Big Bot Books: The Total Package in Transformers Legacy!

WHEN the Transformers Generation 1 toys first came out from Hasbro in 1984, I fell in love with the idea of toys that turned into another toy. There was just something about the ingenuity of action figures that turned into vehicles or other machines that sparked interest with the coherent themes of subterfuge and duality. But as the years went on, I came to a stunning conclusion: As much as I loved the toys, what I really loved was the packaging! The packaging for the G1 TF line was just perfect. The boxes or cardback were coded red for heroic Autobots and purple for evil Decepticons, with that splashy and iconic Transformers logo. On the front was this amazing depiction of the robot poised to attack, on the back was a sweeping battle scene with so many TFs transforming to face their counterparts, the tech specs (which could “only” be decoded by the provided red plastic strip, and, of course, the bio complete with motto, function and personality (provided by, among others, Marvel comics writer Bud Budiansky).

The Face of Evil in Botcon 2012's Gigatron Revealed!

12.28.2011 – A few hours ago the official BotCon website just posted its latest update revealing its first of six exclusive convention figures in the “Overlord” Decepticon known as Gigatron. The upcoming annual event has started its countdown which will happen sometime in April 2012. TFCC has revealed the face of evil in a closer perspective of its upcoming convention exclusive. Gigatron’s body is based from the Revenge of the Fallen Bludgeon which was also redecoed as modern iteration of Banzaitron originally a character from the Action Masters.

WB001: Warbot Defender is not Springer or so you think!

08.18.2011 - Warbot Defender is not Springer. The appearance can be deceiving but he’s not, but for every TransFan has been craving for an official modern representation of the famed Triple Changer. They have to settle for the Fans Project exclusive known as “Warbot Defender” designated as WB001. Released in early 2010 Warbot Defender is a third party product from the same group of collectors who founded Fans Project. Famous for their TFC EX-01: Cliff Conversion Kit that was released in 2008 which followed by the TFX-01 Parallax City Commander armor add-on for the Voyager Class Classics Ultra Magnus figure.

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