Botcon 2012 was really good to the Jazz mold. While it still has yet to see reuse at a retail level... well, anywhere as of this writing, three instances of it turned up among the convention's exclusive toys. Giving a really good toy its due, is what I'd call it. Even though I could only obtain one of these examples for myself, I was glad to have any chance at adding further dudes built on this model to my collection. Continue to full review...

Some toys just come with an automatic expectation of certain recolors in their future. Of course in most cases it's just based on having a vehicle form that vaguely matches someone else's rather than any distinct resemblance or connection. But as such things go, Spinister from Tomahawk was a pretty common idea, and it inspired no small number of custom repaints. I myself have a certain appreciation for 1988's toys because of the rather distinct coloring they'd tend to sport. No surprise then that at the TFCC display case at Botcon I caught notice of this figure almost immediately... Continue to full review.

Octopunch could have been a regular Botcon set toy for as lukewarm as its reception was when images of it leaked to the internet a couple months before the convention. Were it not for a fantastic 1988 colorscheme toy to come with it, I bet nobody would have bought a poor Octopunch at all. Funny thing is, if you actually see it in person, and stop to realize that the mold it's using is pretty solid, a level of appeal can develop that just won't convey itself so well in photographs. Continue to full review...