by Fear or Courage | Jul 30, 2021 | Blog Bots
Originally written February 2019, one of my earliest reviews. Since his appearance in the very first episode of the Generation One cartoon, Shockwave’s always been a quiet figure of mystery. Whether the guardian of Cybertron, an amoral scientist, a beast trainer, or a...
by Fear or Courage | Jul 26, 2021 | Blog Bots
There used to be this thing in Transformers collecting called the “Furman Bump.” It’s what would happen when longtime Transformers scribe Simon Furman would take a minor character, and arbitrarily decide to give them a central role in one of his Transformers comics,...
by Fear or Courage | Jul 23, 2021 | Blog Bots
Originally written February 2020, this was my first exposure to Earthrise. Well, Transformers: Siege has come and gone, and the first wave of its sequel line, Transformers: Earthrise has arrived (realistically, though, I probably still have some Siege reviews in me)....
by Fear or Courage | Jul 19, 2021 | Blog Bots
You know, despite having a whole subline of Transformers dedicated to one of my favorite bits of media in the franchise (the ‘86 movie), I haven’t gone in on Studio Series 86 as much as you’d think. That’s thanks to Kingdom, which is focusing on my OTHER favorite bit...
by Fear or Courage | Jul 16, 2021 | Blog Bots
Originally written September 2019. Reflector’s an odd Decepticon, both in design and history. The original Reflector toy was meant to come out in 1984 with the first series of Transformers, but for whatever reason, was initially cancelled, and would later come out in...
