Darth Maul/Seventh Sister Inquisitor 3.75" 2-pack

Darth Maul (or rather his double bladed lightsaber) was the coolest part of "The Phantom Menace" despite barely speaking. The Clone Wars series did much to redeem aspects of the prequels and Darth Maul was one who was redeemed. He reappeared in season two of "Rebels" where he attempted to lure a naive Ezra Bridger toward the Dark Side and he also battled the Seventh Sister Inquisitor (voiced by Sarah Michelle Gellar opposite her husband Freddie Prinze Jr. as Kanan Jarrus). If I recall correctly the Grand Inquisitor was the only member of that order we saw in season 1 of "Rebels" and so it was fun to see some more Inquisitors in season 2. Their spinning double bladed lightsabers that somehow worked as helicopters were awesome and goofy at the same time.

Sentinel Prime Voyager Class Figure (Titans Return)

Orange is the new Prime.

Sentinel Prime is a larger Voyager-class figure and like all the voyagers from Titans Return he's also a triple changer and clearly the forerunner to an Astrotrain figure. But he's orange and I love orange so I was actually excited to get this dude. Sentinel Prime as a name has long been associated with Optimus Prime's predecessor as leader of the Autobots, often portrayed as being somewhat less than heroic. His incarnation in "Transformers: Animated" was voiced by Townsend Coleman and modelled to look a bit like the Tick which I loved. I have that figure around somewhere but I couldn't find it while making up this post.

Sentinel Prime's Titan Master partner is called Infinitus and looks appropriately "Prime-y." His blasters are cool and the seat for Infinitus actually looks alright and doesn't detract from the design as much as some of the others. The little pop-up neck things to make his head look more proportional are silly but kind of grow on you.

Hot Rod Deluxe Class Figure (Titans Return)

Hot Rod becomes leader of the Autobots in Transformers: the Movie and is Captain (and occasional co-Captain) of the Lost Light in the IDW Comics. This Hot Rod hews closer to his G1 appearance though sticks with a classic red paint job rather than the funky 80's magenta he sported in the movie.

Darth Vader/Ahsoka Tano 3.75" 2-pack

The epic second season of the excellent "Star Wars Rebels" cartoon ended with a mind-blowing finale wherein Ahsoka Tano finally confronts Darth Vader. And if you don't know why that would be intense then maybe the rest of this post isn't for you. I take no responsibility for any spoilers. The episodes I'm talking about did come out 2016 and the even bigger spoiler is from 1980 so that's on you.

Wolfwire Deluxe Class Figure (Titans Return)

One the main Decepticon Headmasters from the Japanese anime Weirdwolf is renamed Wolfwire for trademark reasons in the Titans Return toyline. The yellow and teal colour scheme with white highlights is so 80's-tastic. Plus the translucent pink in the wolf head. *Magnifique* This is a pretty solid figure for a character I know very little about but I'm glad he made the cut.

Chromedome Deluxe Class Figure (Titans Return)

Chromedome is the other main Autobot headmaster (along with Brainstorm, Highbrow, and Hardhead) and rounded out the cast of the anime. His most recent rise to prominence was as a "mnemosurgeon" and crew member on the "Lost Light" in IDW's "Transformers: More than Meets the Eye" comic book series which I highly recommend reading. I'm not caught up on its successor series "Transformers: Lost Light" yet but Mrs. ISMOTU assures me it's still awesome. The Hasbro version of Chromedome has a head very much based on his comics appearance whereas Takara-Tomy made the Titan Master head more true to his original anime/toy appearance. This was one time where I totally prefer the Hasbro version to the Takara-Tomy version. But I'm 100% biased because I love the comics and Chromedome's role as the insecure "conjux endura" of Rewind.

Mad Hatter - B:TAS (DC Collectibles)

Jervis Tetch is obsessed with the works of Lewis Carroll and uses his mind-control technology to facilitate his crimes as the Mad Hatter. In the animated series he was voiced by Roddy McDowall. This Mad Hatter figure looks like he jumped right off the screen but his long coat basically nullifies his leg articulation. He comes with alternate hands, a crazy axe and some kind of control panel for mind control shenanigans. Also that creepy creepy grin.