Transformers – Swapticons
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Transformers – Swapticons

These are all very samey and I am unlikely to ever get anymore so I am just lumping these all into one ball of commentary. Transformers often has these sort of weird sublines going where the characters have some sort of gimmicky style. This one in particular is pretty odd, and way less interesting in any combination with anything mainline. I feel like its part of why it didn't seem to do great on sales. Basically, these are very, "you've seen one you have seen them all.". It doesn't help that this particular gimmicky style is kind of ugly. Initially…
Transformers – Red – G1 Megatron
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Transformers – Red – G1 Megatron

File under, lines I forgot existed. For a brief bit, Transformers had a line called Transformers Red, they were basically, action figure versions of characters. Without an alt mode, this allowed them to be more accurate to the cartoons. They looked alright, especially for some of the designs like Prime Knockout that don't translate super well to actually transforming toys. But I like Transformers because they… transform. I'm honestly not SUPER into any of the specific shows, more the engineering to transformation. So I forgot about these even existing, I think a lot of people did. I was in Ross…
Armorsaurs Evolvers Ajax
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Armorsaurs Evolvers Ajax

I was almost tempted to watch an episode of the show attached to this line before writing but decided I didn't care that much about the lore here. I barely watch Transformers cartoons and I have a ton of those. From my brief bit of research, Armorsaurs is a Disney+ show based on a Korean show called Armored Saurus, with a space. Its a sort of, Korean Sentai Henshin Hero show, Sentai Henshin Hero being shows like, Power Rangers and Kamen Rider. Normal people who power up with fancy devices into armored fighters who often also command giant robots of…
Transformers – Gun Transformers Combiner
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Transformers – Gun Transformers Combiner

I am not sure where I first came across this set of transforming gun toys, I may have even just came across it randomly browsing Amazon. I do know I was kind of sold on the idea in general, but really sold on it by this absurd as fuck image from Amazon. Seriously, what the fuck. Like a lot of goofy shit like this, I put it on a list so I would remember to occasionally look at it and never buy it. Then I was picking up some house stuff, and it was suggested, at a heavily discounted price…
Transformers – Blokees Classic Class 18 – Shockwave (TFOne)
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Transformers – Blokees Classic Class 18 – Shockwave (TFOne)

I wrote some thoughts on Blokees and model kits already in my Blokees Megatron review, so I will just like that and cut to the chase a bit. Blokees Shockwave is the second figure kit I have picked up from this line. I like figure kits, but the size makes them a bit less appealing since they don't match with mainline toys at all. Plus, I am not a huge fan of the stylization choices of some of the designs. Shockwave, probably due to his form being Cybertronian, always tends to just look like Shockwave. Plus, I just like Shockwave…
Transformers – Blokees Classic Class 10 – Megatron (TF07)
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Transformers – Blokees Classic Class 10 – Megatron (TF07)

I am not going to even start trying to understand the goofy naming conventions for this like. There are some smaller Blokees and I think some larger, or at least, fancier ones. I think. Regular Transformers are not that better about long goofy names though either. Anyway, Blokees. Sort of the "new hotness" in Transformers, though it seems to be more the smaller blind box toys. I think those small ones look neat but I am so allergic to the idea of blind boxes, I have not actually bought any of the small ones. The gimmick of the entire Blokees…
Transformers x NFL – Tundra Prime and Steelsmash
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Transformers x NFL – Tundra Prime and Steelsmash

Early this year, Hasbro started a collab line with the NFL. A line of football helmets that transform into football player styled robots. That's "American Football", in case the MFL part didn't make that obvious, though they also recently announced a similar line for Non-American Football (soccer), that turns into a football. Wait, do they call soccer balls footballs or is it something goofy like the kicky roundy? (Side note, when I first did this up, I only had Tundra Prime, so if there is weirdness about Steelsmash comments, that is why) Anyway, the initial line up had four teams,…