I figured that it would be fun to do some mini-reviews on some of the items I picked up at Botcon this year.

Grapple was an interesting item that I picked up mid way through Saturday. My intent was to purchase the Transformers Reveal the Shield (RtS) Solar Storm Grapple. I have a policy of sticking with the American versions for the most part. I am not much of a stickler about variations in color schemes so the cheaper choice has been my traditional choice. The biggest variance between the two version is the United (Japanese) version has an orange head while the RtS (American) release had a black head. The orange head is ‘anime-accurate’, as the kids say these days. It also differentiates him a bit more standing next to Universe Inferno. The RtS version’s black head is actually faithful to the original toy, so that version does have a basis in “reality”.

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Its been a few weeks since we’ve been able to put this column together, but we are back in a big way this week with the releases of the long awaited Duke Nukem: Forever and the movie tie-in game for Transformers: Dark of the Moon. If you are like me and are highly tempted by both titles, check out the links after the jump for some links on where you can buy them. If you do decide to purchase through the links, it helps our site out. So help us, help you!

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