Transformers and other action figure reviews
2017 has been another outstanding year on the Transformers scene. Titans Return ran wild with the zest of the spirit of Hulkamania, Beast Wars has risen from its prehistoric grave, Power of the Primes restored the honour of the Dinobots and third parties spammed us Read More …
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas….” and with the amount of toys he’s dropping on my door step Santa must be shattered. One of these toys is X2 Toys Skycrusher, a third party take on a Titans Return style Skyfire. Titans Return may Read More …
Titans Return may be over as a line but that isn’t stopping the odd toy from trickling out under it’s banner. First we had Arcee and second was the surprising release of this guy – Grotusque. No heads up from Hasbro, just one day it Read More …
Of the many 80’s toy lines that have made a comeback there are a couple of notable exceptions that have maintained a position in the void of hyper colour. Starcom is one I will shout about to all who listen, and many who won’t, but Read More …
Completing the line up of Decepticon jet Targetmasters, Titans Return draws to a close with one last bang – Slugslinger. The only new toy in the final wave of deluxes, Slugslinger is either going to be tougher to find than three points for Derby County Read More …
Every now and again I come across a papercraft model kit that looks amazing and I wish I could build it. Surprisingly, I love the idea of papercraft – I’m just really bad at it. At work I used to pass the time printing off model Read More …
As a kid, I got Powermaster Optimus Prime for Christmas, but me and my cousin had already found the present stash a week before – it was the exact moment I discovered Santa Claus doesn’t exist in 1987. Despite killing Santa Claus, the toy Read More …
A new challenger has appeared. The third party Masterpiece market is getting really crowded at the minute so anyone hoping to make inroads is going to have to do something special to get a foot hold. Lowering the price to half of what your competitors Read More …
The world must be ending. Surely this can be the only explanation for why the toy gods have finally seen fit to bestow upon us modern updates on the Generation 1 Autobot and Decepticon clones. But wait, there’s a catch – Hasbro have made them Read More …
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Nope, not the snowy, selection box eating one – it’s SDCC 2017 time. For those of us who hopelessly in love with pop culture and everything that is fun in the world, San Diego Comic con is Read More …
Misfire hails from the late 80’s era of Transformers when the franchise took a sharp turn into super futuristic sci-fi. Not that Aliens style military sci-fi that touched all our hearts with it’s Pulse Rifles, quotable lines and sweet ass Reebok’s, but way more imaginative Read More …
We can’t say as Transformers fans that we don’t have companies catering to our many whims. If third parties aren’t adjusting colour schemes or details on their own figures to suit feedback, they have their ears to the ground ready to fix whatever we don’t Read More …
If Optimus Prime is a blockbuster movie, Seaspray is the obscure Argentinian shoe lace making documentary that Mark Kermode tries to convince you is more worthy of your time. Weird, non militarised, carrying a weight problem and fond of romancing the occasional “Tlalakan” he’s something of an oddity amongst a line Read More …
“Behold – Galvontron”. Wait, that’s not how it goes. Third parties are leaning ever closer to Hasbro’s trademarked names without ever jabbing their flag right in the face, and Galvontron is comically close to the character it’s intended to be – Galvatron. Mechfanstoys like to prove they Read More …
Perfect Effect carved out a pretty decent niche as the go to guys for upgrade kits during Combiner Wars and now they’ve set their sights on Titans Returns which will please many people who hate keeping hold of money. like myself. Their latest attempt to Read More …
Generation One Broadside is a toy I vividly remember getting and not for a good reason. A rare example of a Transformer purchase where I felt I’d made the wrong call and instantly regretted, but was seduced by being able to get something new and Read More …
Titans Return Perceptor review…sighted In the early 80’s Takara released a line of toys called “Micro Change” which was centered around 1:1 scale objects. Hasbro would later fold many of the toys from it into its Transformers line with many several of the franchises most Read More …
Maketoys MTRM-09 Downbeat The Masterpiece Jazz wars were always an inevitability and the only question was – when? Unquestionably one of the most iconic and popular Transformers it’s amazing it’s taken this long. Good news is, it seems in 2017 we are about be inundated Read More …
I am starting to think we’ve moved into some bizarre alternate timeline. Away from all the political strife and weirdness like Wayne Rooney breaking Manchester United’s all time scoring record, Hasbro have continued to sprinkle Titans Return with obscure characters we never thought we’d see Read More …
Am I seeing things? Is this real? Beelzeboss Spiritual Leadership kit has actually been released…as is sat on my desk? Announced mid way through 2015, if memory serves, this upgrade kit for Combiner Wars Optimus Prime caught my attention with how it dealt with that Read More …