by Fear or Courage | Dec 6, 2024 | Blog Bots
This is a situation where technically, this figure is not a Transformers product. But I guarantee at least half, if not more, of the people interested in this figure are coming at it as Transformers fans. To begin with, let’s talk about Marvel UK’s Transformers...
by Fear or Courage | Nov 26, 2024 | Blog Bots
I recently had one of those mythical “found a complete, good figure in your parent’s basement” experiences, but instead of some kind of rare G1 find (I wasn’t born for most of G1!), it’s something a lot more recent (well, relatively), and a lot stranger. This is...
by Fear or Courage | Nov 18, 2024 | Blog Bots
You know, I bought Siege Springer back in 2020, and in the four years between then, and selling him at TFCon this summer, I never once wrote a review of him. I think that’s because there was something bizarrely forgettable about the figure, something that made his...
by Fear or Courage | Nov 7, 2024 | Blog Bots
Regardless of the rising and falling fortunes of modern Transformers, one thing that I love about where we are today is how many d-list nobody characters get to have modern updates, like Road Pig here. Originally released in the final year of Generation 2, the early...
by Fear or Courage | Oct 6, 2024 | Blog Bots
One thing I’ve become wary of in modern Transformers collecting is chasing the dragon of slow, gradual upgrades of classic characters. It’s something, for example, I ranted about at the end of my review of Studio Series 86 Brawn. To be fair, Transformers isn’t as bad...
by Fear or Courage | Sep 20, 2024 | Blog Bots
As I said when I opened my review of the Kingdom Commander version of this character, Rodimus Prime doesn’t get enough respect. After Optimus Prime’s death, the new 1986 Autobot leader had a tough act to follow both in-universe, and in real life, and people weren’t...
