Lost in Space Robot B9

B9

The Lost in Space Robot

 
The B9 robot from the Lost in space series.

The box for the Robot is cool, he is number 92 in the Funko vinyl Pop's Television line.

 The Robot looks awesome and very show accurate.

He even has the chest details. 

His clear head looks good and the bauble on top spins, but that's the only thing that moves, i have to call it no articulation.

 

Overall the figure is nicely sculpted and painted.

 The legs are one piece there is no entry flap.

 Here he is with another from my collection.

The biggest flaw and a huge issue i have with this figure is that it is not really a Funko pop figure.
Well it is officially, but it is not made of the same material or in the same way, it feels like a cheap knock off.
It feels like a hollow squeaky dog chew toy but is lacking the squeak!
Perhaps i am wrong and someone substituted a cheap knock off for my Pop collectable figure?

Who would win in a fight: Well it has to be Robby because he is built to the standards of a Funko Pop figure and B9 robot is not.

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ReAction News: The Terminator

The Terminator

Funko and Super 7 are releasing figures for the ReAction line based on the movie franchise The Terminator.
The ReAction line creates 3 ¾” figures in a retro "Kenner" 5POA style.

 The Terminator movie was released in 1984 is a science fiction action movie.

 Is that supposed to be Arnold Schwarzenegger? It looks good enough i suppose.

 
 Looks cool has two guns.

The endoskeleton looks very cool it reminds me of my old Star Wars Kenner 8D8 figure.

A metalic chrome version of the endoskeleton looks cool, i wish they were named differently for ease of buying online.

 Look at that hair! Awesome. Though she needs an accessory.

Cloth coat looks pretty. Facial sculpt doesn't look too bad as well.

Opinions:

This line looks very nice, i may have an issue getting these unnamed variants though.

Released: 

August 2014 

 

 

8D8 Kenner Star Wars figure

Just for reference

ReAction Ash, Alien figure

Ash

Ash is the science officer on board the Nostromo in the 1979 movie Alien. If you haven't seen that movie, go watch it now.

 This retro figure by Funko and Super 7 comes in a cool blister card.

Ash is an adult collectable not a toy! It even says so on the package.

 Ash examines his patient.

 I am too scared to see if anyone has shipped these two.

Ash points out the alien architecture of the derelict.

 Strangely the actors face is not on the packaging, there close enough so you know who it represents though.

 Who is the monster?

 Ash and Ripley reenact a scene from the movie.

 Ash comes with one accessory, the motion tracker, though i would have liked him to come with a rolled up porn magazine.

 This retro line is looking kind of incredible.

Ash and the other crew members are all  3 ¾” scale.

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Preview: Robot B9

The Robot from Lost in Space

 

Funko are releasing the Robot form the Lost in Space series, for their Television line of Funko pop vinyl figures. I am sure every science fiction fan is going to want one of these.

Available: 

December 24th 2013 

 Opinion:

 So thinking of robots, i would like to see; 

Gort (The Day The Earth Stood Still 1951), 

Johnny Five (Short Circuit 1986),  Kryten (Red Dwarf), a little Twiki with Dr. Theopolis (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century), Cylons and Daggit (Battlestar Galactica 1978), 

Marvin, the Paranoid Android ( The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1981),  

and every single robot ever (Doctor Who).  

So there my picks, what robots would you like to see given the Funko pop treatment?

Preview: Robby the Robot

Robby the Robot

 

Funko have done it again with their Robby the Robot figure. Robby will be in the Movies line. Robby first appeared in the 1956  science fiction movie Forbidden Planet. He went on to appear in many other movies, series and even did some commercial advertising. He is in the Robot Hall of Fame.

Robby will be a must have for any Science fiction fan. They could even at a later date release his vehicle, but that is just my idle speculation.

Available:

December 24th 2013

Prevew: Wizard of Oz wave 2

The Wizard of Oz 

 

The wizard of Oz is a 1939 film adaptation of the children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz released in 1900. 
 Therapist Robert Hopcke is quoted as saying that "The dreary reality of Kansas implies the presence of homophobia and is contrasted with the colorful and accepting land of Oz." As such the film is seen as empowering equality and the characters defying the odds to raise above the bigotry of there world.
This is wave 2 of the Funko pop movies Wizard of Oz figure line.

Tin Man also known as Tin Woodman Originally an ordinary man by the name of Nick Chopper the Tin man used to make his living as a lumberer. The Wicked Witch of the East enchanted his axe to prevent him from marrying the Witch's servant. The enchanted axe chopped off his limbs. Each time he lost a limb, Nick Chopper replaced it with a tin one. Finally, nothing was left of him but tin. Once Nick Chopper was made entirely of tin, he was no longer able to love the girl he had fallen for as he had not replaced his heart.

Scarecrow believes he lacks a brain and desires above all else to have one. In reality, he is only two days old and merely ignorant.

 

"I'm afraid there's no denyin', I'm just a dandy lion."

The Cowardly Lion believes that his fear makes him inadequate. He does not understand that courage means acting in the face of fear, though he does this a lot. This figure is obviously of "brave" lion as he his wearing his medal of courage proudly.

  Glinda is the most powerful sorceress in Oz, she is ruler of the Quadling Country, and the protector of Princess Ozma. Lyman Frank Baum writings make it clear that he rightly did not view witches as inherently wicked or have ant ridiculous notion of them in league with the Devil of another religion.

Avalable:

8th August 2013

Preview: Robocop

Robocop

Robocop stars in the 1687 action movie also named Robocop. In the near future conservative politics has run riot and crime is out of control. A policeman killed in the line of duty is brought back form the dead as a cyborg, he is Robocop.




Robocop is the 22nd release in the Movies line of Funko pop vinyl figures.

Release date:

Robocop is due for reanimation on the 16th of May 2013.

Off Topic: Bot Shots series 1

Bot shots are a line of transformers with a form of auto-transformation. They are similar to Bakugan in that there is a game involved. What attracts many to these simple toys is the Generation one like decoration of the figures.

Another bonus is the art, it is very reminiscent of G1 or early G2 box art. I do wish they had tech speck cards though, it would be cool to have a copy of the art with the characters name and stats.

Each figure has a three sided panel in their chests. One side shows Fist, one Gun and the last is Sword. Beside each pictogram is a number. 

The game works by rolling your chosen bot at your opponents bot, when they collide they will spring into robot mode and reveal the panel you have chosen.
You must choose a side first, it is not randomised during the opening process.
Fist beats Sword and Sword beats Gun and Gun beats fist.
This doesn't really make any sense but for the game it works as a simple Rock, Paper, Scissors mechanic. 
If both players have chosen the same picture than the highest number wins.

All the figures have the same gimmick. You hit there front parts (bumper, nosecone etc) and they flip open into robot mode.

There are figures that are "rare" and called super bots.

The only noticeable difference is that these figures are translucent / transparent. There are no special rules associated with these figures.

There are also some figures that come with "trailers". 
Some of the "trailers" attach while others just kind of barely sit in place.

The "trailers" can detach from the bot shot and with the push of a button, open into bases.  
These bases double as launchers, that propel any bot shot into battle.

The Autobots are out in force. With many old faces making an appearance.

The Decepticons also have some old faces, but there are unfortunately some movieverse characters in amongst both sides.

The Decepticon Seekers are represented.As you can see Starscreams "trailer" is a bit of a stretch.

All the seekers are repaints of the same mold. We have two varients of Starscream.

The Autobot forces are plagued by an infestation of multitudes of Bumblebees. 

And to our disappointment there isn't a Volkswagen in sight.


 

We have a few repaints of Optimus Prime, there is even a Nemesis Prime among the Decepticon forces that uses the same mold.

The transforming "trailer" actually makes sense for the Optimus'es..Optimi... various Optimus Prime figures.

We also get some Megatrons in series one.

Unfortunately they are plagued with the movieverse look. 
The "trailer" doesn't really make much sense for the tanks. A nice earth tank would have looked good, a missed opportunity.

SERIES: 2

The Bot Shots in the picture above are from series 2. 
There are 3 new types of transformation in this series, which should add more variety. 
Unfortunately we already have bumblebees overpopulating this newly released Series 2. 
I hope the inclusion of some Beast Hunters characters should be interesting, and we may get some "out of the box" bots.

I would like to see some Generation one Constructicons, Insecticons, and Dinobots. I would also like to see no more Bubblebees, unless he is a Volkswagen beetle.
What do you want to see in series 2 or beyond?