Puggles are hand-stitched plush balls made by Cally Karishokka of “Cally’s Critters“. When she started applying Transformers designs to them, “Puggleformers” were born. These are all the rage with the kids nowadays, so I commissioned one to look like Fortress Maximus, the largest Transformer ever...
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Since I made a decision to avoid the 2007 Movie toys, I haven’t aggressively pursued my hobby in the last year. I picked up some chain store exclusives along the way, mostly repaints from earlier lines, and a few eBay auctions for older stuff, but no real conquests. I spent an awful lot of money on vintage toys at last...
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I can’t wait for Botcon 2008 to happen. I look forward to Botcon every year, even though my Transformer collecting days seem to be winding down. I’m looking forward to seeing the exclusive figures as well, since there seems to be a lot of good ones this year. One of the extra figures available to attendees this year...
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The exclusive figures for Botcon 2008 have almost all been leaked and we now know which molds will be used this year. “Shattered Glass Jazz” and “Shattered Glass Ricochet” will both use the mold for “Cybertron Crosswise” (2005). Crosswise has a good vehicle mode and a decent robot mode (with a...
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The first of the Botcon 2008 exclusives, “Shattered Glass” Optimus Prime, has been revealed. Fun Publications usually reveals the figures one at a time in the weeks leading up to Botcon, so it’s exciting to see the first of them come out. This year’s exclusive set revolves around the “Mirror...
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I have a rediculous amount of Transformers. I keep everything inventoried in an Excel spreadsheet. At last count, I had over 1200 figures, and that doesn’t include other collectibles such as kites, books, statues, etc. Also, I don’t count individual figures in a set: if several figures come in one box (mini-cons,...
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For some odd reason, I decided to photograph all of the tow trucks out of my Transformers collection, apparently to show that there aren’t too many. But maybe I was too hasty? It turns out that there were some Micromaster tow trucks towards the tail end of the G1 line. I just started collecting Micromasters recently, so...
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There have been a lot of custom Transformers accessories coming out recently, like the coronation armor for Hasbro’s MP Starscream and the scale-model figures of Spike and Sparkplug. As cool as they are, they tend to be overpriced, the type of thing that I may buy at a Botcon (where money is drained like water) but not...
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