Action Figure Reviews

This is a really good Starscream. Actually, it's supposed to be like Starscream's Ghost from the G1 series since Starscream's body was destroyed by Scorponok and he was restored as a being of energy by Unicron. Great toy, somewhat annoying to transform with the arms, but still worth it. Highly reccomended

This "Energon" release of Starscream is one that nearly rivals the G1 edition. Sure he's a bit shorter, but has cool weapons (missles that can fire), and the articulation is great as well. I bet if you took him back in time, and showed him to a kid in 1984, the kid would probably identify him as Starscream, unlike previous Starscreams (thats how close of a homage to G1 this is). The transforming is relatively easy, and if you're short on money and don't want to shell the cash for the (now rare) G1 reissue, this is the best way to go. The "battle" damage is also a cool feature. For only ten bucks, press the "buy" button now! You won't regret it!

Starscream is really cool. He's harder to transform than he looks. Some of the coolest things are sword and his wings. His wings fold up over his shoulders and put his launching missiles in a possition to fire. His sword is really cool. It separates to become a smaller sword and an awesome gun. These can be held by most other transformers. He has two mini-con pegs on his wings but these don't hold them very well. There are only a few that fit. But in all, this guy is awesome.

This figure is so much better than the first figure. It looks like Eomer and it doesn't have a stupid expression on the face. He also has very nice armour on.

Eomer action figure is great!It has a sword slash that is a very original spring chop action.Its sword is very durable and his cape comes on and off very easily.There are no downsides about this action figure so buy it!

This toy is awesome. He is very detailed. He looks just like the actor who plays him. He has an extreamly good paint job, except for his sord, which the paint peels off of. He has a sword slash action, but he doesnt have a button, unlike many of my other figures. He is kinda short compared to my other figures, and he doesnt move very well. One leg is longer than the other but its not very noticable. But overall, I recomend any collector to get this figure.

This 12" Sauron is one of the best toys i have seen so far. (...). He is movable and has light up eyes and he speaks phrases from the movie which is pretty awesome. Some of the things he says are "build me an army worthy of Mordor" "there is no life in the void" and "i see you"

If you're a collector like me, this toy is a must! The armor is fantastic. The throaty whisper of Sauron, along with his glowing red eyes is postively chilling. As for durability I don't know. I will never remove it from the box. I have collected them all (toybiz) and Sauron is the best!

This is a terrific piece. Not only do we finally get a Sauron figure, but we get one with a real cloth cape, light-up eyes, and movie phrases. With a character so evil and a figure so cool, who could ask for anything more? I would advise every Lord Of The Rings fan to pick one up. No, pick up two!!

Like others who bought this box set, I wanted the Haldir figure, but Legolas, Gimli and King Theoden look like the actors and are finely detailed. The joints are strong plus all the accessories look nice. Aragorn, in my opinion, has never really been done exactly, but this is one of the better attempts. The Gimli is the same mold as the single TWO TOWERS figure, but with orc blood on his armour. Sometimes with box sets that include an 'exclusive' figure, the additional one is somewhat crummy, but the Haldir matches Craig Parker's likeness very well. The only flaw is the paint work. It's well done, but the color is too red compared to reference shots and in the film. Regardless, its a good one to have, and another quality set from Toy Biz.

This set was the BEST! It came with Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Theoden, and Haldir.
Aragorn is very durable and very fun. He comes with his Ranger sword and his Elvish dagger given to him by Celeborn.
Legolas is so sweet. He comes with two daggers, a Rohan sword, a bow, and five arrows. The knives are a little hard to keep in his hands but his other weapons make up for that.
Gimli is soooooooooooooooo cool. He has four axes and a nice removable helmet.
Theoden is ok but he looks fat and his sword is way to short.
Haldir was pretty cool but his sword is hard to get out of its sheath. It's also a little hard to get his bow to shoot
Anyway, I hope this helps. :)

THIS IS REALLY FUN TO PLAY WITH AND THE PAINT IS AWSOME BUT THE DURABILITY ISANT SO GOOD. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK OUT HALIDIR'S SWORD IT BROKE IN TWO ( HALIDIR'S SWORD IS REALLY COOL WHEN IT DOSENT BREAK), AND WHEN I TOOK OUT AROGON HIS HAND FELL OFF. DON'T THINK THIS IS A CHEAP SET AND IT IA A RIP OFF BECAUSE ALL THE CHARACHTORS HAVE A GREAT PAINT JOD AND IT IS REALLY FUN TO PLAY WITH.

Simply a classic. Buy more then one and save the other. Skywarp has a better color scheme and Starscream has a better stronger charactor.

I'm a girl from Spain and my problem is that here it's very difficult to find transformers generation I. Toys'r us has one or no one. I'm collecting this toys since I was a child. I have some of them like Optimus Prime, Megatron, Inferno, three dinobots... but I'd like to have Soundwave, starscream, bumblebee, jazz and all classics transformers that aren't available in this country.So I'd like to pray you to make arrive these products to Spain. Thanks

I had Thundercracker in the 80's but unfortunately he accidently got broken. Now he's back! I love this guy, and it was a shame that he never had more character developement in the animated series. I am now waiting for a rerelease of Dirge, Ramjet and Thrust to add to Skywarp and Starscream to make my Seekers Corps. complete! I wished Hasbro had a more posable action figure (these don't transform, but I don't care!) of Thundercracker like Takara did with Starscream and OPtimus Prime. Otherwise, this is a great toy. Thanks for the nostalgia trip, Toys R Us!

Available in 2 scales 1/144 1/100
1/144 65 pieces, 18 articulations assembledge time 1 hour
snap together no paint glue rsquired, stickers may
want to paint due to parts wrong coloured small pieces
moderate detail model size 3 inches fragile parts not
very strong.
1/100 120 pieces, 30 articulations, asseblege time 2 hours model
size 5 inches. transparent and coloured pieces. greater
detail and durability that 1/100.

Although no paint required, advisable to get white paint.

Additional info

specifiations

pilot Duo Maxwell
Age 15
skills piloting, salvage

Gundam

model number xxxg010
head height 16.3 meters
base weight 7.2 tonnes
armor gundanium alloy
weapons:
1 beam scythe
2 vulcan cannons
2 hyper jammers
2 machine cannons
1 buster shield

Created in AC 195 Gundam W japanesse animation
sci-fi cartoon

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I finally got the time to buy five Gundam Wing model kits ...! One of the models were the one and only, Gundam Deathscythe. The original Gundam suit Duo Maxwell pilots in Operation Meteor. This is simply the greatest model that I have ever owned. It has a Beam Scythe and a Buster Shield that are used as "Giant Scissors". Nothing is wrong with this Gundam, except that when I completely built the Deathscythe, its feet are loose, making it stand at a ridiculous position, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The only thing that I worried about, was the fact that when I pulled out the Beam Scythe out of the frame, it snapped in two, but its a good thing I have super glue. So in the end, the Gundam Deathsycthe is not a bad model, its just not well balanced like the ones I've got.

Hello everyone out there in internet land, this is Zippo with a toy reveiw. Deathscythe was my first gundam model, and i thought it was very, very cool. You should only get one if you have the patience to cut out the peices with scissors, because if you try to pull them out, they may break. However, a reason it is good for beginners is that it doesn't need very much paint AT ALL. The only things that really need paint are the laser blade things on the scythe and shield. I also painted the eyes and chin, because the decals for those parts are so small that one would need an electron microscope just to find them, and needless to say, they're hard to attach. This is a good toy for play or display because it is durable and poseable. The only problems i had were the yellow horns on his head don't stay in unless you glue them, but that's easy, and for some reason the head flops around like his neck is broken or something. The thing about the floppy head might just be a problem with my particular model though. WARNING: if you are a parent buying this item for their child as a present, be prepared to buy many, many more or to drive all over the state finding stores that carry them because ONE IS NOT ENOUGH!!! I already have 6 and as soon as the one i ordered off of this very website gets here i'll have 7....

We got this for my 4 year old brother for christmas and while my dad worked on another toy i got stuck building this thing. 3 hours of work on this tower and my brother decided to play with another toy. he has never used it for any longer than 15 min.waist of money but mostly your time.

My 4 year old son started with 2 rescue heroes over a year ago. He now has most of the collection & loves them all! Finally real heros he can look up to that dont encourage violence. The command center was a christmas gift this year & is one of his favorite toys! I thought it looked kind of boring but his imagination runs wild with this toy! It has a really cute recordable alarm system that's easy to work & he can put his own rescue hero messages on it! His friends love coming over to play with this one.

My 2 1/2 year old son is a Rescue Heroes fanatic. He received this command center for Christmas this year. He absolutely LOVES it... more than his "big gift" train set (we were surprised). The first thing he did is line up all the Rescue Hero figures next to the box and say "It's your house!". He has climbed on top of it, tipped it over, and carried it all over the house. It is surprisingly sturdy, and doesn't tip as easily as I expected (he weighs 30 lbs, and I've caught him climbing on it a few times). I know it says for ages 3 and up.. but he seems able to play with it just fine. It doesn't have small pieces to get lost. And he is able to record his voice on it and replay it for us over and over, and over...
My 4 year old nephew also got this toy for his birthday and LOVES it. Even my 7 year old niece love to record her voice on it. I highly recommend this for a Rescue Heroes fan.

The Geno Breaker is the best Tyrannussaurus zoid if you ask me. On most reveiws, people don't give you everything you want to know but I will. First off, this zoid is not to difficult to build. It was actually very easy even though I have built at least 30 zoids before this. The zoid is red and gray. It's as detailed as it's gonna get. It's eyes which light up are covered by a thin layer of plastic to protect them from being scratched. It's tail swishes as it walks, it's arms move and it has a charged particle cannon. This zoid is built just like Bezerk Fury, Dark Spiner, and Geno Saurer. It has the same two pieces around the motor body too, but the head was different on the Geno Breaker because the head is built around a light. It wepons include two buster claws, two pulse laser guns, and a charged particle cannon. The Buste claws can be folded back into the claw case. The blade on top of his head is just a normal stabbing blade. He has 10 articulation points and is one of my favorite zoids. He also come with two Raven pilots, one standing up, and one sitting down. A gave him a 5 on fun because he i just so fun to play with. He towers above other zoids, and then crushes them between his claws. I gave him a 4 on educational value because when building you learn constructional skills. I gave him a 4 on durability because it can break if you throw it across the room but who would do that and why. I've dropped mine three or four times and it still looks brand new. All in all this is a great zoid.
Pro's:
Great Detail
Awesome Weapons
Very Durable

Con's:
None!!!!!

this is a great toy .Though i wouldnt reccomend it for beguiners .i think this zoid would be good for anybody who's built atleast 3 zoids already.the hard part for me was getting the cockpit on. it took me about an hour to figure out that i had it on upsidedown but i don't tink that has any thing to do with it's chicken walk.the thing is too heavey for it's legs to carry itself but if you pick it up off the ground a little then it actualy walks pretty fast.that is after you've taken the booster pack off. hope this review was helpful.

The Geno Breaker is a very cool zoid! He's alot bigger than I thought he would be. The hardest part to put together is the head/neck part. You have to make sure you read the instructions real carefully. I got a little confused on that part and the cockpit part. He came out real nicely after I was finished. When turned on, he walks and his eyes light up while his jaw moves.

This was billed as the ULTIMATE 20th Anniversary commemorative figure.. the result of countless polls on Transformers websites. Fans voted to see what Transformer they wanted to get the "Masterpiece" treatment. As such, you flippin' right this isn't just a toy. It's meant to be a cornerstone for your collection. But word to the wise...

... it's PRICED like a collectors piece, obviously, and it looks dirty. They call it battle damage, I call it smudging. Some liked that, to them I say... you're nuts. The Takara Masterpiece version has no smudging... clean paint app.

Shorter smokestacks... but this has become a non issue. While comparisons to the Takara version's longer stacks are imminent, they don't take away from the toy. It's just that the Masterpiece version looks better with longer stacks.

The infamous "black" gun. This one's packaged with a cartoon-accurate black cannon, as opposed to the Masterpiece versions's grey one.

(...) The Hasbro version will save you a little coin, but standing next to the Takara one, looks a little inferior (read: dirty). But still, it practically blows away most toys on the market today. You can't go wrong with it.

... and it's Optimus Prime... what's not to like?

Growing up he was my childhood idol!! I had this toy until my dimwitted sister SAT on it!!! 20 years later he has come back GREATER then before!! This is an OUTSTANDING version of the GREATEST transformer ever!!! To all the other transformer fans out there if you don't have this,You better hurry up before it's to late!!!! UNTIL ALL ARE ONE!!

I had Optimus Prime when he frist came out, but I move and I lost most of his parts. so I wanted to get him again, but could not find him till the 20th anniversary. He is bigger then the one I had and does not have the trailer, but he is still is a good toy to have.

Transfans have asked for a figure like this for 20 years! The Alternators is the domestic version of the Japanese BinalTech line, and Smokescreen is the first of this series to be released. This is one toy that does not disappoint its targeted audience.

For the first time since the original line, Smokescreen's car mode is that of an actual vehicle: the Subaru WRC, the car company's rally car. The vehicle mode is uncannily realistic, so much so you could almost see this thing driving down the dirt courses, tearing up earth in pursuit of victory. The hood, all four doors, and trunk all open, though the trunk door doesn't open that much due to the parts needed to transform this figure. The front wheels turn slightly, and the interior is somewhat realistic. This mode represents the term "Robots in Disguise" you can't really tell that this car will transform into a lean, mean, fighting machine.

Transforming Smokescreen from car to robot is a little difficult, nearly impossible if you don't read the instructions. As other reviewers have mentioned, the small magnets that hold the wheels to a brace make transforming the arms properly difficult, though there is a way to do it without tearing the arms off.

As a robot, Smokescreen is both lean and powerful looking. He doesn't have any feet to speak off, so standing him up will be challenging until you figure out how his feet work. But this figure is possible; I have my figure in an "action" pose and he's pretty steady, even if I bang into the shelf he's on. The intercooler of the car transforms into Smokescreen's weapon of choice, probably the simplest of his transformations. His head is reminicant of his G1 form; perhaps the one thing most fans will like about this character.

This is one figure that most Transfans will like; even the kid in front of me in line at the Target was drooling when he saw this guy! Smokescreen is a must have for any fan; unless you're an absolute purist. Also, look for the following Alternators for your collection: Side Swipe (Dodge Viper), Silverstreak (Subaru WRX, repaint and retool of Smokescreen), Hound (Jeep Wrangler Sport), Tracks (Chevrolet Corvette), Miester (Mazda RX-8, Jazz's Japanese name), and the first Decepticon Alternator, Dead End (Dodge Viper, repaint and retool of Side Swipe). I'm waiting for Takara and Hasbro to start making Alternators figures as jets; I'd love to see Starscream as a MiG-29!

I absolutely love my Alternators Smokescreen. He occupies the honored spot on my nightstand by the bed. In my opinion, this guy beats Sideswipe (red Dodge Viper Alternator) hands down, even though he seems to be less popular in sales. Smokescreen is extremely poseable (except for his elbows) and he looks just like the old stylized package paintings of G1 Transformers.

Amazingly, Hasbro has packed incredible detail into this car while still allowing a cool transformation. Seats fold, hood opens, all four doors open, tail lights and headlights are extremely realistic, legs separate for excellent robot poseability, and there is plenty of articulation to make very realistic poses.

I am disappointed when parents buy this Transformer for their kids under 12 (under 16 in some cases). Parents may think their kids are excellent at transforming their Transformers, but these Alternators challenge even 33 year olds like myself. Maybe that is one reason Smokescreen is a MUST HAVE for any good old G1 collector!

Wow. I didn't realize how fun it would be to play with these Alternators Transformers. When I got them by UPS this morning I couldn't wait to get them home after work. Yes, I said "work". I'm 26 and was a big Transformers fan when I was a kid. Now that I'm older I can afford to buy the collectors edition Transformers and boy are they sophisticated today. I wasn't so sure about Beast Wars or the Armada series, but Hasbro has redeemed themselves with the Alternators. It's what all us grown ups have been waiting for. Kudos go to Hasbro and Takara!

Man, they weren't kidding when they say in the instructions, "Some parts are made to detach if excessive force is applied." I saw a few parts go zingin' off when I thought I was forcing a stubborn hinge. Some parts are really close together so watch out when you're trying to do what you think is depicted in the instructions. Good thing they're easilly reattachable. Same can't be said of my old collection of Transformers. A few were broken and so was my heart when I looked at them in my toy chest as a kid. I can't decide which is my favorite Alternator though. Side Swipe or Smokescreen. They're both so bad a$$. I can't wait to get the Jeep one and the Corvette one. And I can't wait to get the 20th Aniversary Optimus Prime. Though I'm not too totally sure if he belongs to the Alternators line. But he would definitely round out my Alternators collection. Or maybe I should wait and see of they make a Peterbilt Optimus Prime. :) (...)