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Though planning and preparation had begun quite some time before, we OAFEicially kicked things off in August.
In the past nine years, we've covered more than 4,000 figures in 2,777 reviews, each packed with more information than you can find anywhere else - no fill-in-the-blank, cookie-cutter reviews here. We've reviewed everything from the newest thing on shelves to the oldest thing in our toyboxes.
But we've also given you much more than that. Only at OAFEnet can you find Points of Articulation, the column that takes an in-depth look at issues affecting the toy industry, whether good or bad. You can get a laugh over in our Figuretoons, or argue the finer points of... well, pretty much anything on the Loafing Lounge. OAFEnet is your one-stop source for online action figure entertainment, and your #1 source for toy reviews.
This year's biggest change is that we brought our blog in-house, which means more content, delivered faster and with much cooler images. We try to post something there almost every day, which means even more OAFEry for you to enjoy!
The past eight years, we dedicated August to everything we saw, did and bought at SDCC, and this year is no different. There was a lot of fun stuff available at the show, and we've got the best of it for you. Follow our quest to find the perfect con exclusive.
2011 Exclusive Toy reviews
2010 Exclusive Toy reviews
- Battle Beasts Black Alligator (DST)
- BioShock 2 Big Sister/Little Sister (NECA/TRU)
- BioShock 2 Eleanor Lamb/Saved Little Sister (NECA, 2000 pieces)
- Blackest Night Hal Jordan (DC Direct, 3000 pieces)
- BSG: Commander William Adama (DST/TRU)
- BSG: Tigh & Gaeta (DST/TRU)
- BSG: Starbuck & Leoben (DST/TRU)
- DC Universe: Green Lanterns' Light (Mattel/Walmart)
- DC Universe: Plastic Man (Mattel)
- DC Universe vs. MOTU Classics (Mattel/TRU)
- Frankenstein (Funko, 240 pieces)
- Ghostbusters: Ecto-1 (Mattel)
- Ghostbusters: Ghostbusters 2 (Art Asylum/AFX, 2000 pieces)
- Ghostbusters: Peter & Vigo the Carpathian (Art Asylum/TRU)
- Ghostbusters: Possessed Janosz & Statue of Liberty (Art Asylum/TRU)
- Ghostbusters: Scoleri Brothers (Art Asylum/TRU)
- Ghostbusters: "We're Ready To Believe You" (Art Asylum/TRU)
- GI Joe: Dr. Archibald "Venom" Monev (GI Joe Collector's Club)
- GI Joe: Resolute Cobra Battle Set (Hasbro)
- GI Joe: Resolute Joe Battle Set (Hasbro)
- GI Joe: Sgt. Slaughter (Hasbro)
- GI Joe: Spirit Iron-Knife (Hasbro/TRU)
- Infinite Heroes: Starro the Conqueror (Mattel)
- JLU: Lobo (Mattel)
- Iron Man 2: Armored Assault (Hasbro/Target)
- Iron Man 2: Battle Tactics (AA/AFX)
- Iron Man 2: Fury of Combat (Hasbro/TRU)
- Iron Man 2: James Rhodes in Mark II Armor/Black Widow (AA/TRU)
- Iron Man 2: Mark IV Iron Man/Battle Damage Whiplash (AA/Borders)
- Iron Man 2: Senate Hearing Tony Stark/Mark I Iron Man (AA/TRU)
- Iron Man 2: Stark Expo Tony Stark/Natalie Romanova (Art Asylum)
- Iron Man 2: War Machine (Hasbro/Wal*Mart)
- Marvel Legends: Black Widow & Winter Soldier (Hasbro/TRU)
- Marvel Legends: Deadpool & Warpath (Hasbro/TRU)
- Marvel Legends: Hand Ninja vs. Dum Dum Dugan (Hasbro/TRU)
- Marvel Legends: Invisible Woman & Human Torch (Hasbro/TRU)
- Marvel Legends: Sharon Carter & Stealth Armor Iron Man (Hasbro/TRU)
- Marvel Legends: Valkyrie & Hulk (Hasbro/TRU)
- Marvel Universe: Ages of Thunder Thor (Hasbro)
- Marvel Universe: Ultimate Captain America (Hasbro)
- Mighty Muggs: Iron Man Mark VI (Hasbro)
- Mez-Itz: Batman & Joker (Mezco, 2500 pieces)
- Minimates: Age of Apocalypse (Art Asylum/AFX)
- Minimates: Captain America Through the Ages (Art Asylum/TRU)
- Minimates: First Appearance X-Men (Art Asylum/AFX)
- Minimates: Klaw/Secret Wars Storm (Art Asylum/TRU)
- Minimates: Lockjaw/Betsy Braddock (Art Asylum/TRU)
- Minimates: Mole Man/Sue Storm (Art Asylum/TRU)
- Minimates: New Mutants (Art Asylum/AFX)
- Minimates: Secret Wars (Art Asylum/TRU)
- Minimates: Uncanny X-Men (Art Asylum, 2000 pieces)
- Minimates: X-Factor (Art Asylum/AFX)
- Minimates: X-Force (Art Asylum/AFX, 2000 pieces)
- MotU Classics: Mo-Larr vs. Skeletor (Mattel)
- MotU Classics: Orko w/ Prince Adam (Mattel)
- Movie Masters: Harvey Dent (Mattel/TRU)
- Movie Masters: Jail Cell Joker (Mattel/TRU)
- Movie Masters: Survival Suit Bruce Wayne (Mattel/TRU)
- Movie Masters: Two-Face (Mattel/TRU)
- Robot Chicken: Convention Exclusive Nerd (Jazwares/TRU)
- Star Wars: Baron Soontir Fel & Ysanne Isard (Hasbro/Entertainment Earth)
- Star Wars: Darth Maul & Owen Lars (Hasbro)
- Star Wars: Force Unleashed set 1 (Hasbro/TRU)
- Star Wars: Force Unleashed set 2 (Hasbro/TRU)
- Star Wars: Delilah Blue & Darth Nihl (Hasbro/Entertainment Earth)
- Star Wars: Camie & Fixer (Hasbro)
- Star Wars: Jarael & Rohlan Dyre (Hasbro/Entertainment Earth)
- Star Wars: Joker Squad (Hasbro/Entertainment Earth)
- Superhero Squad: Good Morning, Super Hero City! (Hasbro)
- Terminator 2: T-1000 (Liquid Metal) (NECA, 1000 pieces)
- Tikitz: Gloo (Toynami, 1000 pieces)
- Transformers: Arcee (Hasbro/TRU)
- Transformers: Constructicon Devastator (Hasbro/Wal*Mart)
- Transformers: Ironhide (Hasbro/TRU)
- Transformers: Nebular Starscream (Hasbro/Kmart)
- Transformers: Punch/Counterpunch (Transformers Collectors' Club)
- Transformers: Shadow Striker (Hasbro/Target)
- Transformers: Straightaway Shootout (Hasbro/Target)
- Twilight Zone: Talky Tina & Willie (Bif Bang Pow/Entertainment Earth)
- WoW: Chen Stormstout, Pandaren Brewmaster (DC Direct/Blizzard)
2009 Exclusive Toy reviews
2008 Exclusive Toy reviews
- Mid-Cloak Predator (NECA)
- Conan Bronze (NECA)
- DC Universe: Lobo (Mattel, 5000 pieces)
- GI Joe: Combat Heroes Snake-Eyes/Timber (Hasbro)
- GI Joe: Cobra Commander (Hasbro)
- GI Joe: HISS tank w/ Cobra Driver (Hasbro/Target)
- GI Joe: SHARC w/ Grand Slam (Hasbro/Target)
- GI Joe: Sigma 6 Land, Sea & Air boxed set (Hasbro/TRU)
- Hellboy 3.75" (Mezco, 2500 pieces)
- Gothitropolis: Timekeepers (Four Horsemen, 300 pieces)
- Indiana Jones Crystal Skeleton (Hasbro)
- Iron Man Stealth Operations Suit (Hasbro/Wal*Mart)
- Ivory Lord Rama (Kridana, 1200 pieces)
- Halo 3 Spartan Soldier (CQB) (McFarlane Toys/Wal*Mart)
- Marvel Legends: AoA Sunfire (Hasbro)
- Marvel Legends: Savage Land set (Hasbro)
- Marvel Legends: Target Series (Hasbro)
- Marvel Legends: Wal*Mart II (Hasbro)
- Marvel Select: Skrull Elektra (ToyBiz/DST)
- Minimates: Civil War (Art Asylum/AFX)
- Minimates: The Defenders (Art Asylum/AFX)
- Minimates: Hobgoblin/Scarlet Spider (Art Asylum/Suncoast)
- Minimates: The Invaders (Art Asylum, 3000 pieces)
- Minimates: Iron Man Through the Ages (Art Asylum, 3000 pieces)
- Minimates: Web Armor Spider-Man (Art Asylum/AFX)
- NBX Othello Jack Skellington (JUN Planning)
- PotC Captain Teague (NECA/Best Buy)
- Seventh Kingdom: Ramathorr (Four Horsemen, 1000 pieces)
- Seventh Kingdom: Hammer of Gholl (Four Horsemen, 500 pcs)
- Seventh Kingdom: Mace of Broggah (Four Horsemen, 300 pcs)
- Seventh Kingdom: Club of Thraugnn (Four Horsemen, 300 pcs)
- Seventh Kingdom: Shield of Draumm (Four Horsemen, 400 pcs)
- Seventh Kingdom: Gauntlet of Vaskkh (Four Horsemen, 700 pcs)
- Seventh Kingdom: Helm of Xaanm (Four Horsemen, 500 pcs)
- Seventh Kingdom: Mutant Soldiers (Four Horsemen, 550 pcs)
- Seventh Kingdom: Chalice of Guudenuph (4H Store, 300 pcs)
- Star Wars C-3PX (Hasbro/Wal*Mart)
- TMNT B/W box set (NECA)
- TMNT Mousers (NECA)
- Transformers Classics Nemesis Prime (Hasbro, 5000 pieces)
- Transformers Jetstorm (Hasbro/TRU)
- Transformers Titanium Skywarp (Hasbro, 5000 pieces)
2007 Exclusive Toy reviews
- Abe Sapien (Mezco, 3000 pieces)
- Alternators Ravage (Hasbro/Wal*Mart)
- Alternators Rumble (Hasbro/Wal*Mart)
- Animated Hellboy w/ DVD (Best Buy, 10000 pieces)
- BSG Modern Cylon Minimate 5-pack (Suncoast, 5000 pieces)
- DCSH Man-Bat (Mattel, 5000 pieces)
- Marvel Legends Black Queen (Hasbro/TRU)
- Marvel Legends Cable & Marvel Girl (Hasbro/Wal*Mart)
- Marvel Legends Cannonball & Domino (Hasbro/Wal*Mart)
- Marvel Legends Diamond Emma Frost (Hasbro/TRU)
- Marvel Legends She-Hulk (Hasbro, 10000 pieces)
- Marvel Legends Stan Lee (Hasbro, 10000 pieces)
- Minimates: Spider-Man & Black-Suited Spider-Man (DST, Wizard)
- Minimates: Zombie Daredevil & Giant-Man (DST, 5000 pieces)
- Mortal Kombat Goro (Jazwares, 1800 pieces)
- Pixel Simon Belmont (NECA, 1000 pieces)
- Professor Snape (NECA/Borders)
- Star Wars Crimson Empire (Hasbro/Entertainment Earth)
- Star Wars Treachery on Saleucami (Hasbro/Wal*Mart)
- Street Fighter: Dan (SOTA, 2500 pieces)
- Transformers Battle for Autobot City (Hasbro/Target)
- Transformers Devastator (Hasbro/Wal*Mart)
- Transformers G1-deco Jazz (Hasbro/Target)
- Transformers Metallic Megatron (Hasbro/Best Buy)
- Transformers Robo-Vision Optimus Prime (Hasbro/Target)
- Transformers Titanium Menasor (Hasbro, 5000 pieces)
- Transformers Titanium War Within Prime/Megatron (Hasbro/TRU)
- Transformers Soundwave (Hasbro/TRU)
2006 Exclusive Toy reviews
- Alternators Nemesis Prime (Hasbro, 5000 pieces)
- Hellboy with Japanese Heads (Mezco, 1000 pieces)
- Hellboy with trench coat (Mezco, 1000 pieces)
- JLU Doomsday six-pack (Mattel/Target)
- JLU Solomon Grundy (Mattel, 5000 pieces)
- Marvel Legends Age of Apocalypse Sabretooth (Wal*Mart)
- Marvel Legends Age of Apocalypse Weapon X (Wal*Mart)
- Marvel Legends Ant-Man (Wal*Mart)
- Marvel Legends Captain Britain (Wal*Mart)
- Marvel Legends Giant-Man (Wal*Mart)
- Marvel Legends Havok (Wal*Mart)
- Marvel Legends Kitty Pryde (Wal*Mart)
- Marvel Legends Sentry (Wal*Mart)
- Marvel Legends Thor (Wal*Mart)
- Marvel Legends Warbird (Wal*Mart)
- Marvel Select Spider-Woman (ToyBiz/DST)
- Masters of the Universe Evil-Lyn (NECA, 2500 pieces)
- Masters of the Universe Sorceress (NECA/AFX, 3000 pieces)
- Minimates: John Stewart (Art Asylum/DC Direct)
- PotC Cannibal Jack Sparrow (NECA)
- Revoltech GitD Eva Unit 01 (Organic Hobby/Kaiyodo)
- Seventh Kingdom: Xetheus (Four Horsemen, 1200 pieces)
- Seventh Kingdom: Xetheus bust (Four Horsemen, 20 pieces)
- Seventh Kingdom: Minotaur Soldiers (4H, 250 pieces each)
- Seventh Kingdom: Royal Guardsman (4H, 250 pieces)
- Shanna the She-Devil (AFX/Diamond, 1000 pieces)
- Clown 5 (McFarlane Toys)
- Stargate SG-1 Elite Serpent Guard (DST mail-away)
- Star Trek: TNG Locutus of Borg (DST/Previews)
- Star Wars George Lucas in Stormtrooper Disguise (Hasbro)
- Star Wars Demise of General Grievous (Target)
- Star Wars Endor AT-AT (Toys R Us)
- Star Wars Skirmish in the Senate (Target)
- Street Fighter: Gouken (SOTA, 2000 pieces)
2005 Exclusive Toy reviews
- Catwoman (Mattel, 5000 pieces)
- Collector Edition Batman (Mattel, 5000 pieces)
- Darkman (Tower Records)
- DS9: Captain Sisko (Tower Records, 600 pieces)
- DS9: Jadzia Dax (Art Asylum/AFX)
- Elrond Minimate (Art Asylum/AFX)
- Family Guy: Toy Fair Chris (Mezco, 2000 pieces)
- Hellboy: Ghost of Lobster Johnson (Mezco, 2000 pieces)
- Grand Theft Auto 3 Kubricks (Medicom, 3000 pieces)
- Indymates (Diamond Select Toys, 5000 pieces)
- Invader Zim: Angry Zim & Goofy Gir (Palisades, 1500 pieces)
- Invader Zim: Germ Fighting Zim (Palisades/Hot Topic)
- Marvel Select She-Hulk (ToyBiz/DST)
- Masters of the Universe King Randor (NECA, 2000 pieces)
- Minimates: Cyclops/Dark Phoenix (Diamond Select, 5000 pieces)
- Minimates: Fantastic Four (Art Asylum, 4000 pieces)
- Minimates: Power Man & Iron Fist (Art Asylum/ToyFare)
- Minimates: Silver Surfer/Thanos (Art Asylum/AFX)
- Mortal Kombat: Cold Snap Sub-Zero (Jazwares/AFX)
- Mortal Kombat: Skull Head Scorpion (Tower, 500 pieces)
- Muppets: Cabin Boy Gonzo & Rizzo (Palisades)
- Muppets: Frog Scout Leader Kermit (Palisades)
- Muppets: Penguins (Palisades)
- Muppets: Super Grover (Palisades)
- Muppets: Sweetums (Palisades)
- Muppets: Uncle Deadly (Palisades)
- PALz Halloween (Palisades/AFX)
- PALz Spike (Palisades)
- PALz Vampire Buffy (Palisades)
- Shockini Undead Scalper (Shocker Toys, 500 pieces)
- Sin City: Bloody Marv (NECA, 5000 pieces)
- Sin City: Cut Marv (NECA/ToyFare)
- Street Fighter: Cannon Spike Cammy (SOTA, 1500 pieces)
- Street Fighter: GitD Blanka (SOTA/AFX)
- Teddy Scares Edwin Morose (Bearly Alive Club)
- Teddy Scares Redmond Gore (1000 pieces)
2004 Exclusive Toy reviews
- Alias: Sydney Bristow (Stevenson Entertainment, 1000 pieces)
- C3 Minimates Stealth Batwing (Art Asylum, 5000 pieces)
- Extreme Hellboy (Mezco, 3000 pieces)
- Fred Krueger, the Springwood Slasher (NECA)
- HALO 2 Mini Master Chief (Joyride, 2000 pieces)
- Hellboy: 1:4 scale Samaritan (Sideshow Toys, 3500 pieces)
- Hellboy: Extended Features Hellboy (Mezco, 2000 pieces)
- Human Form InuYasha (Toynami, 2000 pieces)
- Kill Bill Crazy 88 Director (NECA)
- Masters of the Universe: Hordak bust (NECA, 750 pieces)
- Masters of the Universe: She-Ra (Mattel, 5000 pieces)
- Minimates: Captain America/Classic Punisher (Art Asylum, 5000 pieces)
- Minimates: Clobberin' Time Thing/Super Skrull (Tower, 240 pieces)
- Minimates: Gaijin Wolverine/Mariko (Diamond Select, 5000 pieces)
- Muppets: Adventure Kermit (Palisades)
- Muppets: Ghost of Samuel Arrow (Palisades)
- Muppets: Jim Henson (Palisades)
- Muppets: Super Beaker (Palisades)
- Necromonger Soldier (SOTA, 1500 pieces)
- PALz Buffy Preview Test Shot (Palisades)
- Ren & Stimpy Firedogs (Palisades)
- Riddick in Necro Armor with Hellhound (SOTA, 5000 pieces)
- Ruby Red Shockini (Shocker Toys, 250 pieces)
- Sauron Minimate (Tower Records Exclusive)
- Star Trek: Mirror Scotty (Art Asylum, 4000 pieces)
- Street Fighter Evil Ryu & Psycho Bison (SOTA, 2000 pieces)
- TikiMon Voodoo Ungowa (Mezco)
- Unmasked Batman (Mattel, 5000 pieces)
2003 Exclusive Toy reviews
- Deviants: Shadow Assault Bodycount (Hyperchild, 250 pieces)
- Gungrave (Kaiyodo, 2003 pieces)
- Masters of the Universe Keldor (Mattel, 5000 pieces)
- Masters of the Universe Snake Teela (Mattel/ToyFare, 5000 pieces)
- Minimates: Peter Parker/Mary Jane (Art Asylum, 5000 pieces)
- Minimates: Silver Surfer (Tower Records)
- Minimates: Ultimate Spider-Man/Gray Hulk (Art Asylum, 5000 pieces)
- Muppets: SDCC Swedish Chef (Palisades, 5000 pieces)
- Muppets: Tour Animal (Palisades, 5000 pieces)
- Playmind Titanium (Playmind, 1680 pieces)
- Silver Age Batman (Mattel, 5000 pieces)
- Spawn/Miracleman (McFarlane Toys)
- Star Trek: Yellow Shirt Kirk (Art Asylum, 5000 pieces)
- Stealth Predators (Mezco, 1000 pieces)
- Tomb Raider 2: Lara Croft (SOTA, 300 pieces)
- Tomb Raider 2: Wetsuit Lara (SOTA, 300 pieces)
- Tweety (Mattel, 750 pieces)
- Twilight 3-pack (Play Along, 5000 pieces)
2002 Exclusive Toy reviews
200 Exclusive Toy reviews
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