Review: Healey Made Raider (GID Blue) Action Figure

 I picked up a few different versions of this figure but initially skipped the Raider (GID Blue). Obviously, I went back and got it when an opportunity came up - and for $5 under a painted figure price, it's pretty decent. A low-run 3 3/4-inch figure with almost no paint may not sound appealing, but if you've been following you know it's cool because an ex-Kenner sculptor worked on it, and because it's a Glyos system figure. That means the glow is good - it can glow for hours when charged by the Sun. For those keeping track, blue glow charges slowly but glows for hours. Red charges quickly, but burns out quickly. And green is in the middle.

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Cappy Space Drop Menu December 17, 2023

Cappy Space has a new drop!  The Brynelords are available now... until they aren't. These are brilliant - sea creature heads and tentacles let you make the squid of your dreams.  There are fish heads.  Check them out!

Healey Made Dungeon Magi 3-Pack Live Now

 

Live now!  The Healey Made Dungeon Magi set is up for grabs.  3 figures for $75.  Get the Assassin, Trooper, and Raider all at once, in D&D Grimsword colors.

Healey Made - Three Wise Kings? New Glyos Figures This Weekend

I'm an easy mark for retro-style 3 3/4-inch figures, and this is shaping up to be a great month for it.   Entertainment Earth just got in a bunch of The Retro Collection Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett figures from Hasbro this week, and now Healey Made has a Dungeon Magi drop on Saturday, December 9, at 2:00 PM Eastern.

I don't know what it is specifically, but the comments say "3 figures, existing sculpts."  So I'd assume nifty gifty versions of Trooper, Assassin, and Raider - if you don't already have them in another colorway, mark your calendars and bookmark the Healey Made Shop.

Glyos Onell Design December 3 2023 Drop Menu

I missed a few! But you can order Onell Design Wave 99 right now.  Glow-in-the-dark, black, silver, and green plastic figures are up for grabs while supplies last, so check the store.  A glow-in-the-dark Gauss Armor plus nifty new configurations of the Buildman and others should make this an exciting drop... if you got to it in time.

As I write this the Phanost Core Clone hasn't been posted, so you'll have to let me know how it turns out.  

Onell Design Preparing Drop 99 for This Weekend

I've been juggling a lot, and so have Onell Design!  They write Parallel Pathways, wave 99, will drop Sunday at 9:30 PM Eastern!

Figures expected include a new flavor of Hades (pictured), Kaisyriax, and some sort of Buildman-adjacent fellow of whom you can see in silhouette on their post.

Healey Made Trooper (Gothamite 1984) Available Now

 New! The Batman-flavored Trooper (Gothamite 1984) is up now for $25.00.  Of note, there's a new cape!  The Healey Made Shop also has clear colorless figures, so check those out too.

Review: Healey Made Trooper (THX) Action Figure

 While not limited to 1138 pieces, the Trooper (THX) hit during Comic-Con in San Diego and was a highlight... of things not at the show. When this figure first appeared, you could pick out a lot of Stormtrooper elements so it seemed a given that it would be sold as a white Stormtrooper some day. And I was close - this is a black plastic figure with a nice layer of non-glossy white paint on it. I was expecting a white plastic figure with black painted bodysuit elements. Who knew?

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Review: The Outer Space Men Bluestar Gamma-X Action Figure

As one of the second year prototypes from the 1960s, most people didn't get any flavor of the figure that would become Bluestar Gamma-X until about 10 years ago. He's neat! Peak midcentury design with nifty b-movie antennae, clamp-on armor, and a couple of blasters make for a notable figure. You can get him in green, a painted version, or a white version - but the blue one is pretty spectacular. The blue back armor is glow plastic with a painted blue interior! It's striking, to say the least.

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Review: Onell Design Traveler Stowaway Light Blue 2023 Pheyden Action Figure

What can you say about the nameless (but I'm calling it) Traveler Stowaway Light Blue 2023 Pheyden that hasn't been said about other figures? It's colored just like Pheyden Prime and matches the Light Blue 2023 parts and pieces, with no paint other than the eyes. There's a subtle pink ring in each eye, which makes this figure a distant colorway cousin of Queen Kirallius [FOTD #2,186] from 2020. 

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New Clear Healey Made Trooper and Assassin

 $20 each! In  the Healey Made store now, these two clear colorless Assassin (Cloaked) and Trooper (Cloaked) figures can be yours for customization and enjoyment.

Review: Onell Design Traveler Gearius Granthan Drifter

 A somewhat familiar face! The Traveler Gearius Granthan Drifter figure is at least the fourth iteration of Gearius, but he's also a bit like Gears Edge Pheyden [FOTD #8] from the very first wave of Onell Design figures. It's a good, realistic look with a brown body and an orange head. And a blue head. Also two brown heads. And a couple of capes, a scarf, and an alternate torso. It's a pity Onell Design never put together arm and feet expansion sets, because you almost get two whole figures in a little baggie.

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Review: Rawshark Studios Warp Bike Firespray

The Glyos toy lines have a few - very few - vehicles, and some of them are pretty amazing. I couldn't say no to the Warp Bike Firespray, especially after missing the glow one and some other colors. A new vehicle? For Glyos? In Kenner Boba Fett colors? How could I not pick this up? It's three chunks of vinyl, some of which (not the big front end) were later used by Onell Design for their vehicles. According to my research (checking a Wiki) this was the third and final release of the mold. I hope they do more some day.

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Review: The Outer Space Men Bluestar Maximilian Gravity Action Figure

Having launched at a surprisingly fair (if not cheap) $15, Bluestar Maximilian Gravity is kind of a fascinating figure. (The Cosmic Radiation Zero Gravity [FOTD #2,310] was $25!) As of my writing this there have been four versions of this mold - or rather, this head - and three of them glow in the dark. It's a little silly, but I'll allow it. The first ones were called "Zero Gravity" and now they're being sold as Maximilian Gravity.

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Review: Outer Space Men Bluestar Colossus Rex Action Figure

I swore off completism until a 40% off sale hit the same week I got a little something extra in a paycheck. I'm not made of stone. The Bluestar Colossus Rex normally goes for $30, which was too much for me to pounce on in early 2022. But $18? With the rest of the line, also mostly 40% off? I can do that. At this point I recognize that what I'm paying for is a big wall of glowing blue plastic more than an action figure I'm going to cherish in and of itself, but I was surprised to see that this guy delivered more than Cosmic Radiation Colossus Rex [FOTD #1,546] in new colors.

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Knights of the Slice Toy Pizza Drop - August 7, 2023

It's time for the Invasion of Mars at Knights of the Slice! Some stuff sold out, but you've still got a chance to pick  up one of the new Gauss Armor figures! (And more.) I got one of the Gauss Armor figures from another drop, and you should get one too - they're excellent. Click here to see what's left.

Review: Onell Design Gauss Armor Relgost Fugitive Action Figure

A veritable buffet of nods and references, the Gauss Armor Relgost Fugitive looks like someone ate all the manga from the late 1980s and early 1990s and spewed it on your desk. You can see bits and pieces of the Toy Pizza influence, Matt Doughty's special touches, and what I assume are nods to mecha I've never even heard of. The mechanical suit is designed to be compatible with other Glyos and Knights of the Slice heads, so you can make an armored version of a heck of a lot of the figures you already own.

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Review: Toy Pizza Green Ghost Capsule Carrying Case

I dragged my feet to get the Green Ghost Capsule Carrying Case. I didn't intend to get multiple capsules, but I think I have at least five - a custom from a friend, this one, a silver one, a gold one, and a clear green one. They're really neat! It's the kind of thing that I would make a nice display of, and collect as many as possible, if I didn't have too many toys already. They're inspired by a bunch of older toys including a Bill & Ted's Excellent Cereal premium and, I have to assume, Micronauts and their many capsules. They were pretty awesome - an Egyptian sarcophagus, a Moai, you just can't go wrong with that sort of thing. This particular one takes inspiration from two of the most important things in the world: Sentai heroes and pizza.

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Review: Healey Made Assassin (Shadow) Action Figure

Speedy delivery! The Assassin (Shadow) showed up at my door a mere four days after going on sale, which is what I would refer to as unreasonably fast. At one point I assumed they would never both with this colorway because Assassin (R-Complex) [FOTD #2,334] exists. Both have very similar coloring minus the skin tone, so it was a real surprise to see the makers actually did all three molds in this flavor earlier this year. 

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Healey Made THX Trooper Live Now

Healey Made posted the expected (and welcome) Trooper (THX) figure - this is the one in Stormtrooper colors!  Not many are left, so click here to get one for $25.

A New Healey Made Drop Wednesday

A new challenger appears! A mysterious Healey Made Trooper has been teased on Instagram for launch at 6:00 PM Eastern.  Is it purple? I don't know.  But click here for the insta post.

These 3 3/4-inch figures are Glyos-compatible, but sculpted to look like old Kenner figures.  I think they're lots of fun and usually around $25.

Knights of the Slice Toy Pizza Con 2023 - July 17 Drop Menu

 You may have missed some really cool stuff - but the Knights of the Slice Store has (or had) you covered! Check out the capsule, the superhero winks, and some other new goodies including some fancy painted Gauss Armor figures!

Review: The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men Cosmic Radiation Terra Firma Action Figure

I slowed my roll reviewing the glowing The Other Space Men figures because we got a lot in short order. Too many, you might say, since she's still available for retail price and that retail price was on the higher side of things. Cosmic Radiation Terra Firma shares parts with Luna Eclipse - and functionality, there really wasn't a good reason to do both - bringing you what may well be the epitome of midcentury adventure and space fantasy during the space race. We got a really great Infinity Edition Terra Firma [FOTD #944] way back in 2014, and we've also got an orange Alpha Phase one, a white Beta Phase Whitestar figure, a couple of custom Galactic Holiday figures, and I assume a complete run of unreleased Bluestar Terra Firma sitting in a storage space somewhere in New York as I write this.

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Glyos Onell Design July 9 2023 Drop Menu

 Is it a new drop? Yes it is.  The Onell Design store has been updated with wave 96, celebrating 16 years of Onell Design action figures.  While it may not sound like much, how many toys last three years?  Let alone five or ten?  That's a big deal.

There are a lot of highlights - I had to pounce on the Gauss Armor Relgost Fugitive and Traveler Gearius Granthan Drifter.  They were too cool. The Armorvor Granthan Drifter Kugarrec looks pretty sharp, too.  It looks like the Sincroborg Gray Renegade brings back panel lines - those are a rare find, indeed.

Just go to Onell.store and order something - there's a lot good there.  And here's the menu, people of the future, for your pricing reference.  The drop also was delayed by a few minutes, a rare blip in an otherwise smooth experience.

Review: Onell Design Pheyden Ignelleun

Is anyone reading this week? I have no idea. But I'm a little bit ashamed that I still have a lot of Glyos I haven't played with yet, and I just opened Pheyden Ignelleun last month. It's a good figure! You probably know all about the 2 3/4-inch figure Pheyden and the Glyos construction, but do you know about this particular color? Probably. I want to be sure people can find this in the future so I'm writing about him.

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Onell Design Wave 98 - Sunday at 9:30 PM Eastern

As foretold, Wave 98 from Onell Design drops Sunday, July 9 at 9:30 PM Eastern.  Set those calendars.  Other than the inclusion of some cloth parts and a Scar Pheyden in that teaser shot, details are scarce.

Here's hoping for some neat crossovers and special surprises as it's an anniversary wave. It's also worth noting there have been more waves of Onell Design Glyos figures than most successful action figure lines have total figures, so that's pretty amazing.  

July 4 Weekend Glyos Codes for Outer Space Men and Rocom Mighty Maniax

What could be more American than buying a bunch of stuff over July 4 weekend? If you're a Glyos fan, you've got two pretty decent sales this weekend to exploit.

At Rocom Toys, you can get 20% off an order of $50 or more when you pick up Mighty Maniax Glyos figures.  They said it on Instagram, it must be true.

Also, The Outer Space Men have what may be the best coupon in years - 40% off most items when you enter OSMJULY4 in the shop.  (I went ahead and picked up all the Bluestars I missed so far.)  It was also shared on Instagram.

Review: Cappy Space Mischievers Standard Phibian Action Figure

Hey, a new mold! The Standard Phibian Action Figure looked cool, so I got it - and I already regret having skipped the Standard Belfry. The entire first wave of figures was gone from the store quickly, so future drops will probably be in demand because these are pretty good. $12 gets you a base figure with one alternate head for $12, which isn't cheap but it's pretty good. The figure is a hunched-over little fellow that's like an original Battle Beasts figure in terms of size, but they have more articulation and no bulky armor. I could see these guys being expanded a lot over time with alternate animal heads and different "adventure kit" accessory packs.

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Healey Made Drop Menu: June 24, 2023

 The Healey Made Shop now has the Assassin (Shadow) available for $25! This one is similar but different from the Assassin (R-Complex) from a few years ago. Click here to see what's still in stock.

The God Beast - June 23, 2023 Drop Menu

 Purple! Black! Red!  It's in store at THEGODBEAST while supplies last.  Four new items are up including a snazzy unpainted black bundle.  Did you get yours?  Did it sell out? You're in the future, you know more than I do.

Click here to get some bugs, they're fun!

Review: Onell Design Glyos Noboto Diversus Mutant Action Figure

 This is another good one. The Noboto Diversus Mutant from 2018 matches the Onell Design Outer Space Men Orbitron Diversus [FOTD #1,470] from 2016, and the colors seem like a near-perfect match. It's pretty amazing, and as far as I know these are only three Glyos figures to have this exact coloring - the other being a Crayboth, who missed photo day. I'd love to see another figure or two to match these guys some day, particularly a traveler with a grooved head. The brain pattern just looks amazing, even when it's a tampo like on the Diversus Mutant made with the Noboto/Quallerran mold.

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Healey Made Returns with Assassin (Shadow) on Saturday

While not much of a surprise, at least you know what to expect! According to Instagram, at 12:00 PM Eastern on Saturday, June 24, you can grab the Shadow Assassin.  The previous shadowy edition was the R-Complex Assassin, which had green skin - this new one has blue and more closely matches the other Shadow figures.  Click here to check the Healey Made store - at press time, the excellent Raider (Shadow V.2) is still available.

New The God Beast Drop Friday - It's Time for Hornet Squad

Hey! A new drop! The God Beast confirmed on Instagram that there will be a new drop Friday at 8:00 PM Central. Wave 54 - Hornet Squad - will bring you black PVC with purple and red painted highlights. Exciting! And here's the post.

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Knights of the Slice Toy Pizza Manu - June 19, 2023

 The Gauss Armor debuts - at a surprisingly affordable $35.00 for an unpainted, multi-colored prototype.  It's joined by a new Heart Knight, Isom Waste, and Calibur Kit. Not a bad drop!

Click here to see what Knights of the Slice still have in store.

Toy Pizza Drop Monday Night with Gauss Armor and Pink

 Toy Pizza has the new Gauss Armor figure - which looks like someone tried to cram a Figma into a Glyos bag, with influences ranging from Everything Awesome Ever involved - alongside the Heart Drop Assortment Monday, June 19 at 7:30 PM Eastern.  Be there, or don't!  Insta post embed below for the lazy.

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Spy Monkey Creations June 16, 2023 Drop Menu

 And some are still available!  Inspired inspirations can be found in the Spy Monkey Creations store with  Battle Tribes and Weaponeers of Monkaa figures decked out as Micronauts.  Click here to check availability.

And I'm getting some weird messages from Blogger/Google so let's hope these pictures will all be here next week.

Review: Healey Made Raider (Shadow V.2) Action Figure

Way back in 2019 we got Raider (Shadow) {FOTD #2,157] and I thought it was the best dang thing. I still do, but now we've got the similar-but-different Raider (Shadow V.2) that actually did not sell out before mine came in the mail. That's unusual. If it's still available in the shop I'd say go grab it, also there's a nifty cape that's thinner than some of the previous releases stuffed in the bottom of the Healey Made zip bag. I missed it despite looking for it the first time. The mold is still good, and there are enough little changes over version one that I felt obligated to waste $25 a second time. (I really like the figure.)

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Battle Tribes Brings Micronauts Back Friday at Noon Pacific

Well that's a fun surprise!  Over on Instagram we saw some nice reveals of the Spy Monkey Creations newest drop, scheduled for Friday, June 16 at 12:00 PM Pacific.  It looks pretty cool.  Click here to see what's currently for sale.

Hasbro currently has the Micronauts trademark and hasn't been doing a heck of a lot with it other than a couple of San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive items in the last decade.  Threats of movies have come and gone without anything to show for it, and numerous episodes of an animated cartoon are said to have been completed without any plans to release them.  Marvel recently announced reprints of the old comic series, so at least you've got that.

Toy Pizza Con on July 15, 2023 in Beacon, NY

 July 15! Beacon NY! 296 Main Street at 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and 330 Main Street from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM!  Will there be exclusives, possibly sold online later? I have no idea.

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Cappy Space Drop Menu June 9, 2023

Click here to see what's left at Cappy Space!  The new Phibians and Belfry even have accessory packs, so it's a pretty neat set. The little guys are about the size of Crayboth figures.

UPDATE: These sold out really quickly.  I hope you got some!  I ordered a couple and will post a review as soon as possible.

Review: Onell Design Glyos Gendrone Legion Phaseon Action Figure

Another great figure that has been on my display for over a decade, the cool swirly blue Gendrone Legion Phaseon has aged well. That's something you don't know when you write reviews of new toys. The mold started life as Beanbots, then they got retooled a bit and became another great robot toy. I think this was also the last painted Phaseon figure to be sold for $6 - subsequent releases were usually plussed up with Gobon Blasters, new heads, a cape, or other bonus parts.

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They Blue It - Astrodite Bluestar Now Available

 Better late than never. The 2022 ASTRODITE BLUESTAR was posted to the Outer Space Men Shop on June 8, 2023.  She's a surprisingly cheap $15.  (If they lowered the prices on the other figures to $15, I think I'd order 'em all and complete my set - I only have the first four so far.)   She looks good, order her here.

New Cappy Space Drop Friday, June 9 with Bat? Ogre? Who Knows?

All we know is that we don't know nothing.  Cappy Space is showing off some preview images on Instagram.  One is a green hand coming out of a pond with a sword.  The other is the back of a bat-like head.  What does it all mean?  If I knew that, I wouldn't be writing this filler copy.   Click here to see his insta, or check the Cappy Space Bazaar on Friday, June 9, at 9:00 PM Eastern.  Or as we call it, synergy.

Review: Onell Design Glyos Armorvor Arthrodak Dark Nebula

I sometimes take too long to get to good figures, like the long-sold-out Armorvor Arthrodak Dark Nebula figure from 2019. The sheer amount of pre-pandemic stuff I got to get through before I drop dead is shameful, because there's so much good stuff out there and somehow nobody is writing about any of it.

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ToyFinity Drop Menu - May 28, 2023

 Manglors and Mordles and Eggs, oh my!  The proto deco is here, but so is the purple Dactylian flavor! Neato.   At $20 the purple Manglor is actually quite cheap, and comes highly recommended if you don't already have one.  Click here to check availability.  The Standard Manglor is also still up for grabs, and that's a gem of a good figure.  I hope you got one if you wanted one!

Healey Made Menu: May 27, 2023

 Something new!  Technically.  Version 2 of the Raider (Shadow) is here, and it has a few new paint applications plus that nifty cape we've seen on a few figures.  I went ahead and ordered one so you can see a comparison shortly.  Click here to check availability.

Review: Toy Pizza Noir Knight and Apotheosis Capsule Set

I waited probably too long to get the Noir Knight and Apotheosis Capsule Set too. I got it at New York Comic Con in 2019 while shuffling around before the opening of the last fan event I've been to since the whole thing went down in 2020 - and I'm not sure why I waited but I think I may have misplaced a few parts for a while. That's why you review thing quickly, kids. The mold of the figure was new to me, and I couldn't resist getting a Batman-flavored armored guy along with a shiny gold case that reminded me of the old C-3PO Carry Case. What a deal!

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Healey Made New Raider on Saturday 5/27

Coming Saturday at 2:00 PM Eastern, it's a new Raider!  May the 27th be with you.   It was on the Healey Made Instagram's stories section and those evaporate.  But this is what the picture looked like.  I assume it's going to be a Shadow Raider Redux, as it was teased previously, but we'll see for sure soon.

Toy Pizza Goes Blue Mikros - May 22, 2023 Menu

 Are you feeling blue that you missed the Toy Pizza Mikros figures a few years ago?  Now there are some new blue ones in the Knight of the Slice store.  Some sold out - these things go quick!

Click here to check the store.