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With an image blurrier than a bigfoot sighting, Takara lets us know that they’ll be re-issuing the coolest of all Transformers: the cassette guys. I’m not the biggest Transformers fan, but I’ve always found it neat that the Transformers came into being at a particular time where becoming a cassette tape was socially acceptable and topical. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 1, 2008
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You wouldn’t think that basketball super-humungo Yao Ming could ever fit into a basketball, nor would the humorless ultrahuman ever subject himself to such tomfoolery. Nevertheless, not much unlike that confounded spherical Darth Vader-to-Death Star Transformer that owns my soul, Yao Ming can now transform into a basketball. As spied over on the ‘Hoop China‘ bulletin [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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From the e’er burgeoning collection of strange figures that transform and subvert Mickey Mouse (and other Disney characters which were once jealously guarded and litigated over) comes another Transformers crossover – this time, the heroic Autobot Optimus Prime and the heroic rodent Mickey. While hinted at before, Takara / Tomy have revealed the first full-color shots [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 13, 2008
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Hasbro’s interesting foray into the ‘designer toy’ world has now absorbed an array of Autobots and Decepticons. Defying and redefining the very core values of what is appealing about robots, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave and Bumblebee are getting the chunky, chubby Mighty Muggs treatment. No, they don’t transform, and no, they’re not all sexy and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 23, 2008
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Megatron doesn’t mess around. While his fellow Transformers transform into things like fighter jets and snowplows and absolutely-not-outdated analog Judas Priest cassettes, Megatron transforms into one hell of a handgun – an iconic symbol of violence and potential organ damage. Even though I’m totally not into guns, a robot gun tickles whichever parts of me [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 25, 2008
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Word on the street is that there may be some new transformers characters hitting the streets, but this time the characters will be transforming from, Mickey. Yes, Mickey as in Disney’s Mickey Mouse. In the November 2008 issue of Figure Ou magazine, there is a teaser for this rumored crossover by TamkaraTomy. The silhouette is [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 26, 2008
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Good goddamn, there was some big news today. If you’re a jerk, go ahead and skip to the bottom. Otherwise, read all the other great stuff that happened including Leecifer and Strangekiss, some big (and small) news for both mainstream toy companies Hasbro and Mattel, and even some Transformers updates that a couple people [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 18, 2008
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I swear you might as well call Comic Con “Attack of My Childhood” with all the 80’s themed exclusives there. We’ve mentioned the Greyskull and Transformer stuff, but my Saturday morning flashback doesn’t end there. Next up is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles black and White set from NECA. It’s an [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 9, 2008
I long for the days of die cast metal robots. When toys were bashed and beaten together, and nothing could ever be broken. Jet Fire and Optimus were indestructible, and Megatron was just a big freakin’ gun. The weight and sturdiness was unmatched in metal and you knew that when you heaved [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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When I was in middle school, a teacher made me take a hall pass to the bathroom and turn my Sex Pistols t-shirt inside out. There was nothing illicit about the design; it was merely the words “sex” or “pistols” that were somehow inflammatory in a classroom setting. Brad Jayakody, 30, of London just had [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 6, 2008
There can never be too much Transformers talk, right? Well I was lucky enough to talk with two of the guys over at IDW (the company making all the Transformers comics) about the upcoming Transformers comic movie sequel, Reign of Starscream. The guys even gave us some EXCLUSIVE images to drool over! Writer [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 28, 2008
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Who knew that Ohio would give us anything other than The Indians and Bone Thugs n’ Harmony. This past weekend was Botcon ‘08 in Cincinnati featuring the latest and greatest info on everything in the Transformers Universe. It’s a good thing you saved yourself the trip since we’ve got all the toy highlights here. [...]
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
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