The Rating System
Saturday, March 7, 2020
Panda Mony Toys - Quillroy (Alter Nation)
Panda Mony Toys is a very recent toy company to the scene. They sell (at this time) a limited line of action figures based on their own created lore and min comics (a graphic novel is due out this summer though!). Their marketing is to focus on kids' toys that aren't repeats of the older generation of collectors have (GI Joe, Transformers, etc). To that end, they succeed really well in marketing something interesting with play features, accessories and enough posing to make it a fun toy.
The setting of the Alter Nation toyline is that of a team that has been created on a remote island called GK Delta Special forces by mixing traits of both animal and human genetics. They fight against the Kymera conspiracy while also trying to deal with a society that fears them.
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Mafex Batpod - The Dark Knight
Ok so in keeping with The Dark Knight trilogy I couldn't pass up a slight discount on Hobby Link Japan for a 1/12th scale Batpod. The crazy motorbike-ish design first featured in The Dark Knight. The idea of the front two wheels of the Batmobile turning into a motorbike was apparently so complicated that it was computer-rendered when it emerges, despite Nolan's desire to have things as natural as possible.
I won't be reviewing this the same way as I do an action figure since it is, in fact, a vehicle! You can't evaluate points of articulation the same way (especially since it barely has anything that moves when manipulated).
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