World: Alfheim Diet: Water and soil Height: 48’4″ Lifespan: 5 years Habitat: Plains, forests Activity Cycle: Cathemeral It takes an exceptionally hateful heart to spawn a hateseed. Only the very most bitter and twisted of souls, consumed with disgust for… Continue Reading
Monster Hunter is one of my favorite series. It’s second only to Pokémon in sheer volume of monsters and focus on them, and unlike Pokémon, I actually still play the games. So when I saw there was going to be… Continue Reading
I mentioned in my review of Monster Hunter Generations that the series was about to change, and World was what I had in mind when I said that. World, as the name suggests, put a focus on the landscape, with… Continue Reading
World: Jotunheim Diet: Anything, preference for meat Height: 16’4″ Lifespan: 300 years Habitat: Plains, forests Activity Cycle: Diurnal Jotunheim does not have a natural seasonal cycle. There is no winter and summer, or cycles of wet and dry. Instead, winter… Continue Reading
In 1954, something in a reptilian skin rampaged through Japan, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Nearly half a century later, a similar creature emerged in the USA. It looked quite similar, but under its skin, it wasn’t at… Continue Reading
World: Jotunheim Diet: Anything, preference for plant matter Height: 16’5″ Lifespan: 300 years Habitat: Volcanos, plains, forests Activity Cycle: Diurnal The creatures known as fire giants have none of the inherent power over fire that their names might suggest. Rather,… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: Any Organic Material Height: 9’1″ Lifespan: 3 months Habitat: Desert Activity Cycle: Diurnal There are no summer and winter in Alfheim, just wet and dry seasons. In the driest deserts, the wet season is usually extremely brief… Continue Reading
If you missed the original Boglins article, click here! The last gasp of the Boglins under Mattel was in the 2000s, after which the brand petered out. They seemed to be forgotten by all except a few enthusiasts, doomed to… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: Fungal material Height: 8’5″ Lifespan: 30 years Habitat: Fungal jungle Activity Cycle: Cathemeral Swimming awkwardly through the air and casually walking on walls and ceilings, a gravigrum is simultaneously graceful and clumsy-looking. Their odd movements come from… Continue Reading
Hailing from the latter years of the decade before I was born and continuing well into the 90s, Boglins have been a fascination to me for a while now, and something I’ve wanted to cover on this site ever since… Continue Reading