Ultra Magnus, Wreck-Gar, Unicron, Sharkticon, and Cyclonus. Apparently, I forgot to order the Quintesson also in this wave. Magnus is cool. In addition to the standard ReAction Figure shoulder, hip,…

Sometimes, there's just not a lot to say about a toy, y'know? It's Bumblebee, but he's covered in gold paint for some reason? I'm pretty sure this guy came out…

How many Megatrons can Super7 release? Cyberchrome Megatron, like Cyberchrome Optimus Prime, was a Target-exclusive repaint. These store-exclusive repaints are becoming more and more common amongst toylines. Basically, Target and…

It’s Perceptor! In black! Much like Megatron and Soundwave, Perceptor was part of Takara’s Micro Change toy line, which had everyday objects that were secretly miniature robots! When Hasbro licensed…

One of the things about having been a Transformers fan for so long is that I end up running into the same characters over and over again. I've already talked…

I've talked about Soundblaster before, but here is an honest-to-goodness North American release of a Japanese-exclusive Transformers character. "But, Andy," you say. "The War For Cybertron: Siege Soundblaster toy came…

The thing about it is, after nearly 40 years, Optimus Prime is still the face of Transformers. As a result, even though he’s far from my favorite character, he ends…

Unlike Optimus Prime, Hasbro didn’t kill Megatron as part of the events of 1986’s The Transformers: The Movie. Instead, Megs was upgraded into a new, more powerful form. Galvanized by…

Back in August, I wrote about Super7's first "Fallen Leader" Optimus Prime ReAction figure -- That toy adult collectable was just a Target-exclusive redeco of their initial OP offering. But…

In the world of the Transformers, Combiners, also sometimes called Gestalts, are super robots made up of smaller robots. Today's subject, Devastator, was the first Combiner in the Transformers. And,…

"Who is Stepper?" "I thought his name was Ricochet?" "Is that just Jazz with the colors changed?" Uhh... yes! In 1987, Hasbro introduced a new play gimmick to the Transformers…

There's a scene in 1986's The Transformers: The Movie, where Optimus Prime has Megatron down, ion blaster pointed at his rival's face, and is about to end the war. And…

The evolution of Megatron's character design is one of those things that fascinates me. He was originally sold in Japan by Takara as part of the Microchange line of toys,…

WHO DISRUPTS MY CORONATION!? One of the more memorable moments of 1986's The Transformers: The Movie was the moment where Decepticon leader Megatron's power-hungry second-in-command, Starscream, finally got the thing…