(Featured image: Gobots face off against the Transformers. Left to right, The Gobots: Crasher, Super Gobot Leader-1, Cop-Tur, Road Ranger, & Zod, and The Transformers: Hound, Soundwave, Buzzsaw, Bumper, & Optimus Prime) The first episode of season three of The Toys That Built America tells the story of Tonka‘s race with Hasbro to gain the […]
October has arrived and in honor of Spooky Season we will spotlight one Monster Transformer per day, each day of the month. To start it off, our first spotlight is upon Monstructor! Monstructor is a combiner made up of the inner robots of the Pretender Monsters Icepick, Wildfly, Bristleback, Scowl, Slog, and Birdbrain. Originally named […]
On Monday, September 17th, 1984 a new cartoon hit the airwaves. It was the pilot episode advertising for a new toy line of imported robots who shapeshifted into vehicles and common household objects, like cameras and German pistols used by super-spies: The Transformers. It was a collaboration between Hasbro, Griffin-Bacal Advertising’s Sunbow Animation, Marvel Entertainment […]
In the newest installment of the “More Than Meets These Guys” podcast Ed and Evan dive into the Transformers G1 Season 2 episode, “City of Steel”. We get to see Ed’s first encounter with AKOM animation. Will he survive? What are the guys’ musical guilty pleasures? Is Optimus Prime’s greatest weakness revealed? View it below […]
Evan and Boo once again dive into the Transformers Marvel UK comics as they dive into Transformers UK #5, “Prisoner Of War! – Part One”. This corresponds to the first half of the U.S. Marvel Transformers issue #3. The guy contemplate the Transformers’ fuel needs and how they relate to human technology. Is Sparkplug Witwicky […]
Today Evan and Boo continue their trek through the G1 Marvel UK Transformers comics with the second part of Power Play (which was issue #2 in the Marvel US G1 run). Who is who in this issue? It’s hard to tell, because the artists weren’t even sure. What 1960s sitcom tropes make their way into […]
Youtube content creator PolskiHussar has uploaded a video detailing the unboxing of the newly revealed Robosen Flagship Grimlock. Watch the video below! To Preorder Robosen Flagship Grimlock, follow this link to Hasbro Pulse.
Hasbro Pulse’s Youtube channel has released a video announcing Robosen’s latest auto-converting Transformers character robot: Dinobot Commander Grimlock! It features pre-programmed responses and actions and is voiced by Gregg Berger, the original voice of G1 Grimlock! Robosen Grimlock also comes with his sword, gun and a crown. Grimlock can walk in both modes, responds to […]
Ed and Evan tackle the second part of Megatron’s most devious plot to turn humanity against the Autobots. The tough questions are asked. “Is Shawn Berger Wearing his old prom tux?”“Why is Soundwave playing elevator music?”“Does rum go with lemonade?”All these and more are answered in the latest edition of “More Than Meets These Guys”. […]
Ed and Evan are back to reflect and react to the devious Shawn Berger and the trial of the Autobots. View it below or follow the links to listen to the audio podcast! More Than Meets These Guys on Apple PodcastsMore Than Meets These Guys on StitcherMore Than Meets These Guys on Spotify Click the […]