by Collecticon | Sep 30, 2010 | Blog
Someone needs to stop the people at iGear. No seriously: THEY MUST BE STOPPED. If anyone is willing to spend $1000 to collect all of these knock-offs, then I think it may be time for this Collecticon to throw in the energon towel.
by Collecticon | Sep 29, 2010 | Blog
With every new announcement from Takara Tomy I feel myself responding with less awe and far more shock. With the recent announcement of a Hyper Hobby Black repaint of Animated Rodimus, the total number of exclusive figures outside of the main toyline reaches a...
by Collecticon | Sep 23, 2010 | Blog, Price Check, Tales from the Holiest of Holy Grails
I made a special note to wake up today. Not for my job interview, but instead to make sure I put my final bid in on a special rare item I recently found on Yahoo Japan. The alarm buzzed but I paid no heed, until I woke up to find what the alarm was for: I had missed...
by Collecticon | Sep 20, 2010 | Blog
A great site called The Daily What has posted an amazing amateur video by a creative Russian named Alex Semenov. The video was shot in a matter of 2 hours with edited time amounting to over a month. The results are quite spectacular. Great animation! Transformers from...
by Collecticon | Sep 17, 2010 | Blog
I can hardly contain myself! I’ve been waiting for this day: the day when TakaraTomy would actually need to advertise the features of MP-09 and we could call of the nerd-sleuths from the case (though we thank you for your emotionally charged detective work). It...
by Collecticon | Sep 13, 2010 | Blog
Talk a toy that was released to the sound of crickets. Masterpiece Convoy Sleep Mode’s release has come and gone like the other Transformers 2010 initial releases and really nothing much has been seen or heard of about the figure. Due to recent circumstances, my...