With The Star Wars #1, J. W. Rinzler and Mike Mayhew take us to a time and place they call “Longer ago, in a galaxy either further away.” Adapted from the original screenplay by George Lucas, this comic shows what might have been if Lucas’s original plans hadn’t been altered by several revisions of the script. What we know as Star Wars: A New Hope started life as The Star Wars, a tale of Jedi-Bendu vs. the Knights of Sith, as the New Empire had hunted down the architects of the Imperial Space Force. You’ll notice similar themes and characters — Luke, Leia, Jedi,
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Phil is the Owner/Editor-In-Chief/Chief Reviewer of ASM. He is a long time Transformers fan, having been involved in the online fandom since the early 90's. He resides with his wife in Wisconsin, but no, he doesn't like to eat much cheese.
Dark Horse – Baltimore Comic-Con (1 of 4): Do we build our heroes up…
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Continue readingScary Cat: Mezco’s Mega DeathMittens Plush Hits The Town
New York – Mezco’s newest addition to it’s popular Creeply Cuddler’s line is the oversized Mega DeathMittens. After hitting stores last week Mega DeathMittens quickly began to sell out and is now in the process of being restocked. Mega DeathMittens is the 1st Creepy Cuddler figure to be Mega-sized by Mezco and fans have declared her a hit! To celebrate her success, DeathMittens snuck out of Mezco Toyz headquarters and headed to the Jekyll & Hyde Club. Located in the very heart of Times Square at 216 West 44th st it’s a haunted eatery for eccentric explorers and mad scientists, at the Jekyll & Hyde
Continue readingTransformers 4 Gets a Title and Teaser Poster
Yahoo! Movies unveiled the teaser poster for Transformers 4 and revealed what the full title will be. Behold, TRANSFORMERS 4: AGE OF EXTINCTION! I like it! The article goes on to speculate on what that means. A/K/A – the Dinobots. I’m intrigued by how the Dinobots will be reimagined for the movie-universe, but I am a bit wary. After all, I’m not exactly a fan of how there can be robotic dinosaurs on Cybertron….
Continue readingComic Quick Look: Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #20
When we last left the Transformers, Pharma had sliced Ambulon in half, forcing Ratchet to try to save his life, and Minimus “Ultra Magnus” Ambus had his head destroyed by Justice Tyrest. Add to that Autobots still stuck in a cell and Cyclonus, Dai Atlas and Whirl fighting for their lives outside, and you’ve got yourself one hell of a mess. The problem with reviewing a comic like this is that unlike Regeneration One, it seems more of a crime to go into much detail of James Roberts’ plot. There are some twists and turns I did not see coming, and
Continue readingThe Latest Transformers Club Figure Reveal Is Fisitron
Also known as Ironfist, Fisitron is a redeco of Wreckers Roadbuster, who in turn was a remold of Fall of Cybertron Swindle. This particular version of Fisitron hails from the Wings Universe, where he wasn’t a member of the Wreckers team. Instead, he was part of Metalhawk’s Elite Guard team, where he went toe-to-toe with the Combaticons multiple times. So, what do you think? It’s a good update from his original G1 toy, keeping the same general color scheme. It’s kind of weird they went with the Elite Guard symbol as opposed to the Wreckers symbol, especially since 1) they
Continue readingMezco Presents Translucent Creature From The Black Lagoon
New York- Mezco’s award-winning design team journeyed deep into the unexplored depths of the Amazon jungle searching for fossils…instead they discovered The Creature! Mezco Toyz brings to life The Creature, from Universal’s sci-fi, horror gem, The Creature From The Black Lagoon. This Creature variant is cast in Translucent Green material. The iconic scaled terror from the deep stands 9″ tall and captures the intricate detail of the pre-historic gill-man; from his mysterious amphibious eyes, to his claw tipped webbed hands. With 11 points of articulation he’ll be able to take out any scientist who dares to come between him and
Continue readingComic Review – Transformers: Regeneration One #94
We’re getting close to the end, folks. There’s only six issues left to go in the series — well, technically seven, since we’re getting Regeneration One #0 next month — so we should savor this look back to the bygone era of Transformers storytelling, because soon we won’t have it any more. Good thing there’s a big-ol’ Ultra Magnus vs. Galvatron fight in this issue, just like the old days of Marvel UK. For those who don’t remember, Simon Furman wrote some masterful epics in the UK version of Transformers before he did the same in the US. In Target: 2006, he laid the groundwork
Continue readingToy Review – Generations Wheelie
Wheelie has always been one of the black sheep of the Transformers family. Introduced in 1986 as the new kid-friendly character, Wheelie’s constant rhyming grated on people’s nerves, and the fact that his toy was as basic as basic got back then didn’t help matters. He’s had several new toys since, and this latest one is his largest one yet. So, should you get it, or should you forget it? Don’t worry; that’ll be the only rhyme. If you want more rhyming, check out his awesome TF Wiki profile.
Continue readingToy Review – BotCon 2010 Turbomaster (a/k/a Scorch)
BotCon 2010’s theme was “Generation 2: Redux”, a reimagining and extention of the nearly 20-year old (at the time) toy line. One of the souvenirs was “Turbomaster”, which was a new version of the toy once known as “Scorch”. A redeco of the Classics/Universe Hound mold, Turbomaster is yellow, orange and grey and comes with the nicest transforming jaguar you’ll ever meet. But how good is Turbomaster? Read on!
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