As part of the third (of seemingly at least 5) series of clear figures, Ogre Burst
brings us another bright orange burning lion. So you can get the
male, or the female. Interestingly, the colors and armor styles are
similar so it's obvious one is related in some way to the other.
Rendered in a clear, rubber plastic Ogre Burst has 4 joints. You can
move her shoulders and hips, plus there's a dice launcher. Mine is
fairly good, but other figures in this assortment are starting to feel a
little looser, and the die may slide out a little on its own.
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Armorvors sell out fast, always. At 2 per customer, the Sonesidar Mimic Armorvor
sold out rather quickly - I waited a while to write this review so I
forget exactly how long, but I know it was under 20 minutes. It was
part of the "Operation Sonesidar" series, which was the first series of
2013 which was inspired by the classic Fisher-Price Adventure People
action figure line. The bright colors are evocative of the 1970s-1980s
line, and this guy matches the driver of the Alpha Star vehicle which I
had as a kid. As such, I'm biased - and I like this a lot.
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I dig pandas and a twist of fate brought me Janjan
as a capsule figure before his standard release. The capsule figure
has no fist holes and no articulation, and is a smidgen smaller. The
strange thing is that the capsule panda is pretty good, and it has a few
points of deco I like better than the standard release. For starters,
his eyes look less drugged-out with smaller black dots. Also, the arms
have no black paint on the armor - the 3-pack panda has black on part of
the armor, making it look like it's his fur or skin. Of course, the
capsule toy lacks painted fists and that's a real bummer.
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I don't know the exact name of the cybernetic Battle Beasts-esque Rhinoceros head as the package didn't have one, so I'm calling it a CyberRhino
head here. As with other releases in this hand-made series, the head
was sculpted by Jason Frailey (the guy who sculpted the Armorvor) and
was molded by the GodBeast, debuting at C2E2 last month. Most of his
heads debut online and are ordered through the October Toys forums, cast
in resin so you'll need to be careful with them. Sadly these heads
have yet to be cast in PVC, the kind of plastic used for most Glyos
figures. If I could, I'd love to invest in getting these cranked out
on a larger scale just so I could have more of them.
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There's a prolific sculptor, molder, and maker of toys known as "TheGodBeast"
who is best known for making very small runs of very impressive things.
He's prototyped numerous designer toys, created fully-realized figures
based on sketches from years earlier, and lately he's become
particularly well-known in Glyos circles with custom heads and other
parts. The Armorvor Infection has some nifty history behind it.
Mr. Beast (also known as Marty Hansen) worked on the creation of this
mold as the molder, with Jason Frailey having sculpted it and Matt Doughty
having designed it. The "Infection" color has been used for numerous
special-edition figures in the past as well as hand-cast resin pieces,
plus the red just happens to match clear red Outer Space Men figures and a pair of recently released figures at Onell Design: a Crayboth, and an Exellis. Wow, that's a lot of exposition.
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