With the Transformers Kingdom toy line hitting the stores we are seeing a shift away from the Micromasters that have made up a decent part of the Siege and Earthrise toylines. Whilst some may be happy for this, others will miss not being able to complete the sets of these classic (if obscure) characters in their updated forms. Luckily for us, … Continue reading Toys Review – Micron Micromasters
Back in the late 80’s the Transformers brand was starting to suffer. Something new had to be tried. So in direct reaction to the popularity of Micro Machines, the Transformers made Micromasters. These were actually pretty cool little toys! You could get them in packs of 4 or 6, some had bases, some could combine, … Continue reading Toys Review – WFC: Siege – Micromasters: Wave 1
It’s been a few months since the last installment, but we have another entry in the ever popular Transformer Fan Interviews! In this latest interview with Aussie TF collectors we are talking to Trent, a good bloke who is always willing to help a mate out with a sought toy, or provide some online sparring … Continue reading Transformer Fan Interview – Trent
This month – January 2021 – marks 20 years of me being an adult collector of Transformers. It also marks the 20 year anniversary of my first (very short lived) marriage. And the two are not unconnected. As a kid we didn’t have a great deal of money, though I never went without a … Continue reading How 20 Years of being an Adult Collector began
Transformer fans had mixed reactions when we saw the return of the Micromasters a couple of years ago. On the one hand it was great to get new versions of characters we hadn’t seen since 89/90. On the other their joints were often weak and their combined weapons modes were more often than not fairly … Continue reading Toy Review – WFC-GS12 Greasepit
How long have we been waiting for an official G1 Quintesson toy? The time seems immeasurable… … well, not really. Thirty four years. 34 damn years since Transformer fans first saw those 5-faced tentacles monstrosities passing judgement on Lithone and Cybertronian alike, having their victims thrown into the Sharkticon tank. And we’ve wanted a toy … Continue reading Toy Review – WFC Earthrise Quintesson Judge
Last year we saw the introduction of the Commander Class in the Generations toyline of the Transformers franchise. This new classification of toy size was for those characters that were much bigger than even the likes of Optimus and Megatron in the G1 cartoon and the fans wanted a toy to match. So far we … Continue reading Toy Review – Earthrise Sky Lynx
Omega Supreme – the first BIG bot of the Transformers franchise. Sure Devastator showed a season earlier but he was made up of 6 smaller bots whereas Omega was simply massive in his own right. I still remember the first episode I saw him in – out of nowhere this big battle base character showed up, flew to the moon as … Continue reading Toy Review: Siege Omega Supreme
The exclusives continue thick and fast in the Transformers: War for Cybertron: Siege toyline. In fact nearly 40% of this toyline is made up of figures you can only purchase in particular US stores or otherwise online. Last time we looked at Greenlight, who was only available through the US Amazon Prime site. Today we … Continue reading Toys Review – Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce
Over the past few years we have been getting Transformer toys based on increasingly obscure Generation One characters. While it’s pretty hard to beat Scrounge (a character from the Marvel comics who turned into a wheel and died) who came with the Combiner Wars Technobots, we may have a contender. This time it is a … Continue reading Toy Review – Siege Greenlight
