3rd Party Bumblebee Brouhaha
If there’s one thing that the live-action Transformers films have shown, it’s that Bumblebee knows how to fight. From Michael Bay to Travis Knight, when B-127 has his back to the wall he can punch […]
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Drift Notes #5: TFNation 2019
On the Saturday morning of TFNation 2018 I woke up in a tent in Devon. Poor planning meant I needed to pack and make the trek to Birmingham as soon as possible, but when the […]
MMC Reformatted R-32 Stray
When it comes to creating a Lost Light crew in plastic form, there’s only one third-party company out there delivering the goods with consistency. We’re heading back to Mastermind Creations to take a look at […]
TakaraTomy MP-28 Hot Rodimus
MP-28 Hot Rodimus, AKA Masterpiece Hot Rod, has the distinction of being the first Transformer I ever pre-ordered. That’s no surprise. Being late to the Masterpiece game meant I missed out on MP-09, but due […]
Drift Notes #3: One Man’s Junkion…
1990. With two months’ worth of pocket money saved, a lifetime at 7 years old, I finally ride the escalator to the top floor of John Lewis and approach the display of Transformers Classics. There […]
MMC Reformatted R-28 Tyrantron
Mastermind Creations (MMC) have carved a niche in the third-party Transformers market with their line of IDW-inspired robot action figures. Reformatted R-28 Tyrantron is based on Megatron from the More Than Meets the Eye comic […]
Drift Notes #2: Rewind Frenzy
The late 1980s. Luke’s house, the living room. His Mum pulls a video from a generic middle-class faux leather case. The film starts playing and Luke and I sit enthralled as a demon planet emerges […]