Indiana Jones (Temple Escape)
Indiana Jones - Adventure Series (Hasbro) - Basic Series
Rated 3.00 stars by Wes68
The Temple Escape Indy is not bad persay. Indy is nicely detailed as is the case with the standalone Raider's Indy release. The problem with the temple escape is that at the time of release it was frankly overpriced in my opinion. Originally it released for $40 US. With Indy's standalone release being $25 it meant you were paying $15 more for the plinth and a bag of sand accessory. It doesn't sound like it's too excessive for what is a set piece. That is until you realize that the temple escape Indy lacks the two extra sets of hands that the standalone Indy comes with. I feel like more could have been done to make this repackage of Indy stand out a bit more and give folks who bought the standalone Indy more incentive to double dip. A Satipo figure probably would have been asking a bit...[See More]

Short Round
Indiana Jones - Adventure Series (Hasbro) - Basic Series
Rated 3.75 stars by Wes68
Temple of Doom is underrepresented in the Adventure Series. So many key characters were outright ignored. Willie Scott, Lao Che, a Thugee Guard, and of course, Mola Ram are entirely absent. There is a whole discussion to be had about the 'controversies' surrounding the Temple of Doom, but that's for another time. So while it is disappointing we didn't get those iconic characters? We thankfully did get Shortround. It should be noted that Shortround costs the same as the other 6" figures. Shortround is as you would expect, much shorter than 6". To Hasbro's credit, it does feel like they realized it would be a tough sell to ask the same price for Shortround as a full 6" figure without offering more. Shortound as a result does come with a decent number of accessories (as well as a...[See More]

Walter Donovan
Indiana Jones - Adventure Series (Hasbro) - Basic Series
Rated 3.50 stars by Wes68
Walter Donovan is not the most exciting addition to the Adventure series line, but he is a welcome addition in a line that has too few baddies. The figure itself is fine, though he is a bit light on accessories. He also reuses some parts as the legs appear to be reused from older starwars figures like Grand Moff Tarkin. His face sculpt is generally pretty good and captures the likeness of Julian Glover pretty well. I said he is light on accessories, but thankfully those he does come with are fitting for the character. He comes with a part of the grail tablet which as I saw someone post, you can create a rubbing with. It's a nice bit of set dressing, though Donovan is wearing the wrong outfit here. However you could use a Club Obi Wan Indy and do a repaint and head swap if you want...[See More]

Major Arnold Toht
Indiana Jones - Adventure Series (Hasbro) - Basic Series
Rated 4.00 stars by Wes68
The Adventure Series line lacks a lot of iconic baddies. There is a whole discussion that could be had about how do you market toys of baddies that were aligned with a certain fascist political party from 1930-40's Germany. I suspect this is probably a reason we didn't get characters like the German mechanic or Col. Dietrich from Raiders or Vogel from Last Crusade. Still their omission feels a bit glaring. We didn't even get any German soldiers or a Indy in a German uniform/disguise. Fortunately, we did get Arnold Toht, one of the most iconic baddies of Raiders if not cinema history thanks in large part due to his grisly demise. Toht doesn't come with a whole lot of accessories, but what he does come with makes for one of the better figures in the line. Toht comes with a pair of...[See More]

Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Indiana Jones - Adventure Series (Hasbro) - Basic Series
Rated 4.00 stars by Wes68
Indiana Jones doesn't see a lot of merchandise so I greatly anticipating the Adventure series from Hasbro. Sadly the line has run it's course leaving notable gaps in the line. You won't find Willie Scott, Mola Ram, Lao Che, Dietrich, Vogel, or other notable faces here. Crystal Skull was ignored entirely. Fortunately fans are seeing fit to customize their own. Despite the omissions, the Adventure Series does have a number of great offerings so I thought I'd take a look back at the figures we have had. To that end there is no better place to start than with Indy from Raiders who is the centerpiece figure of the line. The packaging itself is nicely rendered with some great art on all sides of the box. The fact he is boxed is somewhat controversial among some collector's, and while I would...[See More]