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Masterpiece, Original, Kingdom, Generations T30.
Photo cred: https://x.com/glyjzoshltvan0g?s=21

I knew it!

Via Troy Vernon on FB Group #Tramsformers Pics and Vids

Next Construction comparison: Long Haul #StudioSeries86 vs #CombinerWars

I’d say the photos speak for themselves. SSG6 is to scale with his teammates, cartoon accurate proportions, and yet looks darn good with a small trailer to… *haul which forms the very solid lower torso of their combined form Devastator. If Optimus Prime can have a trailer which disappears off-screen when not in use, than so too can the Constructicons! Add to the fact that the original G1 toys had parts appear out of nowhere… I’m absolutely cool with this method to conceal components of the combined form. Particularly in that it allows for a near perfect and uncompromised Long Haul to compliment the rest of his team. This figure is a pure WIN! 10/10

My next painting project - Alchemist Prime, starting with his relic, the lenses!

Option 1, 2 or 3?! #MissingLink G1 Arcee… What do you think belongs on this toy shelf?! Takaratomy ASIA

Photo Cred: Brandon Yap on Facebook group #Transformers Displays

R.I.P. Ron Friedman (1932-2025)

Sad news today comes to us via Variety, Ron Friedman, the 93-year-old writer (original, first few drafts) of (1986) The Transformers The Movie has passed away. I had a chance to interview him at TFcon 2019. Very interesting and nice fellow. He will be missed.

Deluxe Insecticons!

Photo cred: via https://x.com/glyjzoshltvan0g?s=21. Can’t wait to complete my team when VENOM comes out. Suckit Marvel, the Deluxe Insecticons came out years before the Spidey villain!

The National Toy Museum of Canada

Recently got back from a family vacation to the Pacific Northwest and stumbled upon an absolute treasure trove in Victoria, B.C. The vintage toy store “Cherry Bomb Toys” is run by “B” who founded and maintains (in adjacent space) a small passion project - a nonprofit, museum which houses the most remarkable and widely varied toy displays have ever seen.

First off, for all of our readers, I must point out that you can find and buy Transformers there and so it’s definitely worth checking out, for that reason alone!

The toys that you see in photos here in this post are all part of the *for-sale* cherry bomb toy store. I very much wanted to respect the policy that no photos are allowed inside the museum itself, which is where the real not for sale treasures can be seen. This, of course, provides a great incentive for people to make a trip and check the place out.

He did, however, encourage me to take one small photo of the Transformer display. As of course, I was absolutely flattered to see included, among the many thousands of items he could’ve chosen for the display - our very own Vector Sigma accessory set that we made for Botcon 2007.

The museum houses large ver impressive displays of so many toys from youth … in addition to Transformer … Barbie, Lego, My Little Pony, He-man, She-Ra, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, GI Joe (this collection, which included the USS Flag was super impressive!), Power Rangers, Marvel and DC figure displays with dedicated displays for Spider-Man and Batman… Thundercats, Silverhawks, Glo-worm, Strawberry Shortcake, Cabbage Patch Dolls, … and more. As I said no photos of these museum displays, but if you’re ever anywhere near the area, even if you’re not, it’s worth going out of your way to see.

Of course it’s always a treat to meet someone who is, in this case even more passionately into toy collecting as I am! So whenever we come across these locally owned secret gems, we have to help spread the word! Definitely worth a visit!

Via @Skybound entertainment #Transformers

JUST REVEALED: We’ve got big TRANSFORMERS #25 reveals – a new series of connecting covers from ARTIST + new interior art from Jorge Corona and Mike Spicer featuring The Decepticons!

Pre-order now at your local comic shop to make sure you don’t miss these connecting covers - or a single moment from TRANSFORMERS #25 as Robert Kirkman and Dan Mora kick off a NEW ERA for the Energon Universe!

#Transformers Day 2025 UK

Nate of the #Transformers brand team offers clarification - apparently there will be a new … reveal at the Transformers UK store on 9/17 but it is *not a new Titan scale figure.

“Some really cool things happening at our Battersea store across the pond! Can’t reveal anything but quick clarification, the new “Titan” is not referring to a new Titan scale figure. Carry on.”

Skybound #Transformers #24 is out today (Wednesday)

Bitter sweet for us, as we have been immensely enjoying the run of writer Daniel Warren Johnson and artist and Jorge Corona…

That being said, The rumor is that Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead, Invincible, Void Rivals….) is pretty decent writer! Good tims ahead for

Masterpiece Rattrap #BeastWars Takaratomy ASIA

Looks great. Can’t wait. But gotta say, that’s gonna be one gigantic fur coat of a backpack!

Photo source unknown. From Tokyo Toy Show

#TransformersTheMovie Poster Concept Art

“Description:

Okay. So. This is pretty cool. It's one of the original concept drawings for what would be the 1986 Transformers Movie poster. I'm pretty sure the artists is Del Barrass as his style was the bubbly looking robots. But not positive so I havent listed him as such. I do know I recognize the art department head / concept designer Floro Dery's writing with his classic capitalized italic notes all over it. Which was a big selling point for me! Also cool to see that Springer was who they original had in mind for the focal point of the poster, only for Mr. Dery to write "Ultra Magnus" across his chest.

Since the actual movie poster was done in two parts. The background painted, then the hand drawn robots added in via the computer, there really isnt an actual original of the poster in it's entirety out there. So this will have to serve as the next best thing!

Oh and when I bought it, the seller never specified the size. But this thing is HUGE! 23x29!!!! It's literally the size of a movie poster. Nice surprise.”

Via Dennis Domingo on FB group Cybertron Phillipines, Source: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1428265

#StudioSeries86 Megatron Complete Gallery and Review

Robot mode: Beautiful, near perfect silhouette and deco, zero kibble, butterfly shoulder joints and multi-jointed fingers are great for pose-ability. Overall it’s a thing of beauty. If I’m nitpicking, I’d say the head/face seems a bit flattened and lacking depth. Fusion cannon proportions are a bit off, back end a bit long and the front, business-end seems slightly short to me.

Transformation: intuitive and fun. Strikes a just right balance of difficulty without being fiddly nor over-complex. Design team was creative, finding means to recreate elements of gun handle, on the back of his legs from tank treads. Joint tolerances are near perfect and doesn’t have parts that needlessly pop off.

Tank mode: remarkably solid/cool tank, given his nearly uncompromised robot mode. Yeah, yeah - we’ve all heard the wailing and gnashing of teeth that this tank mode didn’t exist in G1. But the fact that the figure includs an in-scale handgun for other SS86 Decepticons, like Starscream, Soundwave, etc. makes the figure totally work for me.

For me, he’s easily the most enjoyable, G1 authentic representation of the classic Megatron figure Hasbro/TakaraTomy has made to date.

MPG-17 Masterpiece Scale Optimus Prime at Takaratomy ASIA

“Optimus Prime from the Transformers MPG Style Generation line is shown here in both truck and robot mode. The truck mode has a clean red cab with chrome detailing, staying true to his G1 design. In robot form, Prime is armed with his ion blaster mounted on his shoulder, a two large large energon blades attached to each arm.”

Source: https://toyhabits.com/transformers-tokyo-toy-show-2025-takara-tomy-booth-images/

AM-T02 Predaking

Recent photos from Takaratomy ASIA at Tokyo Toy Fair (via Ramen Toy on FB) can confirm that the stats they give are inaccurate. Official specs on this figure set say the combined form is 300mm = 11.811 in. Hard to believe this toy is less than a foot tall. We have an AotP Onyx Prime and he’s 9 to head and >10 with wings positioned upwards as seen in photo. That Leader class looks about half the size so it stands to reason that the combined form is over 1.5ft = ~46 cm.

Source: https://toyhabits.com/transformers-tokyo-toy-show-2025-takara-tomy-booth-images/

Iconic #Megatron #Transformers

Why aren’t more of us talking about how perfectly screen-accurate, in-scale, functional is #StudioSeries86 Megatron’s gun alt mode?!

Design team was creative on this design and I DIG it! #Transformers #Megatron

#StudioSeries86 Voyager Mixmaster

No way to deep dive discuss which Devastator/ Constructicon set is better the #CombinerWars Titan or SS86 without taking a close look at individual components.

Whereas the difference with Scavenger btn CW and SS86 is negligible (a mixed bag: size is better with CW, each deco has its pros and cons, SS86 has his weapon, so a toss up for me) with Mixmaster we have a clear-cut definitive better version.

First and foremost, we've gotta talk about the cement mixer alt mode. I never did like the artistic license design team took on CW Mixmaster. That front load cement barrel in vehicle looks entirely wrong to me in both modes! hangs off his back like Waspinator's abdomen (yuck!) Similarly, the foot of Devastator, which is a too narrow vehicle rear cab is not screen accurate (doesn't even have the purple windshield! boo!!!)

For purposes of comparison, I've been using the #SDCC deco version of CW devastator because years ago, I put a lot in to upgrading the CW figure with both sticker set upgrades and aftermarket add-on kits to the regular mass release version. The kit allowed you to convert the cement mixer into a rear-loading barrel drum. Yet even with all these additions and upgrades, the SS86 version is vastly superior.

The SS86 vehicle mode is spot-on accurate to the original series. The cement barrel is in back of the truck and is sized and positioned properly to look right (as a backpack) in robot mode. Transformation is elegant, everything just pegs together so nice and tight, plus the mechanism to convert it to leg mode is very clever (I won't explain it, it's way better to see for yourself! 😉. Leg mode also has smartly designed heel flaps so Devastator is rock solid stable in combined form. I also prefer SS86 Mixmaster in robot mode. Head sculpt seems more to to the original animation, and TBH size difference here doen't matter to me.

I won't be the only one saying so - I predict a nearly unanimous opinion among the fandom in favor of SS86 over the former CW version.

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