-style Shocker (made for the Spiderman cartoons in the 90's) that people are bidding over 20 dollars for it, but it looks like the new 6-inch Shocker is going to have the same effect on people because it is short-packed. I have nothing against Shocker, but come on, Shocker!? What's so great about this character that he has to be short-packed? And the actual figure isn't too electrifying either. Shocks stands about 6.25 inches to the top of his mohawked head. The Shocker in the comics and cartoon had a bright yellow, black-criss-crossed suit with brownish-red gloves/boots/vest/mohawk/undies and silver electro-gauntlets/belt/bootcuffs. This new Shocker has a new outfit, and it looks much better, but not by much. He has a burnt-yellow-tan,...[See More]

Astrotrain
Transformers - Classics (Hasbro) - Deluxe
Rated 4.00 stars by Shinobitron
Astrotrain is another classic Transformers that has not had a modern incarnation until now. The original Astrotrain changed from Locomotive to Space shuttle to robot. The modern version contains all three modes only with a modern upgrade. Vehicle Mode: Astrotrain is a triple changer thus featuring 3 modes of conversion. His space shuttle mode is based off of today?s modern shuttles. The shuttle has working landing gear and a storage peg underneath for the rifle. The train mode has upgraded from classic locomotive to a modern day bullet train. The train has a peg for inserting the gun and has working train wheels for the realistic look. The back end of the train is kinda bulky but is understandable since this figure needs to have pieces for all modes of conversion. Robot...[See More]

Phoenix (Green Uniform)
Marvel Legends (Toy Biz) - Series 6
Rated 4.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire
Is there anyone who doesn't know who Phoenix is? I even asked a nun if she knew who Phoenix was and miraculously she did! (I guess she read comics before!?) Anyhow, I was expecting some fanciful new body sculpt for Phoenix, to impress the fans (because no one would have forgiven them if they used an Elektra body for her), and well, they sort of did. They replaced Electra's ugly hips with more natural-looking ones (I still think they could reduce the crotch area a little more, but it looks pretty good as is). The legs and upper body are still standard though. At least they could have given her hands in a "projecting" form like Storm's, though it's nice to have an improved female body to use as custom fodder (we love you Warbird!). Our beloved Jean stands about 6 inches tall, even though...[See More]

Iron Man vs Mandarin (Green)
Marvel Legends (Toy Biz) - Face Off Sets - Series 2
Rated 4.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire
There are hundreds of Iron Man suits, many of them outrageously designed, but I still like the simple suit he has for the Face-Off series. It's the only suit that looked like something a guy could actually wear without being laughed at. Tony stands 6 inches tall, which is in-scale with other ML figures, but maybe he should have been a little bit taller? 6.25 maybe? I mean, he is wearing a robotic suit after all! There just HAS to be some added height with that kind of gear on! The face-mask is removable but Tony's face don't look too hot. I recommend keeping it on, assuming you CAN keep it on because it doesn't fit neatly on his helmet, you've got to twist it around and wedge it in, and even then there are still some little gaps around the edges. The whole figure is cast in plain red...[See More]

Supergirl (Blue Shirt)
DC Super Heroes (Mattel) - Series 3
Rated 3.50 stars by Henchmen4Hire
Have any of the people sculpting the DCSH figures ever even SEEN Supergirl? Are they sculpting blind? Did the boss's son sculpt her head and everyone is too afraid to tell them "It sucks"? That's the only plausible scenario I see for the face on this figure. It's the same head as the previous Supergirl in this line but with different hair. Supergirl does not look 40 years old. Supergirl does not wear so much makeup. Supergirl does not have ashy-tan skin. Someone get this message to the proper parties. Although, if this Supergirl was based on the new scantily-clad anorexic one appearing in the comics, then okay, I can see the resemblance, good job guys! :) <img class="rightfloat" src="Galleries/dcsuperheroesmattel/Supergirl2-S3.jpg"> Enough about the face and skin, on to the rest!...[See More]

Spider-Woman
Marvel Legends (Toy Biz) - Series 15 - Modok Series
Rated 4.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire
Great hair, a rockin' body, and bio-electric blasts, what's not to love about Jessica Drew? Her hands! Those awful hideous hands! Aaaaahhhh!!! <img class="rightfloat" src="Galleries/marvellegends/SpiderWoman2-S15.jpg"> Spider-Woman stands 6 inches tall (a little taller if you count the hair), a huge improvement over the first short Psylocke body. And it's a good thing they didn't just re-use the Psylocke head with different hair because this new head is a nice sculpt. The black lines are sculpted on, not just painted (on the mask, the ones on the body are just painted). The black hair is flexible, and mercifully, doesn't have any ugly blue highlights. The body is cast in red plastic with all the flat-yellow and black painted-on. The paint is pretty good, it chips at the joints though...[See More]

Rogue (X-Treme)
X-Men - 2006 Series (Toy Biz) - Series 3
Rated 4.50 stars by colten frost
Rogue, well as some may know this is by far my favorite comic book character ever. So need less to say I was in fits of rage when she didn’t show up in my surrounding area’s toy stores, but I finally bought her of a website (for 30 bucks) and opened her up and found she was beautiful on the exception of her eyes which make her look more like Matt Murdock (blind as a bat!!!!) but with her glasses or a tad of a paint job that’s no huge biggie. She also stands on her own feet, which is a plus! Since most need stands. She also has a nice body, although not my favorite costume I can and did get over it. She came in like twelve different variants; mine has long hair, glasses, and no jacket. The one I spent four months looking for!!! She is also 1000000000% better than her marvel legend counter...[See More]

Soundwave
Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen (Hasbro) - Deluxe Class
Rated 1.00 stars by Shinobitron
First of all I'm pretty easy going when it come to the various TF lines. Though I do prefer the toony animated feel of TFA figures and classics some of the movie design are in fact pretty cool. There were some gems in the first Movie wave of figures and I was hoping that Soundwave was going to be the begining of something good for the sequel. . . . I WAS WRONG! Soundwave was the biggest waste of $13.00 (plus tax) that I have ever partook in. The figure is clunky short and is onlt good in botmode (and thats a far stretch). I am going to go thru the review in modes for this piece of $13.00 (plus tax) crud. Botmode- OK in the package he looks good and if you seen the back of the package he looks very detailed and a larger 6" scale figure. In actuality he has little detailing a poopy grey...[See More]

Scourge
Transformers - Robots in Disguise (2001) (Hasbro) - Exclusives
Rated 5.00 stars by CplHicks
Ahhh Robots in Disguise. After a long history of animal’s transformers we get back to the roots of what made transformers great…Vehicles!!! Yeah I guess it was kinda cool to see Prime as a gorilla but in my heart I always missed him as a semi truck. Finally RID gives us back our cars, trucks and other metal vehicle forms. I was pumped for this show!! My favorite character quickly became Scourge. This black and teal semi truck bada$$ was the coolest thing about the show. Megatron the leader of the predacons seemed weak and inferior to this 20 ton 800 horse power metal powerhouse. Scourge was a Toys R Us excusive. He uses the same mould as the Generation 2 Laser optimus prime. Unlike the Prime which featured lights and sounds Scourge does NOT feature any working electronics. The battery...[See More]

Purgatori
Chaos! Comics (Moore) - 12" Scale
Rated 2.50 stars by Aca1raven2002
Purgatori is one of the coolest independent female characters in my opinion. This is more of a "Display" figure than an actual "Play with" figure. I noticed right out of the box how fragile her outfit is, pretty lousy stitching, so it tears easily. Her articulation is simple and she doesn't stand very well. Her wings are a whole different thing, cool as they look they just don't stay in place, they keep falling out and it makes the figure itself very top heavy. My recommendation is to keep her in the box and display her that way, plus the box has a lot of really good artwork from the comic. A 2 1/2 out of 5....[See More]