Kidrobot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Oooze Action Leonardo

Out of the Kidrobot blind box toys, the only brother I didn't get was Leonardo, so when I spotted these Kidrobot turtle figures, I had to grab Leo.

The rest of the figures in this series are Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, Splinter and Shredder

These figures are the same as the blind box ones other than a few big differences.

1) They're the Ooze Action series, so Leonardo's swords have green ooze smears painted on them
2) They glow in the dark (although my Leo doesn't seem to glow so well...)
3) And this is my biggest issue - No eyes!!

The only reason that the lack of eyes bothers me is because it means that Leo looks different to his brothers, and that's a real shame as I'd love to have got Leo in the blind box series, but it just wasn't financially viable really!

This is a great figure though, and a great little series, and I'll be tempted to pick up Shredder so that the heroes in a half shell can have their main villain. The Splinter figure is so bright though. I assume it's the glow in the dark paint, but it still looks weird. So I'm glad I got Splinter in the blind box series!

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Lego Minifigures Series 12

I picked up a couple of blind bag Series 12 Lego Minifigures from Asda. I like Lego, I like blind bags, and I really wanted that little Lego gamer from the front of the packet.

Sorry to spoil the surprise - I didn't get him. I did however get possibly the funniest minifigure ever.

A guy, dressed as a pig, with an apple!!

He even has a tail!!

The second mini fig I got was the pizza delivery guy

I wasn't too excited by him, but someone was...

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Halloween Reviews

Halloween is just around the corner - my favourite time of year - so I'll be keeping Go Figure creepy for the month of October!

Stay tuned for looks at horror figures, weird toys, the Nightmare themed My Geek Box, and some other creeptastic goodies!

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Marvel Select Ultimate Hulk

I love The Avengers. I thought the movie was brilliant, and I really like that the Marvel cinematic universe is using a lot of the look and feel of The Ultimates comics to bring their heroes to the big screen. So, being a toy collector, I decided I'd like to have my own Avengers team in poseable plastic form. The best part about building your own Avengers team out of toys is that you can have whatever Marvel characters you want - but personally, I'm sticking to personal favourites and characters that have been Avengers in the books. And the first recruit into the Go Figure Avengers is Ultimate Hulk!

I love green Hulk, but there's something really nice looking about grey Hulk. I decided to go with the Ultimates version of the Incredible Hulk for various reasons. Firstly, I like Hulk from The Ultimates universe. If you haven't already, I highly recommend reading Ultimate Wolverine v Hulk and Ultimate Human: Ultimate Hulk v Iron Man. Secondly, he's a great size! I'm hoping that ol' grey skin here is going to be in good scale with the rest of the team. And thirdly, this is an excellent looking Hulk figure!!

But firstly, the negatives.

What. On Earth. Is this?

It's kind of like a background for Hulk, one side with a massive hand on it (Giant Man?) and the other side with a wrecked city, with Wasp flying around. I mean, it really doesn't work.

Yep, it really is there. Behind Hulk. It just wasn't worth the bother!

But apart from the daft accessory, this is a really cool figure.

Articulation wise, he's not too bad. His head swivels left to right, his shoulders move up and down and swivel on a ball joint, his biceps are also on a ball joint so you can have his arms turned in a few different positions, and his wrists swivel. No waist articulation, but his hips rotate and swivel and his feet move up and down at his ankles.

Hulk isn't really here to be posed though, and not in my case anyway. He's here to look good and imposing, and he nails it. The sculpt, especially around the face, is great, but it's the paint that really makes Hulk pop.

Hulk is a nice light grey, with almost a red/brown dry wash to show off the details - like his massive veins, rippling muscles and creases in his face. His ripped jeans are a dark denim blue that are sculpted on with rips, belt loops and butt pockets (because Hulk has to keep his wallet somewhere) all sculpted on. A nice touch with the shorts is the small silver paint detail on the waist button which is popped open, being held up by Hulk's sheer size.

I really do like the look of this big guy, and he is big, standing at about 9" tall. Check out the face detail!

Admittedly his eyes are a little derpy.

But look at his hands and feet!

I also have a little 3.75" Wolverine. This isn't in scale at all, but it was quite fun!

stay tuned to see The Go Figure Avengers grow in strength!

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My Geek Box September

I got my very first My Geek Box this month, and I have to say I'm pretty impressed.

It comes in a big blue box with some graphics on it and is filled with geeky fun! This month was apocalypse themed - let's take a look...

Taking a look in, this is what I saw...

Firstly I got a little My Geek Box magazine that is due to be a regular fixture featuring interviews with cosplayers and the like, and a flyer for a zombie survival experience

I got a copy of the Max Brooks authored World War Z

A glow stick for when the power eventually dies

And a Twinkie for much needed sustenance (that I gave to my wife as she's a Twinkie fan!)

I also got a toy! Aw yeah! A Funko Mystery Mini The Walking Dead mini-figure! I stopped watching the show about half way through the third season, it really wasn't holding my attention. The comics are excellent though, and as a mystery mini fan, this was always going to be a win.

I was hoping for a zombie, but I was pretty happy with the character I got. As with all of these mystery minis, the figure is blind bagged as well as being blind boxed

So you want to know who I got...

I got Merle Dixon and - this is the cool part - it's the blood spattered variant!

I really like that it's the knife hand Merle too, he's a very nice minifig with neat paint and a great sculpt. But at this point, it's too be expected from Funko.

And finally we come to the monthly tee - every month My Geek Box send a t-shirt. This months tee is a very yellow offering themed on the hit videogame Fallout

It's just a regular round neck tee, bright yellow, with pipboy proclaiming the coming apocalypse

I'm not a fan of the Fallout games, but this is quite a fun shirt which I'm sure I'll rock at some point!

For £16.99 a month, I think it's a pretty good deal and I'm certainly willing to give this another few months to see what is offered. I'm looking forward to next months as it's Nightmare themed for Halloween, which is incidentally my favourite time of year. I'll be sure to do an unboxing for it so stick around!

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Dark Bunny Tees Guardians of the Galaxy Baseball Tee

I don't think this will be a regular thing - unless of course people like it - but I thought I'd do a little review of my new Dark Bunny Tees Guardians of the Galaxy shirt.

I can't really put it better than Dark Bunny Tees itself: Dark Bunny Tees sells "Limited Edition Movie and Television Inspired Apparel". As a self proclaimed geek, this is my kind of t-shirt site! Also, DBT is a one man operation, so to support someone that's putting it all out there is well worth it. This isn't my first DBT purchase, but it might be favourite, and I own the superb Die Hard Christmas sweater!!

So you can expect DBT to deliver your shirt in a sleek black bag with the cool Dark Bunny Tees gas mask logo.

And inside - another bag! Keeping your nice new shirt fresh and lovely.

The shirt is a really nice quality and a great fit. I don't own any other baseball shaped tees, but the design of this adds itself brilliantly to the specific shape of this shirt.

Speaking of which, the graphic on this shirt is so cool! Making the Guardians into a baseball team was a master stroke, giving them a cool logo and a great mascot in Starlord with his mask and headphones on.

Giving the Galaxy Guardians the nickname of The A-Hole Allstars is just great too, a really neat touch.

Finally, I don't know what my favourite feature about this shirt is. I can't tell if it's the small Rocket Racoon silhouette...

Or the name and number on the back...

Either way, this is an excellent shirt and I highly recommend you check out DBT here, on Twitter, or on Facebook!

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