• Masterpieces,  Transformers

    MP-12 Masterpiece Sideswipe (Lambor)

    Sideswipe – notoriously the first Autobot car to get the modern Masterpiece treatment, I remember having mixed feelings when I first saw this thing’s dinky size. I wasn’t really totally sold on it at first – it was tiny in comparison to the infamous MP-01 (the definition of Masterpiece for me back then) and sported absolutely no die-cast metal. Add…

  • Gunpla,  Master Grade

    MG Wing Gundam T.V. Ver.

    Quite possibly the oldest kit that’s still in my collection (build-wise, not actual kit release wise) and hasn’t been sold off. I remember getting this kit at an Anime Expo many years ago, from the Bandai/Bluefin booth. Many kits have come and gone since I put this thing together, but somehow it managed to survive getting sold off, despite my…

  • Energon,  Transformers

    Transformers Energon Terrorcon Divebomb

    A quick little showcase of an old, tiny Transformers Energon figure – the Terrorcon Divebomb. I’m sure this guy was a master shelf-warmer during Energon‘s glory days; the Terrorcons and Omnicons never really made much of an impression on people, I wager. There were scores of these guys flitting around in Energon, this figure alone is just a dime in…

  • Transformers

    MP-20 GET

    I haven’t done an unboxing, haul, or figure preview in a while, so I figured today would be a good chance when a quaint little package arrived on my doorstep earlier. I had preordered this particular item quite a while back, and I believe it was delayed a month before finally shipping out. This would also be my first order…