The Best and Worst Toys of 2013 Thread
 

It's that time!

Post your best and worst toy of 2013!

I can't think of a worst,but I can think of a biggest letdown.Rhinox and Waspinator both having joint issues due to QC.

Best so far,since I haven't gotten much,has to be the Legendary Megazord.For BoA to shrink it down and still keep it good quality and even give us our own US exclusive zord,kudos to them.It turned out great!

Worst - Rhinox. He should have been perfect but his knees are so loose he blows over in a breeze. and i dont even like beast wars!!!

Best and Worst - Gaim Arms Change... all of it. Best because its bloody addictive and incredibly fun. Worst because i cant stop buying it.

Worst - SHF Flame Style. What a piece of garbage.

Best - Everything in the AC line that isn't Mango Arms.

Best 6 inch figure: Figma Labrys

Best Figuart: Den-O Axe

Best D-Art: I would put Elizabeth here, but I sadly don't have her. So, I'll say one that wasn't released in 2013, but that I bought in 2013 and that's Zero Version 2. (even though mine has some QC issues, and I paid $80 for it. I think I've just gotta break out the floor polish.)

Best Pre-2013 Figuart purchased in 2013: Ryuki and Dragredder

Best Transformer: Generations Springer

Wow, making this list I realized how many Figuarts I bought this year compared to last year. :lol

Best: Generations Springer (but really most 2013 Generations toys could go here. Skids, Swerve, Metroplex, Waspinator, Rhinox, AMAZING line)

Worst: Super Megaforce Red Lion (the Lion looks terrible and the combined mode is a joke)

Best: Kamen Rider Black Renewal. I wasn't going to buy it because I had the original, but when I put the 2 together I was blown away by how much better the new one is. I do miss the metal content though

Worst: The Matchbox Double Decker bus. Yes a dollar toy, but it means something to me and it was a generic piece of plastic.

Best hmmmm.... Well considering I haven't bought much this year.
How about I do what I bought this year:D. Shinken Red, I know, I know, that I am probably the last person to get him but I found him at Toysrus and was like what?!?!?! Plus he's my first figuarts so.

My worst figure: The Lego Movie Evil Lair set. The only good thing is some exclusive parts but I've been growing out of Lego so.

Best - Arms Change Baron. Love love LOVE this figure.

Worst - As stated in the podcast, SH Figuart White Ranger/Kiba Ranger. Not that the figure is bad, but because the accessory count really makes it hard to enjoy the figure. Two extra hands? That's it? Can't even use other hands because of the paint apps.

Best? Figuarts Abyss hands down.

Worst? Figuarts Gavan just because of the breakage. However if reissues can count, TaToBa for sure.

Loose knees are super easy to fix, though.

And how the hell does Rhinox, even with loose knees, make it on the "worst" list?

My best figures of this year are probably Generations Springer, Orion Pax, all of Arms Change, and Metroplex.

Worst is easily NECA's Pacific Rim figures. They were so hard to find, cost anywhere from $17 to $25, and were possitively primitive. Soft sculpts, half-assed paint jobs, and barely any mobility.

While I can't think I anything that I truly hated this year, my favorite thing from 2013 was DX Plezuon. I love the designs, and the color scheme is fantastic.

Best: Transformers Generations Springer. Great toy and a much-needed revival of the Triple Changer concept.

Worst: Kyoryuzin. Looks OK but fails due to ineffective clips that ruin any long-term play value.

Best: Either the Renewal Black, Orion Pax, or Year of the Horse Pinkie Pie

Worst:
Minipla Black Lion. Why, oh why, did you have to be made out of the gold plastic that crumbles at the touch? I broke mine as I was building it. Thankfully, super glue fixed it right up, and luckily, I have 2 (Now 1 is only used for lion display, and 1 is only used for combining).
Brushable Chrysalis. Paper crown? Boo. Celestia repaint? Boo. Badly implemented holes in the hooves? Boo.
DX Kyoryujin. I almost bought this thing on multiple occasions after having fun with the Tobaspino Minipla, but every time I do, it takes just one video review to remind me how crappy this thing is. Barebones transformation, obnoxious sounds, easily broken, and everyone trying to justify it's crappiness with weak excuses all come together for a POS toy.

Absolute best toy this year, is Metal Build Gundam 00-Raiser, it's such an amazing piece of engineering, and the detail on the sculpt and paint is awesome!

Best Figuart is either Ryuga/Dragblacker or Abyss, and I'd lean towards Abyss just because I had so much fun with him when I did the gallery, putting him in silly poses, giving him every blue accessory I could find easily. Plus, I think he has as many paint apps as Ryuga/Dragblacker together.

Worst toy, unfortunatly, was MAFEX Batman. What a floppy pile of crap. Do you remember in Toy Store, when Woody was in Syd's room, and he heard Syd coming, he just flopped down on the floor like a rag doll? That's what my MAFEX Batman does, far too often. I can sometimes get him to take a pose, as long as it's not too far off a pain old standing pose, but if I breathe too heavily, FLOP. What a disappointing figure. :(

The only reason Rhinox made it on my worst is because it wasn't my worst.He was extremely hyped and because of that,probably rushed past QC,which led to the knee problems.But for me it wasn't just him.A lot of the recent generations figs have been having QC problems with joints.It seems like they're starting to slip again and I personally don't want it to happen,not when the line has been this good.

As for him being worst,not really,but biggest letdown yeah.As for fixing it,yeah a collector can.A kid can't.

I've finally decided on a worst,and it just has to be the Headder cycles.There's no point to them,it raises the price point to where you have to pay about 15 bucks for about 5 bucks worth of headders,and it comes with an extremely cheap,non posable Ranger.Would've been much better if they just sold the headders separate for maybe 5,heck they could've kept the function of some of the originals and charged 10.I would've bought them.

Year of the Horse Pinkie? Is that the one in the Chinese dress?

Best : S.H.F RyuRanger
Worst : I can't think of anything bad I purchased this year...

Best:

MonsterArts Kiryu
Figuarts Blade
Figuarts Black 2.0
Figuarts RyuuRanger

Worst:

Figuarts Gavan
Figuarts Saiyan Vegeta

Eeyup :lol

What's wrong with Gavan??

QC issues as it's rather fragile... or so I've been told.

For me personally, I had to glue his knee cap in place because the hole was too big and in order to change his right hand, I have to take the hand, the joint, and the wrist piece off, put the ball joint back in place, then the wrist piece, and THEN put the new hand on.

What's wrong with Vegeta? that's one that's on my want list.

Best: The US release of MP Soundwave. He is so awesome that I'm importing Soundblaster and selling off my TFC/G1 Soundwave & Soundblaster. And that's not getting into the cassettes that were also amazingly done.. or that they are G1 compatible and vice versa. And then they were all packaged together unlike the Japanese release. YUM

Worst: I wanna say Kyoryujin or Bragigas.. but I'm gonna go 3rd party Transformers with iGear's Mini-Warriors getting a wag of my finger this year. My fault on holding off to buy them all at once, but the moment I got them out of the shipping box, I knew I was gonna re-sell them at a loss. not-Pipes, like not-Huffer, was amazing, but all the rest of them felt like cheap, hollow plastic. All the paint jobs after not-Cosmos were faded, off-color, and matte. And I wasn't a fan of the bigger figure size, but still maintaining the SD-like proportions of their Choro-Q G1 selves

Also I don't get the hate for SHF Wizard Flame Style. I know his driver pops off like crazy, but he has been perfectly fine for me. Maybe it is because he was my first SHF, and maybe because I own less than 5 SHF to compare him to.

His right leg falls off if you sneeze and is very loose. It's worse than Freeza's, which sucks. That and the scouter does not stay on even though there is a specific hair you need to use for him to even wear it. The peg on the saiyan tail that wraps around his body is too small for the hole, so it looks more like he is pooping.

Worst: SHF Wizard Flame Style

I still like the figure and he looks amazing on display, but of the figuarts I own he is by far the least stable. It's a shame because the pictures I saw of him back towards the beginning of the show's run were what got me looking into the series and eventually the franchise and started this whole thing for me. So I had some really high hopes for the figure, and I was pretty heartbroken (sorta) when I started seeing the negative first impressions whilst waiting for my shipment from Bluefin. And when I finally got him, he wasn't THAT bad, but his driver falling off and his waist not holding together all that well really is kinda inexcusable. I can forgive the incredibly overblown proportion issues, as I think he looks fantastic, but he fails pretty handily at the basics of being a toy.

Best: I'm not sure of any toys I got this year that were originally released in 2013. Pretty much all of my Figuarts, however, I purchased or received this year, with Black RX, who I got years ago, and Fourze at the tail end of last year, being the only ones I had going into 2013. And I didn't really buy anything from any other toylines I collect/used to collect (i.e. no Transformers) this year. So I gotta give this to one of my figuarts, and I think it's gotta be Zolda. I love the Ryuki figuarts, it's a very solid base body, most of them seem to have solid accessory counts, they're fantastic representations of some of my favorite riders, with Zolda being my all time favorite, they just really work for me. Ryuki Survive is a pretty close second I think, he just looks so nice. However, he doesn't really come with much, though I appreciate the included stand, and I fear breaking his antenna constantly. Scorpion Zodiarts deserves some mention as well just for the beautiful sculpting and detail work. Anyways, Zolda just hits all the right notes for me. Perfectly captures the appearance of my favorite Kamen Rider character, comes with some really really nice accessories that give him some excellent display options, and is incredibly solid with no QC issues (aside from the loose card slot on the magna visor, which is remedied simply by putting an advent card in it), and I really don't worry too much about anything on him breaking.

My Flame Style is like a jigsaw that I've carefully balanced upright, and of course as soon as the window blows it all comes apart. His legs fall off, he doesn't hold together at his waist, his driver falls off. I eventually gave up trying to display him as sooner or later he'd just fall to bits on his own and come crashing to the ground.

It sucks, because I want all the main Heisei Riders, but hearing stuff like this prevents me from buying him. I've heard people mixed it with the WAP! figure, and all you lose is the torso articulation, but I can't find any pictures.

Is it that good?

You may as well just buy the WAP version, from all regards it's a perfectly solid figure and whatever detail or accuracy you may lose, you gain in knowing that the figure isn't held together by frayed string.

We were obviously the lucky ones. I have no problems with mine except the driver either.

I feel bad for people who weren't lucky with us, because I love Wizard's design, and all the extra cloaks are for Flame Style, and I just think it's a really fun figure.
It's too bad the majority of them seem to be really shaky.

Especially since Hurricane and Land Style, which are improved, are exclusives and a bit more pricy.

I forgot about S.H. Figuarts Blade, I want to add that as a Best. I've been waiting for this figure for years, and it was worth the wait. My only problem is I won't be able to get Garren to go with it because I can't afford to buy the bike bundle.

Okay, I need to add MonsterArts Biollante to the Best Of list. My god, I have had her for less than two hours now and she is freaking amazing!!!

worst: sadly as much as i hate to say it was SHF ryuranger and kiba ranger for having such tight shoulder joints, ive never had this problem with any of the other sentai figuarts or riders. he is my favorite suit design and its now the first figuart to break on me. im still looking for a way to fix the shoulders i am ordering a new one and want to avoid it snapping again! any suggestions?? ive heard shock oil but how do i get it in to that ball joint?

Best: Wizard Infinity i love the color on this figure! it just pops with the lighting. and second place would have to be dragon ranger.

Doing this based off of all of the toylines I collected this year... which I guess is really quite a few.

Worst:

• McFarlane Assassin's Creed figures. I only have two. And the AC addict in me will have me getting more still. But I'm just not impressed. They're so disappointingly rigid.
• S.H. Figuarts Wizard Flame Style. Yes, a few of you got lucky. Most of us didn't. And my figure barely stays together at the waste, ignoring even the belt issue. It's just too annoying to do anything with him.
• Star Wars Black Series R2-D2. $20 for a hollow tube? Really? I'm quite glad I didn't pay that much. Paint wash on mine is plain bad (basically like grease was literally smeared onto the bottoms of the treads and nothing else). There's a gimmick in what was meant to be a collector's release that cripples him looking good (Want him to look to the right? Hope you like his middle tread sticking half out.). Just overall lackluster at that price. But for what I got him for he's not bad, just the weakest of the line.
• Transformers Generations Blitzwing. Purely for the QC issues. I actually rather like his alternate modes, but that shoulder problem actually makes even transforming him a chore since things don't line up right.

Best:

• D-Arts Metalgarurumon. For a bipedal figure, he is absolutely perfect. There isn't anything else I could want from this figure that it doesn't offer and on top of that he looks beautiful.
• S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Blade. It was tough picking one Figuart, but once again beauty won out here. Stickering aside, this figure was great. I'd be remiss not to also say DragonRanger was a contender here.
• Star Wars Black Series Darth Maul. Love him. He's highly posable, large, and looks great. I almost threw in Fett here, but I still can't pose him well enough to use his obnoxiously rubbery rifle (I swear it's not possible), but there's nothing I can't have Maul do.
• Transformer Generations Springer. Oh boy. There's a lot of Transformers I got this year that I actually like. But none were as fun and well executed as Springer. I just transformed him almost nonstop and he looks perfect in all modes. Honorable mentions also need to go out to Generations Metroplex and Encore Fortress Maximus (thanks Optibotimus :))

So those are my lists... with what I can think of that I got this year heh.

Considering it's a static pony with one joint of articulation, yep :p

Worst-
SHF KyoryuRed- I know he is great design and has a lot of accessories, but the problems people have had with him, he kind of has to be here. Thankfully mine hasnt had that trouble yet, so we'll see.

Best-
Legacy Morpher- Great representaion of the Morpher and awesome collector item.
SHF Hurricane Red- Amazin lookin figure and awesome accesories.
SHF Kiba Ranger- Not as many accessories as others but the way he was made makes up for it.
SHF PteraRanger- Takin the Zyu design and makin for the female mold, makes me want to get Female Yellow along with Tiger Ranger :lol
DX Kamen Rider Gaim Lockseeds, I love the way these things are made.

I also wanna add Black V2 to my negative list as well. I know he has that amazing engineering, but I don't see why he gets a free ride while Kou doesn't.

I NEVER pick up my Black and fiddle with him, as sure I can bend him like a ballerina but so what? Say what you like about the shitty Flame Style (I have, many a time) but he has enough hands to bury me, two weapons and a dramatic cloak thing, so what is Black's excuse?

No weapons? Well how about effects pieces? You pack them with Ultra Acts and ALL of Black's attacks are special effects and pretty damn easy ones to translate to effects pieces. There is no excuse for like four hands and that is it, he costs the same as any other Figuart and for a new version it's pathetic how barebones he is.

The Black V2 has 5 sets of hands, while Kou has 4 hands total and one accessory, though.

The lack of special effects hurt it, but the simple effort they put into it is why I'm so forgiving (They even made his joints have the same muscle detailing the suit had, rather than make them pure black and have the cop out excuse they gave for Double's forms)