As we gear up for Day 2 of Toy Fair pictures, let’s step back and take a look at Day 1 in review. Yesterday was the annual Hasbro Fan Media Event, a great way to kick off Toy Fair for us toy lovers. A two hour presentation covered My Little Pony, Transformers, GI Joe, Star Wars, and Marvel toys, and afterwards fan press members were allowed to see Hasbro’s show room. In addition, Hasbro provided the media with press images of toys seen and not seen at the show. Take a gander TRANSFORMERS Beast Hunters Bot Shots Construct-Bots Generations Kre-O MARVEL Marvel
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Comic Review: Transformers: Infestation 2 #1 & #2
I loved Transformers: Hearts of Steel when it was released several years ago. The Transformers saga, set in a different time? Especially a Victorian/steampunk era? It was great! Seven years later, in preparation for this new mini-series, I tried to remember what happened in HoS, and to my surprise, I couldn’t. I remember John Henry being there, I know that the Autobots won and went back to sleep… but the details were lacking. I knew the designs were great, but I couldn’t recall much else. Added to this was the fact that I couldn’t find my copies of the series,
Continue readingToy Review: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wheeljack
Transformers Prime WHEELJACK is one of the famed Wreckers, an elite group of Autobot warriors. Back in the day, he and Bulkhead were teammates, wrecking Decepticons from one end of Cybertron to the other. After Bulkhead left to join Optimus Prime’s crew, Wheeljack kept doing what he did best until the day he had to leave the planet himself. Wandering the stars alone in his ship the Star Hammer, he kept looking for his friend. When you look at Wheeljack, you instantly know he’s an homage to his Generation 1 namesake. But how is he as a toy? Read on!
Continue readingToy Review: Transformers Prime – Cyberverse Vehicon
VEHICON is the name given to the drone-esque Decepticons in the “Transformers: Prime” cartoon. They are vehicle based robots who don’t question Megatron or Starscream. It’s a fear thing, really, not a respect thing. This Cyberverse toy makes for one li’l cute Vehicon, but is the toy any good?
Continue readingComic Review: Transformers: Robots in Disguise #1
The Geek Bits Title: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Issue #: 1 Title: The Autonomy Lesson Price: $3.99 US Release Date: January 25, 2012 Publisher: IDW Publishing Written by: John Barber Art by: Andrew Griffith Color by: Josh Perez Letters by: Shawn Lee Editor: Carlos Guzman Worth the price? Yes. Not as good as More than Meets the Eye #1, but still it’s a good starting point for those who have shied away from IDW’s offerings for quite sometime. “Spiraling out of the literally world-changing events of the “Chaos” storyline, Transformers: Robots in Disguise (hereafter referred to as RID) is the
Continue readingComic Review: Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #1
The Geek Bits Title: Transformers: More than Meets the Eye Issue #: 1 Title: Liars, A to D — Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It Price: $3.99 US Release Date: January 11, 2012 Publisher: IDW Publishing Written by: James Roberts Art by: Nick Roche Color by: Josh Burcham Letters by: Shawn Lee Editor: John Barber Worth the price? Emphatically YES. Not only is it a great starting point for new readers, it’s a hell of a good issue. “Spiralling out of the literally world-changing events of the “Chaos” storyline, Transformers: More than Meets the Eye (hereafter referred
Continue readingBotCon 2012 Toy Reveal – Heroic Treadshot
The fourth toy revealed in the BotCon 2012 box set is the Heroic Decepticon Treadshot. Treadshot is a remold of Reveal the Shield Special Ops Jazz, with a different head (possibly the alternate head created by Hasbro itself). Treadshot is primarily blue and yellow (the same colors as Armada Side Swipe). And he’s GORGEOUS. Wow. Wow wow wow wow wow! This is what I want to see from the convention! This is an absolutely gorgeous toy. The blue body, the yellow windows and lights, the grey spoiler — this is not only a great homage to Side Swipe, but it’s also just a fantastic deco. I
Continue readingBotCon 2012 Toy Reveal – Heroic Soundwave
The third toy revealed in the BotCon 2012 box set is the Heroic Decepticon Soundwave. Featuring a remolded head, this toy uses the 2008 Universe Ratchet/Ironhide mold in white, with blue and yellow/green highlights. And it’s… well, let’s get the good stuff out of the way. If you remember the minicomic “Desert Heat” that the Transformers Collectors’ Club released (see here and here if you don’t), then this should look awfully familiar. Soundwave was reformatted into this mode from his old Device Label MP3 player mode. This toy accurately reflects the art, down to the Cold Slither logo on the side. Sure, the side
Continue readingBotCon 2012 Toy Reveal – Evil Tracks
The second toy revealed in the BotCon 2012 box set is the Evil Autobot Tracks. Using the same mold as Reveal the Shield Turbo Tracks, this is a new character from the Shattered Glass universe. It’s a dual homage to the Diaclone version of the Generation 1 toy and the eHobby exclusive Road Rage, which was itself an homage to the Diaclone toy (and a European version of the toy released in the Diaclone colors.) So maybe it’s only one homage. Or maybe it’s three homages. Or maybe it’s a recursive homage. Or… something. I liked the original Turbo Tracks toy (okay,
Continue readingBotCon 2012 Toy Reveal – The Overlord Gigatron
Over the holidays, BotCon.com began revealing the toys in the BotCon 2012 box set. The first one to be revealed was The Overlord, Gigatron, a remolded Revenge of the Fallen Bludgeon, making the first time a quasi-movie mold has been used for a BotCon exclusive. Granted, Bludgeon was created to be both a “Movie-style” and “Classics-style” toy, and it’s not a Paramount copyrighted design, but still, it’s a first. The toy is meant to be a reimaginging of the Generation 1 character Overlord, but with a new name, it’s hard to say what the characterization will be. It’s said he
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