Alex
@ajaxranger.bsky.social
Blogger @ MyShinyToyRobots.com. Writer as seen in/on NEO magazine, MyM, UK Anime Network, Blogtor Who & more.
Tokusatsu and giant robot fan.
Tokusatsu and giant robot fan.
Jealous! Don't think we're seeing them over here for a good few months yet
December 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jealous! Don't think we're seeing them over here for a good few months yet
Agreed. Budou Arms looks so good on Gaim as well!
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Agreed. Budou Arms looks so good on Gaim as well!
And then rounding off the month is S.H. Figuarts Ultraman Cosmos Luna Mode, which has one of my favourite hand selections of any SHF in a long time!
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Toybox REVIEW: S.H. Figuarts Ultraman Cosmos Luna Mode
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And then rounding off the month is S.H. Figuarts Ultraman Cosmos Luna Mode, which has one of my favourite hand selections of any SHF in a long time!
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S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Ryugen Budou Arms on the other hand is wonderful. I'm falling in love with Gaim all over again with these releases.
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Toybox REVIEW: S.H. Figuarts -Shinkocchou Seihou- Kamen Rider Ryugen Budou Arms
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Ryugen Budou Arms on the other hand is wonderful. I'm falling in love with Gaim all over again with these releases.
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It's always nice to see a new S.H. Figuarts Super Sentai release, but I have to say I wasn't as enamoured with Gozyu Wolf as I expected to be...
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Toybox REVIEW: S.H. Figuarts Gozyu Wolf (Sentai Ring Limited Edition)
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It's always nice to see a new S.H. Figuarts Super Sentai release, but I have to say I wasn't as enamoured with Gozyu Wolf as I expected to be...
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Tamashii Nations 2025 also happened this month, so as usual I did a quick top 5 list of my favourite reveals from the event.
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Top 5: Tamashii Nation 2025 Reveals
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Tamashii Nations 2025 also happened this month, so as usual I did a quick top 5 list of my favourite reveals from the event.
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One more Heisei Rider added to the collection with the release of S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Ryuki! I never got the original SHF despite how beloved it is, so I was really looking forward to this even though it didn't come with Dragredder.
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Toybox REVIEW: S.H. Figuarts -Shinkocchou Seihou- Kamen Rider Ryuki
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
One more Heisei Rider added to the collection with the release of S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Ryuki! I never got the original SHF despite how beloved it is, so I was really looking forward to this even though it didn't come with Dragredder.
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With all six in hand I also combined Devastator and did a separate review on him. Despite some flaws he is a really solid combiner.
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Toybox REVIEW: Transformers Studio Series Devastator
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
With all six in hand I also combined Devastator and did a separate review on him. Despite some flaws he is a really solid combiner.
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Studio Series Mixmaster was the last of the individual Constructicons I had to open, so the team is now complete!
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Toybox REVIEW: Transformers Studio Series Mixmaster
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Studio Series Mixmaster was the last of the individual Constructicons I had to open, so the team is now complete!
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November review roundup time! Another month where I failed to finish watching Ultraman Taro 😅
I did however watch Girls Remix in Halloween Party, and these are quickly becoming my favourite of the TTFC specials.
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I did however watch Girls Remix in Halloween Party, and these are quickly becoming my favourite of the TTFC specials.
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Special REVIEW: Girls Remix in Halloween Party
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
November review roundup time! Another month where I failed to finish watching Ultraman Taro 😅
I did however watch Girls Remix in Halloween Party, and these are quickly becoming my favourite of the TTFC specials.
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I did however watch Girls Remix in Halloween Party, and these are quickly becoming my favourite of the TTFC specials.
www.myshinytoyrobots.com/2025/11/girl...
It's been 15 years since the last (and only) version of the Anthony Ainley Master was released in the Doctor Who toy line, so the definitive version (i.e. in his iconic costume) has been LONG overdue. As such this new Vortex Edition feels particularly special
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Toybox REVIEW: Doctor Who The Master & TARDIS (Vortex Edition)
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It's been 15 years since the last (and only) version of the Anthony Ainley Master was released in the Doctor Who toy line, so the definitive version (i.e. in his iconic costume) has been LONG overdue. As such this new Vortex Edition feels particularly special
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www.myshinytoyrobots.com/2025/10/doct...
Getting ever so closer to finishing Devastator with the fifth of the six Studio Series Constructicons, Scavenger! Another good release, though probably my least favourite of the team (so far).
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Toybox REVIEW: Transformers Studio Series Scavenger
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Getting ever so closer to finishing Devastator with the fifth of the six Studio Series Constructicons, Scavenger! Another good release, though probably my least favourite of the team (so far).
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Galactron has been one of my most wanted kaiju in the line for years, so as soon as the S.H. Figuarts release was announced it became my most anticipated figure of the year. And it's definitely vying for my favourite figure of the year too.
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Toybox REVIEW: S.H. Figuarts Galactron
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Galactron has been one of my most wanted kaiju in the line for years, so as soon as the S.H. Figuarts release was announced it became my most anticipated figure of the year. And it's definitely vying for my favourite figure of the year too.
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Moving on to the latest Ultraman series, S.H. Figuarts Ultraman Omega arrived and delivered just about what I expected it to - a solid Figuarts release at a slightly cheaper price point.
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Toybox REVIEW: S.H. Figuarts Ultraman Omega
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Moving on to the latest Ultraman series, S.H. Figuarts Ultraman Omega arrived and delivered just about what I expected it to - a solid Figuarts release at a slightly cheaper price point.
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I also rounded my Kamen Rider Gavv collection off with S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Vram Pudding Custom, and of the three main Riders (who are all I'm planning to get) he's definitely my favourite figure!
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Toybox REVIEW: S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Vram Pudding Custom
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I also rounded my Kamen Rider Gavv collection off with S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Vram Pudding Custom, and of the three main Riders (who are all I'm planning to get) he's definitely my favourite figure!
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Despite absolutely falling in love with Ultraman Arc whilst it was airing, its movie - The Clash of Light and Evil, left me feeling a bit cold. Despite having its moments, this didn't really feel like much that couldn't have happened in the show itself...
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Movie REVIEW: Ultraman Arc the Movie: The Clash of Light and Evil
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Despite absolutely falling in love with Ultraman Arc whilst it was airing, its movie - The Clash of Light and Evil, left me feeling a bit cold. Despite having its moments, this didn't really feel like much that couldn't have happened in the show itself...
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S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider 1 (Sakurajima Ver) was a holy grail of mine, and one I really didn't think I'd get without shelling out for. Thankfully Bandai came through with a new Legendary Showa Masked Riders Edition that's even better!
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Toybox REVIEW: S.H. Figuarts -Shinkocchou Seihou- Kamen Rider 1 Sakurajima Ver. (Legendary Showa Masked Riders Edition)
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider 1 (Sakurajima Ver) was a holy grail of mine, and one I really didn't think I'd get without shelling out for. Thankfully Bandai came through with a new Legendary Showa Masked Riders Edition that's even better!
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I had planned to finish off Ultraman Taro this month but that never materialised. In the meantime I started watching Tojima Wants to be a Kamen Rider though, and am having an absolute blast with it. A love letter to Showa era Rider with a killer soundtrack.
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First Impressions: Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I had planned to finish off Ultraman Taro this month but that never materialised. In the meantime I started watching Tojima Wants to be a Kamen Rider though, and am having an absolute blast with it. A love letter to Showa era Rider with a killer soundtrack.
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Last but by no means least is Transformers Studio Series Hook & Long Haul, bringing me two steps closer to forming Devastator. Fun figures, but worth the Commander Class price tag? That I'm not so sure about...
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Toybox REVIEW: Trasformers Studio Series Hook & Long Haul
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Last but by no means least is Transformers Studio Series Hook & Long Haul, bringing me two steps closer to forming Devastator. Fun figures, but worth the Commander Class price tag? That I'm not so sure about...
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I have waited 15 years for the release of New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, so this is a particularly special series to me. It's not going to be to everyone's tastes, but then again it wants to be. Unrelentingly itself from start to finish.
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Anime REVIEW: New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I have waited 15 years for the release of New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, so this is a particularly special series to me. It's not going to be to everyone's tastes, but then again it wants to be. Unrelentingly itself from start to finish.
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S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Figuarts Wingman was one my most anticipated figures of the year - not just because the series was fantastic, but because getting a Seihou release was a pretty surprising move by Bandai.
They did not disappoint. Wow.
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They did not disappoint. Wow.
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Toybox REVIEW: S.H. Figuarts -Shinkocchou Seihou- Wingman
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Figuarts Wingman was one my most anticipated figures of the year - not just because the series was fantastic, but because getting a Seihou release was a pretty surprising move by Bandai.
They did not disappoint. Wow.
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They did not disappoint. Wow.
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Character Options surprised us all with some unannounced Doctor Who sets, and what was even more surprising was they actually jumped ahead and did an Eve of the Daleks set!
Daleks with gattling guns, what's not to love...
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Daleks with gattling guns, what's not to love...
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Toybox REVIEW: Doctor Who History of the Daleks #21 Set
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Character Options surprised us all with some unannounced Doctor Who sets, and what was even more surprising was they actually jumped ahead and did an Eve of the Daleks set!
Daleks with gattling guns, what's not to love...
www.myshinytoyrobots.com/2025/09/hist...
Daleks with gattling guns, what's not to love...
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From there the only obvious place to go was to the next Kamen Rider series, so here are my initial thoughts on the first episode of Kamen Rider Zeztz!
I have to say I'm loving it so far. The first episode was great but it's just got better and better since.
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I have to say I'm loving it so far. The first episode was great but it's just got better and better since.
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First Impressions: Kamen Rider Zeztz
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
From there the only obvious place to go was to the next Kamen Rider series, so here are my initial thoughts on the first episode of Kamen Rider Zeztz!
I have to say I'm loving it so far. The first episode was great but it's just got better and better since.
www.myshinytoyrobots.com/2025/09/kame...
I have to say I'm loving it so far. The first episode was great but it's just got better and better since.
www.myshinytoyrobots.com/2025/09/kame...
Got A LOT of traffic on the site this month (the most since I started), even though I didn't post a whole lot.
There were some big pieces though! Starting with my overall series review of Kamen Rider Gavv...
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There were some big pieces though! Starting with my overall series review of Kamen Rider Gavv...
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Series REVIEW: Kamen Rider Gavv
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Got A LOT of traffic on the site this month (the most since I started), even though I didn't post a whole lot.
There were some big pieces though! Starting with my overall series review of Kamen Rider Gavv...
www.myshinytoyrobots.com/2025/09/kame...
There were some big pieces though! Starting with my overall series review of Kamen Rider Gavv...
www.myshinytoyrobots.com/2025/09/kame...
Meisho Movie Realization Daimyo Boba Fett is a figure I picked up on release, but never got around to doing a full review for until now. It would have been so easy for Bandai to release a basic retool of the Ronin version for this but they went all out.
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Toybox REVIEW: Meisho Movie Realization Daimyo Boba Fett
Tokusatsu, anime and toy reviews! Featuring Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Garo, S.H. Figuarts, Figma, minipla and more.
www.myshinytoyrobots.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Meisho Movie Realization Daimyo Boba Fett is a figure I picked up on release, but never got around to doing a full review for until now. It would have been so easy for Bandai to release a basic retool of the Ronin version for this but they went all out.
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