DEFORMATION SPACE DS-02 RECORDING ALLIANCE > REVIEW

Preamble

Look, I had not intended upon getting a Masterpiece Blaster, that’s the truth. He’s not a character that I was overly bothered about to be honest. Being a resident of the UK, I wasn’t aware of Blaster until June of 1986 when he made his first appearance in the UK Marvel Transformers comic, a full 6 months after his first appearance in the cartoon which was in September of 1985.

BADCUBE OTS-08 SUNSURGE > THE RE-ISSUED REVIEW

*This is a re-edited review that was originally published on the 2nd February 2016.

And God said “Let there be light” and there was light. The Sun shone so bright...

Okay, so a little dramatic with the introduction there but is Badcube's OTS 08 Sunsurge worthy of such gravitas ?

NEWAGE 44EX COMMANDER YMIR > REVIEW

I’m not a Legends scale collector, and truth be told I have no intentions of becoming one. However, that said, there was always going to be a few figures come along in this scale which would grab my attention and potentially make it onto my shelf.

ROBOT PARADISE RP-01 ACOUSTIC WAVE > REVIEW

Preamble

Christmas morning of 1984, tearing paper of off random boxes under the tree, unearthed the bestest Transformer toy of my childhood, Soundwave! Up until then I had a couple of Mini-Bots and the odd Go-Bot, but having Soundwave felt like I’d finally got a proper Transformer. For the longest time I kept his box, returning him to it every night after I’d finished playing with him…

Okay, so there’s obviously some big nostalgic shoes to fill here, and I know it’s not a G1 figure in the strictest sense, and we’ve had a Masterpiece Soundwave before from Takara. How’s Acoustic Wave going to compare? Let’s see what this unchrasimatic bore has to offer shall we.

FANS TOYS FT-25 OUTRIDER > REVIEW

Preamble

As the upgrade and replacement continues, next on the roster is Trailbreaker. I was late to the table with this one as I’m a fan of Mastermind Creations Terraegis. But with my Masterpiece collection slowly starting to become more cartoon orientated in aesthetic, I decided to put my hand in my pocket.

X-TRANSBOTS MX-27 JANSSEN > REVIEW

 

Preamble

Perceptor is a character that, if I’m honest, I’ve never really showed much interest in. I was aware of his inclusion in the Marvel UK comics, I never saw him in the cartoon as up until adulthood I’d never seen the Second Series and thought he was okay in the 1986 Movie. A side character of no major importance that was there to facilitate a move in the storyline. I became more familiar with the character during the IDW tenure, which was a hit an miss affair in my mind (the comic) but that’s something to go into another time.

FANS TOYS FT-47 RIG > REVIEW

Preamble

I’m now on my 3rd Masterpiece style Huffer, so is the swapping and upgrading game. Will this be the last? Who knows, I mean currently I hope it is but you never know what’s down the road. I don’t want to sound pessimistic about it, that would be too much like Huffer himself.

DEFORMATION SPACE DS-01 CRIMSON WINGS > REVIEW

 

Over the years I’ve owned many of the “Masterpiece” style Seekers, mainly of course the Holy Trinity of Starscream, Skywarp and Thundercracker. I have had some of the Coneheads but for now I don’t feel that any have rightly captured what it is I’m looking for in such a representation. This is all a bit of a pointless pre-amble as of now, I don’t own any of those previously mentioned figures, and so I’m left with Deformation Space and their Crimson Wings. And you know, I think I’ve finally settled…. I hope!