Review: SpruKits – Batman: Arkham City

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A while back I reviewed some Big Hero 6 toys from Bandai. Well, Bandai also has some new model kits called SpruKits and they also sent me one to review. SpruKits are highly detailed models that snap together. The pieces stay on a spru until you pop them off. Each piece is numbered to make it easy to identify and assemble. The most important thing to do while building one of these models is to leave the pieces on the spru until it is time to use them. You really have to follow directions to get the most out of assembling these models. I was fortunate enough to be sent a Batman: Arkham City model. It is a level two and has 95 pieces. It was really easy to assemble. Lucky for me Andrew slept for an hour so I could assemble and photograph my new Batman. Continue reading Review: SpruKits – Batman: Arkham City

Skylanders Eon’s Elite Spyro and Chop Chop

Eon's Elite Spyro

The first two of the eight Eon’s Elite Skylanders figures have arrived at my house. I received two packages this week from Activision. One was full of Wave 2 figures and that was so awesome to receive. The second was of the two Eon’s Elite figures, Chop Chop and Spyro. This second box floored me because I was not intending to purchase these figures for myself. With so many figures that I have collected I couldn’t justify another repaint of the same figure that I already had several times over. The figures themselves are repaints of the series one figures. They are not remolded, they are repainted in a fancy metallic paint. The paint job on them is excellent. They have pretty incredible packaging, too. Each comes in a shiny holographic foil box and inside there is a display case with a 3D lenticular background. It is rumored that when you put them all together that the backgrounds form one complete scene of Skylands. The bottom of the display is in the color of the character’s element and on the packaging two more of Eon’s elite were shown: Trigger Happy and Whirlwind. Continue reading Skylanders Eon’s Elite Spyro and Chop Chop