Cliff Uchida's TOP TOYS OF 2023
"It was tough to come up with 10 toys I really liked, so I was only able to come up with 9 toys this year ... My name's Cliff. Long time toy fan and casual model builder. I mostly collect anime/video game related figures and Gundam model kits. Follow me on instagram.com/clifftron1986 if you want to see my thoughts/reviews of toys and figures I find or the occasional model build."
Cliff's TOP TOYS OF 2023 #9: Gashapon Quest figures from Bandai
These fantasy/RPG inspired figures appear to be a spin off from Bandai's Aqua Shooters gashapon figure line. They look quite nice and they're fairly simple to put together. It's just a shame these are really hard to find outside of Japan and on Ebay (unless you want to pay a lot of money for them).
Cliff's TOP TOYS OF 2023 #8: Bobby Hill mini sofubi figure Ore Toys (MORE IMAGES ON IG)
This little figure captures Bobby Hill's likeness surprisingly well. There's something weirdly charming about this figure.
Cliff's TOP TOYS OF 2023 #7: Pop Mart's Nori Youth Lookbook blind box figures
It's another solid release in the Nori Just a Girl blind box series. Personally, I love the first series more since the styles were more unique. Nonetheless, they're still cute and any Nori Just a Girl fans will enjoy this.
Cliff's TOP TOYS OF 2023 #6: Pop Mart's Hello Nori blind box figures
Another Nori Just a Girl blind box series. The figures might not look as unique (at least far as the figure's build is considered) but at least you can swap out the figure's head, body and feet around with other figures in this series.
Cliff's TOP TOYS OF 2023 #5: Pop Mart's Peach Riot Blind Box figures
They're really cute, stylish figures. They're very well detailed too. I saw the first artwork and images of the figures on Pop Mart's instagram page and instantly fell in love with them.
Cliff's TOP TOYS OF 2023 #4: 30 Minutes Sisters Ilshana model kit (IMAGES ON IG)
A delightfully devilish looking model kit in the 30 Minutes Sisters model kit line. Out of the box, this looks really good. Of course, the best thing about this line is you can customize it however you want if you have any extra parts from other 30 Minutes Sisters or 30 Minutes Missions model kits.
Cliff's TOP TOYS OF 2023 #3: Gauss Armor glyos action figure from Toy Pizza (IMAGES ON IG)
Another year, and another hot new glyos action figure from Toy Pizza. The Gauss Armor features articulation in the arms and legs, which is a first in the Knights of the Slice line. The guys over at Toy Pizza keep innovating and making new action figures.
Cliff's TOP TOYS OF 2023 #2: Pop Mart's Spy X Family Anya blind box figures (MORE IMAGES ON IG)
Fans of Spy X Family will want to grab one of these Anya figures (or several of them). They're very cute and expressive. They're surprisingly big too.
Cliff's TOP TOYS OF 2023 #1: ISH and Bottleneck Gallery's Ramona Flowers figure (MORE IMAGES ON IG)
This Ramona Flowers figure is based on her appearance in the final chapter of the Scott Pilgrim comic books. She looks very cute and the figure captures the art style from the comics perfectly.
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