Anime
A Unicorn-y Buildlog part 4
By Loran Well, another kit in the Unicorn buildathon has been completed! I now have another “star” Gundam to add to my shelf, and he certainly is worthy… After much, much frustration with the shiny […]
Articles by Christopher Troy
Comics and Graphic Novels
Best of Blackest Night part 2
By Christopher Troy Before we dive back into the DC Direct Blackest Night figures, I just wanted to let those you who expressed interest to the Persona keychain figurines via Twitter that we have more […]
Toys
Pursuit of Cobra Commander Alley Viper Review
By Loran As I mentioned previously in the Cobra Commander review, it was COBRA that truly got me into G.I. Joe in the first place, but what kept me into it were all of COBRA’s […]
Anime
A Unicorn-y build log part 3
By Loran The kit building has been progressing quite nicely! ReZel is pretty much complete though he needs a bit of touchup work still (I need better lighting in my bedroom). Today I also received […]
Anime
Best of DC Directs Blackest Night figures part 1
by Christopher Troy Before addressing the topic of this article, I just want to point out the current FPNYC-fueled addiction in my life: The Persona 3&4 keychains by Megahouse. The cult-fave PS2/PSP J-rpgs released by […]
Toys
Review: Pursuit of Cobra Commander
By Loran I’m a big G.I. Joe fan. I love the toys, I love the characters, and I love the vehicles. But what I love most of all is COBRA. It always seems that they […]
Anime
A Unicorn-y Build Log (part 2)
By Loran After an on-off week consisting of papers, work, and Gunpla work, I’m mostly finished with my Unicorn kits… well, the first one anyway. However, it’s very nice to be back in the mostly-full […]
Toys
NECA Player’s Select Line
by Christopher Troy Up to now, most of the video game related figures we’ve looked at have been created by Square Enix, as most of them have been based on Japanese properties. However, Square’s expansion […]
Marvel Comics
Review: Hasbro’s 90s Iron Man and War Machine
by Loran As a child of the 90’s, I have a bit of an attachment to some of the Marvel superhero outfits from that time period, which is a bit odd because as I’ve mentioned […]
Anime
A Unicorn-Y Build Log part 1
By Loran Today I’m going to do something a bit different and go for a build log. Recently my reviews have featured a lot of poorly-assembled and poorly-painted kits from my youth. That’s mostly because […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Series Review: Marvel Universe
By Christopher Troy YET ANOTHER SHAMELESS PLUG! First and foremost, thanks to everyone who swung by the Mecha panel at MangaNEXT last weekend! The panel went over well, and for all of those who missed […]
Toys
Transformers Generations Drift
By Loran In the entire history of Transformers, there is probably no character more self-serving than Drift. A badass ex-Decepticon who killed a bunch of Autobots then eventually joined them? Uses swords for weapons? Transformers […]
Anime
Review: HGGS Justice Gundam
By Loran Once again we come to another design from the Cosmic Era, and again, it’s one I’m rather mixed on. I know I seem to say that with a lot of suits from SEED […]
Toys
Transformers Generations: Thrust Review
By Loran Ah, the Seekers… the classic backbone of the Decepticon army. What’s more fun than an army of nigh-identical jet guys to fill out the backgrounds of scenes and never get seen again? Sure, […]
Anime
Review: HGUC Hizack
By Loran As my last review pretty much stated, I love cannonfodder. But you know what I can’t stand? When a series doesn’t give nearly enough-I’m looking at you, Zeta Gundam. Really, there are so […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Collecting Comic Figures Part 2: Marvel
By Christopher Troy SHAMELESS PLUG: I’ll be speaking at MangaNEXT this weekend in East Brunswick, NJ at the “Mecha: A love letter” panel from 12:30-1:30 pm on Saturday. Swing by and mention this blog to […]
DC Comics
Collecting Comic Figures part 1-DC Comics
By Christopher Troy Greetings FPNYC faithful. It’s a new week, so it’s time for my weekly review, and this week’s feature focuses on a topic near and dear to my heart: Action Figures and collectibles […]
Marvel Comics
Iron Man Villain Spotlight
By Loran Alright, big confession time: I was never into comic books as a kid. Still reading? Well, okay. They just never appealed to me too much and I could never figure out why. Even […]
Anime
Review: HGGS GOUF Ignited
By Loran ignited The Zaku, Gouf, and Dom are probably three of the Zeon’s most memorable mobile suits of the One Year War. They’ve seen tons of variants over the years, with the Zaku having […]
Anime
NYCC/AF Recap & Play Arts Kai Preview/Review
By Christopher Troy LAST NYCC/NYAF POST I SWEAR! BUT EVERYTHING IS RELEVANT TO THE BLOG SO IT’S COOL! One week and $240 later, another NYCC/NYAF has passed. Despite the Saturday crowds, I had a blast […]