Geek Dad Report: The One Thing I Don’t Get About Imaginext

PLAY on September 19 My Son loves the Imaginext toy line by Fisher Price, thing is, so does my daughter. Yet there aren’t any female figures for her to play with.  

WPR Looks at the Halo 4 Series 1 Figures from McFarlane Toys

PLAY on September 11 It’s not every day some great quality figures land on your doorstep. It’s every day that I watch my kids destroy their own. These new Halo figures came with a strict Dad only gets to touch rule.  

Tech Review: ASUS Transformer Prime TF201

PLAY on July 27 Not only will it make toast, it will make a Panini!!  

Car Talk: Detroit Auto Show

FEATURED on January 18 Well, it’s that time of year again, over the next several months there will be auto shows a plenty. The most recent being the 2012 Detroit auto show.  

Car Talk: That Poster Car

FEATURED on January 4 Everyone who loves cars has their poster car. It’s the one car that you had nailed, tacked, glued, or taped to either you bedroom wall or ceiling. No matter how it was attached you would lay in your bed and stare at it every night before drifting off to sleep.  

Mmm. MORE Venture Brothers Toys

PLAY on October 11 Sphinx suited Brock Samson and Retro Henry Killinger? Yes, Please.  

Mmmm. Venture Brothers in 3 3/4 Inch Glory.

PLAY on September 26 I know who I want to put into compromising positions on my desk. Bif Bang Pow! has been teasing fans with a new series of 3.75-inch figures based on Adult Swim’s animated series The Venture Bros. I just came across these on this here interwebs and a whole slew of emails has flown to the company since. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1... 

McFarlane Toys’ Master Chief Evolution 3 Pack – Review

PLAY on August 30 Reviewing toys isn’t exactly something that I had in mind when I first established WatchPlayRead, but thanks to some of our community members sharing their love of the hobby and generous toy companies who sometimes send out review copies of their wares, I’ve found myself getting in touch with a side of my psyche that I haven’t payed... 

Marvel Masterworks Sentinel – Review

FEATURED on August 13 The Marvel Universe/Marvel Masterworks Sentinel has arrived, is it worth your hard earned money?  

Cool Walking Dead Lunchbox

READ on August 10 This “Walking Dead” Lunchbox is perfect for storing your brain sandwiches.  

Get Your Adventure Time on at SDCC!

PLAY on July 15 You have no idea how sad Xopher and I are now that we’re not going this year. We’d be ALL OVER this.  

Muppet Star Wars Action Figures? Yes, Please.

WATCH on June 2 I don’t need many excuses to go to one of my favorite places on Earth (thats the Star Wars gift shop at Disneyland at the Star Tours ride). But these sets of action figures just might push me there a little sooner than expected.  

Figure Review: Marvel Universe Savage Frost Giant and Loki

FEATURED on April 29 Welcome to the latest offering from your loving Uncle Stan! This fantastic new offering is a Walmart exclusive. So if you roam the streets, checking all the stores weeping and wailing and gnashing your teeth, complaining at the employees at Target/Toys R Us because they have no idea what you are looking for, well, you’re looking in the wrong place.  

The Coolest Halo Toy EVER

PLAY on March 16 To help commemorate the ten year anniversary (yes…it’s been nearly 10 years since we first met Master Chief) of the release of Halo: Combat Evolved on the original Xbox game system, McFarlane toys plans on releasing a toy ripped right from the game itself.  

Sayonara Wizard and Toyfare

READ on January 24 Damn, another magazine bites the dust…but maybe, just maybe it’ll come back harder, better, faster, and stronger as a website.  

Review: Star Wars 2010 AT-AT

PLAY, READ on December 16 I finally got around to picking up the BAT-AT. For those of you that don’t know, that stands for Big All Terrain Armored Transport (Big because it is closer to the correct scale than the previous version that has been re-released over the past decades). Sometimes it’s called The Walker, or, as an ex of mine once called it, “the big thing... 

Marvel Universe Ghost Rider

PLAY on October 13 One of the newest editions to the Marvel Universe line is Ghost Rider. Personally I have never been a Ghost Rider fan, but this figure is amazing. Like many other figures Ghost Rider has a “recycled” body, he has the same body as the A.I.M. Soldier. As such he has a ball jointed- head, shoulders, torso, hips, and ankles. He has swivel- biceps,... 

Marvel Masterworks Galactus

FEATURED, PLAY on September 28 When I first heard a few months ago that Hasbro was going to release a Galactus figure in the 3-3/4 scale, I was incredibly excited. I think that Hasbro releases some of the best toys in this scale, also I love Galactus! He was a childhood favorite of mine, and my interest in him is largely nostalgic. I was extremely disappointed when I heard that... 

My Wife Buys Me Things to Play With

PLAY on September 14 So, I was at work, doing my work stuff when I get a text message. “Toys on sale, do you want Captain America or Green Goblin?” My first response that took .5 seconds was “CAPT!” Then I followed up with a text of “Action Figures, not toys hun, way different.” Her reply was “mmhmm.” Whatever, I got a cool stuff! Now, I don’t own... 

Hasbro Star Wars Vintage – Episode 3 Clone Trooper Review

PLAY on September 8 This week, Hasbro released the ”Revenge of the Sith” wave of their Vintage line. Today, I would like to look at the Clone Trooper. I already have hordes of Clone/Storm Troopers in my collection already, but I was interested in seeing what changes, if any, have been made besides the packaging. Before I look at this new figure I would like to review...