Windblade was the first, most complex, and most successful creation of Hasbro’s fan-vote campaigns for its Generations lines. In 2013, the fandom was tasked with creating an entire character out of a series of online polls, deciding everything about their appearance,...
Originally written May 2019. Iron Factory’s a company that fills a specific niche, and it’s a niche that specifically appeals to me. For those unfamiliar with them, Iron Factory is a company that creates palm-sized miniature transforming robots designed to be...
A good story needs a good villain, and the Beast Wars version of Megatron was one for the ages. A new character who had taken the same name as his Decepticon predecessor, he was theatrical, british-accented, seemingly cultured, but really brutish (David Kaye’s lovely...
Originally written way back in January 2019. See the ending for some 2021 comments. The stern career soldier, essentially Optimus Prime-lite, Ultra Magnus has always been a fan favorite character since his first appearance in the 1986 Animated Movie, so it makes sense...
The different minifigures that have been a part of mainline Transformers since the tail-end of Transformers: Cybertron have gone through a confusing collection of names. First, they were “Legends” (EZ Collection in Japan), all the way from there, until...