The relatively short first season of the Cyberverse cartoon has come to an end, but new toys are still turning up on the shelves. I must admit I am eschewing most of them but when I saw Acid Storm in a local store I couldn’t help but pick him (or is it her?) up. So … Continue reading Toy Review – Cyberverse: Acid Storm
Scalpers – the bane of collectors everywhere. Nasty little parasites who eagerly buy up all the figures they can and then flog them for twice the price. Evil pricks without an empathy or remorse. No, I don’t like scalpers – no sir! Now I want to make a distinction here. I don’t consider scalpers people … Continue reading Scalpers: A-Holes of the Collectors World
Finally we seem to be getting some of the Wave 3 figures from the Power of the Primes toyline on Australian shelves, a long wait for many of us who no longer do our shopping overseas online due to the GST. There is only one Voyager class figure in this wave and it’s a character … Continue reading Toy Review – POTP Inferno
With RID disappearing into the sunset, leaving most fans with a ‘yeah, it was alright I guess’ taste in their mouths, many have been anticipating the new Cyberverse cartoon and toyline. However if what one reads online is to be believed, fans are already being put off with what they perceive to be overly simplistic … Continue reading Toys Review – Cyberverse: Grimlock & Shockwave
In this latest interview with Aussie TF collectors we are talking to Dallas, a great bloke I was privileged to meet at the Collectormania Toy Fair last year (he even bought me a beer!). So lets chat to this fine fellow and avid collector of all things Cybertronian. QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU Real name or … Continue reading Transformer Fan Interview – Dallas
Last time we talked to Con, a fan up in the far north of Australia. This time we head back down south to talk to Michael, one of the true Kings of Customization in Australia and a helluva nice guy a few years ago I got the pleasure of meeting! Oh, and don’t forget to check … Continue reading Transformer Fan Interview – ‘I wanna be like Mike!’
So here we are in the third instalment of the Prime Wars Trilogy and the latest toyline is Power of the Primes! This toyline will be filled with combiner groups like the Combiner Wars and smaller characters that can attach to bigger characters like in Titans Return. However a new gimmick – Evolution – is … Continue reading Toys Review – POTP Optimus & Rodimus Prime
Welcome to the next in a series of interviews with different Aussie Transformer fans. Last time we chatted to Lisamaree who was at the time living abroad. Today we will be talking to Raymo, a country lad like me who now, luckily for his hobby, lives a lot closer to the big TF shops up … Continue reading Transformer Fan Interview – Raymo
One great thing about being a Transformers fan is getting to meet other members of the fandom. Of course that was all but impossible in the pre-internet days (yes kids – some of us are old enough to remember that) unless they went to your school. Nowdays you can meet Transfans from around the globe … Continue reading Transformer Fan Interview – Lisamaree
This is a transcript of an interview I did where I answered questions from fellow Aussie Transfans – enjoy! Women want him (to stop belching mainly) Men want to be him (so that his toys becomes theirs) He is the Alpha Trion and the Omega Supreme. He is all things to all peoples. As he … Continue reading Fanscan interview with Big Angry Trev
