Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Squirrelanoid

Unsurprisingly, I love the Squirrelanoid episode of TMNT in season 2. It's a love letter to Alien, one of my all time favourite films, and the episode nailed it - and once I knew you could get Squirrelanoid toys, I had to get one.

I love this toy. It's so cool! The paint work is really nice too. Squirrelanoid is cast in a dark red plastic with a nice lighter red dry brushing to bring up the details in the sculpt. The bright green used for the glowing brains and eyes (and teeth) is really great looking.

The great little action feature here is that the inner mouth can pop in and out using the small lever under the Squirrelanoid skull.

He also has a fantastic big bushy tail, which is another nicely sculpted piece.

Articulation on Squirrelanoid is quite minimal but that's something we've come to expect from the non turtle characters in the Playmates line. The head moves sided to side and up and down a nice amount. Shoulders are on a ball joint and there's a swivel in the wrist. The torso is on a ball joint meaning it can swivel and pivot a little. The hips are on a ball joint, the feet are also on a ball joint so they swivel and pivot, and finally, there's a cut in the tail about a third of the way down so it can swivel

If anything, I wish this was a bigger figure so it towered over the turtles a little more, but this is an excellent toy none the less. Glad to have this guy on my shelf with my turtles.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Kraang

I genuinely never thought I'd find a Kraang in the wild so I was delighted when I found this guy Toy R Us. I've wanted to add a Kraang to my collection for a long time so I couldn't pass this up.

The Kraang comes with two accessories in the form of two different guns. These are both nicely sculpted and moulded in a solid dark grey plastic.

The Kraang itself is a really cool looking toy. It's mostly a solid metallic grey piece but has some great sculpting and coloured highlights. The main issue with this guy is the articulation.

The Kraang has a ball joint at the neck and shoulders and his hips swivel. That's it. I guess for playing and displaying it's not a big deal, and like I said this guy looks great. The Kraang itself is a soft rubbery pink blob which really suits the character. And he looks hilariously angry!

Now I just need to find a foot soldier!

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Casey Jones

Casey Jones is (probably...) my favourite non-mutant character in TMNT, though I'm still not too sure about him in the new show (though I've not seen enough of him yet). When I saw this in my local Toys R Us I knew I had to have him in my collection.

Casey comes with a few accessories, including his signature hockey mask, a baseball bat and a hockey stick.

I really like the mask. It's a nice sculpt and a really cool paint job. It clips nicely over Casey's face and stays on tightly.

The baseball bat and hockey stick are nicely sculpted but are sadly lacking paint and just come in a solid white plastic - I understand this is to keep costs down and keep the figures cheap, but it's quite a shame that the weapons look a little, well, cheap.

Casey himself is a nice looking figure, though I have a couple of things I'm not too happy with.

Firstly, his face minus the mask... I just...

Those eyes... And why did they paint his face? I know in the show he has his face painted too, but a normal face would have been better seeing as we get the mask. which is never coming off!

The second thing I don't really like about the figure - though they don't hinder the figure in any way - is the fact that his roller blades are sculpted onto his feet. He stands fine, I just think it's a bit of a weird choice.

Again, no adverse effects and the figure stands fine, and they look pretty cool, I just think it's a strange choice.

Casey, thankfully, does have storage for his weapons on his back, but again the holsters are sculpted in a solid white plastic looks a bit jarring compared to the rest of the figure.

The rest of the sculpt and paint on this figure is really nice and cartoon accurate, though the colours are mostly blacks and greys with some whites and browns thrown in.

The articulation on Casey is pretty good - a bit more than the standard for the non Turtles in the Playmates line. His head swivels, his arms move up and down, elbows bend and wrists swivel. His waist swivels, his legs move at the hips and his knees bend. He holds his weapons nicely, but his baseball bat doesn't stay that well in the storage sadly.

Even though this figure has it's flaws, it's still a great addition to my collection and I'm glad to have a new incarnation of Casey Jones in the new Nickelodeon cartoon!

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Star Wars Saga Legends Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan is my favourite Jedi. 1) He's a total bad ass. 2) He looks even cooler in his clone war armour. So I couldn't pass this up at half price.

Obi-Wan comes with one accessory, and of course it's his lightsaber.

He's a really nice looking little figure for the size of it, with great sculpting on the armour and robes.

He wields his saber nicely in his hand making him look even cooler! Articulation is simply the 5 points; head, shoulders and hips.

Really glad to add Obi-Wan to my 3.75" Star Wars collection, though I'm still hoping that Hasbro bring an old Ben to the 6" Black Series line!

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Star Wars Saga Legends Shock Trooper

Toys R Us were selling a bunch of the 3.75" Star Wars figures at half price recently, so I went ahead and grabbed a few. I'm going to start by looking at the Shock Trooper I got.

I love the design of both Clone Troopers and Stormtroopers. But I especially like the clones when they've got a splash of colour on them as I'm a big fan of The Clone Wars cartoon.

As a 3.75" figure, he only has the typical 5 points of articulation - His head turns, arms go up and down as do his legs. This little figure is also nicely sculpted and the red detailing is all neatly painted.

The Shock Trooper also comes with a blaster rifle, which sits nicely in his hand.

I'm glad I got to add this little guy to my growing Star Wars 3.75" figure collection, stay tuned to see more!

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Star Wars Rebels Mission Series: The Ghost Reveal the Rebels: Jedi Reveal

Adding to my 3.75" Rebels figure collection is this 3 figure pack of Kanan, Ezra and a secret third figure... oooooh! I picked this set up at Toys R Us.

Let's crack it open and take a look at the figure inside. First up, let's look at Ezra, who comes with his stolen trooper helmet.

This is a neat little figure, a little smaller than Kanan and smaller than Zeb of course. These figures have only 5 points or articulation so they're good for vintage collectors, or kids, but for me, I just really like how they look and the fact that they're so cartoon accurate.

The paint work is really neat, and there are a lot of nice details, like the crest on Ezra's back.

Ezra can either hold his trooper helmet, or wear it. It fits nicely onto his head and looks pretty cool!

The captain of The Ghost, Kanan is of course a little taller than Ezra, and comes with his lightsaber.

Again, a really neat little figure, nice paint details and his 'saber is a nicely sculpted piece. Sadly the blaster on his side is a solid sculpted piece and is part of the figure, so can't be taken out of the holster and held.

And finally the secret mystery figure! If you don't want to know who it is, run away!!

It's a hologram figure of Obi-wan! I think this is a great companion piece to Kanan and Ezra and it's a really nice figure.

The only articulation Obi-Wan has is in his head, the rest is just a solid sculpt, but in that nice blue translucent plastic. It's a nice solid piece that looks great.

This is a neat little three pack and if you're a fan of Rebels or a collector of 3.75" Star Wars figures I'd recommend these.

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