by Fear or Courage | Nov 7, 2024 | Blog Bots
Regardless of the rising and falling fortunes of modern Transformers, one thing that I love about where we are today is how many d-list nobody characters get to have modern updates, like Road Pig here. Originally released in the final year of Generation 2, the early...
by Fear or Courage | Oct 6, 2024 | Blog Bots
One thing I’ve become wary of in modern Transformers collecting is chasing the dragon of slow, gradual upgrades of classic characters. It’s something, for example, I ranted about at the end of my review of Studio Series 86 Brawn. To be fair, Transformers isn’t as bad...
by Fear or Courage | Sep 20, 2024 | Blog Bots
As I said when I opened my review of the Kingdom Commander version of this character, Rodimus Prime doesn’t get enough respect. After Optimus Prime’s death, the new 1986 Autobot leader had a tough act to follow both in-universe, and in real life, and people weren’t...
by Fear or Courage | Sep 6, 2024 | Blog Bots
Rest in peace, Buzzworthy Bumblebee. You may have become a completely random grab bag of a toyline, where Hasbro just kind of threw whatever figures didn’t have a home into, but some of those figures were really good! Two of them were Origin Bumblebee (reviewed here),...
by Fear or Courage | Aug 23, 2024 | Blog Bots
Another TFCon’s come and gone, and my dragon’s hoard of robots will fuel this blog for a long time. Long enough, in fact, to give me a bit of a backlog panic. But, I figure a good place to go next is one of the at-show exclusives, Clutch, by Fans Hobby. Much like...
