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Heroes of Cybertron Navy Ramjet custom toy
I've talked about Transformers: Generation 2 before. The overall failure of that line meant that a lot of planned toys never got released, but photos of the conept art have…
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Transformers Robot Heroes GunRobo Custom Toy
I've gone into some of the origin of Megatron's original toy before, but the brief version is that the toy that would become Megatron was originally the twelfth figure in…
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Robot Heroes Bug Bite Custom Toy
So here's a weird one. The Transformers top rivals for converting robots in the 1980s were Tonka's Go-Bots. In the early 1990s, Tonka was failing as a business, and Hasbro…
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Transformers Robot Heroes Meister Custom Toy
So, Autobot Jazz is cool, right? He got repainted into Stepper, over in Japan. And then I got an extra Robot Heroes toy of him, and made a Stepper of…
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Transformers Cyberchrome Optimus Prime ReAction Figure
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…
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Robot Heroes Stepper Custom Toy
I've talked about Stepper in the past, specifically in regards to his ReAction figure by Super7. But this little cutie is part of Hasbro's Robot Heroes sub-line of Transformers from…
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Robot Heroes Generation 2 Grimlock Custom Toy
Me, Grimlock, feeling blue... I know I've written about the weird repaints in Transformers Generation 2 before, but now for one about the Dinobot leader, Grimlock! Grimmy here was from…
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Behold… Galvatron ReAction Figure by Super7
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…
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Fallen Leader Optimus Prime ReAction Figure v2
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…
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Transformers Siege G2 Sideswipe Custom Toy
Back in late 2018, Hasbro started releasing toys for the first part of their WAR FOR CYBERTRON toyline, SIEGE. I saw Hound and at the store, and basically immediately fell…
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Transformers Devastator ReAction Figure
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,…
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Transformers STEPPER ReAction Figure
"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…
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Transformers The Movie Hot Rod ReAction Figure
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…
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Chrome Commander Megatron ReAction Figure
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,…