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Astro Toy with Rob Bricken: Dragonball Evolution

I assume you exempted Goku from your first point, unless having a single point of articulation makes him "well articulated." The Roshi figure does look like it has a fair amount of articulation, I'll give you that. Unfortunately...

Decently painted? Uh, the Roshi figure's unpainted joints don't look so good. And the fact that his shirt pattern isn't even painted on the back doesn't look so good. And his hair isn't grey, and... ugh. He's hideious looking. Goku does look better, I'll give you that.

The dragonballs and Oozaru pieces are actually a nifty idea, but the dragonballs are out of scale, the Oozaru statue apparantly is based on an old design that doesn't even appear in the movie, and neither of those things would make up for bad figures even if they were done right.

So the first wave is fairly complete... that doesn't mean much to me. If the figures are junk, having a complete line of junk isn't exactly a good thing.

And just because they are for kids doesn't mean they should be junk.

Bottom line: Rob shouldn't have reviewed these figures.

You people are still nitpicking on toys you knew you weren't going to like to begin with. Every other bad review Rob's given had a sense of "I went in thinking it would be good, but I was disappointed." This review reeks of "I hated the movie, I already decided I hate the toys, and I just want to find a new way to sh!t on this film."

Bottom line: Rob shouldn't have reviewed these figures.

The Dragonball Evolution toys turn out to be as much of a smash success as the film was.

And honestly, here in Japan, Bandai is where it's AT for toy lines. At least on this side of the Pacific, they leave Hasbro in their dust. There's just simply no excuse for these figures other than, "we gave up after seeing the rough cut of this movie."

Bottom line: Rob shouldn't have reviewed these figures.

B.Y.O.B. Kenobi wrote:

Bottom line: Rob shouldn't have reviewed these figures.

Oh, whine whine whine.

Is it just me or is Roshi wearing assless chaps?

Hey, I personally think professional wrestling is a joke, but I'm not going to go out and spend money on wrestling toys just so I can drive home how much I dislike it.

BleuVII wrote:

And honestly, here in Japan, Bandai is where it's AT for toy lines. At least on this side of the Pacific, they leave Hasbro in their dust. There's just simply no excuse for these figures other than, "we gave up after seeing the rough cut of this movie."

I'm sure Bandai does beat out Hasbro in Japan. Because. Hasbro. Doesn't. Actually. Release. Their. Stuff. In. Japan. They partner up with other companies (usually Takara Tomy) to distribute their products in Asia (more specifically, Japan).

Yeah, Rob knew the DBE toys would probably suck. But he was curious, so he decided to review them for his column. It's a good choice; they're out there, they're new, and they're terrible, and people love reading entertaining columns about bad stuff. Win-win.

What surprises me - or doesn't, I guess - is that people are bothering to get all defensive and whiny about this like they're oh-so-offended that he panned these things. If you have enough time to be publicly offended that someone said "man these suck!" about a bunch of mass-produced action figures based on a shitty movie, I would argue that maybe your time is better spent elsewhere.

Zac wrote:

Yeah, Rob knew the DBE toys would probably suck. But he was curious, so he decided to review them for his column. It's a good choice; they're out there, they're new, and they're terrible, and people love reading entertaining columns about bad stuff. Win-win. What surprises me - or doesn't, I guess - is that people are bothering to get all defensive and whiny about this like they're oh-so-offended that he panned these things. If you have enough time to be publicly offended that someone said "man these suck!" about a bunch of mass-produced action figures based on a shitty movie, I would argue that maybe your time is better spent elsewhere.

Now wait a second Zac. I have to disagree with you here. You have to understand context. Bandai America has always made awful toys, so if we create a context where no other comparison can be made except to other Bandai America toys, then the Dragon Ball toys don't suck, they're just mostly bad.

I think the problem is that you don't understand the concept of criticism. You seem to want to maintain that a review needs to be a well stated and hopefully entertaining opinion meant to assist people in making decisions based on inductive reasoning. You've been doing this for a while, and it should be obvious by now that a proper review strives to create as many rationalizations and justifications as needed for me to feel that my personal opinion is justified.

How unprofessional, GEEZ!

This one made me giggle more than your last ones, the bad toy reviews are always the best.
And I think that Krasuer needs to make a guest appearance next time with these toys, either that or give the real reason for his absence.