by Fear or Courage | Aug 6, 2021 | Blog Bots
Originally written December 2019. One of the things I keep banging on about on this blog is how much I liked the Bumblebee movie, how I consider it to be the strongest of the live-action movies, and how I’m looking to scoop up its entire cast in mainline Studio Series...
by Fear or Courage | Aug 2, 2021 | Blog Bots
It feels like Transformers fans grousing about rising prices, and shrinking figures has happened about once a month since, like, 2010. And to be fair, there’s definitely been some awkward transitional points in the franchise where budgets collided in off-putting ways,...
by Fear or Courage | Jul 30, 2021 | Blog Bots
Originally written February 2019, one of my earliest reviews. Since his appearance in the very first episode of the Generation One cartoon, Shockwave’s always been a quiet figure of mystery. Whether the guardian of Cybertron, an amoral scientist, a beast trainer, or a...
by Fear or Courage | Jul 26, 2021 | Blog Bots
There used to be this thing in Transformers collecting called the “Furman Bump.” It’s what would happen when longtime Transformers scribe Simon Furman would take a minor character, and arbitrarily decide to give them a central role in one of his Transformers comics,...
by Fear or Courage | Jul 23, 2021 | Blog Bots
Originally written February 2020, this was my first exposure to Earthrise. Well, Transformers: Siege has come and gone, and the first wave of its sequel line, Transformers: Earthrise has arrived (realistically, though, I probably still have some Siege reviews in me)....
by Fear or Courage | Jul 19, 2021 | Blog Bots
You know, despite having a whole subline of Transformers dedicated to one of my favorite bits of media in the franchise (the ‘86 movie), I haven’t gone in on Studio Series 86 as much as you’d think. That’s thanks to Kingdom, which is focusing on my OTHER favorite bit...