by Fear or Courage | May 3, 2021 | Blog Bots
A good story needs a good villain, and the Beast Wars version of Megatron was one for the ages. A new character who had taken the same name as his Decepticon predecessor, he was theatrical, british-accented, seemingly cultured, but really brutish (David Kaye’s lovely...
by Fear or Courage | Apr 30, 2021 | Blog Bots
Originally written way back in January 2019. See the ending for some 2021 comments. The stern career soldier, essentially Optimus Prime-lite, Ultra Magnus has always been a fan favorite character since his first appearance in the 1986 Animated Movie, so it makes sense...
by Fear or Courage | Apr 26, 2021 | Blog Bots
The different minifigures that have been a part of mainline Transformers since the tail-end of Transformers: Cybertron have gone through a confusing collection of names. First, they were “Legends” (EZ Collection in Japan), all the way from there, until...
by Fear or Courage | Apr 23, 2021 | Blog Bots
Originally written August 2020. You know you’re into Transformers really deep when you fixate onto an obscure D-lister, like I’ve done here. I don’t even own Earthrise Wheeljack, but when they announced he was getting retooled into Exhaust for Generations Selects, I...
by Fear or Courage | Apr 19, 2021 | Blog Bots
Sunstreaker’s one of those characters who’s legacy mostly relies on being one of the very first Transformers we ever laid eyes on in 1984. In fact, it goes deeper with him, since the original Diaclone version of his figure was apparently the first transforming...
by Fear or Courage | Apr 16, 2021 | Blog Bots
Originally written way, way back in February 2019. Sideswipe occupies an odd place in the canon of Transformers, in that he’s an unusually popular, prominent character, despite not having much to him in terms of characterization, or appearances in the cartoon or the...
