Thursday, December 20, 2018

Review: Onell Design Glyos Pheytooth Action Figure

Onell Design Glyos Pheytooth Action FigureContinuing Kenner Star Wars cantina alien tributes, Onell Design shrinks its plans with Pheytooth. Referencing Kenner's off-model but official Snaggletooth figure, Pheytooth takes the Pheyden mold and knocks out the shins. It works nicely - and the shins are here if you need them.
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Monday, December 17, 2018

Glyos Glyzapper Drop at Culture Pirates

https://shop.culturepirates.com/collections/all?sort_by=created-descending
If you like Onell Design stuff, and you do, Culture Pirates has special versions of Glyos toys for sale.  A new drop has Glyzapper toys - orange and grey goodies including a Glyan, a Hub, wheels, and some things you don't see a lot.
They also sell some nice Bit Figs and records, many of which I've bought and enjoyed.  Check 'em out to get yourself something nice.

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

New Outer Space Men - White Star and Cosmic Radiation Figures Incoming

Via the Outer Space Men News blog: Announcements - Cosmic Radiation Outer Space Men Continue in 2019 and Announcements - More White Star Outer Space Men Coming.
Zero Gravity, Luna Eclipse, Cthulhu Nautilus, and Astrodite are all set to get two new releases at some point in the next few months. Customizers, start your paintbrushes.

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Glyos Onell Design November 29 2018 Drop Menu

Wave 77! What is assumed to be a Kenner Snaggletooth Pheyden joins more ninjas Marvelous and Teenaged Mutant. This is another fantastic drop and a lot of it - but not all of it - can still be bought. Click here to see the November 29 2018 Onell Design drop menu.

Click here to order what's still available!

Review: Onell Design Glyos Greeden Action Figure


Onell Design Glyos Greeden Action FigureAfter a wonderful run of Adventure People tributes, Onell Design turns to a galaxy far, far away with Greeden. Based on a very specific style of figure from Kenner, their 1979 off-model Cantina aliens were official products with the kind of authenticity usually reserved for bootlegs. Thanks to a lack of good scrap and apparently lax approvals, we got a figure with a good approximation of the mask - but a costume that seems out of a daily sci-fi newspaper strip. Never being one to miss a good tribute, Onell Design ran with Greedo's look and applied it to Pheyden.
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Monday, November 26, 2018

More Onell Design - Thursday Night Drop

https://onelldesign.blogspot.com/2018/11/crush-clan.html
Onell Design confirmed in a post Crush the Clan that a new drop is coming this week! Including items from D-Con and possibly new things, set your clocks for 9:30 PM EST for the fun on Thursday November 29.  Click here for comments and hints.

A Deadpool-themed Callgrim, a new TMNG-themed Noboto, and a Quallerran that looked like Wolverine were sold at D-Con. Will they be here? I hope so!

Also I will sadly not be here for the drop, so if anyone can grab menu pictures please write me and I would greatly appreciate it!

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Review: Outer Space Men Zero Gravity Action Figure

The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men Zero Gravity Action Figure I was expecting a glow-in-the-dark version of Jack Asteroid - which we got - but to get a new character like Zero Gravity too? I'm surprised. He costs more than the original Jack Asteroid figure and has less paint, but the dude friggin' glows. The fully Glyos-compatible astronaut has alternate bent/straight arms and can be taken apart at nearly every point of articulation, and then some. That little moon ingot pops off, the helmet dismantles to 3 pieces, and the figure has an ab and a belt joint. The mold should look familiar - it was first released as the glow-in-the-dark Alpha Phase Metamorpho in 2010, and was subsequently released as multiple Metamorpho and Jack Asteroid bodies, most of which was reused for other figures in the first couple years of the line. It's the perfect generic humanoid template, they could keep more heads coming and I'd probably buy even more redeco figures.
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Thursday, November 8, 2018

Review: Onell Design Glyos Glyceptor


Onell Design Glyos Glyceptor Action FigureSome of these are really clever. The Glyceptor references Fisher-Price's Adventure People Alpha Interceptor pilot, a blue-capped human inside an orange space suit with silver gloves and some distinctive markings - which this deftly references. The clear Sarvos helmet has a lot of color on and under it, giving it a magical otherworldly quality that does a good job of selling the idea that this might be from some weird part of space.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Q&A with Jesse DeStasio - Action Figure of the Month Club

Jesse DeStasio of Toy Pizza fame reached out and asked if we want to do a Q&A about his new Kickstarter, Action Figure of the Month Club.  Of course we scraped up some questions from some conversations we were having with friends about the topic, and dumped those here for you.  Thanks for answering, Jesse!

He was also kind enough to share an original illustration of the Device Ninja Poster artwork, so enjoy!

Click here to see the Kickstarter with 15 days to go.



1. How will Action Figure of the Month affect your semi-regular surprise Toy Pizza drops?  Will those still continue? - Glyos News Dump
We will still have drops in the store throughout 2019, but they will be smaller in nature. Also, instead of All-Ins once or twice a year, the focus will be smaller boxsets that tell a specific story (the recent LA Knights set is a good example).  -Jesse DeStasio

2. Will any of the figures be available in Toy Pizza drops after they go out to club members? - GND
Yes, pending availability. It's a bit of a moving target at the moment, but the intent is any surplus will be on the store sometime long after the AFTOM club has been fulfilled.   -JD

3. Do you plan to reserve anything specifically for the club - for example, glow in the dark, or metallic paint, or some other feature?
- GND
Yes to all of those. Ultimately it will be depend on how many backers we get, but I'd love to see really cool styles go out to club members.
  -JD
4. Will the club be 100% Toy Pizza characters and IP, or might there be guest appearances from other members of the Glyos family? - GND
I would say it'll be 90%-99% Toy Pizza related. There are a couple of interesting opportunities that have presented themselves, but nothing is solidified yet. I also did some polling and overwhelmingly our customers wanted to keep it just KOTS. But....if I saw an opportunity to collaborate that was too good to pass up, I would take it.   -JD

5. Do you have any plans for some sort of ridable thing - a vehicle, a creature with a saddle - for your toy line? - GND
Sadly, no. No vehicles, no beasts of burden. The days of those anniclary items being affordable are long gone. As much as I would love to have something like that, the tooling burden is too great and your customer base is much smaller. Sad.  -JD

6. Do you expect to have newly tooled parts or entirely new figures in every month's drop? - GND
Depends on how much we raise. Right now I think at least 1/3 to half of the months could end up being new parts or entirely new figures. The nature of planning something with so little runway means we'll be relying on our existing tools to get the first few months done. But the good news is "existing tools" includes two very big projects no one has seen yet. So even in those cases, there will be some newness.   -JD

7. The Glyos-compatible community is tightly knit, but sort of hard to follow all the goings-on.  Is there any chance you might include call-outs to other compatible figures in the boxes as well? - GND
It's an interesting idea, but we don't have boxes (just pvc bags) and there isn't much opportunity for cross-selling. In that polling I mentioned early, I was surprised that the feedback from customers was they want a more pure-KOTS experience. I admit KOTS is a bit of an anomaly as far as other Glyos lines go...there is a much more metered cross-over with core Glyos.   -JD

8. Is there a core action figure-adjacent kind of toy you want to do but haven't done yet?  A playset, figure stands, or other distinctive display or storage items? - GND
I'd love to do it all! I have designs for a couple mechs that would be financial suicide. I think at the end of the day we are a figure company and for the immediate future we have to keep growing that business.   -JD

9. There have been a number of Kickstarters and other projects making brand-new NES and GameBoy games lately - from ROMs to actual full manufacture of a cartridge.  When do we get the Knights of the Slice 8-bit extravaganza? - GND
Ha! I dream about this all the time. Drew Wise, who's probably the best pixel artist out there, and I have discussed a Snatcher-style RPG done the old school way. Like an interactive narrative. The problem with ideas like this is- it's very difficult to take myself off the actual production of the figures to do other things. At this moment we have 4 different products in different stages of the production cycle amongst three different factories. If I skip even a day of answering emails, the wheels come off the cart.   -JD

10. With sporadic releases from Hasbro and Mattel, it's entirely possible your Action Figure of the Month project may be the only 3 3/4-inch action figure being released during several months in 2019.  Do you plan on doing anything special to reach out to fans of the size that maybe haven't taken the plunge on an indie figure or a Glyos figure yet?-  GND
Absolutely. In many ways this campaign is tailored more towards new fans than current fans. I wanted to create a great jumping on point for people who might be new to the hobby or have been on the fence about Glyos or KOTS. My hope is, by tapping into the idea of the mail-away surprise figures we all got as kids, there would be a universally happy memory people would embrace. So far, the theory's proven true.   -JD

11. To date, your figures have primarily arrived bagged.  Will we ever see special carded or boxed editions of your Glyos-compatible characters?  Perhaps little white boxes with bags that say "Toy Pizza" on them? - GND
I have started doing our first carded figures within the past few weeks, with a official launch of them at DCON later this month. It took a long time to find the right printing house and the right approach. Each carded figure will be hand deco'd or have resin pieces and the cardbacks will be hand drawn.   -JD

For the club, the packaging is super-super important to me. I've budgeted a quarter of the entire cost to solely go to how these will arrive. While the plain white mailer is appealing to me and you, we do have a lot of younger customer that that would be lost on.

But yes, I'm zeroing in on what our presentation will be and it's one of the most crucial elements of what will eventually arrive in your mailbox. 
  -JD

12. Will all of the figures in the subscription program be Glyos-compatible? - GND
Again, with a couple opportunities on the horizon it's tough to say. But I would say i'm 90% certain every month will be Glyos-compatible.
For me to break the streak of having each month work with the other, it would have to be such a tremendous bonus.
  -JD

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Glyos Onell Design October 25 2018 Drop Menu

Wave 76! What is assumed to be a Kenner Greedo Pheyden and more monsters than you could hope for - and a whole line of monsters and Outer Space Men that I wish I ordered all of, but just ordered some. Click here to see the October 25 6 2018 Onell Design drop menu.

Click here to order what's still available!

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Review: Onell Design Glyos Pheyalien


Onell Design Glyos Pheyalien Action FigureNow this is nicely obscure. The Pheyalien is a tribute to 1983's Alpha Star Alien [FOTD #643] - a toy I treasured as a kid, had to sell as a slightly older kid, and then re-bought as test shots and a MISB sample I opened in college. Over the years I've seen a lot of this with different spray and deco changes, and this Glyos tribute to it seems to be of the most common one - a yellow figure with lots of exposed underbelly and green eyes.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Review: Outer Space Men Astrodite Action Figure

The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men Astrodite Action FigureFigures like the long-awaited Astrodite make me wish the Four Horsemen's "Hopper Block" figure stands came out - she could benefit from a display stand. The exquisitely-sculpted figure made her debut at a Toy Fair-adjacent Four Horsemen-run party and exhibition where toy nerds ran rampant in 2013. We were waiting for this one for five years, continuing the proud tradition of making fans wait for The Outer Space Men. The figure finally shipped to American fans in 2018, with some mail orders taking a little while, but the important thing is she landed. Effectively a female Commander Comet [FOTD #330], Astrodite takes the same Glyos-based construction and gives you a new character whose ankles touch and make her hard to balance. It's still awesome.
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Thursday, September 6, 2018

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Review: Onell Design Glyos Mechabon Gendrone Revolution


Onell Design Glyos Mechabon Gendrone Revolution Action FigureNew molds in Glyos are far apart these days, so a new figure like the Mechabon Gendrone Revolution is exciting. It's $20, but it does double duty as a Gobon-adjacent robot and as a new form factor for ToyFinity's RoboForce. You get a lot out of this mold, with lots of big parts and cool weapons. The last all-new mold I recall was the Villser, which I must confess I have yet to actually purchase. But the Mechabon, this is the thing. You want this.
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Saturday, September 1, 2018

New Drop Thursday - Onell Design

https://onelldesign.blogspot.com/2018/08/sovereign-seclusion.html
Set those clocks!  9:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Thursday September 6.  Onell Design has a new drop called Sovereign Seclusion, and Matt Doughty has already dropped in a bunch of hints about this and subsequent releases. 

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Review: The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men Cthulhu Nautilus Action Figure

The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men Cthulhu Nautilus Action FigureAbsolutely no toy line has the right to employ the phrase "a long time coming" like The Outer Space Men. The line is 50 years old, and some of the toys took nearly 40 years from concept to product. The 45 years it took to get Gamma-X makes Cthulhu Nautilus seem speedy by comparison - the figure was teased in 2011 as a concept drawing, while the coloring and head were based on toymaker Mel Birnkrant's massive imagination. In addition to The Outer Space Men, Birnkrant also came up with dozens of other lines like the unrealized Monstro-City, and this 2018 Cthulhu Nautilus head looks a heck of a lot like a Cthulhu-inspired creature from that toy pitch.
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Thursday, July 12, 2018

Glyos Onell Design July 12 2018 Drop Menu

Wave 74! Vlixden, a new mold, and a couple of mystery figures await you. Click here to see the July 12 2018 Onell Design drop menu.

Click here to order what's still available!

Review: Onell Design Glyos Vlixden - Available Tonight at 9:30 PM EDT


Onell Design Glyos Vlixden Action FigureI can't believe this exists, either. I'm very excited as I type this.
To celebrate 2,000 Figure of the Day reviews, I asked the Onell Design chief if there might be something we can preview here early back in the spring - he did me one better and asked if I might like to collaborate on something, asking if there was anything I might like to see referenced in Glyos. I had a list of ideas going but I assumed if you're going to celebrate 2,000 reviews here and another 2,500 or so on Galactic Hunter, you probably want to go with the most-referenced holy grail/white whale - so this is what I suggested for it. Vlixden references Vlix, a figure truly deserving the title "rare" which I found out existed around 1989 and have been chasing ever since. I was very young then and I assumed by now I'd have one. I was wrong. The price can get comparable to a car.
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Sunday, July 8, 2018

Now Available - Many New Glowing Outer Space Men

https://theouterspacemen.com/product/ohpromatem-cosmic-radiation/
Orders are now open for Cosmic Radiation Ohpromatem as well as Zero Gravity, Luna Eclipse, and many others!  The Cosmic Radiation glow-in-the-dark figures are $25 plus shipping.  Several other new figures are also up for grabs, so you can order yours right now and presumably get them all at once to save on shipping.

Friday, July 6, 2018

Onell Design Teases Next Glyos Drop for July 12

https://onelldesign.blogspot.com/2018/07/revolutions-and-reinventions.htmlOn Thursday, July 12 - your next Onell Design launch!  New figures of unknown origins are coming... although that green could be a hint.  Vague overtures about Gobonness have been established.   Lists of new characters are unavailable.  It's under a week out, so will we see a big surprise?  Exciting!

Click here for more.

Monday, June 25, 2018

Onell Design Glyos Retro Altrovos


Onell Design Glyos Retro Altrovos Action FigureAbout a year after the similar Neo Astrovos [FOTD #1,797], the yellow Retro Altrovos was a mystery figure of a figure I actually had as a kid. It pays tribute to the yellow Astro Knight from Fisher Price's Adventure People series, which I got from a neighbor at a garage sale at some point. The bizarre yellow figure had angled shoulder joints and legs fused together, removing vehicle compatibility while augmenting its ability to look like a super hero. This figure takes the color scheme and applies it to the template we saw last year - and of course, I love it. It's also not too far off from Samus Aran, which I'd absolutely love to see some day - of course given my druthers, I'd probably pick something more esoteric for one of these figures. But I digress.
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Friday, June 1, 2018

Review: Onell Design Glyos Glyrecon Action Figure


Onell Design Glyos Glyrecon Action FigureGenerally speaking, you can't go wrong with a good mystery figure. The Glyrecon is the Alpha Recon driver from the old Adventure People line, but in Glyos form. You get a cool helmeted head, a Pheyden head, a bird head, and a bunch of armor bits. It didn't sell out opening night, so hopefully you got one if you wanted one.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Glyos Onell Design May 30 2018 Drop Menu

Wave 73! A lot of color, wild tampos, and an awesome mystery figure may still be in stock as of my writing this. Click here to see the May 30 2018 Onell Design drop menu.

Click here to order what's still available!

Cosmic Regeneration Glyos from Onell Design Now

http://onelldesign.blogspot.com/search/label/Britains
I spaced the drop! New Onell Design stuff on Thursday!  A bunch of previews went up and it's a gorgeous, colorful batch.  If you're new to Glyos, this seems like a good place to get a variety of things.  Click here to see the previews so far and order yours here.

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Outer Space Men Cosmic Radiation Terra Firma - In Stock Now

https://theouterspacemen.com/product/terra-firma-cosmic-radiation/
In Stock Now - Cosmic Radiation Terra Firma!  For $25, you can get one.  (I've got an order and I look forward to it shipping soon.)  She comes with a bonus bag of parts, which sounds pretty cool - but what are they?  I guess we'll know soon.  Order yours here.

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

New ToyFinity RoboForce and More

http://toyfinity.blogspot.com/p/storetoyfinity.html
ToyFinity posted new stuff!  New Maxx, new Zeroids, and even new Darkness Soldiers!  You'll want to check these out - there are some fancy gorgeous colors here.

Monday, May 7, 2018

Review: Onell Design Glyos Glyninja Ukoro Action Figure


Onell Design Glyos Glyninja Ukoro Action FigureI can't say no to a nice homage, and 2016 was packed with them. Glyninja Ukoro is a tribute to the Shredder, a famous nemesis of the green teens. "Oroku Saki" has been lovingly recreated in grey Glyan Glyos parts with an add-on Neo Sarvos armor bits. It's a gem.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Review: Onell Design Glyos Piloden - Mystery Figure from February 2018 Drop


Onell Design Glyos Piloden Action FigureIf you love Adventure People, Onell Design shows you their love with Piloden! This one is an interesting take on something that could have been a straight redeco. The original Adventure People Alpha Pilot (in grey) used the Alpha Star Pilot's body, but cast it in grey. Onell Design paid homage to this figure last year, but this new one has a different head - Pheyden's. They also did some snappy things with the paint that continue to make me think Onell Design can do literally anything at this point.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Onell Design Drop - April 15!

http://onelldesign.blogspot.com/2018/04/internal-struggle_9.htmlIf you love Glyos, Sunday is the day for you!  9:30 PM Eastern will get you... something.  We don't know yet, but this post at Onell Design confirms there's going to be something!

Monday, April 2, 2018

Review: Onell Design Glyos Copper Crayboth


Onell Design Glyos Copper Crayboth Action FigureAnother freebie! The Copper Crayboth you see here came in a box in 2018 - but it looks a lot like a picture of the Sendollest Crayboth from 2015 which I don't (think I) have. There aren't a lot of comparison photos of these things out there, so this could be that one - and if it is, I'll correct this in the future.
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Sunday, March 25, 2018

Culture Pirates Releases Space Series Character Bit Figs

https://shop.culturepirates.com/collections/all/bit-figs
Culture Pirates has been selling Bit Figs, previously things like ninjas and animals.  Adorable, kid-friendly, and cheap toys that are perfect in this era of expensive Minecraft collectibles.
Tonight?  "Space Series."  Your eyes do not deceive you - you're seeing Pheyden, Crayboth, Glyan, Qualloid, and Astroloc.  Astroloc is, of course, new.

At the Onell Design blog you can see the vending machine header cards that we'll hopefully see, meaning Pheyden could well finally appear in actual real toy stores across the USA.  

Order yours here.

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Review: Onell Design Glyos Alphaden


Onell Design Glyos Alphaden Action FigureThe 2017 (and so far, 2018) Onell Design Mystery figures have been thematically based on Adventure People Space figures of old. Alphaden was decorated to vaguely match the pilots of the Alpha Probe vehicle, complete with variant hair coloring.
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Review: Outer Space Men Cosmic Radiation Xodiac Action Figure

The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men Cosmic Radiation Xodiac Action FigureFor a toy line that has proven popular, The Outer Space Men captures the imagination with strange designs. Like this one. The Cosmic Radiation Xodiac is the second Xodiac figure to have a beard, so I reached out to series designer Mel Birnkrant to ask what the deal was with the beard - is it meat? Is it hair? "It's both!" He told me - hey, that works.
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Review: Onell Design Glyos Optivos


Onell Design Glyos Optivos Action FigureAdventure People-inspired Onell Design Mystery figures continue with Optivos! I was assuming that an Opticon homage would use the Core Block [FOTD #592] vinyl mold, alas it was not to be. We haven't seen any vinyl since 2016, either. (I think.)
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Sunday, February 25, 2018

Glyos Onell Design February 25 2018 Drop Menu

Task Force Volkriun! The classic military green deco is back, with some orange and some new molds. Crossovers with Maxx Zero and Knights of the Slice are just some of what makes this batch nifty - and there's another mystery figure. Click here to see the February 25 2018 Onell Design drop menu.

Click here to order what's still available!

Friday, February 23, 2018

More Glyos - New Onell Design Drop Sunday

http://onelldesign.blogspot.com/2018/02/active-duty.html
Onell Design's next drop "Active Duty" is Sunday at 9:30 PM EST.  (I missed the announcement due to Toy Fair.)

More here.

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Review: Onell Design Glyos Deathboto


Onell Design Glyos Deathboto Action FigureThe Deathboto continues the surprising customization potential of the Noboto mold. Gobon's robot pal has been all sorts of things, even Gremlins or Ninja Turtles, and earlier this year he was a Skullboto. The Deathboto takes the same template, but the red parts are black and he has awesome red dots in his black empty eye sockets plus a painted crack in his skull. For plastic, it's very metal.
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Review: Onell Design Glyos Astro-Nautilus Redborg Syndicate

Onell Design Glyos Astro-Nautilus Redborg Syndicate Action FigureI'm a big fan of the Outer Space Men figures, especially the occasional crossovers done with Onell Design. Astro-Nautilus Redborg Syndicate was stamped out in clear yellow plastic with a hefty slathering of paint and a nice armory, too. It also costs over twice what the original release did in 2010.
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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Review: The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men White Star Gemini Action Figure

The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men White Star Gemini Action FigureThis one came out fairly late. Sometimes you never know what you want until you get it. I liked seeing the various Outer Space Men in various colors, but the pigment-free versions left me a little cold. I rather liked the three figure designs that didn't previously get the White Star treatment, more than many of the ones that did. When we were teased that White Star Gemini would exist, part of me was a little miffed it wasn't in color. But I'd be lying if I said it didn't turn out nicely - there's a lot of blue here that breaks up the white. It's good. I won't say it's as amazing as some of the other Gemini they've put out, but it's very good and it does a nice job of showing you the sculpting. Unlike, say, the clear ones. 
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Sunday, February 4, 2018

New Godbeast Drop - Nemesis and Nemeses

http://www.godbeast.com/shop.htm
TheGodBeast introduced the Nemesis to Kabuto Mushi - several styles sold out, but glow-in-the-dark versions are in stock at his store.

They're $20 each and have fancy heads.

Available Now - The Final (?) Known Cosmic Radiation Figure, Xodiac

https://theouterspacemen.com/product/electron-cosmic-radiation/
The long-awaited final "original" member of The Outer Space Men has joined the Cosmic Radiation line-up.  Click here to order Xodiac at TheOuterSpaceMen.com.   With Toy Fair around the corner we're gearing up for the trip, so a review is forthcoming - in short, it's bright and spectacular.  

TheOuterSpaceMen.com also just sold out of Colossus Rex 2.0 - so if you've been waiting to buy any of these, this might be a good time to scoop up a whole bunch at once to save on your shipping charges.

Friday, January 26, 2018

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

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

The Outer Space Men, LLC Outer Space Men Cosmic Radiation Metamorpho Action FigureDoes this one look familiar to you? The Outer Space Men Cosmic Radiation Metamorpho is new, but a glow in the dark Metamorpho was sold way back in July of 2010 as the very first release of this line, a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive. I reviewed it shortly before Figure of the Day launched - and it's different. This new one has a greenish hue rather than a bone one, and has completely different decoration.  

This new one is better.
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Saturday, January 20, 2018

More Glyos on Thursday - New Onell Design Drop!

http://onelldesign.blogspot.com/2018/01/open-range.html
Update - delayed until Friday, January 26. 

Something is coming! A hint of Glyaxia Rangers has been thrown to us in a post called Open Range.  Will there be crossovers, or new molds?  I have no idea - but I'll be there on Thursday January 25 at 9:30 PM EST to find out.


Friday, January 19, 2018

Review: Onell Design Glyos Sarvostar


Onell Design Glyos Sarvostar Action FigureI missed the Sarvostar but Matt had one and sent it to me - thanks, Matt! What I love about it is that it looks just like the vintage Alpha Star driver. What I didn't like was that my vintage Alpha Star driver cracked at the crotch while I was taking these pictures, which is surprising given that it was a sealed-box one I bought in college to replace the one my parents made me sell as a kid, and saw little to no actual playtime. I guess life isn't fair, but I digress. This set has a scarf, four heads, two bodies, and a set of limbs - just enough to not make two full figures. The alternate parts are to make a variant Alphaden Commaynder or whatever it is, based on the bearded sci-fi figure from Fisher Price of old.
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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Review: Onell Design Glyos Traveler Xycoss Clone


Onell Design Glyos Traveler Xycoss Clone Action FigureSurprises are fun, and the Traveler Xycoss Clone was surprising design taking cues from a few of the Adventure People-themed figures from 2017. The sub-line was a treat, and this clear red figure has silver markings while the Rayexx and Pheytron figures sported other colors. The Traveler Xycoss Clone isn't as ornate, but it's plenty cool.
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