Another combiner is set to join the Age of the Primes toy line. Joining the likes of Menasor, Devastator, Superion, and the reissue of 2018’s Power of the Primes Predaking is yet another Decepticon combiner, Bruticus. Like the previous combiners, each member will slowly roll out, and so getting the […]
Transformers toys will help you see inflation. Case in point: the Transformers Power of the Primes Titan Class Predaking. It was released in 2018 for US$159.99. It recently had a reissue, and guess how much it is 7 years on in 2025? US$229.99. If anyone’s doing the math, that is […]
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 […]
First, it was Ultraman hugging your jocks; now it is Transformers’ turn. HIPSHOP, the Japanese fashion underwear brand best known for its bold, pop-culture-infused designs, now brings iconic OG Transformers characters to the underwear world with its latest collaboration with Takara Tomy. The Hipshop Transformers Series Men’s Underwear features iconic […]
If fans of Metal Gear Solid can smell like Solid Snake (spoiler: they won’t), then you bet your Energon Transformers fans can too. The Transformers Perfume Collection reimagines how Cybertron’s finest (and worst) might smell if they weren’t made of steel and ambition. These are not “engine oil chic” scents […]
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 […]