What killed the dinosaurs? THE ICE AGE!
Read all about the brand new Ice Blast Mr. Freeze figure from Mattel's Power Attack Batman line over at The Barracks!

http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2012/06/ice-blast-mr-freeze.html

Robocop knows the best method of fighting crime after dark is to don radioactive, glowing armor! Check out NECA's Night Fighter Robocop, a brand new figure paying homage to an awesome Kenner classic, over at The Barracks!

http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2012/07/necas-night-fighter-robocop.html

Stark Racing Armor! When Tony Stark doesn't want to just beat his competitors, but humiliate them as well! Over at The Barracks!

http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2012/07/iron-man-2-stark-racing-armor-iron-man.html

Because Tony's a sore loser.

This is a good one, Transformers Prime Arms Micron Dark Matter Caliber Team!

http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2012/08/arms-micron-dark-matter-caliber.html

In other words, three little robot animals that transform into weapons and then combine together to form a big freakin' sword!

I totally bought this with the intention of giving it to Syd as he loves Reagan, but well...read the review!

http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2012/08/kid-robot-x-frank-koziks-goon-squad.html

Basically, it's a mini bust of punk-rock Reagan!

The Barracks return with a look at the Kingdom of the Sea Death Heart Deck, from Takara-Tomy's brand spanking new Beast Saga line, the spiritual successor to Battle Beasts. (You know, those little animals in armor with the wood, water, fire rub signs on their chests.)

http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2012/09/beast-saga-kingdom-of-sea-death-heart.html

Today The Barracks takes a look at NECA's brand new Portal 2 Sentry Turret blind boxed series...with sexy results!

http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2012/10/portal-2-sentry-turret-animal-king.html

The store I bought it from wanted $4.99, which is cheap for blind boxes, some of those things can get absurd. For comparison, the Goon Squad blind boxes were ten bucks a pop, for a vinyl bust slightly larger than the turrets with no paint aps. I feel the turrets are decently priced at five bucks, but I'm guessing the average you'd pay online would be more around seven or eight because, hey it's the internet. As for the seam, I imagine it would be pretty easy to carefully smooth out the section over the eye with a dremel or sandpaper and repaint that spot if you had the skill.

New review is up today, from the Iron Man: The Armored Avenger line, the Hammer Drone!

http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2012/11/iron-man-armored-avenger-hammer-drone.html

Go on and read about the Hammer designed armor suit that DIDN'T immediately kill it's pilot on start up!

It's been awhile since I wrote anything, but it's also been awhile since I wrote an installment of Gentlemen! I have built, THIS THING! Today I bring you a giant bird and it's demonic ninja mount inspired by the Nazgul and their Fell Beasts from Lord of the Rings! Click to read all about the Terror Bird &Demon Ninja!



http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2012/12/gentlemen-i-have-built-this-thing-demon.html

Review of the brand new Arms Micron Silas Breakdown is up!

http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2012/12/silas-breakdown-am-24.html

Come read about this fusion of human ambition and Decepticon steel at The Barracks!

Another custom Lego piece, the aquatic SCUD Drone!



http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2012/12/gentlemen-i-have-built-this-thing-scud.html

Here's another Lego custom, this one I'm pretty proud of. It's called the Phage Drone and it's based on the real-world bacteriophage. Which for those of you not familiar with viruses, is a type of virus that attacks bacteria cells and injects them with it's own genetic material, essentially mutating them into mini factories that pump out billions of exact copies of the bacteriophage. My drone is similar except it parasitises capital ships in space fleets and puppets them against their own allies. Enjoy.



http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2012/12/gentlemen-i-have-built-this-thing-phage.html

A new review rears it's ugly head! Go read about Air Raid from the Transformers: Generations line and find out why this isn't just a cheap repaint of Shockwave!

http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2013/02/fall-of-cybertron-air-raid.html

I've started writing again after a long-ass time, there's a few new reviews up but this is the most recent:

http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2014/12/deforming-foam-bullet-blaster.html

An off-brand Nerf gun that turns into an off-brand Transformer. It's pretty sweet.

His packaging says Wildspeaker but his sculpt says Apex Predator. Get ready for a real nerdy entry on Funko's Magic: The Gathering, Legacy Series Garruk, Wildspeaker.

http://zaraksbarracks.blogspot.com/2014/12/garruk-wildspeaker.html