Tag: 2023

Dragon Fortress Top 10 Toys of 2023

My Top 10 Toys of 2023

On By thedragonfortressIn Gundam, Misc, Star Trek, TMNT, Transformers5 Comments

Hi, welcome back. It’s time to share my top 10 toys of 2023 with you. Better late than never, right? At the end of the post, I also have a little life update for you, which you can skip if you’d like. But I’m still alive and still thinking about this silly website.

Here are the parameters for this top 10– all of these toys came out in 2023 (or close to it), and older toys I bought last year don’t count. If older toys did count, almost none of these items would make this list. But there’s still some good stuff here!

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2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Storage Shell Turtles

2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Storage Shell Turtles Review

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(Warning: This review contains nearly 80 large images, so I recommend that you’re either connected to Wi-Fi or are using an unlimited data plan when you read it)

Today we’re taking a look at some recent TMNT reissues from Playmates Toys. Playmates has been on a hot streak recently with their vintage Turtle re-releases and I’ve purchased most of them. I plan on covering what I have and I need to start somewhere, so this is what I’ve chosen.

Today we’re looking at the 2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Storage Shell Turtles Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael reissue figures. But don’t worry, I’m not leaving Donatello out in the cold.

We’ll also be looking at the original 1990 Don, the Storage Shell Turtle, so we can compare it with these re-releases.

Let’s get right into these ooze drinkers and shell raisers.

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Super7 ReAction Figure GI Joe Raven, Red Laser, and Combat Engineer

Super7 ReAction Figure GI Joe Raven, Red Laser, and Combat Engineer Review

On By thedragonfortressIn GI Joe8 Comments

Today we’re changing it up a bit. Although I’m covering three different figures today, it should be a quick one. That’s because we’re looking at some Super7 ReAction figures and, at the end of the day, there’s only so much you can say about a faux-retro toy with five points of articulation.

So grab a juicebox, put on your favorite Night Ranger tape, and let’s party like it’s some gross, corporate nostalgia-driven bastardization of 1983.

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023 GI Joe Scarlett (Haslab Skystriker)

2023 GI Joe Scarlett (Haslab Skystriker) Review

On By thedragonfortressIn GI Joe12 Comments

Hello, everyone. Nice to see you again. I am still alive and I still enjoy toys, so let’s talk about one today. Sound good? Alright then.

The Haslab Skystriker Scarlett is not a 90s toy in any way. It’s a sort-of remake of a kitbash that could possibly happen with 80s toys, but is a new mold.

I did buy the figure to serve a 90s-related purpose (which we will get into in a bit here) and it’s a new GI Joe figure, so I decided it might be a decent review subject.

Also, Mike T from Forgotten Figures and RTG from Attica Gazette are also reviewing Pilot Scarlett this week. Here are those links:

Make sure you check their reviews out, as our perspectives are all likely to be pretty different.

Let us begin.

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