Transformers and other action figure reviews
No matter how great the various Transformers lines have been recently, the one area they still lag behind in is accessories. Figures frequently come with weapons that are hollowed out, random added bits at the expense of their weapons, or don’t even come with accessories Read More …
A new Transformers movie on the horizon means a new toy line to accompany it. Usually this isn’t something that would do a whole lot for me as I tend to let the live action films, and their accompanying Star Destroyer scale of merch, float Read More …
Despite loving the character as a child I have never owned a Generation One Omega Supreme toy. Somehow it’s always eluded me. This passing ships in the night like relationship began at a car boot sale in mid 1980something or other, when I came across Read More …
It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you to this article. And now we invite you to relax, just pull up a chair as Toybox Soapbox proudly presents a recap. T…F…N, TFN, put Transformers to the test, hang Reflector round your neck, Read More …
Conspicuous by his absence during Combiner Wars, Predaking has finally deemed us worthy of his presence as Hasbro continue to use Power of the Primes as an opportunity to mop up the last few straggling combiners who were otherwise AWOL. Being the annual Titan Class figure Read More …
Lets talk about SDCC, let’s talk about WFC:Siege. Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things that we see, let’s talk about S, SDCC. It’s that time of the year, the third Christmas after Christmas itself and the start of the new Read More …
As a kid, the Transformer toys I saw the most in shops were The Stunticons. Those maniac sports car robots were everywhere and clogged up almost every Transformers display in each toy shop across Nottingham. Or that was how it felt in 1980 something. I Read More …
“Life finds a way” is one of Ian Malcolm’s most iconic quotes from Jurassic Park, and Funko have proven that if you slap a Jurassic Park logo on anything you will find a way into my wallet. Funko’s drive to trap the soul of all of Read More …
Were you to visit my house, you’d find a couple of Pop Vinyl toys dotted around but it’s a craze that largely flies over my head. My girlfriend has the full set of Labyrinth Pop’s, whilst I have a Jack Burton on my desk because Read More …
Many people regard the Pretenders as a low point of the Transformers toy line but to me it is one of the highest highs. At this point in the brands history, sales were starting to flag so instead of just recycling the same old ideas Read More …
Moments before year 2017 calendars were hurled into bins around the world, I wrote an article listing my Top 10 Transformers of 2017. In it, I joked that I would get drunk and leave it far too late to do a review of Transformers MP-39 Masterpiece Read More …
It should come as no surprise to see any gimmick return in the Generations portion of the Transformers toy line, given that in recent years we’ve had Combiners, Pretenders, Headmasters and even the Clones. Yet it was still a shock to see the Duocons resurrected Read More …
Something I discovered recently is that a lot people find the Aerialbots to be the most boring combiner team because they are “just” a bunch of jets. As someone whose imagination lives more in Afterburner II than Super Monaco GP, I struggle to wrap my Read More …
Looking at the picture above you could be forgiven for thinking that we have been taken over. Actually that picture is there because today we are doing an interview, yes – an interview! Sat here a few weeks back, idly basking in the fuzzy, Read More …
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 …