by Fear or Courage | Sep 24, 2021 | Blog Bots
Originally written January 2020. Let’s start 2020 with an unexpected surprise (2021 note: Hahaha. Hahah. Hah. Oof.) To catch you up, the Powerdashers were a trio of mail-away figures from the early years of the original Transformers toyline, who, by their nature as...
by Fear or Courage | Sep 20, 2021 | Blog Bots
This is one I’m a bit late to, which is appropriate, considering the movie he came from. So, Transformers: Collaborative’s been doing its unique thing for awhile, putting out a few releases a year, but it’s a line I haven’t really gotten into. The idea behind...
by Fear or Courage | Sep 17, 2021 | Blog Bots
Originally written February 2019. Even if you barely know Transformers, you know who Optimus Prime is, which is why when Takara started making Masterpiece Transformers, the high-end, collector-oriented, super-accurate-to-the-80’s-toon line, it makes sense that they...
by Fear or Courage | Sep 13, 2021 | Blog Bots
Kingdom’s Core-class assortment has been a great run of Transformers minifigures. Or rather, that larger Legends scale that started in 2014, vanished for a little bit, and came back with a new, less-confusing name, continues to be great. Core figures are small, but...
by Fear or Courage | Sep 10, 2021 | Blog Bots
Originally written January 2020. Since 2014, every Transformers Generations sub-line has had some kind of fandom vote, to decide on the identity of a figure or figures in the line. This has ranged from creating an entire new character through a series of polls (hello,...
by Fear or Courage | Sep 6, 2021 | Blog Bots
Releasing new versions of classic Transformers characters who were first created after G1’s always a dicey proposition. See, when it comes to modern G1 updates, you can directly see what the upgrade is. Sure, original G1 figures have a charm all their own, but updates...
