As the years progress, we are getting more and more obscure characters from Generation 1 turn up in the Transformers Generations toyline. Characters such as Greenlight and Lifeline who were non-speaking background femmebot characters from single episodes, Zetar & Chromar who were mail-away figures from 1984 that never showed up in any media, and even … Continue reading Toy Review: Autobot Ark & Teletraan 1
It’s been a few months since the last installment, but we have another entry in the ever popular Transformer Fan Interviews! In this latest interview with Aussie TF collectors we are talking to Trent, a good bloke who is always willing to help a mate out with a sought toy, or provide some online sparring … Continue reading Transformer Fan Interview – Trent
With the Transformers Kingdom toy line hitting the stores we are seeing a shift away from the Micromasters that have made up a decent part of the Siege and Earthrise toylines. Whilst some may be happy for this, others will miss not being able to complete the sets of these classic (if obscure) characters in their updated forms. Luckily for us, … Continue reading Toys Review – Micron Micromasters
This month – January 2021 – marks 20 years of me being an adult collector of Transformers. It also marks the 20 year anniversary of my first (very short lived) marriage. And the two are not unconnected. As a kid we didn’t have a great deal of money, though I never went without a … Continue reading How 20 Years of being an Adult Collector began
As the Earthrise portion of the War for Cybertron toy trilogy wraps up in preparation for the Kingdom line, people are still receiving exclusives that have been ordered and delayed due to the Covid Crisis. I’ve just received one of these exclusives and it contains two characters that have historically been very hard to get … Continue reading Toys Review – Galactic Odyssey Ratchet & Lifeline
Transformer fans had mixed reactions when we saw the return of the Micromasters a couple of years ago. On the one hand it was great to get new versions of characters we hadn’t seen since 89/90. On the other their joints were often weak and their combined weapons modes were more often than not fairly … Continue reading Toy Review – WFC-GS12 Greasepit
The original Headmaster Horrorcons were G1 toys that kinda had it all. They were triple changers, they had beast modes, they had jet modes AND they were Headmasters where the Nebulan partner also triple-changed – becoming the head of the robot and of the beast. Combine all this with the fact that they also showed … Continue reading Toy Review – Earthrise Snapdragon
How long have we been waiting for an official G1 Quintesson toy? The time seems immeasurable… … well, not really. Thirty four years. 34 damn years since Transformer fans first saw those 5-faced tentacles monstrosities passing judgement on Lithone and Cybertronian alike, having their victims thrown into the Sharkticon tank. And we’ve wanted a toy … Continue reading Toy Review – WFC Earthrise Quintesson Judge
Last year we saw the introduction of the Commander Class in the Generations toyline of the Transformers franchise. This new classification of toy size was for those characters that were much bigger than even the likes of Optimus and Megatron in the G1 cartoon and the fans wanted a toy to match. So far we … Continue reading Toy Review – Earthrise Sky Lynx
The Generations Selects line is one that divides people. On the one hand it provides opportunities for figures to get made that might otherwise not due to a lack of popularity. On the other, it means these figures are often only available either online, at specific stores and/or limited to a few select countries, meaning … Continue reading Toys Review – Selects: Nightbird, Cromar and Zetar
