Category Archives: BotCon

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 yo go re

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:A Transformers … 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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BotCon box set part 6 - Motormaster

Posted on June 16, 2011 by yo go re

And so we come to the end of our little adventure with the Stunticons. The Motormaster brings vanity to a whole new level. He annoys the Stunticons (and everyone else) with bombastic proclamations and his habit of referring to himself … Continue reading →

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BotCon box set part 5 - Wildrider

Posted on June 15, 2011 by yo go re

Making things explode spectacularly is an art form to Wildrider. He is always brainstorming bigger, badder, louder, and more dangerous looking stunts, and he's got the processing power to coordinate them flawlessly. The Stunticons execute them without a scorchmark, but … Continue reading →

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BotCon box set part 4 - Drag Strip

Posted on June 14, 2011 by yo go re

Drag Strip is angry that the Autobots control Cybertron, that she takes orders from those windbags The Motormaster and Wildrider, and that she was protoformed in a wimpy looking Autobot shell; which fuels her already high lust for violence. New … Continue reading →

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