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Excerpt from Blog: When I wrote the comparison blog between Takra Tomys Unite Warriors Computron and Hasbro’s Combiner Wars Computron it took me about two days to take all the pictures, write up all the subtle differences and overall decide which set was better.

With Legends Trypticon and Titans Return Trypticon? I should be done by the end of the commercial break.

READ LG43 Trypticon vs Titans Return Trypticon HERE

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I have done my first ever video review, in this case comparing the Legends and Titans Return versions of Trypticon - enjoy.

WATCH Video: Comparison of LG43 Trypticon and Titans Return Trypticon HERE!

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The most disappointing review ever... not because of what you did but purely because there are no differences... I'm going to have 3 identical Trypticons in my house... otherwise top review mate. Been waiting for a comparison for ages.

[BigTransformerTrev]

The most disappointing review ever... not because of what you did but purely because there are no differences... I'm going to have 3 identical Trypticons in my house... otherwise top review mate. Been waiting for a comparison for ages.

Cheers mate! Scarily enough my shoddy looking video review has already shown up as a news story on Tformers and Seibertron

Wish I'd known beforehand - would have made them credit my blog

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Excerpt from Blog: The Titans Return toyline has had a peculiar quirk. To get more toy sales Hasbro has been releasing figures that obviously have other characters alt-modes before those characters get released themselves. To this end we had a Sentinel Prime which would obviously be retooled into Astrotrain and a Sky Shadow which everyone knew would become Overlord (making some people regretful they spent a fortune on Carnifex). Now the last two obvious retools have been made and we get a look at Wave 5 which was what we all wanted Wave 3 to be. So lets take a look at Blitzwing (retooled from TR Megatron) and Octone (retooled from TR Optimus Prime).

READ Toys Review - Titans Return Blitzwing and Octone HERE!

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Excerpt from Blog: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Well to be honest we don’t bloody know what it’s supposed to be! Let’s try to find out together dear readers as we examine Deluxe Sized, Robots In Disguise: Combiner Force Twinferno (a double mouthful eh!)

READ Toy Review - RID Twinferno HERE

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Excerpt from Blog: The Combiner Wars brought back a love of gestalts to the Transformer franchise that other lines like the Power Core Combiners failed to do. Despite the main line having moved onto Titans Return, we expect to see more combiner teams as part of the 2018 Power of the Primes toyline.

The Decepticon combiners characters were – lets face it – always a lot more interesting and popular than the Autobot ones. The likes of Superion and Defensor were there so their Decepticon counterparts had someone to ultimately be beaten by. In recent years, as well as in Combiner Wars, we’ve seen a lot of those Decepticons crop up in other lines. We had Devastator in Revenge of the Fallen, Bruticus in Fall of Cybertron and even Abominus in Beast Hunters. Well now it’s Menasor’s turn with the Stunticons making their debut, both in the cartoon and toyline, as part of the Robots in Disguise Combiner Force franchise.

READ Toys Review - the Combiner Force Stunticons HERE

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Excerpt from Blog: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Well to be honest we don’t bloody know what it’s supposed to be! Let’s try to find out together dear readers as we examine Deluxe Sized, Robots In Disguise: Combiner Force Twinferno (a double mouthful eh!)

READ Toy Review - RID Twinferno HERE

Dare I say it but this is the only time I find an RID toy better than a TR one (I'm referring to TR Twinferno).
1. ROBOT MODE - They both break even here. The RID version suffers from hollow leg syndrome. While the TR version suffers from bricks for feet syndrome.
2. ALT. MODE - The RID version gets the win due to originality (it's a real attention grabber of a jet) and the hot rod flames strengthen it. The TR version on the other hand is a Godzilla movie monster with a blocky body and loose hind quarters.