Marty delivers his figures fast. I placed an order on April 25 for Kabuto Mushi Hunter Mushi
- it was in my hands April 30. He is amazing. His figures are
really good too - since most are new colorways of a pretty good mold,
and I've been trying to cut back on armies, I only get these very
rarely... this Boba Fett-inspired figure came out in a batch resembling
Skeletor and other familiar faces. How could I refuse?
Clear with more paint! The Neo Granthan Pyrotellica
is an orange release that looks like it probably owes a little bit -
OK, a lot - to Micronauts. The previous Armorvor toys have rarely been
clear, and those that have only had a tiny bit of paint. This is the
first one to have painted faces on clear plastic, making it unique for a
variety of reasons beyond merely being a new color with a newish head
sculpt. Seemingly fans didn't jump on this one, because it didn't sell
out quickly and actually stuck around along with his brothers beyond the
point that the orders actually began to show up. It's still available
as of my writing this, which is odd for a generally popular mold.
He's green! The Glyos-powered Rise of the Beasts
line is pretty fantastic, although it's hard to view them purely as
wholly their own thing. I keep expecting to see squat little guys, but
Cerula - Green Scorpion with Grey Paint is more of what a small
figure of the 1990s might look like, rather than the 1980s. The
overly-muscular creature is fundamentally the same as Cahriv except for the coloration.
The name is evocative! The Neo Granthan Cliffstalker is a brown, chocolate-flavored take on the Battle Beasts-inspired
Glyos figure. With an orange skin and a red Black Core, this feels
like many of the popular 1980s robotic toys out of Tomy. While not a
perfect match, it immediately reminded me of Robostrux mixed with a little bit of the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing. He is orange with blue eyes, after all.
While
the name (and an unhelmeted hand-molded head) existed for a while, the
mass-produced mold is new here! One of three releases, the Neo Granthan Vrylless
marks the replacement of the wolf headed Armorvor in favor of a
dinosaur-headed Granthan. Two other figures hit at the same time, each
of which use the classic Armorvor body with a new head. The wolf helmet
head is still here, and you get 18 total parts as always.
He's different! Or at least, mine is. I was lucky to get an early sample of Rise of the Beasts Bal Kharn - Green Rhino with Grey Paint
is pretty fantastic. If you bought the first version, this is
basically an improvement in terms of color - the quality of that painted
black plastic release is impossible to match, but this one is still
quite good.
It's live! The Little Rubber Guys store has a new drop of 4 Rise of the Beasts figures!