Planet Ice
War Planets (Trendmasters) - Planets
Rated 4.50 stars by Karl T. Face
Quite a nice one here, and worth buying. War Planets may not be the best toyline of the era- maybe not even in the top ten- but it's certainly got its charm. This is a prime example. Yeah, the planet itself is decent- paint apps inside and out, to take advantage of the trend blue plastic, and a series of pegs and tabs inside to hold things in place, however precariously. But the armies are where it's at here. Not only do you get quite a strike force (8 grunts and 4 officers, all looking pretty good by the standards of the line), but there's a pair of 8-legged tanks in the fairly smooth Ice style, with a missile launcher and detachable jet, respectively, and an extra missile launcher for good measure. I can't quite explain the semi circular patch of ice with the mechanical stuff on one...[See More]

Rock Moon Alpha
War Planets (Trendmasters) - Moons
Rated 3.00 stars by Karl T. Face
Well, it's a Moon. They're not much use without the accompanying Planet, being army builders with a bonus. That said, the Rock people are a favorite of mine, if only because they can reliably stand up. This one is kind of fun thanks to the crazy design of the obligatory Giant Monster, or in this case, Huge Robot. The giant meat tenderizer is a nice touch. While the poor planning of War Planets is in full force here, what with the severely limited articulation and nearly-pointless giant claw (if you want entire celestial bodies physically ducking it out, it's not the worst), the soldiers are quite solid, and I can't argue with the industrial color scheme. Everything else is pretty standard: a pile of connector rods in various sizes, two platforms, two bendy umbilicals, a ground vehicle...[See More]

Bone Moon Omega
War Planets (Trendmasters) - Moons
Rated 3.50 stars by Karl T. Face
War Planets is a bit of an odd duck. It's sort of the low-rent offspring of Mighty Max and little green army men, featuring decently sculpted and painted figurines and "playsets" that are little more than diorama backdrops. Or in this case, bits of scenery. The Moons are meant to attach to the Planets via bendy tech-umbilicals, but with only one hardpoint per planet, the dual moons most are associated with are left to connect to each other. Via their 6 hardpoints each. What happened there!? The saving grace of the Moons is their versatility. The various plastic rods (some of which double as plain and unimpressive missiles for the ever-present missile launchers) allow for various combinations of the large vehicle, two circular Giger-inspired platforms, and a big ol'snake monster. All that...[See More]