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,...
by Fear or Courage | Mar 28, 2022 | Blog Bots
So, is Lift-Ticket a Legacy or Generations Selects figure? I think of it as Generations Selects, since it’s in a brown box, and exclusive to both Gamestop and Toys R Us. And all Generations Selects releases have “belonged” to a specific mainline, you usually just had...
by Fear or Courage | Mar 21, 2022 | Blog Bots
The kinds of forces that drive demand for figures in collector-oriented Transformers lines are interesting, and strange to think about. Sometimes, what’s in demand has less to do with what or who a figure is, but instead, the circumstances under which they were (or...
by Fear or Courage | Mar 14, 2022 | Blog Bots
I might be done with Kingdom’s Beast Wars updates, but one more slipped under the wire as an exclusive add-on: Terrorsaur. This is the guy everyone wants from the Golden Disc Collection, the Amazon exclusive Kingdom sub-line that’s mostly random repaints, since he’s a...
