by Fear or Courage | May 2, 2022 | Blog Bots
In terms of sheer numbers, I think Hot Rod’s the character with the most reviews in my archive. Which makes sense, since they’re my favorite, and often my first choice if a Transformers line does a version of them. Still, after Studio Series 86 Hot Rod pretty much got...
by Fear or Courage | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog Bots
I started with the smallest of the Bumblebee Movie Prologue Weirdos, and now it’s time for the biggest one, Soundwave. He managed to spend his limited amount of movie screentime thundering onto the battlefield, talking in his classic modulated voice (though Jon Bailey...
by Fear or Courage | Apr 18, 2022 | Blog Bots
The Prologue Weirdos are coming, the Prologue Wierdos are coming! I don’t think of them as “wierdos” myself, but the circles I run in sometimes call them that. Yes, four years after they were added in last-minute reshoots to the Bumblebee movie, the full cast of...
by Fear or Courage | Apr 11, 2022 | Blog Bots
First, a confession from a Transformers: The Movie superfan: I think the Junkions are my least favorite part of that movie. Maybe their TV-speaking gag didn’t vibe with me (it doesn’t help that the odd vocal processing on their voices makes it impossible to parse a...
by Fear or Courage | Apr 4, 2022 | Blog Bots
Tracks, in the hierarchy of Generation One, is roughly what I’d classify as a B-lister. Introduced in the second year of the original toyline, he was added into the cast of the animated series in the second season, and was a bit notable for having two entire spotlight...
by Fear or Courage | Apr 1, 2022 | Blog Bots
Welcome to the first of an occasional review series, where I take a look at something outside of the realm of robots. See, Transformers is my big thing, collection-wise. But I have other interests, and sometimes those other interests come with figures and merchandise,...