I’ve keep forgetting to post about the OMFG! Series 2 Kickstarter project. With only 10 days left, I should get on that. Currently, the project is almost funded (98.2%!), so I think we’re good *crosses fingers*, but there is that little matter of the black OMFG! set that’s exclusive to Kickstarter.
Initially, I thought I’d be buying this figure as a "generic policeman". It was cool to get a Joseph Gordon-Levitt figure and all, but who in the heck was John Blake anyway? Speaking of, there could be Dark Knight Rises spoilers, particularly in the comments, please proceed at your own risk.
My least favorite time of year is here! The Subscription sign-up time! The excitement of the reveals gives way to the arguments over the merits of subs and character selection, opinions become facts, conspiracy theories are abound, and bad marketing is considered terrorism. I should pop some popcorn. 
I’m getting back into some of the non-Transformers imports today and finishing up the last (so far) character in Takeya Takayuki's Buddhist Statue Collection. Like the Buddhist figures before him, Jikokuten is an impressive specimen of how detailed paint/sculpting can be on a smaller scaled figure.
How do you get a toy collector to buy a second version of a toy he didn’t particularly like? A new, improved deco? That certainly helps. A fun new accessory? Doesn’t hurt. An alternate build a Batsignal piece? Well... damn it. Luckily, the changes to this version make him more palatable.
Originally my plan was to write a review about the new TMNT figures I picked up at Toys R Us last week, but SDCC changed everything. With the disappointing follow up news to the Hasbro panel, I figured a review on Takara’s Transformers Prime Breakdown figure was appropriate. 
