I was very much aware of Baron Dark and his cohorts from the 1990s Skeleton Warriors
line, in part because it was during that glorious period where
Playmates and other toymakers tried to make something for kids that also
would be of a higher quality for older collectors. It worked for Star Trek,
so it made sense to try it elsewhere. Well, it didn't work, but
October Toys licensed the brand as a collector run again - 1:18 scale
Glyos figures - and you know what? It worked nicely. We haven't seen a
second character yet, but the first one is good. [ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]
I'm
a fan of October Toys. They host the Glyos forum, and put good stuff
out - it's one of the few companies where I feel a strong need to try
anything they make because, generally speaking, it's good, cheap, and
the outfit is run by nice people. I was totally OK waiting a few
extra months for the Bone Titan Skeleton, a 5-inch
super-articulated figure created, I assume, to share tooling with Baron
Dark in order to get a little more bang for the tooling buck. I did
the Kickstarter to get the Baron, this Skeleton, the glow version, and a
Skeleden - and that seemed like enough. I now regret skipping the
clear blue one, because the Titan Skeleton mold is quite good and
because these were intended to be scaled to 3 3/4-inch figures, it's the
perfect nemesis to the Jakks Pacific Link figure from the Zelda
games as well as other fantasy lines in this scale. Which I am now
blanking on, I'm sure there must be another one - but hey, it's a good
fake Stalfos. [ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]
I'm a fan of the design, and while I don't buy all the new versions I had to snag Rykurra Sarvos
because the coloring reminded me a bunch of this very site. The paint
masks have been changing slightly with each new release, and this time
around we see a new painted space on each side of the torso - you can
notice more splashes of maroon, plus a slightly different paint job on
the head. The "mouth" is painted, but the face isn't. [ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]
Marty delivers his figures fast. I placed an order on April 25 for Kabuto Mushi Hunter Mushi
- it was in my hands April 30. He is amazing. His figures are
really good too - since most are new colorways of a pretty good mold,
and I've been trying to cut back on armies, I only get these very
rarely... this Boba Fett-inspired figure came out in a batch resembling
Skeletor and other familiar faces. How could I refuse? [ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]
The Crayboth Marauder MK II
is a redesign of one of the first five boxed two-packs from many many
years ago, joining the Disruptor and the Standard on the remake train.
After a slow initial roll-out, the Crayboth figures are some of the
most collectible in the Glyos toy world thanks to a number of
unannounced, undisclosed freebie figures of which I even no longer have a
complete set - sometimes you get one, and sometimes you don't.
Thankfully those are unpainted, so for some of the best designs you
actually have a shot at requesting them. [ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]
Coming Monday - 9:30 PM EDT is a mini drop! Click here for the scoop at Onell Design. So far we're looking at Ultra Bronze accessories and a Green Skeleden, and then... we're not sure yet. Stay tuned for more!