At this point, I am starting to think Transformers characters are just actors from Cybertron. How else do you explain Optimus Prime being a steampunk train, and Starscream, a steampunk aircraft, and then they were something else previously, like, you know, a cab-over semi truck and an F-15 Eagle fighter […]
If you haven’t already heard, the fifth and final season of Stranger Things is happening soon. Also, if you don’t know, November 6 was Stranger Things Day. Yup. It’s a thing. Why November 6, though? Well, it was the day on which Will Byers disappeared in the show. I know, […]
Love is in the air… and Valentine’s Day 2026 came early for Star Wars fans. Wait, what? That’s right, my friends. Star Wars is celebrating the season of love with something no one saw coming: a Star Wars The Black Series Ewok (Valentine’s Day Edition). It’s the cuddly but deceptively […]
Transformers toy collectors are living in an exciting time. Why? For the first time, you don’t have to spend ridiculous money hunting down a piece of toy history—if you could even find one. The new Transformers Spotlight Optimus Prime set lets you do just that. This trio of Deluxe Scale […]
Good news for Transformers fans who grew up in the late ’90s: Maximal Big Convoy, a.k.a. Mammoth Prime, has finally stomped out of Japan and into the global spotlight. Previously, a Prime (or Convoy, as they call him in Japan) with a mammoth alt mode was exclusive to Takara Tomy. […]
Unless you are a fervent follower of Masters of the Universe since its beginning, you probably aren’t familiar with Sting-Or. But if you do, then good news, because Sting-Or has returned — this time in the Masters of the Universe Origins line. Sting-Or is one of those deep-cut characters that […]
We just realized we’ve talked about the Transformers Studio Series The Transformers: The Movie Coronation Starscream twice. Why? I have no idea. Anyway, that Starscream is not a great toy, btw. I had it. It was essentially a retool of the Earthrise Starscream, which isn’t great to begin with, IMHO. […]
Hasbro has perfected a way to openly take your money twice for the same product. That’s right, my friends, I’m talking about the ol’ retool/repaint. But here’s the thing: Hasbro doesn’t just do repaint/retool out of thin air. The toymaker almost always bases them on cartoons or comics, and in […]
Well, it looks like Optimus Prime and Starscream won’t be the only bots chugging coal and blowing steam anymore. Joining them in the brass-and-cogs club are none other than Megatron and his pint-sized headache of an Autobot, Bumblebee. Pulled from IDW’s Transformers: Hearts of Steel comic miniseries, these two are […]
In this installment of milking the mold, Hasbro has revealed the Transformers Studio Series Energon Universe Optimus Prime transforming action figure. You are not seeing things. It looks like the much-lauded Transformers Studio Series Commander Class The Transformers: The Movie 86-31 Optimus Prime has been given a retool to become […]
Funny how in the Marvel Universe, Wolverine has existed since the 1800s, but toys featuring him as a soldier, mercenary, and as a test subject of the Weapon X program are far and few between. Well, it looks like the executives over at Hasbro realized this void, and so, here […]