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. […]
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 […]
Monopoly has a kind of complicated beginning. Not in a bad way, btw. It was invented and then patented in the United States, but the widely known version, a.k.a. the iconic version, was the London Edition. By “widely known,” I do mean outside of America, cos America has its own […]
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 […]
I would like to say good things about the latest HasLab campaign, but honestly, I can’t. Not that it isn’t great—because it might be—but this one is staring down a popularity issue bigger than the MCP itself. I’m not sure what’s going through the executives’ minds when greenlighting the TRON: […]
Folks. My prediction came true. Optimus Prime has joined the strange, strange world of Masters of the Universe and Transformers crossover. The He-Man Optimus Prime is not alone; he is joined by Scare Glow, who looks pretty insane cosplaying as Starscream. Folks, meet the Masters of the Universe x Transformers […]
Personally, I am not huge on stylized Transformers characters, but if you are into this sort of art, well, then you will want to check out the new XM Studios Transformers Optimus Prime Azure Dragon. The Singapore-based collectible statue maker recently dropped a statue that takes the legendary Autobot leader […]