Collector Candii's Blog

Note: Click on pics to enlarge! No accompanying video for this review, sorry! Finding Infinity Queen specifically was a bit of a task. She's the only girl in the set of six of Arcade Heroes and could be the crowd favourite. I've seen the boys almost everywhere until they almost disappeared. I also got to her late. That's my own fault. Anyway, time to see what the fuss is all about. The Arcade Heroes is a unique series where the packaging is shaped like an arcade video game machine with mecha-hero suit with the doll inside. That's pretty cool! I love reusable packaging and awesome extra features. This series is one of the very few that is not a blind box, and who you get is determined by who is printed on the external packaging. As you can see, Infinity Queen and Starling is featured on 3 of the 4 sides of the box, and that's how I know who I got. These were $19 at Target and $25 at Big W when they still had stock, at Mr Toys for a jaw-dropping $39.99 (WHAT.WHY). The...

Note: Click on pics to enlarge! Alright so I tried my hand at getting just a few more, the few that I actually like - Stix Queen and others whose designs AND doll forms have tickled my curiosity since I reviewed Bangles.  I grabbed three for no particular reason other than they were on 'clearance'. I'll get to that in a sec. I hadn't re-discovered the case placement hack until AFTER I'd purchased this here miss Soprano and two others. I didn't truly know who I'd gotten until I reviewed it and using the box placement the notes I took while in the store to remember what position I had taken them from. Moving on, I purchased Soprano and two more friends from Kmart on - what I call Australia's weak excuse for a - 'clearance' for $19 each. Clearance's suck here, I don't understand.  I didn't want to take them home to yeet upon the pile of other things I still haven't reviewed yet - I'm very backlogged, please heckin help lol - so I...