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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