Category Archives: BotCon

Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3

Posted on June 27, 2023 by OAFE

Surprise! Part 2 wasn't the end of the race after all. Part 3 may not have been ready when Crasher went up, but now we finally get one: Vision-Impaired Transcript: Page 1 Panel 1: Apparently crossing the finish line in … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Transformers Animated Sari Sumdac

Posted on December 13, 2022 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our subject today is Transformers Animated Sari Sumdac. And now, some more OAFEry:"Popular Science" traces Transformers? Motormaster vs Roadbuster Transformers Rodimus Unicronus … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Titanium Soundblaster with Ravage

Posted on July 12, 2022 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Hasbro's Titanium Soundblaster. The 6" Transformers Titanium Series line had some decent figure, but also some of the … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Titanium Bumblebee

Posted on November 30, 2021 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Hasbro's The War Within Bumblebee. The Cybertron-mode Bumblebee we reviewed today was not Hasbro's first attempt. This Bumblebee … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Only Human Transformers Part 2

Posted on February 27, 2018 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figures today are Part 2 of Fun Publications' "Only Human" GI Joe/Transformers crossover figures. In 2017, Fun Pub lost the rights … Continue reading →

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The long-lost BotCon 2011 script reading

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Sprocket

Well well well, look what's finally surfaced! That's the professional voice-actor (and Vangelus) reading of The Stunti-Con Job, which FunPub has been promising for years now that they would eventually release. Thankfully someone has gotten sick of waiting, because the … Continue reading →

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Transformers Collectors' Club gets mad about knock off toys

Posted on September 6, 2011 by OAFE

Last week, whoever runs the Transformers Collectors' Club Twitter account posted this: It came out of nowhere and was apropos of nothing, so people began trying to figure out what they were talking about. And now, some more OAFEry:Lego Star … Continue reading →

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Transformers Kre-O Optimus Prime exclusive review

Posted on August 16, 2011 by yo go re

In 2003, Hasbro introduced their "Built to Rule" toys, low-rent Lego knockoffs produced in-house. The toys were terrible and the line folded within a year, mourned by no one. Apparently not willing to let a bad idea rest in the … Continue reading →

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BotCon Souvenir Set #2 - Autotrooper

Posted on June 20, 2011 by yo go re

Autotroopers are the rank and file of the Cybertron Defense Police Command. In times of war they can be brought directly under the auspices of the office of the Magnus. Once selected for service, an Autobot goes through a remolding … Continue reading →

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BotCon giveaway figure - Fisitron

Posted on June 19, 2011 by yo go re

Fisitron is an overly enthusiastic maker of tools, and the genius behind some of the most effective weapons in the Autobots' arsenal. In his cozy lab he makes whatever comes to mind. For each strange gizmo he dreams up, he … Continue reading →

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