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 […]
If you like Great Ball Contraption, that collaborative LEGO-style setup where tiny balls roll endlessly around as if they have a purpose in life, but think it could use a little more flair, Pantasy has you covered. Meet the Pantasy Western Mine (85025), a GBC inspired by the legendary gold […]
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. […]
Never mind that Amazon MGM Studios’ Wednesday, now streaming on Netflix, is rated TV-14 because it has toys to sell to kids aged 10 and up. Then again, why not? Aside from the ultra-supernatural (ultranatural?) creepiness of the titular character, the series is pretty adorable—or maybe it was the LEGO […]
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 […]