Transformers Wrist Rest Mouse Pads

March 24, 2017 Big Angry Trev 5 Comments

Well…. hmmmm. What to say here.

Wrist Rest Mouse Pads are all the rage these days. With more and more of us stuck in front of a computer at work or home for hours on end, the wrist can get sore. The whole idea of these kind of mouse pads is that they are filled with a squishy gel and are designed to be smooth and comforting to your wrist.

Then someone had the idea “Hey, since we are making a gel filled mat anyway, why don’t we shape the gel sacks like boobs?!”

And thus an industry was born. An industry I was blissfully unaware of until a few weeks ago. I had been using the same mouse pad for about 10 years (a Bumblebee one from the 2007 movie) which had disintegrated and I had never replaced. So while idly surfing ebay I typed in Transformer Mouse Pads.

That’s my story and I’m sticking with it!

Apparently these type of mouse pads are very prevalent. Name nearly any cartoon or video game coming out of Japan which features cute anime girls and someone has made a ~~boobpad~~ wrist rest of them. Oh, and not just the boobs – you can get butt ones too! So whether you want to rest your weary wrist on Nami’s ample chest or Chun-Li’s ample bum there is a product for you. So I guess it was just a matter of time before they made Transformer ones.

So lets have a look at the two shall we:

The mouse pads themselves are quite large. However even larger are the ~~boobs~~ wrist rests. I knew they would be bumpy when ordering them but I didn’t think they would be this… er… prominent. If they were human these femmebots would be rockin’ serious F cups (and probably have serious back issues). Since a Transformer is usually at least 10 times the size of a human I think we would have to expand the alphabet to give these ones a proper designation. The characters are Arcee and Windblade, both quite prominent in the IDW comics at the moment and both have had Generations toys in recent years. Admittedly the toys themselves do have chests that stick forward in a female manner, but they are certainly not this abundantly female!

Certainly making good use of that 3rd dimension

Yes, they even included her measurements

The material feels… quite um… smooth. And the bumps feel…. quite er…. squishy. Oh shit – what am I supposed to say here? These are Transformer Boob Mouse Pads, there is no getting around it! Rest your wrist on it (and only your wrist boys) and click yourself silly! Of course you can always leave them in their packaging and hang them on the wall as a talking piece when friends and relatives come to visit.

“No honey, its not perverted. It’s *‘decorative wall art’*“

Somehow I think mine are going to live in a box to be taken out to amuse my mates when they come over for a beer. With two little kids in the house I can’t see my wife allowing otherwise and I definitely cant take them to work.

Look, one could easily make the argument that these objectify… er… giant transforming alien femmebots (hmmm… maybe its not so easy after all) but in the end it’s a bit of silly, inexpensive fun that is more likely to illicit a dirty chuckle from your friends than any real arousal from yourself. So have a good laugh that these kinds of things have been even created in the first place and click ya brains out!

Related Article: Elita One Mouse Pad

**Acree:** “Wow, these couches are really comfy!”
**Windblade:** “Um, maybe you should look behind you”
**Arcee:** *“WTF!?!”*

Transformer Multiverse Toy Galleries

Multiverse Sky Lynx Toys Gallery

March 23, 2017 Big Angry Trev 2 Comments

MULTIVERSE SKY LYNX GALLERY

Please note: The photo set I had built at my last farm was destroyed in a move, so while I have added photo’s of Earthrise Sky Lynx to this gallery, he will not be properly shot like the other three figures until I build a new one.

Individual Figure Pic’s

Generation One Sky Lynx

Name: Sky Lynx
Toyline: Generation One
Mode: Cybertronian Beast

Combiner Wars Sky Lynx

Name: Sky Lynx
Toyline: Combiner Wars
Mode: Cybertonian Beast

Preadacons Rising Skylynx

Name: Skylynx
Toyline: Beast Hunters – Predacons Rising
Mode: Cybertronian Beast

Earthrise Sky Lynx

Comparison Pic’s

Related Articles:

Toys Reiew: CW Sky Lynx and BH Skylynx

Toys Review: Team Sky Reign

Toy Review: Earthrise Sky Lynx

Transformer Toy Reviews

Classic Toy Reviews – Beast Hunters and Combiner Wars Sky Lynx

March 23, 2017 Big Angry Trev Leave a comment

Ah the toys of yesteryear! Enjoy these classic reviews of toys gone by!

Skylynx

Series – Transformers Prime
Sub-line – Beast Hunters – Predacons Rising
Size/class – Deluxe
New/remould/redeco – Redeco
Release – a US Target only exclusive
Approximate Retail Price – $22US
Approximate Size – 14cm
Allegiance – Predacon
Alt-mode – Cybertronian Beast
Main Features/Gimmicks – disc launchers in wings
Main Colours – White, Blue, Red
Main Accessories – 2 x battle discs

I’m not a fan of most ‘monster’ Transformers, but I grabbed Skylynx as it was the only figure at the time that paid homage to our favorite arrogant space shutte. Yes I know this Skylynx doesn’t have the space shuttle mode, but it was the beast mode I was after.

Robot mode

Butt-ugly! Also, the discs in his wings make him top heavy and I had really muck about with him to get him to stand properly.

Beast mode

Still pretty butt-ugly, but its for the beast mode I got him so its in this mode he will likely remain. A quadraped dragon-bird thing coloured in red, white & blue was what was on offer, and it’s what they delivered .

Overall

Is he worth getting? It’s an easy transformation which makes him good for kids and for the adults, well, personally I’m a sucker for a G1 homage (even if G1 Sky Lynx would be horrified that he is now a ‘grubby Predacon!’ ) so that’s why I got him. To be honest otherwise I think this toy would be easy to pass up, especially since he had such a limited release and the Combiner Wars version is now on offer. Speaking of which…

Sky Lynx
Series – Generations
Sub-line – Combiner Wars
Size/class – Voyager
New/remould/redeco – New
Wave – Wave 2, 2016
Approximate Retail Price – $45
Approximate Size – 20cm
Allegiance – Autobot
Alt-mode – Space Shuttle with troop transport undercarriage
Main Features/Gimmicks – Can combine with others to form Sky Reign
Main Colours – White, Blue, Red
Main Accessories – 2 long blasters

Robot Mode

A nice looking Sky Lynx indeed. While the poseability isn’t great nearly every part of him can be re-positioned to some extent (wings, tail, legs, feet, neck, mouth) so you can give him different looks. Blasters can be attached to the wings or to elongate the tail.

Space Shuttle Mode

Besides the undercarriage sticking out from under the back of the Space Shuttle good and it’s very faithful to the original Sky Lynx concept in terms of proportions, colour scheme and shape. Very nice. Blasters can once again be attached to the wings.

Transformation
Very straight forward for a Voyager and one of the easiest of that size from the CW line to do.
Overall
This is a pretty good Sky Lynx. I think it could have benefited from being a Leader Class toy with the Lynx mode built in rather than it being a combiner but certainly the fact he combines with others toys (see HERE) and has the Lynx as the head gives it extra playability for younger fans and is an extra nod to fans of the original toy. So not as cool as the G1 toy (that was even motorized!) but way cooler than the Predacons Rising version. Overall recommended.

*I’m not sure how either of them feel about this*

Got any thoughts about these two toys? Would love to hear them in the comments section below!

*For my Multiverse Gallery of different Sky Lynx toys see HERE.

*For my review of CW Sky Lynx in his combined mode of Sky Reign see HERE.

Meaty Goodness!

Meat Recipe #7 – Swedish Tunnbrödsrulle

March 22, 2017 Big Angry Trev Leave a comment

Back in 2004 I was backpacking through Sweden and stopped in Stockholm for a few days for the Smaka på Stockholm (a taste of Stockholm) festival. While there I devoured many tasty exotic dishes (a lot of which were based around a pickled herring motif) whilst I told amusing anecdotes to drunk Americans in exchange for free beer. It was a marvelous time!

The recipe I intend to share with you today though ironically was something I did not eat at the festival but rather something I bought from a street vendor one afternoon after spending a few too many hours at a vodka bar. It tasted like nothing I have had before or since and I have tried many times over the years to replicate it with little success. However I eventually discovered the origin of the dish and thus have have finally recreated it! This dish is the sinfully tasty and very odd Tunnbrödsrulle.

What is Tunnbrödsrulle? Well in a nutshell it is a sausage surrounded by mashed potato and prawn salad, wrapped in some flat bread with various toppings added. Think a sausage & mash ice cream cone and while you are still far off the mark its probably the closest you are going to get. This is a damn odd dish – but my word it is good!

Ingredients:

4 x Thick Beef Sausages

3 x Potatoes

8 x Cooked Shrimp (de-tailed)

½ a Red Onion

½ a Brown Onion

½ cup of Lettuce

8 Cherry Tomatoes

½ Cup of Milk

Small amount of Butter

Small handful of Cheddar Cheese

Dollop of Dijon Mustard

2 x Tablespoon of Sour Cream

2 x Tablespoon of Mayoniasse

1 x Tablespoon of Dill

1 x Tablespoon of Lime Juice

4 x Flour Wraps

Preparation:

Boil water for potatoes. Heat grill. Quarter cherry tomatoes, shred lettuce, dice brown & red onions and shrimp. Finely chop dill.

Method:

Step 1: Put potatoes on to boil. But sausages on grill, turning when necessary.

Step 2: Combine red onion, sour cream, dill, mayonnaise, lime juice and shrimp to make shrimp salad.

Step 3: Drain potatoes. Mix with milk, cheese, Dijon mustard and butter to make mashed potato.

Step 4: Remove sausages, grill onion then remove.

Combination

Step 1: Lay wraps flat. Put a line of mashed potato down once side and a line of shrimp salad down the other.

Step 2: Place a sausage in between the two lines. Curl wrap up then wrap that in aluminum foil.

Step 3: In gaping top of wrap place tomato, grilled onion and lettuce.

Enjoy! This is a deceptively filing meal and one should do you, though I like to use the leftovers to make a double-sausage version. The beauty of Tunnbrödsrulle is it is perfect for when you have had one too many drinks, the downside is its impossible to make if you have had one too many drinks. Happy eating!

Got any other Swedish dishes you think worthy of consideration? Would love to read about them in the comments section below!

Transformer Multiverse Toy Galleries

Multiverse Bulkhead Toys Gallery

March 21, 2017 Big Angry Trev Leave a comment

The fourth of my Multiverse galleries. Bulkhead first showed up in the Animated cartoon & toyline and became quite popular quite quickly, going on to star in the Prime cartoon as well.

Note: Not featured here is Bulkhead the helicopter from the Energon Toyline/Cartoon as he is considered a completely different character.

Individual Figure Pic’s

Name: Bulkhead
Toyline: Animated
Mode: Robot

Name: Bulkhead
Toyline: Prime
Mode: Robot

Name: Bulkhead
Toyline: Kre-O
Mode: Robot

Name: Bulkhead
Toyline: Kinder Surprise
Mode: Robot

Name: Bulkhead
Toyline: Mash’Ems
Mode: Robot

Comparison Pic’s

Meaty Goodness!

Meat Recipe #6 – Chimichangas: the easy, healthy and family friendly way

March 21, 2017 Big Angry Trev Leave a comment

Ah, Chimichangas – the favorite food of Deadpool. What a chimichanga consists of is essentially an American version of a Mexican recipe. As in you take a Mexican burrito and then, in that all too common American fashion, you deep fry the hell outta it!

Now that sounds like it’s right up the alley of yours truly, and that it is! But you read the title – healthy and family friendly. What’s that you say – ‘You bloody sell out Trev!’? Well the problem of being part of a family is I never used to get to cook chimichangas as they were too unhealthy for my wife and too spicy for my kids. So the recipe I’m going to share with you today is the less spicy and healthy (well – not healthy per se – healthier than usual would be more accurate) way to make them. Plus my version is a lot less hassle!

Ingredients

*1 x Old El Paso burrito kit – low fat version

(should contain 8 small tortillas, cooking seasoning and salsa)

*500gms of extra-lean beef mince.

*1 x 400gm can of Mexican style beans

(these already have the garlic and mild Mexican spices you need in them so don’t drain the can)

*1 x onion

*½ a red capsicum

*½ a green capsicum

*½ a cup of rice

*½ a lettuce

*2 cups of water

*1 cup of grated cheese

*Sour cream

*2 liters of rice bran oil

(has a very high smoke point and makes for low-calorie absorption, making it perfect for healthier deep frying)

Cooking Instructions

Step 1: Prepare your ingredients. Slice the capsicum and dice the onion. Put a small amount of the oil in a frying pan and the rest into your deep fryer. Put the deep fryer on a low heat. Shred lettuce. Boil 1 cup of water for rice.

Step 2: Lightly fry mince until pinkness recedes. Add capsicum, onion, beans, cooking seasoning and 1 cup of water. Simmer over a low heat, stirring occasionally.

Step 3: Put rice on to boil. Take shredded lettuce and put down a layer on each plate. Nuke tortillas. Turn up deep fryer to high.

Step 4: Spoon mince mix into tortillas. Roll tortillas up and hold closed with a toothpick.

Step 5: One at a time, deep fry the burritos for about 2 minutes apiece.

Step 6: Take rice off boil and drain. Put chimichangas on top of lettuce. Top with cheese, salsa and sour cream. Add rice to sides of chimichangas.

And there you have it, about the healthiest version of a chimichanga you are likely to ever have! If you want the proper version then you can always throw in some jalapenos, cumin and garlic and replace the Mexican-style beans with refried ones. Enjoy!

Got a different Chimichanga recipe? Would love to read it in the comments section below!

Random Rants

Pokémon – a beginners guide to child abandonment

March 17, 2017 Big Angry Trev Leave a comment

Gotta catch’em all! A sentiment uttered by Pokémon fanatics and pedophiles alike.

Is there much of a difference? Probably (though both groups made heavy use of the Pokémon GO app) . Let’s take a look at that damn cartoon eh? Or as I call it ‘Hansel & Gretel for the new millennium’.

*My mom lets me sleep outdoors and has no idea as to my current location – cool!*

The story centers around Ash, a 10 year old boy. Now what should 10 year old boys be doing? Living with Mum and Dad, going to school, taking piano lessons and the like one would think. But no, this kid traipses off into the woods, no adult supervision and with a bunch of wild animals and the intent to catch more.

This cartoon isn’t set thousands of years ago by the way, where one had to bring down a wolf or elk in order to prove their manhood to the tribe. No, its set in modern Japan, where apparently its perfectly fine for parents to let their kids ditch school and then head into the forest with some little yellow mutant hamster that can shoot deadly bolts of electricity. And his mission? To catch more mutant animals – ones that can shoot spikes and breathe fire and emit poisonous gasses and all manner of f*cked up shit! And why is Ash trying to ‘Catch’em all’? To make them fight each other. That’s right, cock-fighting for kids! How merry!

*Oh yes – a perfectly safe pet for a 10 year old*

When I was 10 I wasn’t even allowed to walk to a mates house after school by myself without ok’ing it with my mother first! But nope, Ash’s parents are progressive and believe that stifles a child’s creativity. And that immunizations cause Autism. Year after year Ash never seems to grow, indicating a severe lack of proper nutrition (maybe he eats the Pokémon he captures – I’ll admit, I’d try a Charizard & chips – at least it would be self frying) . Also he seems to wear the exact same clothes year in and year out – can’t the poor kid have a new pair of jeans (though he does keep his old clothes immaculate I must say).

Perhaps I’m being unfair. Ash (our Hansel) is often not actually alone. On top of all the deadly animals, Ash usually has a small band of friends with him. Other delinquent kids who aren’t interested in an education, within an ever changing roster (the kids that disappear probably get eaten by a damn Jigglypuff or something). Usually there is another one or two boys and a girl. Lets take a look at three of these girls:

*I’m **Sarena** – I love short skirts and thigh high stockings*

*I’m **Dawn** – I love even shorter skirts and CFM boots*

Would you let your pre-teen daughters dress in skirts that ludicrously short and wander about in the woods with a bunch of boys sans grown-ups to keep an eye on things? I think not! And if so please leave your details in the comments section at the bottom of this page so I can pass them on to the authorities. These little lasses will be visiting a ‘family planning center’ by the time they are 15 at the latest, I guarantee it. Put on some damn clothes and get back to school you little tarts!

*I’m **Misty** and I take my fashion cues from 80’s porn actresses!*

I mean come on – its not that hot! Ash seems to always be wearing jeans and a jacket and he’s not sweating. But then maybe these Gretel’s too are suffering like our Hansel is, no parents around to make them rug up and buy a sweater.

Oh, and lets not forget Team Rocket! A grown man and woman duo, off their nuts on drugs to the point that they constantly hallucinate their cat can talk, who stalk Ash and his friends wherever they go. Anyone ever heard of Stranger Danger? Where are the authorities in all this? Two adults that constantly follow small children – I mean are the cops waiting until the kids get molested or what?! All this pair of deviants are lacking is a Gingerbread Cottage!

**Team Rocket** – Gender-Swapping perverts cupping themselves at children

Bear in mind that this all equates to one of the most popular cartoons over the past twenty years. It’s a damn billion dollar industry! TV shows, movies, video games, toys, trading cards, apps – it’s a friggin cash cow! Lets just sum up the story line of this travesty:

A 10 year old boy wanders around the forest with no adults, other little boys, scantily dressed girls and dangerous animals while they hunt even more dangerous animals to make’em fight each other as they get stalked by a couple of druggo loonies! This is Pokémon – DVD’s on sale now!

You know what? I’ll be keeping my kids watching Transformers. At least it’s just a bunch of big alien robots shooting coloured lasers at each other. Sounds a lot more wholesome to me. Hansel & Gretel my arse!

*So THAT’S why he’s been trying to catch’em all. Ew. Been in the woods way too long Ash buddy – time to go home.*

Got an opinion about this cartoon of neglect and sin? Would love for you to mention it in the comments section below!

Videos

Big Angry Trev’s Thought For The Day #3

March 16, 2017 Big Angry Trev Leave a comment

The third in my series of video musings about life, love and existence in general.

Today’s thought is about the unexpected feelings cooking vegetarian style brings forth

Transformer Toy Reviews

Classic Toy Reviews – Generations and Timelines Wasp/Thrustinator

March 13, 2017 Big Angry Trev Leave a comment

These are reviews from threads I originated on the Ozformers site back when these toys were released. Enjoy!

Note: For Multiverse galleries of these characters see HERE!

Name: WASPINATOR

Series – Generations
Sub-line – Thrilling 30
Wave: Wave 1 – 2014
Size/class – Deluxe
New/remould/redeco – New
Released here – Not yet
Approximate Retail Price – $28Aus
Approximate Size – 14cm
Allegiance – Predacon
Alt-mode – Wasp
Main Features/Gimmicks – Design based on IDW design
Main Colours – Green, Yellow, Brown
Main Accessories – IDW exclusive comic, Stinger Gun

Robot Mode

*Quite good looking, faithful to both Beast Wars and the IDW incarnations. He has good articulation and the light piping works really well with his huge optics.

Wasp mode

*To my mind the wasp mode here is better than both the Beast Wars and the Animated versions of the character. Very compact, very well coloured and very well balanced. The flapping wings are a nice touch that add a lot of play value.

Transformation

This transformation would be far easier if the instructions were REMOTELY USEFUL! I was able to figure him out because, well, if I can’t after 30 years of collecting I should hand in my Autobrand right now. But I wouldn’t give this to a little kid or a novice who would try to go soely by the instructions because Waspy would be flung out the window after 10 minutes. Once you’ve done it though, it takes about 15 seconds to transform him back

Worth getting?
*For me, as more of a G1 than BW fan (technically the same universe I know), the only BW characters (besides the odd Robot Hero) I’ve bothered to collect over the years have been Depthcharge’s and Waspinator‘s so I was happy to grab this guy to add to the collection. I’ll be bypassing the new Rhinox & Rattrap figures altogether. But if you are a big Beast Wars fan I’d say this is the figure to get for the new year. Oh, and the free comic is a nice bonus too

Name: Thrustinator
Series – Timelines
Sub-line – TFSS
Size/class – Deluxe
New/remould/redeco – Extensive remold of Dirgegun
Wave – 2
Released here – n/a
Approximate Retail Price – $46.50
Approximate Size – 14cm
Allegiance – Predacon
Alt-mode – Techno-mutated Wasp thingie
Main Features/Gimmicks – Head can become purple stinger shooter
Main Colours – purple, green, yellow, grey
Main Accessories – One missile launcher, 2 missilesRobot Mode

They had to completely use their imaginations here since it’s never been properly on screen, but in the end I suppose it was heavily influenced by what went where from his alt-mode and Dirgegun where apparently the mold came from. Hideous but kinda interesting. I always have a soft spot for any robot that isn’t perfectly symmetrical. A cool concept is that you can retract his head and put a big missile launching stinger in it’s place, which also gives him a totally purple head which is a shout out to the cartoon.

Wasp…. thingie

Bloody hideous! But whereas in the cartoon he was just a Wasp with BM Thrusts head (which I’ve included an image of here), they’ve taken the meld to the nth degree here so well done them for putting a bit of imagination into it. Having different parts of Waspinators alt-modes body and head mutated and deformed in Thrusts colours is – while garish – a kinda cool concept. That said, it’s still the ugliest thing I’ve seen since the Fuzors.

Transformation
Takes about 13 seconds to turn him from Wasp to Bot. No challenge to be found here

Overall
Well, probably my least favorite in the latest subscription service figures for me as it’s a character I care little about and I very vaguely remember showing up briefly in the final episode of BM. Nevertheless, a very interesting looking figure and creatively designed toy. If you are a massive Beast Machines fan (are there any ) and not a member of the TFSS then wait till it turns up cheap on the secondary market.