The tidal wave of movie toys is upon us. While Hasbro is busy with their torrent of Transformers and Cap toys, Mattel is hitting us with as much Green Lantern merchandise that they can muster. So I thought I’d give the 4” figures a try with a couple of the more interesting aliens: Hannu and Isamot Kol.

It’s been a while since I’ve done a review on a Japanese import. There’re a couple of reasons for this. The Sci-Fi Revoltech line has slowed way down now that they can’t do as many kaiju. Second, a lot of the figures I’ve been pre-ordering keep getting delayed. This was the case for Figma’s KOS-MOS figure.
Well, I hope everyone enjoyed Thor week. We had a lot of fun running down the Thor related Marvel Universe figures, but now it’s time to get back to toy business. So to ease us back into our normal routine I thought I’d start off the week with one last, very unofficial, Thor review: MOTU Classics PanTHOR!
My last review of the week is the Thor and Enchantress Secret Wars two-pack. Like the Doom two-pack, this was the first chance for Marvel Universe fans to pick up a Thor figure, not to mention an Enchantress. On paper this two-pack seemed promising, but sadly, the plastic reality wasn’t so great.
I’ve been having no luck finding any of the “Reveal the Shield” Transformers that I want. Not just the nearly impossible ones like Windcharger and Warpath, but even Highbrow or Wreck-Gar. So I decided to satiate my TF need with a “Hunt for the Decepticons” Hubcap I found on sale at Wal-Mart.
I’d been eying this figure ever since he was released, but I just never pulled the trigger on him. There was always something else, usually bigger and more expensive, to buy. So eventually this little guy just fell to the bottom of my buying priority list. But after a day of no luck at toy hunting, this guy was a nice surprise for five dollars at the last Wal-Mart I hit up.
If you read my Embo review earlier this week then you probably can guess what I was going to review today. I always liked this War Machine figure, but he’s just one of those toys I never got around to buying. Now, thanks to a Toys R Us coupon, I could waste just slightly less money picking him up.
I hadn’t planned on buying a Star Wars figure on my latest visit to Toys R Us. I was going to just use my Rewards coupon to pick up a six inch War Machine. But when I saw Embo sitting on the peg, the battle had begun. I came back to him three different times before surrendering and buying both him and War Machine.