by Collecticon | Oct 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
New York Comic Con is happening RIGHT NOW and last night’s Hasbro Transformers panel was anything but underwhelming. All the thunder was stolen from the night before when we saw amazing figures like Deluxe Skullsmasher, Hardhead, Leader Blaster, and most...
by Collecticon | Oct 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
A friend of mine posted this image to Faceballz today and we started discussing it. I love you Hot Rod, but you’ve got a bit of Optimus Primal disease. I’ve taken the liberty to re-adjust the proportions of his waist-down and head to match his upper body....
by Collecticon | Oct 2, 2015 | Blog
Divine powers continue to wash us over with delights as new full-color photographs featuring Masterpiece Shockwave and Masterpiece Hot Rod hit the web today. It’s of note that TFsource posted grainier versions with “DO NOT COPY” plastered all over...
by Collecticon | Sep 24, 2015 | Blog
In a stunning turn of events, it appears today we have been given concrete proof that there is a God. For some strange reason, the only news outlets reporting this momentous and unexpected revelation are Transformers Fan websites. More on this story at a 11. Back to...
by Collecticon | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog
My coworker and I just received our MP Bluestreaks from Toys R Us and the packaging contains some mighty interesting line art. Anyone familiar with these types of ‘diagram’ drawings in the packaging knows they almost always reflect real...
by Collecticon | Jul 9, 2015 | Blog
All I’ll say is that I was expecting all the female characters we know and love to become the parts that combine into Victorion. I was NOT expecting a bunch of inverted-Seacon-colored genericons. I didn’t like this idea to begin with and am definitely...
by Collecticon | Jun 15, 2015 | Blog
This tee at RIPT Apparel today hits all the right buttons: All five of them. Who doesn’t love a minimalist sharkticon in place of a Trademark symbol? Will we see this tee showing up at Botcon 2015? Only time will tell.
by Collecticon | May 22, 2015 | Blog
Oh and while we’re at it, Fun Pub is doing a SMASHING job of running Botcon. That was sarcasm! They fucking suck!
by Collecticon | Apr 8, 2015 | Blog
For those of you who don’t know, the original design of G1 Megatron, or Microchange Gun Robo to be more specific, came from a 1960’s show called “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” Who knew that years later, even this stuff would be rebooted into a...
by Collecticon | Apr 8, 2015 | Blog
2 years ago, I made an astute claim that Tarn’s true identity was that of Roller. I like to tout that I was the first one, but since no one reads this blog, I have yet found a need to base that claim. So for the sake of fun, let’s just assume it was me....