Markatron's "Nitpicky" Toy Reviews


I love TRANSFORMING TOYS but there's always something I have to gripe about. Nitpicks range from outright problems to suggested paint touch ups.

04-Dec-99
Snagged some upcoming Voltron toy pictures from the Playmates site (some time ago). But they are worth sharing. Stealth Voltron (the big $60) is quite imposing even tho it looks a bit odd. I might still get it (definitely if it's on sale!).

Sneaky cats form Stealth Voltron: Toy and Concept Art

Dinosaurs combine into Voltrex Voltron: Toy and Concept Art

13-Nov-99 I just got Dinozone DinoStyras from ActionAce.com
Read the text review or HTML review here!

11-Nov-99 ROBOTACK!

Not _Robotech_ mind you. No, Robotack! Cute animals transform into cute robots with a few swaps of their magnetic limbs and some flips and twists.

Quite a contrast against the nighmarish robots from Beast Wars: Transmetals 2 and McFarlanes TechnoSpawn. Robotack, while a bit dopey, are refreshing to have around the office desk and on the dresser.

I picked up a few from ActionAce. Robotack figures retail for 2500 yen ($25) but ActionAce.com is selling them for $15. 7-Apr-00 AA sells them for $30 now.

11-Nov-99 Final Fantasy VIII: GUARDIAN FORCE
I also picked up all four Final Fantasy VIII: Guardian Force action figures (Assortment 1) from ActionAce.
I ordered them Wednesday and they showed up Friday.

FF8Case Assortment (C) Read a brief
GUARDIAN FORCE
review here!
UPC Code6-66620-77301-6
Case3171 of 5276
Price$45 (free shipping)

04-Aug-00 BotCon 2000 page is written. Graphics pending. 28-Oct-99 BotCon '99 page is finally up. No day-by-day report yet. Just some photos.

21-Oct-99 Transmetal 2 Black Arachnia (info and impressions just in What's New Area).

02-Sep-99 Recolor Nitpicks Fox Kids Recolors/Reissues

02-Sep-99 TM 2 Basics Nitpicks Wave 2: Spittor, NightGlider, Stink Bomb

02-Sep-99 TM 2 Deluxe NitpicksWave 2: Iguanus, Jawbreaker

02-Sep-99 BW Neo: Yen prices List of Beast Wars Neo and their Yen retail prices

02-Sep-99 Dinozone: Yen prices, overview Updated with recent info and the US release
Dinozone 'Ceratops Brothers

Dinozone's new 'Ceratops Brothers are three ceratops that combine to this huge dude!

Individually, they are DZ-8 (comes with video), DZ-9 ,  DZ-10.

The box for SET-1 has all three and the video.  I have two catalog
pictures from DVD's site.   cat 1 and  cat 2



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