by Fear or Courage | Nov 26, 2024 | Blog Bots
I recently had one of those mythical “found a complete, good figure in your parent’s basement” experiences, but instead of some kind of rare G1 find (I wasn’t born for most of G1!), it’s something a lot more recent (well, relatively), and a lot stranger. This is...
by Fear or Courage | Nov 18, 2024 | Blog Bots
You know, I bought Siege Springer back in 2020, and in the four years between then, and selling him at TFCon this summer, I never once wrote a review of him. I think that’s because there was something bizarrely forgettable about the figure, something that made his...
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...
