Recap of Pop GO posts published on Dec. 20, 2012.

Opening

• Oh! Edo Rocket

News

• Producer Dan Lin Discusses “Godzilla” Remake
• Will Loki Be In “Avengers 2”? When Will We See Nick Fury Next?
• Ben Affleck Not Directing “Justice League,” But Hasn’t Turned It Down

Reviews

• Anime Review: Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun - 12
• Manhwa Review: Ability - 8
• Anime Review: Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo - 10-11
• Anime Review: Tasogare Otome x Amnesia - 13

Segments

• Geek Spotlight: Transformers Masterpiece

When it comes toys and action figures, catching a character’s likeness is the biggest expectation. Over the years, poseability became a rising factor as well. There’s nothing worse than a toy that doesn’t look like your favorite character and can’t pose suitably. Transformers figures have the difficult task of representing a character through both its robot mode and alternate mode. Majority of the time, the figures leave much to be desired with only one mode that excels over the other.

In an attempt to faithfully recreate our beloved characters from the original Generation 1 (G1) Transformers, the folks at TakaraTomy and Hasbro have introduced the Masterpiece line. Designers have been hard-pressed to produce models that exhibit highly detailed modes to please fans. However, with today’s advanced engineering techniques, they’ve successfully done so.

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The surprise announcement of Disney getting Star Wars caused quite a shake-up online. But rumors are floating that a certain toy company may also be in the mouse’s sights.

There was a rumor earlier this week that Disney was interested in purchasing Hasbro, but one insider of the toy company is saying that the interest is news to them.

More details after the break.

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It’s time for movies to get tough—Tonka Tough. 

At least that’s what Hasbro and Sony will attempt to do, as the two have teamed up to produce a movie based off of Hasbro’s Tonka Trucks.

No, you read that right. In this post-Battleship world we’re getting a Tonka Trucks movie.

More details after the break.

Director: Peter Berg
Writer: Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber
Cast: Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna, Tadanobu Asano

A joint naval exercise gets interrupted after a science experiment sending out a signal into space unexpectedly calls to Earth the first wave of an alien invasion force. 

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With the third film being financially successful by breaking the $1 billion dollar mark, it’s no wonder that the game and toy company is setting its sights on continuing the franchise.

I’ve been eyeing this third party Transformer since its prototype stage, and I received the final product last week. Renamed Edge, Shield, and Bullet, this is Perfect Effect’s faithful reproduction of “Reflector,” the reconnaissance trio from the Transformers (of G1 continuity).

Read on to view more of the figure(s).

In this review, I’ll be going over the third party add on, TFX-04 “Protector” by FansProject. This particular add on is meant to be used with Rodimus from the Classics line by Hasbro (released in 2006), or the Henkei! Henkei! Rodimus by TakaraTomy (Japanese TF line released in 2008).

For those not in the know, FansProject has become a household name in the last few years to Transformers collectors. They are a small group of customizers who came together to provide high quality accessories to the toy line. Their motto is “For Fans, By Fans.”

Read on to get a glimpse of the awesome that is FansProject.