War For Cybertron: Siege | Barricade

02.29.2020 – Barricade is a member of the Cybertron Security Operations that appears in the rebooted IDW continuity, but prior to that new universe he also appeared in the 2005 continuity, which is heavily based and inspired from the 2007 live-action character with the same name. Although Barricade shares the same name with the G1 version, which is a member for the Micromaster Race Track Patrol. This ‘Police’ version is entirely a new character now based from the WFC: Siege action figure that is finally released in the Wave 4 assortment of action figures along with Impactor and Mirage!

Optimus Time: Transformers Punishment!

ONE of the best things about manga and anime is the openness to doing stories which run parallel to the main story. They even have a great term for it: side stories. These in-continuity tales enable creators to fit in characters and plotlines that would be obscured by the weight of the main narrative.

            And that’s exactly what we’ve got with the new “Transformers: Punishment” one-shot. This extra-sized one-shot is actually a print version of a comic book originally created for the interactive Madefire platform. Reading it, it’s hard to believe this wasn’t originally scheduled for a release from IDW Publishing considering how good it is.

            Fans of writer John Barber and artist Livio Ramondelli will get a thrill because they get an extra helping of the two this month. “Punishment” is the kind of side story you get when the characters aren’t all trying to save planets.

            That being said, this is still Optimus Prime’s show. In “Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye” and “The Transformers,” Prime bids the Autobots farewell seemingly on a lark to go back to Cybertron. He doesn’t tell anyone why he’s going back right now, only that he must and that he will be back.

            “Punishment” details what happens on his trip to Cybertron. The book begins with the death of three Decepticons—Wilder, Treadshot and Brisko—at the hands of an unknown assailant.  This is apparently not an isolated incident, and Cybertron’s supreme leader Starscream soon arrives on the scene with Decepticon detective Barricade at his side. There’s someone killing Decepticons in what is called a Decepticon ghetto.

Sighted: KRE-O Transformers "Cycle Chase!"

06.08.2012 – The construction toys Kre-O a collaboration between Hasbro and Korean manufacturer Oxford has introduced Transformers as wells as Battleship related sets. Some brick pieces can be compatible with LEGO or Mega Bloks. Last year’s release was based from the original Generation One series and Dark of the Moon movie which was heavily promoted. So far the sets have took off but never had newer sets that were introduced locally on retail in the Philippines. Most recent sets are from the tie-up with the Battleship live action movie.

Transformers RPMs: Decepticon Barricade

06.13.2010 – The height of the Transformers live-action films have spawned more merchandise outside the core brand’s usual action figure line. Hasbro took advantage of the brand’s popularity and is also keeping up with the competition with other toy manufacturer’s brands with slight similarities that would capture their market for it. That being said, Hasbro is exploring other ways to expand the Transformers brand entering a familiar space that they don’t have, namely the 1:64 die-cast car collecting with their “Transformers R.P.M.s” which stands for “Robot Powered Machines” sounding like a unique product on their part, but they’re almost similar to the die-cast 1:64 scale.