Review – Transformers – Titans Return – Kup
Posted in2016 - Titans Return

Review – Transformers – Titans Return – Kup

Ah Kup, a character that seems to be hard to just do right in Toy form while not being kind of boring.  His original G1 toy is best described as "Weird Space Pick Up".  He got an alright update a few years ago in the Generations line where he turned into an old timey Earth Pick Up.  Kup, despite being fairly popular has a few issues that come up when trying to make updates.  First, his alt mode is lame and kind of boring, which isn't particularly marketable.  Second, his character is old and grouchy and thus isn't the best…
Review – Transformers – RiD – Thunderhoof
Posted in2015 - Robots in Disguise

Review – Transformers – RiD – Thunderhoof

Thunderhoof has the distinct pleasure of possibly having the first Tractor alt mode in Transformers.  There may have been one previously, probably some sort of Minicon if there was one, but I am pretty sure there hasn't been a Farm Tractor in Transformers history.  Plenty of construction vehicles, not so much farm machines. Thunderhoof's spirit animal as it may be, is a deer.  As such he ends up with some pretty huge majestic antlers on his head in Robot mode.  He also, appropriately, has hooved feet.  His robot mode is pretty imposing and has a nice design but it's not…
Review – Transformers – RiD – Fracture
Posted in2015 - Robots in Disguise

Review – Transformers – RiD – Fracture

Fracture is the real turning point for the Decepticons of the Robots in Disguise line.  There was a slow build up before hand with Megatron but Fracture was the point where the line really got good. Fracture's animal theme, though less obvious than Quillfire and Steeljaw, is a rooster.  This mostly presents with his little mohawk deal on his head, though his shoulders also have a sort of random almost feathery look to them.  Articulation is really nice on this figure, and he doesn't have a lot of really bad hollow bits which tend to plague a lot of modern…
Transformers – Review – Titans Return – Broadside
Posted in2016 - Titans Return

Transformers – Review – Titans Return – Broadside

Broadside is a character that people have been anticipating an update of for a while now, mostly because he was part of the popular Wreckers team int he comics.  He's one of the few members who hasn't gotten a new toy in ages, though it's somewhat understandable why he hasn't.  Broadside has two alt modes, one is a jet, one is an aircraft carrier.  Working aircraft Carriers in with any level of scale is effectively impossible being possibly the largest vehicles on the planet. There is a vague attempt to make scale work with Broadside.  He includes a set of…
Review – Transformers – Titans Return – Perceptor
Posted in2016 - Titans Return

Review – Transformers – Titans Return – Perceptor

Due to it's hodge podge origins in various Japanese toy lines, primarily Diaclone and Microman, the Transformers picked up a few less practical alt modes in it's early days.  The most well known is Soundwave's cassette player.  Perceptor is one of those characters with a less conventional (ie not a car or a plane) modes with his Microscope mode.  The previous Generations remake of Perceptor changed things a bit giving him a Snow truck alternate mode instead of his traditional Microscope.  Titans Return has been all about keeping with the designs of the original toys as much as possible, with…