by Fear or Courage | Aug 1, 2022 | Blog Bots
I always like when I get to take a look at something out of my usual wheelhouse, and this is one of those times. Plus, it comes with a story. BotBots, as a franchise, is an area of Transformers I haven’t really gotten into. It’s a toyline that started way back in...
by Fear or Courage | Jul 25, 2022 | Blog Bots
Does Skids even qualify as “obscure” anymore? I feel like he has a reputation as being “the obscure guy,” despite being an early G1 character in a franchise with far deeper cuts. He has a Masterpiece figure now, even! Sure, his original figure was released in...
by Fear or Courage | Jul 18, 2022 | Blog Bots
You know, I’m pretty grateful for the current trend in mainline Transformers of doing a few repacks in every new line, because it gives me a shot at guys I missed, like this one. For those not in the know, a repack is when a Transformers figure is re-released in the...
by Fear or Courage | Jul 4, 2022 | Blog Bots
Kamen Rider’s a more recent interest of mine, something I got into around 2019, when Kamen Rider Zero-One premiered, and advertised itself as a jumping-on point. Since then, I’ve watched a bunch of the shows and movies, and grabbed a little bit of merch to go with it....
by Fear or Courage | Jun 28, 2022 | Blog Bots
It’s pretty normal as a Transformers collector to wind up with a couple different repaints of the current Seeker tooling. You get Starscream, whichever one of Skywarp or Thundercracker is easier to get, maybe a Conehead, maybe one of the wildcard obscurities they like...