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Customiser Fixes The Biggest Problem With Skylanders Toys

6:00AM November 29, 2011 | Mike Fahey

While the plastic characters Toys For Bob created to populate the world of Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure are certainly cute, colourful, and well-made, zero points of articulation makes them less action figure, more tiny statue. Action figure customizer supreme Jin Saotome brings four Skylanders to life in a whole new way. More »


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The Second Wave Of Halo Anniversary Edition Toys Gets Animated

9:00PM October 26, 2011 | Mike Fahey

How many different Master Chief figures can McFarlane Toys make? Oh they’re just getting started. The company recently announced series two of the Halo Anniversary Edition figures, featuring the white-striped version of John 117 from the animated Halo Legends short “The Package”. More »


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‘Soul Of Toys’: Ugly Mugs Atop Our Favourite Action Figures

3:20AM August 17, 2011 | Joel Johnson

Jeremy Schultz loves taking photos of action figures. No posing, no irony. Just unadorned portraits of ageing, flaking action figures, which for those of a certain age will evoke quite a bit of memory. (And no small bit of “God, was that thing really that ugly?”) More »


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Square Enix’s Newest, Most Beautiful Action Figures

12:00PM July 22, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Square Enix does way more than just FInal Fantasy figures. They’ve got fantastic-looking toys from other games – Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter, Batman: Arkham City, Vanquish, Halo, God of War – coming to their Play Arts Kai line. More »


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Check Out Square Enix’s Sleek And Sexy Master Chief Makeover

2:40AM June 4, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Square Enix Products has produced some lovely action figures in its Halo: Reach Play Arts Kai series. Now the company commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Halo franchise with a re-envisioned version of Master Chief and a stunning Spartan Mark V. More »


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The First Four Super Meat Boy Figurines Have Arrived

1:00AM April 10, 2011 | Owen Good

The official – and tiny – Super Meat Boy figurines from Voxelous and Team Meat have been revealed. Just two inches high, they’re $US12 each (plus $US3.49 shipping for one, $US3.99 for two or more). The first set includes Meat Boy, Bandage Girl, Brownie and the pathetic Tofu Boy. More »


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Creator Of Resident Evil Gets His Own Truly Bizarre Action Figure

6:40AM April 1, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Shinji Mikami, the video game creator behind games like Resident Evil, God Hand and Vanquish, is finally getting his own action figure, now available for pre-order at the website of Tango Gameworks, the developer’s new studio. More »


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When Mega Man Meets Halo

8:20AM December 7, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Mega Man fan and Capcom community member Jin Saotome delivers a close approximation of what Mega Man characters sculpted by Halo action figure company McFarlane Toys would look like. As seen on Capcom Unity.


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See Halo: Reach’s Final Toy Warthog, Ghost (Figures Sold Separately)

2:00PM August 7, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

McFarlane Toys ensures that no Halo fan will want for Halo: Reach action figures this spring. Nor will they starve for bad-ass plastic Halo vehicles in which to stuff the entire Noble Team. It’s gonna be all “Boooosh!!” and “Pew-pew-pew!!” More »


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Borderlands’ Claptrap Toy Is So Good We Won’t Call It Cel-Shaded

6:40AM July 24, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

NECA Toys will bring Borderlands’ helpful unicycling robot Claptrap to store shelves in toy form this October, complete with the ability to dispense a catchphrase or two. More »