Tag Archives: Movie
Collector Interview 09 – David Buenaño Hochman
Best garden gnomes ever
So far, our collector interviews have been extremely toy and collection focused. And rightfully so, there are members of the Transformers collecting community who have poured their souls and fortunes into amassing the most unbelievable collection of pre-Transformers, sealed vintage items, prototypes, variants and rarities. They deserve recognition for their achievements and contributions to the furthering of the hobby and its collective …
Posted in Featured Collector's Corner, Interview
Tagged Beast Wars, Dark of the Moon, G1, Latin America, Michael Bay, Movie, Optimus Prime, Peru, Prime, ROTF, Sideswipe, Transformers
Leave a comment
Transformers In Iceland
Transformers in Iceland
Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Finland, it seems vintage Transformers had made their way to the most unexpected reaches of the world during their enormous popularity in the eighties. While it is expected that most countries in Europe had access to Transformers toys, it still came as a surprise to discover that the North Atlantic island nation of Iceland had a Transformers history …
Posted in European Transformers, Japanese Transformers, Movie, Reissues, Source Articles
Tagged Bot Shots, Cyberverse, Energon, Hasbro, Headmasters, Iceland, Movie, Nexus, Optimus Prime, Powermasters, Pretenders, Prime, Prowl, Reykjavik, Seacons, Takara, Targetmasters, Transformers, Waverider
Leave a comment
Collector Interview 07 – Marco Salerno
"You can see my collection from here"
You would think it’s getting harder to find collectors with something fresh to contribute during these interviews, but there is certainly no shortage of quality when it comes to those left to feature. This month’s spotlight falls on Italian Transformers and pre-Transformers collector Marco Salerno. A shining beacon of humility, modesty and quick with praise for collectors he feels …
Posted in Featured Collector's Corner, Interview
Tagged Devastator, Diaclone, Giftsets, GiG, Hasbro, Italian Transformers, Japanese Transformers, Micro Change, Minibots, Movie, Omega Supreme, Seekers, Takara
Leave a comment
Escalation – A Collector’s Story
European G1 Starscream
It’s 1984 and you’re too young to remember The Transformers. It’s 1986 and you’ve seen “Arrival from Cybertron” on television and VHS many times. You are moved by Starscream’s traitorous behaviour and Mirage’s heroism. Your parents take you, your older brother and cousin to the biggest Toys ‘R’ Us around. While you’re looking at Teddy Ruxpin bears your mother says “Your brother and cousin have …
Posted in Binaltech Alternators, Car Robots RiD, Diaclone, European Transformers, Generation 2, Japanese Transformers, Mexican Transformers, Micro Change, Minibots, Movie, Paperwork, Prototypes, Reissues, Shows, Source Articles, Uncategorized, US Transformers
Tagged artwork, Black Tracks, BotCon, Diaclone, Finland, Joustra, Mexican Transformers, Mirage, Movie, Optimus Prime, Prototype, Reissue, Starscream, Tracks, Transformers
Leave a comment
The Shows Must Go On
Countdown to 2007 Movie
The Big Bang Theory, Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons, Trekkies, all of these popular culture landmarks have given the toy show and convention scene quite a lot of work to do when it comes to credibility among the general populace. But who cares what conformists think? Toy shows are great! And they don’t come much better than BotCon.
Regardless …
Posted in Movie, Prototypes, Shows, Source Articles, US Transformers
Tagged artwork, BotCon, Hartmans, Hasbro, Michael Bay, Movie, Optimus Prime, Prototypes, Rhode Island, TFsource, Transformers
Leave a comment
Movie Stars
Are you LadiesMan 217?
Take some desirable performance cars, add three blockbuster movies and a slew of “Big F***ing Robots”, toss in a healthy amount of character and screen accuracy topped off with a sprinkle of functional poseability, a few drops of the world’s attention and soak in the nostalgia of a G1 Transformers collector’s love for Autobot cars. What have you got? An instant hit, …
Posted in Movie, Source Articles
Tagged Barricade, Bumblebee, Dark of the Moon, DOTM, Hasbro, Human Alliance, Jazz, Michael Bay, Movie, revenge of the Fallen, ROTF, Sideswipe, Transformers
Leave a comment
Priorities
Finnish Diaclone Black Corvette Stingray - 'Black Tracks'
This is an article about priorities, but not just the kind of priorities that we usually discuss in this column. This is not purely a piece about choosing between Diaclones and Transformers, or between Mexican variants and minibots, between current releases and vintage, this is also about choosing between toys and a car or a house. It also …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Mexican Transformers, Minibots, Paperwork, Prototypes, Reissues
Tagged Ceji, Diaclone, Human Alliance, Iga, Joustra, Masterpiece, Mexican, Movie, Reissue, Transformers, Variants
Leave a comment
Origin of the Species – Part 3
DayGlo deities
Back for our final installment of the Origin series, we’re finished with the Diaclone-inspired reissue exclusives covered in Part 1 and Part 2, and we’re going to wrap up this mini-series of connect-the-dots with a short look at recent Micro Change-based exclusives from E-Hobby. After that …
Posted in Japanese Transformers, Micro Change, Prototypes, Reissues, US Transformers
Tagged Astrotrain, Diaclone, E-hobby, Grapple, Hauler, Hot Rod, Hot Rodimus, Magnificus, Megatron, Micro Change, Movie, MTMTE, Perceptor, Reissue, Takara, Transformers, Ultra Magnus
Leave a comment
The Appeal Of Pre-Production – Part 2
Fantasyformers
Hot Rod was meant to be pink? They actually MADE a grey Astrotrain? What do you mean Alternators Jazz was supposed to be a Porsche?! Having begun to explore the appeal of pre-production items in the later Transformers universe last week, this week sees us go back even further in time before G2 and delving into …
Posted in Diaclone, Prototypes, US Transformers
Tagged artwork, Astrotrain, Diaclone, hardcopy, Hardhead, Headmasters, Highbrow, Hot Rod, Movie, Prototype, Ramjet, resin, sample, Smokescreen, Springer, Tracks, Transformers
1 Comment
Source Blog