As a young boy, I enjoyed the toys, TV show, and comic of the franchise called "The Transformers". It is a franchise that I was a part of the debut and I still remember coming home from school and the show debuting right before my birthday back in '84. I remember seeing characters like Trailblazer and Cliffjumper helping save the lives of humans from the evil doings of the Decepticons.
I tried collecting as many of the figures as I could, but I didn't THAT much of an allowance back then. hahaha. I remember having characters like Trailblazer, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Starscream, Powerglide, Skids, Warpath, (a lot of other mini bots that I can't remember) and 4 out of 5 of the Arielbots. I also had the full versions of Devastator and Bruticus as part of the combiners.
Years had past. I remember catching some of the newer shows and seeing some of the newer lines in the toy aisles of Wal Mart and Target. Only every so often did I end up purchasing a couple of figures from various lines. My collection was....eclectic, to say the least.
Then, Fall of Cybertron came out for the PS3. I fell back in love with the line and started reading the comic from IDW. Fresh takes on the classic G1 figures and more complicated transformations. The games itself was fun to play. I've never reached a 100% completion on either game, but I'll try one day.
Yes, I know there was a game before Fall of Cybertron called War for Cybertron, I liked that one, too.
Here's a look of how Optimus Prime looks like in the games. I believe this is an actual figure from a third party company (not Hasbro). Looks good, right?
I tried collecting as many of the figures as I could, but I didn't THAT much of an allowance back then. hahaha. I remember having characters like Trailblazer, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Starscream, Powerglide, Skids, Warpath, (a lot of other mini bots that I can't remember) and 4 out of 5 of the Arielbots. I also had the full versions of Devastator and Bruticus as part of the combiners.
Years had past. I remember catching some of the newer shows and seeing some of the newer lines in the toy aisles of Wal Mart and Target. Only every so often did I end up purchasing a couple of figures from various lines. My collection was....eclectic, to say the least.
Then, Fall of Cybertron came out for the PS3. I fell back in love with the line and started reading the comic from IDW. Fresh takes on the classic G1 figures and more complicated transformations. The games itself was fun to play. I've never reached a 100% completion on either game, but I'll try one day.
Yes, I know there was a game before Fall of Cybertron called War for Cybertron, I liked that one, too.
Here's a look of how Optimus Prime looks like in the games. I believe this is an actual figure from a third party company (not Hasbro). Looks good, right?
Here is a look at a crossover series that IDW will be doing later this summer. It'll crossover toy lines such as Transformers, G.I.Joe, M.A.S.K., and Rom (I think Micronauts as well).
With what's going on with the series nowadays, I'm sure I'll stick around and see where some of my favorite characters end up heading.
P.S. I don't regard the Transformer movies from Michael Bay any part of the Transformer universe. They are just a mess of explosion and unrecognizable robots.
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