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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.

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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.

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Excerpt from Blog: When the first live action Transformers movie was released a decade ago, I went a bit nuts when the toys were first released. The first day I saw them I horrified my girlfriend by coming home with two full garbage bags of action figures and a $700 dent in my bank account.

Now here we are at movie five and restraint is much easier. For the first time I am not buying a toy of every character that was in the movie. Who needs yet another Bbee camero? So I’m buying toys only of new characters that showed up in the flick, saving me both cash and shelf space.

Thankfully I was able to put restraint on hold the other day when I finally came across some of these new characters in toy form. So lets take a look at three new Autobots to grace the silver screen and subsequently get turned into toy-candy – Steelbane, Cogman and Sqweeks.

READ Toys Review - TLK Steelbane, Cogman & Sqweeks HERE

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Excerpt from Blog: In the 2017 movie The Last Knight, we are introduced to one of the Transformers creators – Quintessa, who has herself a big beefy enforcer named Infernocus. Later in the movie we see that Infernocus is actually a combiner – made up of 6 identical Infernicons. Thankfully, unlike many characters, Infernocus has been blessed with an actual toy so today we will be looking at the The Last Knight Infernocus figure.

READ Toy Review - The Last Knight Infernocus HERE

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Ok guys, been a while since I updated this thread so here is all the latest blog posts regarding Transformers from yours truly

Post 1: Transformers Fan Interview - Raymo





Post 2: Big Angry Trev visists Hasbro Australia!





Post 3: Toys Review - POTP Optimus & Rodimus Prime

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Excerpt from Blog: The Dinobots – a fan favorite! Is there anyone that grew up with the G1 cartoon that doesn’t have a soft spot for this gang of cantankerous Autobots? Turning up in the Transformers Animated cartoon and even the live action movies the Dinobots have appealed to new generations as well. It’s easy to see how; Dinosaurs are cool, Robots are cool – transforming alien robots that turn from giant robots into space dinosaurs? It’s a no-brainer – they are awesome!

The new Power of the Primes toyline has finally given lots of Generations collectors what they have been crying for for years, new versions of many of these classic characters. Some have come out in the first wave whilst others are slated for later in the year and they come with not only a new character but a new trick – they combine!

But for now, let’s take a look at the four Dinobots that have been released so far – Grimlock, Slug, Swoop and Slash.

READ Toys Review: POTP Dinobots - Wave 1 HERE

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Excerpt from Blog: Overlord – a gigantic Decepticon despot! From the Japanese G1 continuity, he was the staunch foe of Ginrai and was manned by both a male and female Powermaster. A cool character with an even cooler toy! This character has become very popular with Western TF fans of recent with his outings in the IDW comics where he has been portrayed as a truly unstoppable psychopath.

This rise in notoriety has facilitated Overlord getting his first toy in a long time in the Titans Return line, and like most toys from Hasbro he has also cropped up in the Takara Tomy line. So today we look at the Legends toy – LG 60 Overlord.

Check out My review of LG60 Overlord with lots of pics HERE

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Excerpt from Blog: The short-lived Season 4 of the US Transformers cartoon introduced (or perhaps jammed in is a more accurate term) a slew of new characters in its 3 episodes. Notably very few of these characters had Earth modes, showing the direction the brand was heading in. Also new concepts were introduced in these episodes such as Targetmasters and Clones.

Three (or should I say four) of these characters were the Autobot Clones Fastlane and Cloudraker and the Decepticon Targetmaster Slugslinger with his diminutive partner Caliburst. Lucky for these characters, the G1 cartoon continuity in Japan continued with the series Headmasters, in which these guys got a far greater outing.

As the characters were more prominent in Japan, I decided to get the Legends versions of all these guys, so today we will be looking at LG55 Slugslinger with Caluburst and LG58 Autobot Clones Fastlane & Cloudraker.

READ Toys Review - LG55 Slugslinger and LG 58 Autobot Clones HERE