Transformers and other action figure reviews
Every show has that one character who breaks out and takes on a life of their own. When it comes to The Transformers, there is a bot who stands wing tips and shoulder vents above most others – Starscream. Iconic, scheming, treacherous, charming and a Read More …
2020 is only a month old and it’s already time for a brand new toyline. Siege has wrapped up, packed it’s bags and set off to Tahiti (it’s a magical place) on a fleet of Tetrajets. Earthrise is the second part of Hasbro’s War for Read More …
2019 is so last year. Stylishly late as ever, I actually wrote this article before Christmas but was struck down with a chest infection before I could get it finished. But we aren’t bound by a deadline here – there is plenty of time to Read More …
To say Hasbro repeatedly returns to the 1984 cast of Transformers characters would be an understatement so massive, that were you to put it into some form of visual context it would most probably resemble poor old Palpatine’s exploding Death Star. Where once new takes Read More …
You run a website like this and for a weekend in July every year your social media feeds are a deluge of movie trailers, comic book announcements and toy reveals covering everything from Marvel to Sesame Street. Yes – it’s San Diego Comic Con time. Read More …
Growing up I was obsessed with fighter jets and spacey versions of fighter jets. We had this old washing basket that I used to turn on it’s side, arrange a variety of cushions my mum was furious had been removed from the sofa, and clutching Read More …
Only yesterday I was lamenting, in an as yet unfinished article about Energon Starscream, that on occasion I get this weird urge to blow money on toys that I normally wouldn’t buy. Yesterday was a text-book example of this scenario in action. Nipping in to Read More …
A while back, in one of the funnier angry comments I’ve had on this site, somebody called me “the most 80’s obsessed person on the planet”. The other day whilst reminiscing about how I am still haunted by a trip to the cinema to see Read More …
A few months back, I got caught up in the mania of Siege and threw in a flurry of pre-orders in one large clump. Completely forgotten, amongst them all, was a pre-order I’d also dropped in there for Generations Selects Ricochet. The second time he’s Read More …
One of the first Transfomers I got, way back in 1980something, was Ironhide. A red minivan that split apart into a mobile missile platform as well as a robot with no head. Unsure what was going on, I spent an inordinate amount of time trying, Read More …
Wave 2 of Hasbro’s Transformers: Siege toy line has had a roll out slower than Andrea Silenzi in the UK, but after much staring jealously at photos online – I have most of it in my hands. Still waiting for Starscream, but that’s an introduction Read More …
Only last week I was sat here lamenting how slow it was taking the second wave of Transformers: War For Cybertron Siege to arrive onto our Great British shores. Thanks to Kapow Toys that drought is slowly turning into a life-giving spring. Not only do Read More …
Perhaps a drought warning should be issued in the UK, because whilst the rest of the world appears to be diving into their Scrooge McDuck money banks filled with Sixguns – Wave 2 of Siege is almost entirely absent from our online stores and shelves. Read More …
From 1984 through 1985, most of the Transformers characters were given specific roles that in some way defined their character and gave you a skeleton of a personality to flesh out within your own imagination and toy adventures. Optimus Prime was the leader, Wheeljack does Read More …
New York Toy Fair 2019 is upon us, and Hasbro have shifted into gear early by knocking out a few early reveals for its Transformers Siege: War For Cyberton toy line. So on the off chance you completely missed this toybox shattering news, join me Read More …
“Should old acquaintance be forgot and old lands endddddd!” or however that song goes. Yes, that’s right it’s 2019. The year of flying cars, neon Atari adverts, awesome red motorbikes whipping around the streets of neo Tokyo and Rutger Hauer talking to birds. So what Read More …
If I didn’t know better I’d swear John Warden and pals were making these toys just for me. Hasbro have dialled the clock back to the original G1 cartoon in an attempt to reconcile why on Cybertron in the opening episode of the show the Transformers Read More …
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 …
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