Lego Super Mario 71360; Adventures with Mario: The Miyamoto Effect truely has no limits

That's not always a good thing though...

To say that this theme has been controversial would probably be an understatement. What many assumed would be a simple, easy, almost free money for Lego and Nintendo theme quickly turned into quite the debate. "Too many specific pieces", "The electronics are unnecessary", "It's going to look awful to display", "It's too expensive for what you're getting" (though that last one is justified), "Why can't it just be a normal Lego set?". Hopes for Minifig scale display sets like Peach's castle were quickly dashed by the reveal, and many weren't happy. Me? I honestly had a feeling something like this would happen. This is a Nintendo collaboration after all. When have those made sense? I could see why people weren't liking the look of it though, but now that this is out, were those criticisms justified? At time of writing, right now I only have the Adventures with Mario set, the set you need to get the most out of the theme, and will from this point out be referred to as the "Starter course". There are some things I can bring up about the rest of the wave in terms of criticisms (I'm not personally a fan of how they handled the powerups for example), but until I can get some first-hand experience, the bulk of this review is going to be focused on the Starter course.

Nendoroid Number 620; Zelda, The Wind Waker Version: Better then Funko Pops in every way?

I am not a fan of Funko Pops. Honestly, I hate them. I think they're quite bland, and either very generic or for those rare times when the standard mould can't be used, really creepy. It's why you'll never see a review of a Funko Pop on here that I bought for myself because I never will. I'm a huge Pokemon fan, not enough of one to look past the eldritch horror that the Funko Pop Pikachu is. There are other alternatives to it though, including a Japanese collectible line known as Nendoroids. At least when it comes to Australian releases, most never see the light of day here, but there are a few that do get a release here, including one that I picked up a few years ago, "Zelda, The Wind Waker Version", or as she'll be known as from here on out, Toon Zelda. Who's ready for a constant attack on Funko Pops?

Amiibo Round up; Splatoon series: Paintball, Fashion, and Selfies, this really is a hodge podge of generations

While I have reviewed Amiibo as a whole on the main site a while ago, to act as a comparison between them and a few other items in the Toys to Life market, I haven't really given them an individual review, a proper analysis where they can stand up on their own right. I'd like to change that here and now, and to show that I do actually review more things than just Transformers and Lego, I'll start to review the many amiibo that have been released over the years. I'll be doing them in either their series or potentially, later on, the waves they are released in. While I will try to do them as close to release as possible (for future ones) that might be easier said than done considering how much stock Australia is getting and where it's going. Seriously, I almost had to delay this because it was hard to find on the shelf stock for Pearl and Marina. Really hope that sorts itself out come December, otherwise we'll be seeing another Ness situation. Enough looking to the future though, let's take a look at what we have now.