Robo Toy Fest – that glorious semi-annual robot and mecha merch convention at the Pasadena Convention Center that my friends and I attend religiously. This is our third time running around the place, and it never gets old. The last time we stopped by was in December 2013, and we sure as heck dropped a good amount of cash back…
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New Additions
Had a package come in lately much sooner than I expected – I had placed a pre-order for this particular assortment a month or so in advance, but I didn’t actually keep tabs on release dates. Turns out the items I had pre-ordered had slipped out into the public market quietly and discreetly, though I’m just glad to get my…
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How The Other Half Lives
Even before I ever discovered Gunpla and the massive Gundam multiverse that accompanied it, I was still into some shape or form of mecha. My childhood revolved around Lego and Transformers – what I consider to be the precursors to my Gunpla experience, with the former covering the building and the latter covering the cool robot aspects. I was a…
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Transformers Energon Deluxe Class Prowl
Rolling out with another Deluxe Energon figure, our very own Formula 1 Police Car Autobot, Prowl! While a somewhat memorable member of the animated cast, I’m fairly certain this figure was really just rabble with many of its Deluxe Class brothers-in-arms. Nevertheless, Prowl is a neat little toy in his own right, with the vehicle mode being particularly appealing.
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Transformers Energon Deluxe Class Inferno
I remember Inferno actually being one of my favorite characters from Energon. The series arc where Megatron almost turns him into a Decepticon was pretty riveting for me as a child. Though once he gets his mid-season upgrade to Roadblock I couldn’t care less about him… Either way, I did of course own Inferno’s toy counterpart as a child, and…