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Excerpt from Blog: Mirage is one of those middle-of-the-road Autobot Car characters in terms of popularity, and this is reflected in the amount of toys based on him over the years. Whilst not super-rare like say Grapple, not super popular like Sideswipe or Prowl either.
So in 2019 Mirage has finally gotten another G1-based figure, albeit with a Cybertronian alt-mode. So let’s have a look at Siege Mirage.



READ Toy Review - Siege Mirage HERE



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Am I the only one who has a problem with Siege Mirage having the front of a car on the backside of its car mode, so that it looks like it could drive in both directions. Did they not even try to hide it... or not have a fake car front as the robot chest, which defeats the whole point of having car kibble in robot mode if that kibble isn't even part of the car mode.

Yeah I know... welcome to 2019. I'm a "little" behind on opening up my toys, and opened up both Siege Mirage toys on the weekend, to major disappointment. (and I couldn't find a Mirage toy review in this section, and this was the only review posting in here for it - and even the review on Trev's blog doesn't even mention the front-car-butt)
I do like the robot mode, but the car mode is very deformed... so why not deform it more and hide the fake car kibble.

[Sinnertwin]

Just wait until you handle a Spinister mould...

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Just wait until you handle a Spinister mould...

Yeah, I know about Spinister... it certainly caused a stir among fanboys at the time (and technically, Rotorstorm has 3 cockpits, as the chest deco is supposed to resemble the original toy having the cockpit on the chest).
I'm just surprised that I didn't see or hear anything about Mirage having the front of a car sticking out of it's car-ass. It's like it is giving birth to a mini Mirage...

[Sinnertwin]

lol that image...
I'm a bit miffed that they haven't given Mirage the Earthrise makeover

[SharkyMcShark]

Am I the only one who has a problem with Siege Mirage having the front of a car on the backside of its car mode, so that it looks like it could drive in both directions. Did they not even try to hide it... or not have a fake car front as the robot chest, which defeats the whole point of having car kibble in robot mode if that kibble isn't even part of the car mode.

Yeah I know... welcome to 2019. I'm a "little" behind on opening up my toys, and opened up both Siege Mirage toys on the weekend, to major disappointment. (and I couldn't find a Mirage toy review in this section, and this was the only review posting in here for it - and even the review on Trev's blog doesn't even mention the front-car-butt)
I do like the robot mode, but the car mode is very deformed... so why not deform it more and hide the fake car kibble.

I also had this problem Griff.

[Deano85]

When you have mirage in hand the whole front-car butt thing kind of isnt a thing if he is in car mode facing forward or if he is in robot mode with other bots. You only notice it when its being picked up in car mode.

I thought it might of annoyed me as well but its only when watching people review it and it is being constantly being rotated that you notice it.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Excerpt from Blog: Excerpt from Blog: The original Headmaster Horrorcons were G1 toys that kinda had it all. They were triple changers, they had beast modes, they had jet modes AND they were Headmasters where the Nebulan partner also triple-changed – becoming the head of the robot and of the beast. Combine all this with the fact that they also showed up in the season 4 of G1 cartoon before it’s end and these were sought after figures!
However for those wanting representations of these figures but can’t afford the huge amounts the originals go for – fear not! They are back in the new toylines! Last year saw the release of Apeface in the Siege line and this year we get his partner in the Earthrise line. So without further ado, let’s have a look at War for Cybertron Snapdragon.



READ Toy Review - Earthrise Snapdragon HERE



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Excerpt from Blog: Transformer fans had mixed reactions when we saw the return of the Micromasters a couple of years ago. On the one hand it was great to get new versions of characters we hadn’t seen since 89/90. On the other their joints were often weak and their combined weapons modes were more often than not fairly crap.

Then this year we got a new spin on the whole Micromaster gimmick. Back in the day some of them had bases that transformed from things like airports into battle stations with Micromasters manning them – very cool with a lot of play value. Now those classic bases are coming back but now have a third and fourth mode – robot and Modulator armor/weaponary.

The first of these figures released was earlier this year in the Earthrise line with Ironworks. So let’s see how his Decepticon counterpart is getting on in the new millennium with Generations Selects Greasepit.



READ Toy Review - WFC-GS12 Greasepit HERE


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Excerpt from Blog: It’s been a while but we welcome the return of the very popular Transformer Fan Interviews! In this latest interview with Aussie TF collectors we are talking to Steve, a great bloke I was privileged to meet at a Collectormania Toy Fair and who, like me, was an avid Transformers TCG player. So lets chat to this fine fellow and avid collector of all things Cybertronian.



READ Transformer Fan Interview - Steve HERE


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Nicee review and follow up posts moved to the 3P section - here