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#3795: Blizzard

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BLIZZARD

IRON MAN (TOY BIZ)

“A once-brilliant scientist driven insane when he tested his portable cold generator on himself, the man now known as the Blizzard has become the twisted enemy of all that is decent. Possessing the ability to create untold amounts of ice and snow with a single thought, the Blizzard always has a chilly reception ready for those who would oppose him-particularly his arch-enemy, Iron Man!”

Okay, let’s jump back into the Iron Man villain well, I suppose!  Last week was Whiplash Blacklash, who’s always been sort of forgettable.  Today it’s Blizzard, who’s not as forgettable in general, but is minorly forgettable in the sense that most people don’t know there’s actually two of them.  The full face mask and generally similar designs don’t really help matters there.  Nor does the fact the cartoon the Iron Man line was based on identified Blizzard as one guy, while the toy identified him as another.  Hooray for confusion!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Blizzard was released in Series 2 of Toy Biz’s Iron Man line, as one of the three “antagonist” figures.  He’s an adaptation of Blizzard’s animated design, which was a pretty good, solid “classic” Blizzard design.  The figure stands about 5 inches tall and he has 10 points of articulation.  His movement is pretty decent for the era, though it’s not revolutionary or anything.  The sculpt was new at the time (though it saw re-use later down the line for Dormammu of all characters), and it’s generally okay, apart from one odd quirk.  The general build and layout of the costume elements certainly works, but, for some reason, he kinda looks like he has two left feet?  Guess he’s not much of a dancer.  His paint work is limited to a bunch of white on blue plastic.  It honestly works pretty well, though, so it’s pretty striking.  Blizzard is packed with an ice glove attachment for his right hand, an ice cane, and an identification card.  Generally, it’s a nice selection of extras.  He also gets an action feature; much like a number of the earlier Wolverine figures, he has a little thumb-hold on his back, so you can move him at the waist, which will swing his arms up and down.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I’ve always liked Blizzard pretty well, and I especially liked him in the cartoon.  I didn’t get this one new, but I got him *relatively* close to new.  I found him loose at a toy show, in the early ’00s.  He didn’t have any of his accessories, but he worked for my purposes at the time.  I just got the chance to complete him a few weeks ago, when a complete one came in through work.  Aside from the slightly odd foot sculpt, he’s a really nice, pretty basic figure.

#3794: Weequay Skiff Guard

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WEEQUAY SKIFF GUARD

STAR WARS: POWER OF THE FORCE II (KENNER)

Oooooooooh, every party has a pooper, that’s why we invited Wequay!  …sorry, do we not all just spontaneously break into quotes from Robot Chicken?  Is it just me?  Yeah, actually, that tracks.  Well, in my effort to get through more of the many, many unreviewed Star Wars figures in my collection, we’re jumping into another one, specifically of the Power of the Force variety.  So, here’s the aforementioned party pooper, Weequay (Skiff Guard)!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Weequay Skiff Guard was added to Kenner’s Star Wars: Power of the Force line-up in 1997.  He initially predated the Freeze Frames, but was one of the figures to be rereleased with one later.  However, Weequay is by far the rarest of the Freeze Frame releases, so it doesn’t really turn up much.  The figure stands about 3 3/4 inches tall and he has 6 points of articulation.  Weequay got an all-new sculpt, which is honestly a pretty good one.  He’s got a fair a bit of pre-posing going on, largely to aid in holding his force pike.  It’s actually pretty dynamic, but doesn’t make him any trickier to stand or anything.  The detailing’s pretty solid; the costume elements are pretty sharp, and the face manages to get that “idealized” version of the mask from the movie, so it’s accurate, but also a little less goofy.  Weequay’s color work is sort of subtle, in that it’s got a bit more going on than you might expect.  It’s a lot of brown, but there’s also some slight blue, and a fair bit of accent work.  The paint work’s all fairly clean, and the sculpted details stand out nicely.  Weequay is packed with his force pike, as well as a brown blaster, for, like, options, I guess?  He can’t actually really hold the blaster, what with the pre-posing for the pike, but you know, I guess there’s the extra?

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

My most notable exposure to Weequay is in the Robot Chicken Star Wars Specials, where he serves as Boba Fett’s sidekick for a set of running skits (and where the sing-song-y bit from the intro originated).  Beyond that, I don’t know a ton about him, because, well, what’s to know?  I got this guy back in 2018, I think?  I used some Christmas money from my Grandmother to buy a bunch of PotF figures, because I was feeling a touch nostalgic.  He’s actually quite a nice figure, and my favorite of the whole skiff sub-set.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3790: Blacklash

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BLACKLASH

IRON MAN (TOY BIZ)

Alright, we’ll be back with the Toy Biz Marvel!  Look, it’s kind of my comfort zone right now, so I’m sticking with it.  I’m back with the Iron Man line, patterned on the cartoon from the ’90s.  The show’s first season built a classic cartoon roster of recurring villains out of Iron Man’s existing rogues gallery.  Admittedly, Iron Man’s villains aren’t the most notable for the most part, but they did their best.  Whiplash, who was at the time going by Blacklash, was part of the Mandarin’s squad of lackeys, and ultimately was never more than a minor player (though he was still a better adaptation than Iron Man 2).  He did at least get a figure out of it.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Blacklash is part of Series 1 of Toy Biz’s Iron Man line, as part of the small batch of villains at launch.  He’s based on Blacklash’s design from the show, which is in turn based on his Justin Hammer-designed gear from the comics.  The figure stands just over 5 inches tall and he has 7 points of articulation.  His construction is on the simplistic side, and he’s notably missing any elbow articulation.  I guess maybe it’s to aid in the action feature?  It makes him quite stiff, as does the cape piece, which is large, heavy, and also doesn’t stay on so well.  The head’s actually pretty good, so good, in fact, that Toy Biz re-used it a bunch, minus the weird ponytail.  It’s definitely the best part of the figure.  His paint work is reasonably well done.  It’s a little sloppy, but certainly not the worst I’ve seen from this line.  Blacklash is packed with a whip and nunchucks, which work with his arm swinging feature.  He also gets the ID badge that all of the non-armored figures got.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

Blacklash was the last figures I got from the Series 1 line-up.  For whatever reason, I never got him back in the ’90s, and he just never showed up in front of me.  I had picked up a sealed one a while back, but he had weird paint issues, so I never ended up opening him.  One with far better paint got traded into All Time a couple of months ago, so I opted to do the swap out.  He’s not the most impressive figure.  He’s not the most impressive character, either.  But, he’s decent, and good with the rest of the line-up, so there it is.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3789: Greedo

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GREEDO

STAR WARS: POWER OF THE FORCE (HASBRO)

Okay, here we are at the end of the week.  We made it, you guys!  Good for us!  As a reward to myself, you know what I gonna do?  I’m gonna review a Power of the Force figure.  You know, as a little treat.  Yeah, that’s the ticket.  Waaaaaaaaaay back, nearer the beginning of this site, I took a look at the first Greedo from Power of the Force (and pissed off one of my trolls along the way), but today, I’m setting my sights on the second Greedo, from the tail end of the line.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Greedo was part of the 1999 run of Star Wars: Power of the Force, in the first of the two Commtech-sporting sets that ended the line.  By this point, the figures were officially branded as “Hasbro” products, as Kenner had been disbanded and absorbed.  This figure was designed to pair off with the Han Solo form the same line-up, both of them specifically being based on the cross-table conversation from the cantina.  The figure stands 3 3/4 inches tall and he has 8 points of articulation.  Like Han, he gets a better articulation set-up than earlier figures, with actual bending knee joints, which let him sit properly in the Cantina booth.  His sculpt was all-new, and was a far less stylized one than the prior version.  His proportions land closer to the actual film look, so he’s a lot skinnier, and his head is a bit bigger.  There’s also a bit more work into the texturing and such, and his vest is now a removable rubber piece.  Under the vest, there’s even a blaster mark on the chest, from where Han shoots him, which is particularly gruesome, but also kinda cool.  Greedo’s color work is rather on the basic side, but it does what it needs to, and is generally pretty solid.  There’s even some slight “scorching” where the blaster wound is sculpted, which is a neat touch.  Greedo is packed with a blaster pistol and the Commtech stand.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I actually bought this figure several years ago, back during one of my initial pushes to round out my collection, but he’s sat unopened, hanging from a thumbtack on the wall in my upstairs hallway for most of that time, because I had the other Greedo actually out on display with the rest of the collection.  A couple of months ago, I picked up the cardboard Cantina set, and it’s got the little booth for him, so I finally opened him to put him there.  He’s actually quite a nice little figure.  The first one’s not *bad*, but this guy’s better, and holds up incredibly well for a figure that’s more than a quarter of a century old.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3785: Iron Man – Hydro Armor

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IRON MAN — HYDRO ARMOR

IRON MAN (TOY BIZ)

“When the power of Iron Man is not sufficient to meet the needs of a given situation, the genius of Tony Stark compensates – by creating specialty suits of armor to get the job done! Iron Man’s Hydro Armor is designed to withstand the enormous pressure of deep sea exploration, and is equipped with a battery of on-board weapons designed to function in the murky depths of the deepest parts of the ocean!”

Okay, I’m kicking the month off with another retro Marvel review!  It’s an Iron Man review, specifically from Toy Biz’s Iron Man.  I last looked at this line back in October, with Tony Stark, and now I’m taking a look at one of his many armored Iron Man variants from the show that spawned the line.  The Model 6 Hydro Armor was introduced in the comics in the late ’80s for use in deep sea operations, and it turned up a number of times on the show, which also netted it an action figure.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Hydro Armor Iron Man was released in Series 1 of Toy Biz’s Iron Man line.  Given the focus on the armor in the show’s first season, it made sense.  The figure was subsequently re-packed in a two-pack with Mr. Fantastic from the FF line, and repacked a few times in the Marvel Universe line.  They were certainly fond of this one.  The figure stands a little over 5 inches tall and he has 7 points of articulation.  In terms of articulation and build, he’s very similar to the other armored figures from this line.  He uses the under-lying figure with clip-on armor set-up.  The under the armor look isn’t based on anything specific, but it’s a neat enough design.  His head is a re-use of the Modular armor head, which tracks with the show design. When fully assembled, the armor looks pretty good, and fairly accurate to the design.  The arm pieces have a little trouble staying put, but that was sort of a recurrent issue with the line.  The head dome piece is cool, even if the entire concept of the dome piece is slightly weird.  The color work on this guy is alright, but suffers from an odd clash between the yellow parts and the chromed gold armored bits.  It doesn’t work as well with gold as it did with silver and red.  The figure is packed with “Deep Sea Weapns”, which translates to a missile launcher and two missiles.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I got my original copy of this figure from the KB Toys near my family’s usual vacation spot, during an off-season visit, I believe shortly before my brother was born?  He was appropriately thematic for the trip, but beyond that, he was never a major focus in my collection, especially because I lost most of his armor, and that made him extra pointless.  I wound up getting a replacement very recently, when a complete one came into All Time.  He’s neat, but perhaps not the coolest of the Iron Men this line had to offer.

#3784: Nurse Chapel

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NURSE CHAPEL

STAR TREK (PLAYMATES)

Okay, we’re doing this Star Trek thing! One! More! Time!  …You know, for now, at least.  Today’s subject is Majel Barrett, Gene Roddenberry’s second wife, and a central piece of Trek since the very beginning.  Originally appearing as Pike’s “Number One” in the unaired pilot “The Cage,” Barrett’s role as a regular was removed when they went to series proper, but she returned as recurring character Nurse Christine Chapel (amongst many other roles throughout the franchise’s run).  Chapel was her most frequent on-screen role, and it also earned her a couple of action figures, the first of which I’m looking at today!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Nurse Chapel is part of the fifth “mixed” assortment of their Star Trek line.  She was released at the same time as Rand, thereby wrapping up the auxiliary central cast to go with the main crew boxed set.  The figure stands just under 4 1/2 inches tall and she has 12 points of articulation.  The articulation’s all pretty standard for the line, with the caveat that her hip joints are restricted by the choice to go hard plastic on the skirt portion of her uniform.  Her sculpt is actually pretty good for the line.  The proportions are a bit more balanced than some of the others, notably avoiding the big-headed-ness of a lot of the line.  She’s also got a pretty respectable likeness to Barrett, which is nice to see.  There’s not a ton of texturing, but that’s on par with the other TOS figures, so she fits in well.  The color work is basic, but it’s cleanly handled, especially on the face.  Chapel is packed with a display stand (with her own unique medical insignia), as well as an assortment of medical instruments.  And she can even hold them all!

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

It took me a while to get around to getting this one.  She was actually the last piece of the original crew I didn’t have, though I do remember my dad buying his copies of her and Rand new in store back in the ’90s.  I got this one loose, a could of loose Star Trek collections ago at work.  She’s honestly a pretty good figure.  The likeness is strong, and the proportions look good.  All in all, a neat little figure of a pretty important part of Trek lore.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3769: Vina as an Orion Animal Woman

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VINA as an ORION ANIMAL WOMAN

STAR TREK (PLAYMATES)

In the last five years, I’ve reviewed a total of three Star Trek figures, which is, you know, not a lot of them.  Less than a yearly entry.  This is largely because I’m not really an avid Trekkie.  I am, however, unable to really avoid Trek.  It’s like a sort of a background noise of my life.  I do enjoy aspects of the franchise, with The Original Series being my personal favorite.  Pike’s always been my favorite Captain, and I quite like “The Cage” and its re-cut airing “The Menagerie.”  Playmates did a small set of figures based on the “The Cage” for its 30th anniversary, which included Pike, as well as the franchise’s first instance of the green-skinned space babe, Vina.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Vina as an Orion Animal Woman was released under Playmates’ Classic Star Trek banner, as part of their larger “mixed” line in 1996.  She accompanied the other three “Cage” anniversary figures.  As the name implies, this figure is specifically based on Vina’s depiction as an Orion Animal Woman during one of the Talosian visions Pike experiences.  It’s not her standard look at all, but it’s by far the most distinctive one, and the one that everyone remembers.  The figure stands about 4 1/2 inches tall and she has 5 points of articulation.  Vina is notably not particularly posable.  She just gets the 5 points, and of those, only the shoulder joints are actually really usable.  She also really can’t stand.  Like, at all.  No position on those legs is gonna make it happen.  At least there’s a stand.  The sculpt was unique, and it’s an okay offering.  It’s pretty decent for the era.  The head’s got an okay likeness, and the proportions aren’t too crazy or off.  The paint work is generally on the basic side.  It’s inoffensive, but it gets the job done.  She’s packed with a display stand, a fountain, and a torch.  The fountain and torch are just solid color casts, in my figure’s case, blue.  She can’t actually hold anything, so they just sort of sit off to the side.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I got the Pike figure from this set as a kid, and he was a favorite.  Spock and the Talosian I got later down the line.  This one was the last hold-out, and I was actively searching for her for a fair bit.  Thankfully, I was able to snag a loose one that got traded in with a sizable Trek collection during the summer last year.  She’s fine.  Not very playable, even for this line, but she at least looks pretty decent, and goes well with the rest of the set.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3759: Archangel

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ARCHANGEL

X-MEN (TOY BIZ)

“Rich playboy Warren Worthington III was the X-Men’s Angel until the day that he was captured and transformed into one of the horsemen of Apocalypse. A darker reflection of his previous self, Archangel now possessed wings made of metal – wings that he could barely control, wings that fired paralyzing “feathers” at friends as well as enemies. Constantly battling his dark side, Archangel longed to regain the goodness that he once stood for. Recently finding kinship with the X-Men’s Psylocke, Archangel has come to terms with his transformation, and has started to rebuild the life he thought he had lost forever!”

Do you guys like X-Men?  I heard somewhere that you might.  I mean, I do.  And it’s my site.  So, you know, it’s ultimately my call, right?  Amusingly, I was actually not gonna do an X-themed review today, but then I thought better of it.  Yay for me.  And here, on the day before the day before X-Mas, I’m reviewing an X-Man named Archangel, which feels somewhat appropriate, right?  Sort of that “lo, an angel of Xavier appear and they were sore afraid” kinda vibe?  Of course, it’s just Warren Worthington, and he’s kind of a push over prep school guy, so, maybe not “sore afraid.”  I’m getting sore afraid of this intro going any longer, if I’m honest.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Archangel is from the Battle Brigade Series of Toy Biz’s X-Men line, which was the 14th assortment.  I’ve already reviewed the standard version of this figure, but he, like all of the figures in this particular line-up, also had a color variant.  While the standard was in his white and blue, Neal Adams-inspired costume, this one’s in the Champions-inspired version.  The figure stands 5 1/4 inches tall and he has 9 points of articulation.  He’s the exact same mold as the standard version, which was itself largely re-used from the “Invasion” series release.  It’s still a little bulky for Warren, and we’re just ignoring the sculpted wrist bands.  Still, it’s not too terrible.  I do rather like this particular head sculpt, especially for this version of Warren.  The wings remain a bit floppy as well, but they do at least look the part.  In terms of paint work, this guy’s got the same layout as the standard, but with red in place of the blue.  It’s a little rough on some of the edges, but otherwise looks pretty solid.  Like the standard and Invasion releases, this guy gets no accessories.  He’s still got the wing-flapping action, though, which remains pretty nifty.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

This guy is actually quite a recent acquisition for me.  I’ve been wanting one since shortly after I got my original, so it’s been a good 20 years, but in all that time, I’ve never seen the variant in person.  I was at Ocean City Comic Con last weekend, and found a booth that had exactly one sealed Toy Biz X-Men figure in it, which happened to be this guy.  I was honestly pretty excited.  He’s obviously not super different from the regular release, but the color change-up is enough to give him a pretty unique look.  It certainly helps that I liked the standard figure so much in the first place.

#3754: Rogue

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ROGUE

X-MEN (TOY BIZ)

“Super strong and virtually indestructible, Rogue is a one-woman fighting force! But when there are too many enemies for even Rogue to handle at once, she relies on her Double-Barrel cannon slammer. Flying in above the clouds, Rogue faces the forces of Master Molds Sentinel squadrons and is overwhelmed by their number. But with the help of her cannon slammer and her fellow X-Men, the Sentinels don’t last long enough to realize what hit them. With a mutant power matched only by her southern charms, Rogue is one mutant to be reckoned with!”

Hey, look, it’s time for more Toy Biz X-Men!  The things that keep me happy.  And taking them away would make me unhappy.  You certainly wouldn’t want to make me unhappy, would you?  Good.  Glad we’re all on the same page there.  As Toy Biz moved later into the run of their 5-inch line, they had run out of standard versions of the main characters, so they had to start doing some good old fashioned wacky-varianting.  They went heavier on gimmicks, with their “Secret Weapon Force” branding in particular standing out as a notable push.  New designs, even comics-based ones, were filtered through these gimmicks.  Here’s a gimmicky Rogue.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Rogue was released in the “Power Slammers” assortment, which was released under the Secret Weapon Force heading in Toy Biz’s 1998 X-Men line-up.  This marked Rogue’s fourth figure in the 5-inch line, and was based on her Shi’ar mining uniform, which she sported for a stretch of less than a year.  It debuted in 1997, so it was pretty quick turnaround for such a thing.  It’s a pretty notable departure from her traditional designs, and was fairly short-lived, but it’s nothing if not unique.  The figure stands just shy of 5 inches tall and she has 12 points of articulation.  On my figure, the joints are exceptionally loose, to the point of making it difficult to keep her standing, which is frustrating to say the least.  I am also, as always, not really a fan of the v-hips, but it is what it is.  Rogue’s sculpt was new at the time, though most of it would be re-used two years later for the movie line’s team suit Rogue.  It’s rather on the stylized front, but a decent match for the art from within the books at the time.  There’s a touch of pre-posing, but generally to a minor degree, and the level of detailing honestly is pretty solid.  The head’s particularly unique, and the hair in front of her face is certainly a neat touch.  Rogue’s color work is generally solid.  It’s an odd color scheme (the Shi’ar outfits were generally off-model in their coloring), but it’s accurate.  The’s a bit of fuzz at the edges of some of the painted elements, but the overall appearance is decent.  Rogue was packed with a big giant gun thing, which serves as the titular “power slammer.”  When the bit at the top is slammed down, there are small yellow ball projectiles that fly out.  It’s super silly and super goofy, but it does at least go totally apart from the core figure.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

Rogue comes from the era of the line where I missed more than I got when they were new.  There were a lot of repeats on characters, and I had most of my core cast, Rogue included, so I didn’t double up on most of them.  Since jumping back in, though, they’ve been some of my focuses.  I managed to snag Rogue from Yesterday’s Fun while vacationing a couple of summers ago.  She’s alright.  The look’s certainly unique, but the figure has some issues, especially the loose joints, which hold it back.

#3749: Silver Samurai

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SILVER SAMURAI

X-MEN (TOY BIZ)

“The Silver Samurai has but one goal in life: to become the leader of the Japanese underworld! Trained in the martial arts and wielding a massive katana through which he can channel mutant energy, this honorless samurai has often come close to achieving his desire–if not for the interference of Wolverine and the X-Men!”

Hey, how about some more Toy Biz Marvel?  Would you like that?  Would it be good for you?  Well, it would be good for me, and it’s my site, so I’m doing it.  It’s more X-related stuff today, though it’s worth noting that the focus, Silver Samurai, wasn’t an X-Men character at the start, but rather a Daredevil villain.  These days, he’s not even really a villain, I suppose.  In the ’90s, when he got his first figure, he was a bit more straight forward, and was a recurring thorn in Wolverine’s side.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Silver Samurai was released in Series 6 of Toy Biz’s X-Men line in 1994.  Going by my records, he’s the last of that particular line-up I’ve gotten to reviewing.  The whole assortment was pretty odd-ball, being really light on notable characters, ultimately resulting in it being a rather poorly performing set, and Samurai was one of he worst sellers in the line.  He was, for unknown reasons, also re-packed in a two-pack with Robot Wolverine/Albert from the same assortment.  Because we needed more of him.  The figure stands about 5 1/4 inches tall and he has 6 points of articulation.  He’s exceptionally restricted on the articulation front, curiously having knee joints but not hips, making the knee joints effectively useless.  He doesn’t get elbows or wrists either, just neck, shoulders, waist, and knees.  The sculpt is rather stiff on top of that, so it doesn’t really help.  His helmet is removable, and also permanently attached to his shoulder pads for some reason.  Don’t know why either of those things is the case, but the piece doesn’t really stay in place very well, and also the underlying head is rather oddly shaped.  If there’s one redeeming feature to this guy, it’s the chrome finish on most of him; it gives a literal shine to an otherwise lackluster sculpt, and at least helps him stand out a but.  Silver Samurai is packed with his sword, which is partially chromed as well.  It’s rather prone to breaking, and also not really the proper shape for a katana, but there it is.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

It took me an exceptionally long time to get this one, all things considered.  I’ve seen a great many loose ones, always missing the helmet, and I didn’t want to bother with an incomplete one.  I finally snagged a sealed one while on vacation this past summer, which I took as something of a win.  Is he a good figure?  No.  Not in the slightest.  But, I do like the chrome.  So, you know, he’s a bit like Google that way.  Not great, but I do like the chrome.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.