Toys

Trusty Henchman

Apr 9, 20211 min read

Featured Artist: Wayne Anderson Designs

A lot of beautifully designed ugly monster always makes me happy. Anderson's work can be seen in plenty of films and television,...

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Weekly Robot: Robots in Disguise Skywarp Warrior Class (2017)

Trusty Henchman

Mar 11, 20211 min read

Weekly Robot: Robots in Disguise Skywarp Warrior Class (2017)

I've not picked up many of the RID line of Transformers as in general I was too late to check it out and their overall aesthetics don't...

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Weekly Robot- Generations Collaborative: Transformers Back to the Future Mash-Up: Gigawatt

Trusty Henchman

Mar 4, 20212 min read

Weekly Robot- Generations Collaborative: Transformers Back to the Future Mash-Up: Gigawatt

I'm not even a huge Back To The Future fan, but I couldn't really say no to this figure. I'm glad that Hasbro is doing a bunch of these...

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Weekly Robot- Transformers Universe: Darkwind (Ultra Class, 2009)

Trusty Henchman

Feb 25, 20212 min read

Weekly Robot- Transformers Universe: Darkwind (Ultra Class, 2009)

This particular figure is what got me back into collecting Transformers, so I'll always have a soft spot for him. Darkwind, renamed from...

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Trusty Henchman

Feb 24, 20211 min read

Featured Artist: Tom Rush

I'm absolutely loving these great monster sculpts by Tom Rush. He has a Kickstarter up right now for a new wave of mini-toys called Fear...

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Weekly Robot: Flame Toys Furai Model Devastator

Trusty Henchman

Feb 18, 20212 min read

Weekly Robot: Flame Toys Furai Model Devastator

I was pretty good about consistently putting together model kits throughout 2019 and early 2020, but I've been neglecting a small...

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Weekly Robot- Generations Titans Return Legends Class Seaspray (2017)

Trusty Henchman

Feb 11, 20212 min read

Weekly Robot- Generations Titans Return Legends Class Seaspray (2017)

I love chonky robots and this version of Seaspray has that added charm of having some big honking Humberto Ramos style feet. My love for...

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Weekly Robot- Pacific Rim Uprising: Obsidian Fury - Tamashii Nations Robot Spirits

Trusty Henchman

Feb 4, 20211 min read

Weekly Robot- Pacific Rim Uprising: Obsidian Fury - Tamashii Nations Robot Spirits

So hey, I realllllllly didn't like the Pacific Rim sequel but a great looking robot is a great looking robot. Plus at the time of release...

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Weekly Robot- Beast Wars Quickstrike (Basic Fuzor, 1998)

Trusty Henchman

Jan 28, 20212 min read

Weekly Robot- Beast Wars Quickstrike (Basic Fuzor, 1998)

Quickstrike's robot mode is a gangly mess, but to me it's always been an endearing gangly mess. Beast Wars was something I had to go back...

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Weekly Robot- War for Cybertron: Earthrise Voyager WFC-E21 Decepticon Snapdragon

Trusty Henchman

Jan 21, 20211 min read

Weekly Robot- War for Cybertron: Earthrise Voyager WFC-E21 Decepticon Snapdragon

I always loved my original chonky Snapdragon figure (who is sadly missing most of his extra parts), so I was really happy when they...

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Weekly Robot- War for Cybertron: Earthrise Deluxe WFC-E20 Smokescreen

Trusty Henchman

Jan 14, 20211 min read

Weekly Robot- War for Cybertron: Earthrise Deluxe WFC-E20 Smokescreen

Finally picked up a decent light box and a friend gifted me their old Google Pixel, so I can finally mess around with some toy...

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Trusty Henchman

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Featured Artist: Mike Swisstack

Since I neglect featuring a lot of sculptors and toy designers I thought I would start off with featuring some of the amazing monster...

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Review: Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy - Siege

Trusty Henchman

Aug 21, 20204 min read

Review: Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy - Siege

So just to put my cards on the table, what you should know before we get into this is that I'm a fairly big Transformers fan. I'm a big...

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While not every toy needs to exist, I'm glad that this one finally does

Trusty Henchman

Jul 22, 20201 min read

While not every toy needs to exist, I'm glad that this one finally does

The 1988 movie Big with Tom Hanks always has a special place in my heart, and you can probably guess that the scene where he questions...

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Crowdfunding Worth Your Time & Money: Fate Quest

Trusty Henchman

Jul 15, 20201 min read

Crowdfunding Worth Your Time & Money: Fate Quest

This innovative storytelling game has some pretty engaging elements to it, but one of the main reasons I wanted to draw attention to the...

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Ridiculously large Sentinel toy sells ridiculously well

Trusty Henchman

Jul 13, 20201 min read

Ridiculously large Sentinel toy sells ridiculously well

Launching on July 10th, Hasbro's crowdfunding platform known as Haslab announced this massive 26.3in figure of the iconic robotic threat...

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Hasbro continues the pulp culture infusion of Transformers with Top Gun bot

Trusty Henchman

Jul 13, 20201 min read

Hasbro continues the pulp culture infusion of Transformers with Top Gun bot

After already releasing the Ghostbusters mashup and announcing the Back To The Future crossover, Hasbro is pushing forward with even more...

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