I may be focusing on the Studio Series side of Rise of the Beasts when it comes to my pickups, but I need to take a moment to point out that the mainline, non-Studio part of the movie’s merchandising is doing some interesting stuff, too. It’s got its own assortment of...
Is a new coat of paint all it takes for me to come around on a figure? Am I just a mark for obscure deep-cuts that appeal to my really specific aesthetic proclivities? That seems to be the entire idea behind the Toxitron Collection, the latest Wal-Mart exclusive batch...
Well, now that Rise of the Beasts has come and gone, and turned out to be a Certified Banger (™) of a Transformers production, it’s time for me to do what the movie was trying to make me do all along: Start buying the figures. Now, I have nothing against the...
A good thing about conventions like TFCon is that they let you circle back to stuff you missed, stuff that’s long out of circulation, and maybe you can even get a deal or two on it. Case and point: This version of Wheeljack. As someone who maintains a standing shelf...
In the style of long-departed Official Transformers Conventions, it’s a tradition every TFCon for there to be a small group of exclusive figures only available at the show (and occasionally at future shows if they don’t sell through). Of course, since TFCon is not an...