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...
by Fear or Courage | May 31, 2024 | Blog Bots
As of this writing, Legacy United Silverbolt seems to be the final Beast Wars update for the foreseeable future, as we don’t have anything official, or leaked, coming up. That’s disappointing, because HasTak’s well over the halfway point of updating every character...
by Fear or Courage | May 15, 2024 | Blog Bots
For a 1984 original, it’s kind of odd that there hasn’t been many updates of Gears over the years. Maybe his grumpy personality turns the designers off. Or maybe it’s the fact that Bob Budiaski seemingly gave that exact same personality (grumpy, complaining whiner) to...
by Fear or Courage | May 3, 2024 | Blog Bots
Here’s a release that caused a number of raised eyebrows for a few reasons. Firstly, because it’s a genuine, bonafide Blue Rumble (complete with brackets emphasizing it on the box), instead of a red one. There’s a whole Transformers Wiki article on the subject that I...
by Fear or Courage | Apr 19, 2024 | Blog Bots
Here’s one that I bought on general principle, because Beast Machines needs more love. Beast Machines was the controversial sequel series to Beast Wars, much darker in tone, and more complicated in story, a big departure from both the previous show, and Transformers...
by Fear or Courage | Apr 12, 2024 | Blog Bots
You know, when the Vintage Transformers collection started doing Beast Wars reissues, I remember kind of regretting that I’d decided to go in on Kingdom’s take on the entire Beast Wars tv show cast, instead of reissues of the originals. But, long-term, it turns out I...
