Vault′s Top Ten Toys
I Didn’t Even Review in 2013!

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201300nToday we’re looking at my Top Ten figures I didn’t even review this year.  As with Noisy, there are different reasons why these figures didn’t make my review schedule.  This probably wouldn’t surprise many of you, but he and I have similar buying habits.  Sure he’s venturing into Hot Toys territory, while I’m more likely to import some crazy thing that happened to catch my eye.  But when it comes to the top US companies we tend to buy a lot of the same things.  So a couple of the figures on this list were reviewed by him instead, but they were just too good for me to not mention them here.

This year also posed a challenge because there were a few high ticket items that I was really interested in (I’m specifically looking at you, giant green castle…).  So choices had to be made and unfortunately I had to pass on a few great figures in order to afford others.  But that doesn’t mean I won’t catch up eventually.  So you’ll probably still see some of these reviews, they’ll just be a little retro.

Vault No. 10 – Marvel Legends: Rocket Raccoon!
10 I was pretty excited for the return of Marvel Legends, but each consecutive month that seems to get replaced more and more with frustration.  Finding any figure that isn’t from wave one is nearly impossible around here.  I think half of a Hit Monkey wave showed up once, and Rocket has yet to make his way to shelves.  But his rarity doesn’t dissuade my interest.    He’s a great looking little figure and I always feel that twinge of jealousy every time I see Noisy’s hanging out with the rest of his six inch brethren.  Here’s hoping Hasbro gets more of these guys out by the time the movie rolls around.
Vault No. 9 – K’NEX Super Mario Series 2!
The “blind bag” craze has to be one of the most influential trends in recent toy history.  Everyone seems to be doing it, and it can definitely become a black hole for any collector’s wallet.  So I try to take it easy and just stick with mostly the LEGO brand, but that doesn’t mean I don’t splurge sometimes.  Series two of K’NEX Super Mario figures included some of my favorite characters from the franchise and was too good to pass up.  Now my toy shelves are menaced with a small infestation of Shy Guys, Dry Bones, and Boos. 09
Vault No. 8 – Takeya Revoltech: Fudo Myooh & Karura!
08 There aren’t a lot of opportunities for toy collectors to pick up a line of super articulated religious figures (although I wish there were…).  With their top notch sculpts and equally amazing paint apps, Revoltech’s Takeya line is probably the most unique import line I collect.  But unfortunately I missed out on two of the figures this year: Fudo Myooh and Karura.  Being new figures, they shouldn’t be too hard to track down still.  So you should still see reviews of them on IAT, I’m just a bit bummed I couldn’t get them out closer to the release dates.
Vault No. 7 – Figma: Labrys!
This is an odd one.  Usually I’m pretty quick to review my imports, and I think this may be the first Figma that I bought and haven’t reviewed.  You all know I love robo girls, and Figma’s Aegis is one of my favorite figures of all time.  So when Labrys (another character from the same series) was solicited, I preordered her immediately.  Unfortunately she was done in a new scale and ended up being a head shorter than Aegis.  While the figure itself is good, she looks terrible next to Aegis.  This left a pretty sour taste in my mouth and I just lost interest in reviewing her.  Poor girl.  Maybe she’ll get attention in 2014… 07
Vault No. 6 – Robo Force!
06 Again, I love those robots and my absolute favorite Glyos figures are the various Gobon molds, but it’s the retro styled blocky bots that that really speak to my toy heart.  Kent has done an amazing job at ToyFinity creating an updated Robo Force line that’s compatible with the Onell joint system.  There are countless combinations in each, making just one figure a potential army builder in itself.  Someday I will be around in time for one of these drops and a small robot army will be mine!

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13 thoughts on “Vault′s Top Ten Toys
I Didn’t Even Review in 2013!”

  1. Nice list. Some of the omissions I don’t get, like the monster arts figs, but others, like aegis’ tiny counterpart, I totally get. I’m glad that we got the reviews from you we did this year, but I can’t help but think some of these figs got the shaft more for scheduling dilemmas than budget issues. Like mr allosaurus, ok, Dino’s are cool outside, but that’s an excuse, not a reason, to skip that review.

    Just saying homes, the list might be shorter if you were more on-the-ball with regularity. Your reviews are good, we just need more of them. 🙂

    1. I totally agree that Mr. Allosaurus did get the shaft this year. He’s the one figure that I put off/forgot about until it was too late to do some proper pics. The plan is to make up for that this spring.

      2013 was a rough year for me. I don’t want to get into my personal issues, and I’m not trying to make excuses, but some days getting a review done just isn’t possible. Luckily I’m just the backup, while Noisy is the main draw. But I think things are changing for the better, and my goal for 2014 is to at least get back to the output I was doing a couple of years ago. There’s still a lot of obscure toys out there I’d still like to showcase, and hopefully you’ll be seeing more of them this year.

      Thanks for the compliment too. 😀

      1. you’re welcome! vault, you’ve always taken public commentary to heart, and you buy cool toys, the most real of requisites to get into this gig. the only thing i think you’re still missing is just output. stay motivated, have a good time with your toys, and keep the content running. we’ll keep reading. noisy dropped the ball a few times this past year too, with days spend with no new content. any such lapse should be viewed as “Vault Time,” in the coming year, cool?

  2. Great list, but it seems a little confused. I could make a HUGE list of toys I had to pass on vs. stuff I’ve bought, ya know? (Attack on Titan Figmas, I’m talking about YOU) 🙂

    What I would like to see sometime? TAG TEAM REVIEWS!!

    Noisy and Vault post reviews on the same toy, with their own pictures. It might be both in one article, it might be two separate articles. One toy. Two Views.

    huh?

    1. Yeah, I definitely know what you mean. It took forever to narrow it down to just ten.

      Tag team reviews sounds interesting. Noisy and I will have to talk about that I think.

  3. Agree on Dinos and I haven’t seen those. Probably cause no nearby Toys R Us (build one in Grove City please!) cause know woulda bought some things in there. Zyuranger US Figuarts easy buy and Kibaranger (I keep saying the names like in Gokaiger anymore)

    The Monsterarts oh how wish had the budget for these. There were an awesome site to behold back in 2012. Kiryu looked sweet and enjoy both his films. 64 Godzila was my first intro to the films too. Don’t ask on what film.

    How quick would get a Monserart(or would be UltraArt) Jet Jaguar if he gets made (he is featured big time in Godzilla:Rulers of Earth right now (kicked Orga’s arse)

      1. Final Wars was a fun movie! Kind of like an updated Showa film with cooler effects and fights.

        1. “Go right into it!”

          Couple of things bug me about Final Wars. It really feels like maybe 15-20 minutes are missing from it, and I really disliked the music. As epic as it was it really needed the ‘classic’ style of Godzilla score.

          As much as I wanted more and more monster fights, I kind of really liked how basically Godzilla was all “Look, I don’t have TIME for this crap, so DIE” with EVERYTHING. 🙂

    2. Jet Jaguar is my favorite!

      I cannot wait until they get to him. I’m also hoping they make the Firefighter and Medic versions from Godzilla Island. Heck, I’d even buy the silver repaint.

  4. Great stuff.

    For the record, though, the other dinosaur in the new JP sub-line was a PachyRHINOsaurus, not a PachyCEPHALOsaurus. I’m a scientist. I get picky about that sort of thing. };D

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