Transformers and other action figure reviews
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …