Magic Box: Uncle Milton Star Wars Science Jakku Scavenger Metal Detector

Magic Box: Uncle Milton Star Wars Science Jakku Scavenger Metal Detector

Magic Box: Uncle Milton Star Wars Science Jakku Scavenger Metal Detector

When Uncle Milton makes toys, they infuse them with not only fun, but this incredible, and clever way to make kids learn!  Always educational, always an amazing time to play with, and today, they used their super powers to make the Star Wars Science Jakku Scavenger Metal Detector!  Sounds like something Rey might use on Jakku to find stuff to sell for portions!  Thanks so much Uncle Milton for sending this to the litlgeeks and MUReview.net for free to share with all of our friends!

Uncle Milton Star Wars Science Jakku Scavenger Metal Detector

 

This video and post are for entertainment purposes only.  This toy is for ages 8 and up.  MUReview received this product for free for review purposes.

Magic Box: Star Wars Micro Force Series 1

Magic Box: Star Wars Micro Force Series 1

Magic Box: Star Wars Micro Force Series 1

The litlgeeks love Star Wars.  The litlgeeks LOVE blind bags.  Star Wars Micro Force Series 1…is both and so much more!  Thanks so much to our friends at Hasbro for sending these to us for free!

Star Wars Micro Force Series 1

 

This video and post are for entertainment purposes only.  These toys are for ages 4 and up.  MUReview received these products for free for review purposes.

Magic Box: DC Comic and Justice League Vinimates

Magic Box: DC Comic and Justice League Vinimates

DC Comic and Justice League Vinimates | Watchmen Vinimates

Vinimates is a line that keeps growing, and as it grows, it’s just getting better and better, adding characters that are the must haves across all of it’s licenses. Today, the litlgeeks and MUReview get to check out 4 Vinimates!  2 from the DC Comics line with Batman and Harley Quinn, and 2 from the DC Movie Lines with The Flash from Justice League and Wonder Woman from the Wonder Woman movie!

Batman | Harley Quinn | The Flash  | Wonder Woman | The Rest | Availability | Group Photos

 

Batman

  • Batman comes to life in this Vinimate in his Rebirth ensemble, it’s page perfect!
  • Action pose depicts Bats mid-batarang toss, good balance in this action pose!
  • His cape is flowing, perfect, and also adds to his great balance.
  • Paint here is something all companies should aspire to.

 

Harley Quinn

  • Harley is mischievous looking as always, and again, page perfect!
  • Hammer looks great, adds a good weight to the figure.
  • Harley, again, while in an action pose is very well balanced.
  • Excellent line detail all over the figure.
  • Exceptionally clean paint application.

 

The Flash

  • The line work detail on this figure is outstanding.  The sculpt shows off every line and groove on the suit that I hope to see in the film.
  • Another really nice, clean paint application here.  
  • It continues to astonish me, how in the Mini / Vinimate art style, real life people can be so well captured.  Ezra Miller’s smirk is really well represented here.

 

Wonder Woman

  • Wonder Woman has an awesome sword and shield combo, they look great in her hands!
  • Her Themyscria outfit is movie perfect as usual.  
  • Another real world likeness in Vinimate art style is perfectly nailed.  This is a Vini-Gal Gadot!

 

The Rest:

  • It’s time to get moving on your Vinimates collection.  Diamond Select Toys continues to add hit after hit character, and they are fully behind Justice League!  Every Vinimate looks amazing, features a great, iconic pose, and they are a great way to bring your toy shelves to life!  Stay tuned for our look at the Watchmen Vinimates coming soon too!

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MUReview received these products for free for review purposes.

Watchmen Vinimates Dr. Manhattan and Ozymandis

Watchmen Vinimates Dr. Manhattan and Ozymandis

Watchmen Vinimates Dr. Manhattan and Ozymandis

Who watches the Watchmen?  Quiet a few people actually.  They had this comic book, then a movie, pretty big deal, and now, The Watchmen are being translated into a TV series!  Heck, DC has even found a way to bring them into the DC Comic Universe proper, it was very big news out of NYCC 2017.  That said, some of the coolest Watchmen news of 2017, Watchmen Vinimates!  And thanks to Diamond Select Toys, we get an up close look at Doctor Manhattan and Ozymandis!

Doctor Manhattan | Ozymandis | The Rest | Availability | Group Photos

Doctor Manhattan

  • He’s beautiful in blue!  
  • Diamond Select Toys once again truly captures the spirit of the character in their unique Mates art style!
  • Iconic “I’m just here to help” pose is perfect.
  • He glows in the dark!

 

Ozymandis

  • The big Oz, you can see that smug, arrogant smirk from a mile away.  DST has nailed the character once again.  
  • Tons of rich etched / sculpted detail all over Ozy, mainly on his gold pieces.  
  • His cape falls perfectly over his shoulders.
  • Smug pose matches smug, punchy face.  Man I wanna punch him.  It takes some kind of magic to make me want to punch a figure as much as I want to punch the character.  

 

 

The Rest:

  • The Watchmen series of Vinimates brings this absolutely iconic property to one of the most fun formats going.  Vinimates is crushing it, nailing character after character with picture perfect likeness, capturing poses that are truly special for each character.  Vinimates generally run about $9.99 new, for their size, and so much detail, absolutely well worth the price of admission and beyond.  Check them out!

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Super Mario Odyssey

Super Mario Odyssey

Magic Box: Super Mario Odyssey for Nintendo Switch

If you have a Switch, this is the very moment that you have been waiting for.  If you don’t have a Switch, this is the very reason you should be going out to get one.  Welcome folks and friends, to litlgeeks and MUReview’s look at Super Mario Odyssey! (for the Nintendo Switch!).  The Nintendo Switch has been red hot this year, launching with Zelda, adding Mario Kart, ARMS, Pokken Tournament DX, but today…well, last week, the God Father of all things Nintendo joins the Switch lineup in a big way, with one of his most fun entries ever.  Joining Super Mario Odyssey on the Switch…and in this video, we get 3 new Amiibo, Bowser, Peach, and Mario, all special for Super Mario  Odyssey.  We also picked up Cappy (we will tell you about Cappy!), a few great posters, and a collector coin too! Watch the video for some fun, and scroll down for what you need to know.

Super Mario Odyssey | Amiibo | Cappy | Preorder Swag

Magic Box: Super Mario Odyssey for Nintendo Switch

What to Expect

Mario, glorious Mario.  This is an open world, 3D platforming game.  You run, you jump, you ground pound, head butt, and most importantly, you toss around Cappy to navigate through the beautiful world that Nintendo has created.  

Controls:

  • Our favorite contol is with the Pro Controller, it feels right.
  • Joy Cons separated allow you additional / easier targeting options with Cappy.
  • Joy Cons attached to the Switch allow for play on the go.

Modes: 

  • Super Mario Odyssey can be played as one or two players.  
    • As one player, you control  Mario and Cappy.
    • As two players, one player controls Mario, the other controls Cappy.  Though, if player two is asleep at the wheel, player one can also control Cappy. 

How does it play?

Fans of Mario in a 3D world will be familiar with what’s going on here.  All of the wonderful mechanics from the history of Mario are at play, running, jumping, butt stomping, backflipping, it’s all there.  What’s new though?  Cappy is new.  He’s your hat.  You toss him to knock out enemies, blocks, interact with the environment.  You also toss him to take control of, or “posses” characters in the game world, from Goombas, to frogs, to Dinosaurs…and way way way more.  Each character you take control of has different abilities and ways to help you through your quest to save the princess from Mario’s age old nemesis, Bowser.  We aren’t through the game yet her at litlgeeks / MUReview, but everything we have experienced so far has been nothing short of magical.  Fighting giant bosses with chain chomps, and our favorite part, going through a 2D pipe and taking Mario into an old school game world inside of the beautiful 3D environment.  

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If you don’t have a Nintendo Switch, you’ve been on the fence.  This is it, get the Switch, pick up Mario, and feel great about your purchase while you enjoy new challenges draped in nostalgia and familiar plumber friends.  If you do have a Switch, I have no idea why you are even reading this, you should be playing the game already.  Super Mario Odyssey is an absolutely fantastic game that should find itself in the echelon of games that “everyone has played”.  It should be a point of reference for future games, and conversations about games for many years to come.  Go get it.

Super Mario Odyssey Amiibo

Super Mario Odyssey will work with just about any Amiibo out there.  Tap them into the game to get sweet bonuses like hearts, invincibility, or, with the right Amiibo, like the ones below, plus a few more, get sick in game outfits, like Mario in a Peach wedding dress!  Older Amiibo will yield Wario’s outfit, Luigi’s outfit and more!  These three great Amiibo, Mario, Peach, and Bowser are beautiful, all decked out and white and ready to help the worlds favorite plumber get the job done!

 

Super Mario Odyssey Cappy Hat

The Super Mario Odyssey Cappy Hat is the real world version of Mario’s lovable in game companion for Super Mario Odyssey, Cappy!  This hat stretches to fit nicely, from litlheads all the way up to giant ones like mine!  The eyes are big and expressive, it’s a fantastic hat too!  As I told one of my friends though, it is in fact, just a hat and will not grant you any in game bonuses.

 

Super Mario Odyssey Pre-Order Swag

Folks who pre-ordered / bought SMO at Best Buy could snag themselves a great collectors coin.  From Gamestop, a pretty two-sided poster.  Check em out!

Super Mario Odyssey is rated E for Everyone | This post / video is for entertainment purposes only | Amiibo are for ages 6 and up