by Fear or Courage | Aug 23, 2024 | Blog Bots
Another TFCon’s come and gone, and my dragon’s hoard of robots will fuel this blog for a long time. Long enough, in fact, to give me a bit of a backlog panic. But, I figure a good place to go next is one of the at-show exclusives, Clutch, by Fans Hobby. Much like...
by Fear or Courage | Aug 9, 2024 | Blog Bots
Despite first getting into Transformers through Generation 2, I actually didn’t have a lot of figures from the line at the time. So when I see vintage G2 stuff at TFCon, it’s hard to say no, at least until I look at the price tag, or check the quality. In this case,...
by Fear or Courage | Jul 28, 2024 | Blog Bots
Alright, this is a silly one. But, it’s the exact kind of silly that appeals to my sensibilities. So, Unicron, the planet-eating cosmic horror of the Transformers universe, first appeared in the 1986 animated movie, but didn’t actually get a figure until 2002’s...
by Fear or Courage | Jul 12, 2024 | Blog Bots
Let’s put a simple one out there before I leave for TFCon. Luckily for me, a surprise arrived in the mail, a little bonus included in a package with another figure I was after, so let’s look at this guy. So, Rise of the Beasts. Outside of the Studio Series, it had a...
by Fear or Courage | Jun 28, 2024 | Blog Bots
Time to write a review to justify some impulse purchases! To be fair, though, there’s a reason why they were impulse purchases. So, action figures are getting more and more expensive. Blame the economy, blame cost of materials, whatever, the facts are facts. So, when...
by Fear or Courage | Jun 14, 2024 | Blog Bots
Here’s one I got mostly for the colors, because I love some Synthwave-type future aesthetics. But it being a figure of a good character doesn’t hurt, either. So, Chromia. She started out as a character with outsized importance in the franchise, as one of the few...
