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Jul 8, 2016
Toy Review - Transformers Adventure Optimus Prime (TAV-21)
Whenever there isn’t a leader class Optimus Prime, it bothers me. Maybe that’s not the best way to put it, actually…perhaps this is a...
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Jul 6, 2016
Masterpiece Theater - Prowl and Bluestreak
After the good start with Sideswipe and Red Alert, the next mold selected for the Masterpiece treatment was the workhorse of the Autobot...
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Jul 2, 2016
Toy Review - Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus
As I might have mentioned in my review for Masterpiece Ultra Magnus…I kinda love the character. Sure, Optimus Prime was like a father...
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May 30, 2016
Binge 'n' Purge - Transformers: Robots in Disguise Season 1
Freak of the Week. You follow up one of the best, most epic Transformers TV series with a show that boils down to a very weak Freak of...
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Mar 30, 2016
Masterpiece Theater - Sideswipe & Red Alert
Takara started off their Masterpiece Transformers Autobot Cars perfectly. You see, back in the 80s, independent of whether or not you...
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Feb 29, 2016
Toy Review - Transformers Combiner Wars Combaticons
At this point, we’ve gotten pretty deep in the Combiner Wars line and it’s starting to show. Wave 1 gave us the Aerialbots, wave 2 the...
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Jan 31, 2016
Toy Review - Transformers Combiner Wars: Devastator
As I may have touched on in my comparison review of FansProject’s and Hasbro’s Stunticons, the massive influx of third-party Transformers...
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Dec 28, 2015
Toy Review - Transformers Combiner Wars Protectobots
With the tangled web of intrigue, exclusives and shuffled teams of waves 1 and 2 out of the way, Hasbro found solid footing for their...
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Dec 26, 2015
Toy Review - Transformers Combiner Wars Aerialbots
Wave 1 of Transformers: Combiner Wars was…well…they tried. The Voyager class figures were Optimus Prime and Silverbolt and the Deluxe...
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Oct 13, 2015
Video Game Review - Transformers: Devastation
Thank you Platinum Games. You brought me back to my Xbox One after Batman Arkham Knight pushed me away. But also, thank you for pulling...
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Jul 29, 2015
Transformers Vs. GoBots...FIGHT!!!
It was the defining clash of anyone who was a child in the 80s [Not really –Ed.]. And while its impacts reverberate to this day, the...
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Apr 22, 2015
FansProject's Stunticons vs. Hasbro's Combiner Wars Stunticons
This is going to be like our Crime Syndicate review…only different. You see, back in the G1 days, when I was a wee lad, the Stunticons...
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Jan 21, 2015
Toy Review - Masterpiece Ultra Magnus
Masterpiece. There, that was a quick review. But since we’re not into the whole brevity thing here, man…and, let’s face it, all I did...
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Jan 21, 2015
Toy Review - Combiner Wars Optimus Prime
Welcome to Generation 2. Now, I don’t mean color schemes that would make even the blindest of men (or women) step back and say “Those...
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Oct 22, 2014
Video Game Review - Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
It had to come to an end, didn’t it? You see, we were on such a good run. Sure, the video games associated with each of the movies,...
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Oct 15, 2014
In Defense Of - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
And it all suddenly makes sense. You see, while watching the special features for Transformers: Age of Extinction, someone (I think it...
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Oct 15, 2014
Toy Review - Transformers Generations Jetfire
Hey, remember when I used to do toy reviews on here? Well, if so, congrats. I finally got off my butt to do one…mainly inspired by the...
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Oct 1, 2014
In Defense Of - Transformers (2007)
There are two properties that I can point to and tell you that these are what made me the nerd I am today: Superman and Transformers. ...
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Apr 5, 2014
Toy Review - Transformers: Age of Extinction Preview Edition Optimus Prime
You know, for as many as I have in my collection, I'm kind of amazed that I'm only just now posting my first Transformer photoshoot and...
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