Toys

by Troy Brownfield Stop and breathe in the air for a moment, collectors. Scholars and philosophers (and bloggers and various sections for comments) may someday agree that 2015 marked one of the high points...

by Troy Brownfield The final item on our Tour de Hasbro, wrapping up our coverage on some of their terrific SDCC exclusives, is this Kre-O set. As I’ve noted before, my sons (Connor, 10; Kyle, 8) really...

SDCC 2015 Hasbro Exclusive Combiner Hunters Boxed Set by Troy Brownfield This year’s Transformers Exclusive Set showcases some very nice work in the form of the Combiner Hunters, three of the prominent...

by Troy Brownfield Now this . . . THIS is a boxed set. Over the past few years, Hasbro has distinguished itself with some pretty incredible boxed set presentations. Consider the Thunderbolts, or the...

by Troy Brownfield Nobody ever accused the Marvel Universe of thinking small. However, when it comes to action figures, Marvel and its licensors have never been shy to experiment with scale. Between Titan...

Catching Up with Marvel Legends: Thanos Series By Troy Brownfield Hey, we’re almost caught up! As noted previously, 2015 is shaping up to be a (no pun intended) banner year for the Marvel Legends line....

by Troy Brownfield Greetings again, plastic lovers. As part of our initiative to catch up on the Marvel Legends that are out there in the wild, we need to talk about those things that are both bane and...

By Troy Brownfield Please allow me to introduce myself. This is Troy Brownfield, and I’ve written about action figures and collectibles for a long time in various places, notably at Newsarama and in the...

You know all of those incredibly aggravating con-exclusive action figure sets that Hasbro releases each year during SDCC and the like? Yeah, the ones that you line up for like a plastic-addicted lemming,...

If there was one thing I loved (and that my parents loathed) while growing up in the 1980s, it was slime. That's right, the gooey, gelatinous, pungent, snot-like, awesomeness that was a staple of many toy...