Pretty much a complete impulse buy from Michaels whilst I was out and rocking a 50% coupon this holiday season. I decided to give American automobile models another whack even after my previous bouts of successive failures in this department. I’ve actually had my eye on this particular kit in the plastic models aisle for quite some time, but only…
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Transformers Alternators Smokescreen
The ever-famous pioneer of the Alternators line, Smokescreen ushered in a new age of Transformers toys with surprising alt-mode accuracy before the Bay movies took to the silver screen. Transforming into a Subaru Impreza WRC, this is a highly detailed figure, and actually resembles our modern-day Masterpiece Autobot Cars in a lot of aspects.
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Merry Christmas 2013
Merry Christmas. The year’s coming to an end – almost. As with every year, Christmas is big. Not for the celebration of its actual purpose (the birth of Christ was it? I’m an apathetic atheist who cares not for religion and all its folly so please forgive my deliberate ignorance) but more for the copious amounts of money spent, gifts…
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Robo Toy Fest – December 2013
Fun was had this past Sunday (along with wallets blown to smothers and many a tear shed) at the annual giant robot toy show – Robo Toy Fest. My comrade whom I worked with on building the Operation: Virtue armor accompanied me to this mini-‘con in May of this year, though this time around we took the whole crew…
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Transformers Energon Leader Class Optimus Prime
Energon Optimus Prime…out of the Unicron trilogy Primes, (of which I’ve proudly owned all three simultaneously now thanks to this) this guy’s the most underwhelming of the lot. I’ve owned this toy before as a child, and other than being a design wreck, it’s also considerably smaller than its brother Primes, most notably in Super Mode.