Gentle Giant and Diamond Select The Mandalorian and Grogu mini-bust review

I’m going to be real here: I’ve loved Star Wars since I was a kid, which isn’t a surprising sentiment coming from someone my age. Still, before I got into comics, it was the “big thing” I was into for several years. My love for the franchise… maybe didn’t “wane,” but was tempered over time,

Gentle Giant and Diamond Select Darth Maul jumbo figure review

For the best experience with this review, play this. Twenty-four years later (?!) it still rips. I remember back in 1998 when I first saw the trailer for The Phantom Menace and it blew my mind. This isn’t exactly a popular opinion, but to this day I enjoy that movie and find it to be

Diamond Select San Diego exclusive Nightcrawler and Miles Morales Spider-Man figures review

Ahh, San Diego. One of the most beautiful cities I’ve ever been to, with its amazing architecture, wonderful restaurants, and comfortable seaside climate. Oh, and also San Diego Comic-Con, The Comic Convention. While I certainly miss going each year, it’s just too expensive to prioritize the trip over other expenses, but hopefully I can return

Diamond Select Elektra as Daredevil PVC diorama review

You know what’s crazy about Daredevil? It’s that he has an incredibly simple costume that should not work. Sure, it isn’t over designed in any way, so the elements of the costume itself aren’t a problem. It’s the color. Matt Murdock has worn a few different suits over the years, but the one his most

Diamond Select G.I. Joe Baroness PVC diorama review

One of the things I love about collectibles, statues, and action figures is that they can give new life to familiar characters and designs, offering a new perspective for characters you might know but not love. Don’t worry, I’m not going to trash G.I. Joe for the rest of the review or anything. I like

Diamond Select Gargoyles Goliath resin mini-bust review

The Nineties were a golden age for animation, thanks in no small part to the fact that there was so much of it. It was a bit of a transition art period, where classic shows like The Flintstones and The Jetsons were still in regular rotation alongside newer fare like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and

Diamond Select Captain Carter PVC diorama review

All these years later and my favorite Marvel movie is still Captain America: The First Avenger. It’s a relatively standalone film that’s big on adventure and wears its heart on its sleeve, with a terrific lead performance from Chris Evans. The inimitable Joe Johnston channels the film serials of yesteryear and takes the material seriously

Diamond Select The Immortal Hulk PVC diorama review

This might be a super-controversial statement, but here goes: The Immortal Hulk was a good comic. I know. Daring. Bold. Scandalous. But it’s the truth: the Al Ewing-penned series hardly saw a misstep in its 50 issues and accompanying one-shots, crafting a tale that blended science-fiction, horror, and good old fashioned superhero wackiness. So of

Diamond Select Toys Invincible action figures review

With Invincible, Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, Ryan Ottley, Russ Wooton, and Bill Crabtree accomplished something quite amazing: they created an entire superhero universe from the ground up, without any clear connections to other characters or properties. Over the course of 144 issues, they told a complete story that started out with a young hero discovering

Diamond Select X-Men resin statues and PVC dioramas review

Call me crazy, but you know what I love about the X-Men? You can throw together any random group of Mutants and it feels just as valid as another random assortment of Mutants. With the Avengers, you want to at least see a few big guns like Cap or Thor in there, and the Justice