Sentinel [Build-A-Figure]
Marvel Legends (Toy Biz) - Series 10 - The Sentinel Series
Rated 4.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire
When bullets and steel weren't enough to destroy the X-Men, the government found a new way to put an end to them, with Sentinels. Wouldn't you love to have been at that evil scientist convention when these things were invented? There was probably a Lex Luthor-type there ranting "The X-Men must die! Guns won't stop them! Bombs won't stop them! What are we to do!?" "How about we throw giant robots at them? They're all the rage nowadays" "...BRILLIANT! Order 70,000 of them made!" "Sir, we can only afford 50,000..." "Fine! You're fired! Now we can afford them!". To build a Sentinel you have to buy most of the Series 10 Marvel Legends figures because they each come with a major piece in the package. The mid-section, upper-body, right/left arms, and right/left legs are all you need. The body...[See More]

Cyclops
Marvel Legends (Toy Biz) - Series 10 - The Sentinel Series
Rated 5.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire
I like the 90's version of the X-Men, probably because I grew up watching the cartoons. I liked how their suits looked like something people would actually wear and not something so outlandish or bland like before. Cyclops was a great, but now a lot of people seem to consider him as a whiny spoiled brat. Where is this coming from? Did the X-Men movies bring this on? I don't know, but I don't hear people talking about Cyclops nearly as much. It's always Wolverine this, and Wolverine that, and that's fine, but what's the point in having an X-Men team if you're just going to focus on one guy? Cyclops gives the impression of being short because of those large boot-cuffs, but he actually stands 6 1/4 inches tall. He wears the older X-men suit, a simple blue with yellow trim. The mask, gloves,...[See More]

Gambit
Marvel Legends (Toy Biz) - Series 4
Rated 4.50 stars by Henchmen4Hire
Gambit's suit always seemed kinda wierd, but he always covered it up with that long brown trench-coat so it really doesn't matter how goofy it is. And when you're busy trying to dodge his exploding projectiles, you don't have time to question his fashion sense... Gambit is 6 inches to the top of his hair, but about 5.85 to the top of his head (not that big of a deal but it annoys some people, mainly me). The head sculpt is great, the eyes are black with red pupils, his hair is just right, and he has a classic smirk across his face (you can almost tell there's some French in him). He wears his regular black/lavender/blue suit and also comes with a brown coat. It looks like Movie Punisher's but it is much better. It also helps make him look bigger than his lean body is. The metallic-blue...[See More]

Scarecrow (Twister Strike)
Batman - Legends of the Dark Knight (Kenner) - Series 1
Rated 4.50 stars by Henchmen4Hire
With all the fancy new articulated figures running around today, people seem to forget that back in the 90's there were some damn good figures that didn't need much articulation at all to be amazing. And even more amazingly, some of those figures were in the Batman family, standing boldly next to the purple Batmen we all knew we would never buy, but some silly soul still decided to make. The Legends of the Dark Knight series was cranking out figures that looked like today's McFarlanes. They were intricately detailed and appealing, even if it was just another purple Batman. Batgirl looked great, and I'm still looking for her, but I was lucky enough to stumble across The Scarecrow for now. I have not yet seen a Scarecrow that has even come close to being as awesome as this one. The new ones...[See More]

Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
JLA (DC Direct) - Series 1
Rated 4.50 stars by Henchmen4Hire
I was delighted when I heard about the coming of the DC Direct and Marvel Legends figures. I thought they would all be in scale with each other so I could mix and match teams. If they make them all in 6-inch scale with each other then everyone will want to buy all of them because they would be perfect no matter how you displayed them, or who you displayed them with, but sadly this doesn't seem to be the mentality behind toy-making. Seems like DC and Marvel wanted you to stick with only one of them. The scale went screwy somewhere along the way and now you have 7 inch DC characters standing next to 6 inch Marvel figures. Some of them are in scale, some of them aren't, and I'd love to review them all to tell you which they are, but I don't have the money for that! Both companies make...[See More]

Captain America (Ultimate)
Marvel Legends (Toy Biz) - Series 8
Rated 4.99 stars by Henchmen4Hire
What is it about guys who dress primarily in red and blue that attracts people? Take Superman, Spiderman, and Thor for example. Well, I don't really care, that was just filler talk. Apparently there are four versions of a Marvel Legends Captain America floating around. The original Series 1, Series 8 Ultimate Captain America and Classic Captain America (variants), and the new unmasked version in the Face-Off two-pack. For some reason the version that has grey stripes on his body is insanely expensive anywhere you try to buy it, so I bought the one without the stripes to review. He looks exactly the same (as far as I know anyway, the other one might have an extra lace on his boots) except for the grey stripes. The Cap stands heroically at 6 1/4 inches. He comes with his standard shield...[See More]

Storm
X-Men - 2006 Series (Toy Biz) - Series 1
Rated 5.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire
Now, I know many of you (apparently a TON of you) prefer Storm in her black full-body suit, and also in her skimpy one-piece black suit with the tiara or the mohawk version of her, and that's fine, but I'm telling you you're wrong! The classic white full-body suit was the greatest, is the greatest, and will forever continue to be the greatest Storm suit in existence! It is elegant and stylish, just like her long beautiful white hair, which she somehow always managed to keep perfectly snow-white, no matter how dirty the situation (just another one of those great comicbook mysteries, heh). I think I just managed to alienate 70% of the good folks reading this review, lol! I'm reviewing the Storm from the new 6-inch X-Men line since it is the only white-suited version of her. She is kinda...[See More]

Magneto
X-Men - 2006 Series (Toy Biz) - Series 1
Rated 5.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire
I haven't seen very many variations of Magneto's suits so I'm always interested whenever one pops up, like this one from the new 6-inch X-Men line. It's always nice to see what a character looks like in different outfits. Imagine Wolverine in a suit or Rogue in a bikini? Niiiiiice ;D I hope someone out there makes an "Age of Apocalypse" Magneto where he has the long white beard and more muscle. Magneto stands at 6 1/4 inches tall and wears a purple suit with metal trimmings. It's almost as if you can tell that whoever was designing this suit was watching an Avengers cartoon with Hawkeye in it. He even has the loincloth around his waist! He makes a great Hawkeye custom and you don't even have to paint anything, all you have to do is change the head! But you're not going to change his head...[See More]

Omega Red
Marvel Legends (Toy Biz) - Series 10 - The Sentinel Series
Rated 5.00 stars by Henchmen4Hire
Like many other horrific attempts to duplicate a Captain America/Wolverine-type super-soldier, a Russian mutant, Arkady Rossovich, was chosen for such an experiment. The result? Omega Red, a 7-foot-tall, indestructible, toxic monster with extendable wrist-tendrils and a taste for world domination, communist-style! His body infused with Carbonadium, an easier-to-work with, but just as strong metal as Adamantium, he's one tough cookie to break. Even Wolverine's claws have trouble with him! One thing I find strange though, why would a Russian super-soldier be given a name from the Greek alphabet? Maybe there aren't any cool Russian letters that sound "doomsday" enough? Anyway, it's amazing how the sculptors of the Marvel Legends figures somehow manage to take cartoon/comic characters and...[See More]

Galadriel (Lady of Light)
Lord of the Rings - Trilogy (Toy Biz) - Fellowship of the Ring - Series 1
Rated 4.99 stars by Henchmen4Hire
Remember back in the mid 90's when every toy line seemed to have at least one light-up figure in their assortment? You'd press the button on Cyclops's back to light his visor and he's knock down a building, remember that? What ever happened to the light-up toys? Toy Biz knows what kids want so they had a few LOTR figures have a fancy light feature, like the Evanstar Arwen and this Entranced Galadriel. Dark Galadriel hovers a little over 6 1/2 inches, like many of the other elven-folk in the LOTR series. Her skin is a very pale light-green and her face has an amazed or surprised expression. Her hands are nicely sculpted. They look like she's casting a spell. Both hands have long nails but only the right wears a silver ring. Her long hair is made of clear, silvery, soft, flexible...[See More]