Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Michelangelo vs Rocksteady

We're looking at the second set of the "versus" series from Playmates that gave us Bebop and now, Rocksteady. There is a third set that I've not picked up yet featuring a variant Shredder and Raphael.

Let's take a look at Mikey first. He, of course, comes with his nunchucks. And these are in a nice kind of wood brown colour. I'd still like the chains to be silver, or grey, but these do look better than the bright orange chucks we've got in the past.

Michelangelo himself is in some kind of biker jacket and gloves and unlike Leonardo, Mikey gets a little colour variation. But only a little.

He gets orange elbow and knee pads, orange bandana of course, black gloves and foot wraps, and a little silver detailing on the zip of the jacket.

I like this look on Mikey though, it's quite fun so pretty fitting for the character. He holds his chucks well and there's storage on his shell for them too.

Articulation on Michelangelo is ok. His head is on a ball joint so it swivels and tilts a little, shoulders are on a hinge and swivel as are the elbows. Hips swivel and move forward and back and his knees have a single bend.

Rocksteady is, I assume, a Russian(?) as his weapons are a very cool gold hammer and sickle.

Articulation is limited on Rocksteady, but for me, he makes up for it with how cool he looks.

Rocksteady's head turns side to side his shoulders rotate, he has wrist swivel, waist swivel and his legs move forward and back.

The paint apps are pretty nice on Rocksteady. He's mostly grey, but he has a white horn, white teeth (but one pimp gold tooth!), gold shoulder pads, gold vest, a separate brown rubbery belt/bandolier that's removable, and very cool camouflage trousers. The shoulder pads and camo pants are kind of throwbacks to the original figure which is cool.

I love the sculpt on this new Rocksteady, though the feet are a bit of a pain to get him stand on, and his massive hands make it a bit difficult to hold his weapons. You can get them in there though, and there's even a little indicator of what weapon goes where.

I don't know why Leo and Mikey need to get in their leathers to fight Bebop and Rocksteady, but I'm super happy to see these guys return to the show.

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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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Johnny Cupcakes Midnight Delights SITCM Volume 7

A wee trip to London this weekend brought a very welcome surprise!

I've been a fan of Johnny Cupcakes for a few years but never managed to get a hold of any of the t-shirts. Friday evening at 6pm the Carnaby Street store in London were opening to sell the Something in the Cupcake Mix Volume 7 box set of three exclusive Halloween tees. I didn't expect this to be a thing, but when I walked past at 17.20, there was a queue running down the street. It was only about 15 people long at that point, so I joined and waited. And I'm glad I did! Stock was limited and plenty more people joined the queue after me (shout out to the friendly guy that chatted with me about Adventure Time! My wife went to look at Christmas decorations in Liberty...).

They come in this excellent box, which is detailed brilliantly and lots of fun. It opens like a book and gives you the name of the three shirts that are inside.

I love the tees that were made for this year, all in the style of old school pulp horror novel covers, or old horror comics. There are 2 black shirts and one grey (the grey being my personal favourite).

First up is The Baker's Bones. The screaming woman in the blade of the knife being held by the zombified baker's hand is a nice image. The tee also has a small wrap around tag at the seam in classic orange and black colour scheme and the Johnny Cupcakes cupcake and cross-bones logo can be found on the back, just below the neck, in a nice red colour.

Next is my personal favourite, Terror Rises, which is a cupcake blob monster attacking a woman in the lake. I just really love the image on this one, and the grey sets it off nicely.

Again, this tee comes with the tag at the bottom seam, and the JC logo on then back.

And finally, we have The Cupcake Corpse, with the image of a melting skeletal woman trying to give her beloved a tasty treat!

This tee is my wife's favourite of the bunch, and it's definitely a close second behind Terror Rises for me. This shirt, of course, comes with the tag, and logo, just like the other two tees in the collection.

I'm really glad I got to pick these up and they're a good price for three Johnny Cupcakes shirts. If you're interested you can visit Johnny Cupcakes here and check out the full range of shirts.

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