Previously on Retro Bot Reviews, I said I’d love a crack at X-Transbots Masterpiece Shafter. Thanks to TFCon noticing my writeup, I got a chance to own one. But let’s back up, and cover the story behind this bot, chronologically. 1989: Hasbro releases the Autobot...
Originally written May 2020. Doccat was the second of TFCon DC 2020’s planned exclusive figures, along with Azalea Protoform, offered up online after the convention had to be cancelled due to global events. Anyway, in terms of who he is, Doccat is a homage to two...
Originally written April 2020. So, how about that Masterpiece Arcee, eh? I’ve said everything I need to say about that back in my Earthrise Arcee review, so I don’t really need to get too far into it aside from saying “it’s not great.”...
Originally written July 2019. Beachcomber’s an odd little favorite Transformers character of mine. Introduced in the second year of both the show and the original toy line, he changes into a four-wheeled offroad buggy, and is characterized as a nature-loving pacifist,...
When it comes to exposure and merchandising, Bumblebee’s gone through his share of highs and lows. Bumblebee may have been the Transformers franchise’s first kid-appeal character, but thanks to copyright problems around his name, he was missing from Transformers...