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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With my latest score of Transformers, I was intrigued by the appearance of a tow truck in there. We don’t get a lot of tow truck alternate modes; in fact, this is only the third tow truck mold in over twenty years. The G1 character, Hoist (1985), was repainted from Trailbreaker, a 4×4 truck. If you lost his car harness...
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The new Transformers movie is going to cause a marketing blitz the likes of which we have not seen since Star Wars Episode 1. I’ve already heard of Transformers pillow cases, Transformers pez dispensers, Transformers backpacks, and now Transformers shoes. These are actual Nikes with Autobot logos that are decorated like...
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There have been quite a bit of repaints for the G1 Combaticon molds. I pulled six of them off of my shelves for a group photoshoot: G1 Bruticus, G2 Bruticus, Transformers 2000 Valdigus (Japanese), RID Ruination, RID Arctic Camo Ruination and Universe Desert Camo Ruination. They look pretty good next to each other, so I took lots of...
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I got my God Neptune in the mail today, and I have to say that I’m not nearly as impressed as I thought that I would be. God Neptune is the Japanese Beast Wars repaint of the G1 Seacons combiner set, who merged to form Piranacon. The big difference is that there were six G1 Seacons, and each of the smaller members could...
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Chrissy and I sat in line to meet Peter Cullen today. He signed my Hard Hero bust of Optimus Prime three times: once on the box, once on the front of the statue, and once on the back of the statue (because he screwed up the signature on the front). And then the silver ink didn’t dry very quickly, so I managed to put my thumb...
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I need to decide which, if any, of my mint-in-box Transformers will come out of their packages. I don’t want to immediately run out of room in the new shelves, and loose figures take up a lot less space than boxed or carded figures. Many of them were already out and on display at one point, but went back into the box during...
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