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.
The 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.
I'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.
This 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. 
Redborg Rises! Astro-Nautilus guest stars with mystery figures and a whole bunch of green things. It's great! Click here to see the January 28 2018 Onell Design drop menu.
Does 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. 
I 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.
