by Fear or Courage | Nov 4, 2022 | Blog Bots
Previously, on Non-Bot Reviews!!! I’d read a Penguin Classics collection of early Spider-Man comics while on vacation, and liked them enough that it motivated me to buy a small Retro Collection Spider-Man figure based on his earliest, slightly-different appearances in...
by Fear or Courage | Oct 31, 2022 | Blog Bots
Like most of the Bumblebee Movie entries in the Studio Series, Shockwave had a single-line cameo in the film’s opening sequence, mostly memorable for his voice actor doing a spot-on impression of Corey Burton’s G1 performance. In that brief appearance, he was scaled...
by Fear or Courage | Oct 24, 2022 | Blog Bots
Well, this was something I was surprised to find. This two-pack of Legacy figures was an online Hasbro Pulse exclusive, released as part of their Pulscon livestream “convention.” I was waffling on whether I’d order one for myself, or rather, if I’d keep or cancel the...
by Fear or Courage | Oct 18, 2022 | Blog Bots
There’s a lot of collector discourse around Arcee these days, as a series of Generations, Masterpiece, and Third Party figures have tried some combination of a) replicating her G1 Cartoon design’s impossible transformation, to limited success (I’m on record as liking...
by Fear or Courage | Oct 10, 2022 | Blog Bots
Ahh, one of my favorite B-listers. So, Beachcomber’s a second-year Generation One minibot, who changed into a little dune buggy. His original figure, at least in photos (I’ve never handled one) looks like an all-timer in terms of “a simple little thing that...
by Fear or Courage | Oct 7, 2022 | Blog Bots
I’m not a huge superhero guy, but if I had to pick a favorite, Spider-Man’s my pick for Marvel, and maybe my favorite by default. I’m not totally sure why, but maybe it has something to do with his having a pretty good track record of movies, or, more likely, the 90’s...
