Transformers and other action figure reviews
Reviews of Third Party Transformer toys
It’s almost two years since I reviewed Ollie. X-Transbots take on a Masterpiece styled Wheelie, came and went in a hail of criticism, flimsy plastic and broken dreams and whilst it was a decent figure, it felt like an almost criminal waste of some fantastic Read More …
When I first clapped eyes on Maketoys Pandinus, I was thrilled to see a figure not trying to force itself to look a certain way to fit a space on your shelf. I saw a toy brimming with possibilities and imagination. The eye watering price Read More …
Me and Sandstorm go way back. In the mid 80’s I became obsessed with owning his Generation 1 figure, actually obsessed. When my Gran finally relented and offered to buy me the toy (she was always the easiest relation to convince that a new toy would Read More …
Haven’t we been here before? I feel like we have. For years Reflector has been a criminally under utilised character within Transformers, but here we have the third attempt from a third party manufacturer in under a year, Having reviewed the previous two, today I Read More …
Truck, F1 car, Police car, Porsche, Jeep. Ask any 80’s kid to reel off Transformers vehicle modes they remember and each of those will be right at the top of the list. Originally planned to fulfil the role Bumblebee ultimately did, Hound’s alt mode is Read More …
Regular readers will have noticed I love the heck out of upgrading my Combiner Wars figures. Hasbro get so close but sometimes they could do with a little extra nudge to get them over the line. Perfect Effect have ruled the Combiner Wars upgrade kit Read More …
As a kid I had a special love for the G1 Insecticons and they are the one group where my fondness leans far more to their original toys rather than the cartoon. Whenever new toys of the G1 Insecticons show up in any form – Read More …
X-Transbots have been facing a rising tide of criticism with each release drawing more and more concerns over poor quality control. I reviewed Ollie yonks ago, and quite liked him but there were so many problems with that poor fella that it put me off buying more X-Transbots Read More …
The third party trend for weird names continues, this time with Maketoys Cup holder. Cuckold. Cupola…even. According to Radio Free Cybertron it means “Dome” which is an interesting a way of getting around not actually being able to call him Chromedome for fear of Hasbros dusty legal Read More …