2012 Transformers Collector's Club Exclusive - Over-Run (Runabout)

I was pleasantly greeted last night to a package on the front porch courtesy of the Transformers Collector's Club (TFCC). Say what you will about Fun Publications and the TFCC, but they have done a stellar job with this year's exclusive toy.

I was never a huge fan of the original G1 Battlechargers. The pull back gimmick just didn't do anything for me. At least with the Jumpstarters the figures would "jump" into robot mode. The Battlechargers just popped up. That said the TFCC have updated the G1 character Runabout in a excellent way. First thing you probably noticed however is the name. Over-Run? Yeah. It sucks they had to change the name. I'm surprised they just didn't slap "Decepticon" in front of the original name. I'd even go for the name suggestion I saw on Twitter - why not use the Canadian name "Runaboot"?!

I love the packaging the TFCC has used for their exclusives since day one. With some of their earlier releases the box art was the best part. At least now the toy housed inside is equally as awesome. The art is a reproduction of the classic Marvel Comics cover #23. It's a shame I don't have room to display boxes anymore because this one is a beauty!

Another nice touch to the packaging is the ability to store the upcoming figure Runamuck. I won't be using this feature, but I still appreciate the ability to do so. Over-Run's tech card is in the same style and format from past exclusives and Botcon exclusives.

Subgroup: Battlechargers

Function: Shock Trooper

Motto: " Beauty is fleeting. Especially when I'm around. "

Over-Run tries to pass himself off as a suave connoisseur of fine things. It’s not a façade he can really maintain for long, less because of his generally low intelligence and more because his interest in beautiful objects starts and ends with “blow them up!” His drive to seem sophisticated is in direct conflict with his enthusiastic love of explosions and action. The former is almost always on the losing side of that battle. He’s not interested in the Decepticons’ plans for conquest; he’s just with them because of the greater opportunities for his kind of fun. He’s always on the move, looking to create a bigger fireball, a larger bomb crater, and generally cram every microsecond with action.

He is partnered with the hyperactive Runamuck, and has never had more fun in his life. Marginally smarter than his partner, he also has better self-control, giving the pairing just enough focus to present a real danger to most robots they gang up on. 

Out of the box you'll see that Over-Run is down right beautiful. The black and red accents blend together wonderfully. The club did a great job taking the Wheeljack mold and making it look both menacing and sexy at the same time. I had my doubts at first when I heard of the choice of mold, but I'm no longer a skeptic.

I love looking at the updated characters side by side when their original counterparts, in this case the G1 version of Runabout. Originally Runabout was a Lotus Turbo Espirit where as now he is just a generic sports car. Doesn't it really matter though when the sports car looks this nice? The red windows, white wheels and big purple Decepticon emblem on the hood though all tie it together and portray a nice homage to the original toy.

This is easily one of my favorite Classics / Generations molds to date. I loved the mold changes they made to differentiate between Tracks and Wheeljack. Sure the robot doesn't look exactly like the G1 version, but I'm glad it doesn't. I wasn't too sure about having the shoulder mounted rockets or the wings displayed, but after holding him I can say these features don't look that out of place. Of course you have the option of whether or not you want to extend the wings or attached the rockets.

Transformers fan and artist Dan Khanna designed the new head for the figure and he did a fantastic job. This toy just wouldn't have worked with a recolored Tracks or Wheeljack head. It needed a new head so I'm glad they hit a home run here.

Comparison time! Seriously - there is no comparison. Where there was once no real legs, feet, arms or hands - now there are.

Here's a quick snapshot I took for the TFCC. He looks happy amongst his fellow Decepticons, though I'm sure he'll be really happy once his partner in crime Runamuck is standing beside him.

If you were on the fence as to whether or not join the TFCC or to purchase this figure then stop reading this review now and go ahead and grab him while you can. The club said they increased the production numbers so everyone could own him that wanted to. This by far is the best club exclusive figure they made to date. The bar has been set high for future releases. Let's just hope the club can keep up!

8-Bit Flashback: Shatterhand (NES)

When I got back into buying/collecting NES games I was first looking to re-acquire a few of the games I had as a kid.  While looking around the 'net for these games I ran across the box art for Shatterhand and I thought, "wow, how corny looking is that?".  The art was so typical of a 90's video game.  However there was also something about the box art that had me intrigued.  I think I found the cartridge for a buck or two a local video game store so I had to try it out.  I judged this game by it's cover and I'm happy to report that after playing the game is a lot of fun and one of the best NES games in the console's library. 

The game starts off with a pretty cool semi-animated intro.  I was always a sucker for games that told the story through animated sequences.

The game was released in 1991 by Natsume and is a side scrolling action game.  The game play is very similar to Sunsoft's Batman or even Konami's various Castlevania games.  You play as guy with prosthetic hands and all the combat takes place at close range.  I found this refreshing and a chance a pace from the Contra style games where your character is armed with a gun.  You character can't upgrade his own attacks per se, but he can find various alpha and beta symbols that arm him with 1 of 8 different robot companions.  The little robot hovers behind your character just over his shoulder and attacks when you attack.  The attacks vary depending on your combination of symbols collected.  Some lob grenade type attacks while others attack up and down.  Collect three symbols and your character will be encased in an all powerful armor where for 15 seconds your attacks launch fireballs.  During these 15 seconds you are also invulnerable.  Your attacks are quite responsive which makes the game fun to play.  One of the things I hated about Sunsoft's Batman NES game was the slow responsiveness when attacking.  All the platform jumping wasn't that well executed either.  Thankfully those problems don't plague this game.  The linear levels include all sorts of your standard platforming fun.  The difficulty is just right - not too easy while not too hard.  

After having fun with all the NES games I decided to take the plunge and buy an authentic Famicom system.  While doing research on games to buy I discovered that Shatterhand had been released in Japan as Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain.

From what I can tell there are several differences between this and the U.S. version.  I've yet to be able to find the game for a decent price so I can't comment much more on the differences.

One day I hope to be able to find the game as I am very intrigued by the changes I found out - such as the submarine level from Shatterhand being replaced with a circus level with the boss being two ladies.  It was common for Nintendo to censor their games and change things during the localization process.  I believe you may be able to play this game online HERE or play Shatterhand HERE.

If you're looking for a fun "beat 'em up" side scrolling action game that is a bit different from all the rest then I strongly encourage you to track down this game.  Perhaps you can find a cheap copy @ GameGavel.com?

8-Bit Flashback: Power Blade (NES)

In addition to my room full of toys that I feature here on this blog I also have a decent video game collection that I'd like to share.  I'll start off my new feature, X-Bit Flashback with one of my favorite NES games - Power Blade.

I've often heard that this game is a rip-off of the Mega Man franchise and after I first played the game I can see some of the similarities.  Your character is primarily dressed in blue.  The game play is very very similar and you can even select the order of the various levels you want to tackle.  However I found out that most of these similarities first originated with the Japanese Famicom game.  In Japan Power Blade was called Power Blazer.  Take a look at your character and tell me if you get a Mega Man vibe.

Thankfully however when the game was ported to the NES for U.S. audiences the game was given a face lift.

This anime looking Mega Man wanna be hero was replaced with a more generic western "action hero".  Your character wasn't the only thing that changed when it Power Blade was replaced.  While the level design basically stayed the same the graphics were changed and updated.  The difficulty level also changed making Power Blade so much easier than Power Blazer.  I own both versions of this game and I can concur with this statement.  Power Blazer in my opinion is on the same difficulty level as the first Castlevania game.

The game takes place in the colony of New Earth in the year 2191 and follows NOVA, the Chief Security Officer of a super computer called the Master Computer.  He must restore the Master Computer which has been taken offline by aliens by retrieving data tapes located in six sectors.  Armed with a boomerang he must complete all six levels, overcoming obstacles and defeating any enemies in his way.  The game's name comes from an item found in several levels; The Power Suit is an item that looks like a helmet.  When collected Nova automatically equips the metal suit. This allows the player to shoot energy blasts known as "Power Blades" in any of the 8 directions and through most surfaces.

The game can easily be found online (such as GameGavel.com) for a few dollars and is worth the purchase.  It's easy to say that if you are a fan of the Mega Man franchise then you'll probably like the game, but even if you've never played any of the blue bomber's games I think you'll find Power Blade a fun "blast from the past".  If you want to give the game a test run then check out a playable version HERE courtesy of VirtualNES.com.

Transformers Third Party: Dr. Wu - Duel DW-P02

One of the nice things about my toy collection being set is that I can finally properly review some of my toys.  Now that the filming is out of the way I can move on with posts here on the blog.  After all, this is called Random Toy Reviews.

Third party companies are a major player now in the Transformers universe.  Like 'em or not they appear to be here for the long haul.  I say why not embrace them?  Some of the companies have had some great ideas.  Hasbro and Takara/Tomy should take note and even hire some of these guys/gals as their products have taken official Transformers releases to the next level.

Looking back at the various third party companies the progression has been wild and varied.  Some companies have bit of a lot and designed their own figures while other companies have kept it small with various add on and accessory sets.  Dr. Wu is one of these smaller companies.  New to the scene they seem to have some good ideas.  You can tell they are thinking outside the box.  I like that.

We'll take a look at their DW-P02 set simply called Duel.  It is designed for your Classics/Henkei! Hound and Ravage figures.

I was surprised at how small the packaging was.  I'm not sure why I was surprised seeing how you're getting 3 small weapons.  The packaging is a small black plastic container about the size of a jewelry box.  On the lid is a colorful label affixed to the lid of Hound and Ravage brandishing their weapons located inside the box.

Inside the little black box is a new G1 inspired gun for Hound and a set of G1 inspired rocket launchers (or boosters) for Ravage.  Hound came with a gun of sorts, but it looked better as shoulder mounted rocket launcher.  Ravage came naked.  You could use the original G1 launchers, but they still looked dated on the new updated Ravage.  Both weapons are of a semi-flat silver paint.  I should mention that the inside barrel of Hound's gun wasn't painted.  It's small and not all that noticeable, but I was still a little disappointed.

This is an excellent gun for Hound and very much needed if you ask me.  Yes - you can use his rocket launcher as an hand held weapon.  This gun however looks much more natural in his hands.  The tip of the gun is hollowed out and there are two notches in the side.  The handle of the gun is square.  This surprised me a little since the peg holes in Hound hands are round.  Thankfully though the gun fits snuggly in either hand.

Ravage's rocket launchers are a nice update to his originals.  To be honest there really isn't much else to be said about these.

I know it doesn't seem like a little gun could make that much of a difference, but once you get this in your hands and into Hound's hands you'll see how awesome it is.

The same can be said about Ravage only that the launchers make a BIG difference.  I'm sure I was not the only one that was let down when HasTak didn't sculpt new weapons for Ravage.  Thankfully Dr. Wu has come to the rescue (hey, that rhymes!).  These guns are pretty darn cool.  The rounded pegs fit nicely inside the hip holes of Ravage.  They aren't so tight that you can't move them however so you have some play in how you position the launchers.  I have mine angled up ever so slightly as I liked the look of them.

Bad kitty.

This is the only 3rd party accessory kit I own and I'm pretty impressed.  I believe the asking price is around $13 and available at retailers such as Robotkingdom.  That may seem a little steep for a set so small, but in my opinion it's worth it.  The weapons complete both figures and take them to that next step.

I'm a television star!

I got my 7 minutes in the spotlight tonight. The local CBS station in Charlotte aired my story of my Transformers toy collection. Since I've mention it here before I thought I'd share the video from the broadcast now that it has aired. I'm happy with it - they didn't make me look like the dork that I really am!

Carolina Camera, Jan. 2012 - Part 4

How many toys does he have?

As I mentioned earlier the local television station came and interviewed me and my Transformers collection for a program called Carolina Camera.  I'm still not sure as to when the episode will air, but it looks like they eventually post the segments either on their website or on their YouTube channel.

I'm really floored that they chose me to feature as my collection pails in comparison to some that I've seen.  I'm glad I was chosen however because it really lit a fire underneath me to finally get my toy room completed.  After I was initially contacted about the program I started to work in my often neglected room.  Soon after my wife asked me to move my video games and such from downstairs to make room for our kids to have a playroom.  There was no way I was going to fit my TV, game consoles and arcade machine into my already crowded toy room.  That meant having to move my toy room to the empty room next door.  The room was bigger, but now I had more stuff to put in the room.  After months and months of work I have finally finished just in time for the filming of the Carolina Camera episode.

Since the episode segment focuses on my Transformers collection and I have much more than that I wanted to show off the rest of the room that wasn't part of the filming.  I'm really happy to have a functional room where I can kick back at the end of the day and enjoy myself...whether that be working on my laptop, playing a game or reviewing one of the many toys I have.  So I invite you to take a few moments and scroll down (or watch the short video) and check out the fruits of my labor.

We'll start with the IKEA cabinet full of Japanese exclusive G1 Transformers.  Most of these toys are complete with original packaging, but due to space restraints those boxes are stored away in the closet.  In my haste of snapping pictures I forgot to snap one of the crowded closet.

 

I thought the G1 Legends fit in good scale wise with Fort Max.

Headmasters and Beastformers! Metalhawk was one of the first vintage Japanese G1 TFs I acquired when I started collecting again.

Vintage Star Convoy representing!  I have the reissue, but it wasn't good enough for me so I had to track down the real deal. Road Caesar is another vintage figure I've had for a long time.  Not my favorite, but he does have his own unique charm.  Sonic Bomber is a small brick, but one of my favorite G1 toys.  Notice the red Hot Spot?  He's from the ever elusive Guard City giftset.  I got him in a lot on Yahoo! Japan auctions years ago...same goes for the combiner part-less Sixwing Micromasters.

This is one of my favorite shelves in the cabinet.  I traded away my 2006 Botcon Darksyde Megatron for Blackzarak (plus some cash).  I'll never touch him again nor will I ever transform him due to GPS.  Mine has a small break on the underside of one foot that has been repaired so I feel fortunate that is all the GPS he suffers from.  Dinoking hands down is my holy grail.  I pieced the set together over several years.  He is 99% complete - I think I'm missing the paperwork for Kokuryu.

Overlord still isn't 100% complete, but I'm working on it.  Like Dinoking above, I pieced together my Liokaiser as well.  Still missing the boxes for Gaihawk and Jargua.  The Darkwings giftset is my "newest" addition to the Japanese collection.

The rest of this wall is lined with track shelving housing the majority of my Transformers collection.  We'll start off with the G1 Autobot shelf.  The pictures of these shelves are going left to right.  Dinobot Grimlock is one of the few toys I still have from my childhood.



Even though the Guardian robot is a simple repaint of Omega Supreme I still can't get over how lovely it looks.



1987 is about the time I started to loose interest as a kid.  I think I hit that time in a kid's life were I became "too cool for toys".  I believe the Monsterbot Grotusque was the only toy in this picture I had as a kid.



I loved the G1 Pretender toys long before that became socially acceptable and collected by other fans.  The smaller Pretenders like Pincher and Longtooth are favorites of mine.



Now we'll take a look at the G1 Decepticon shelf.  This particular section of the shelf is a little sparse.  I was hoping to get the other '84/'85 'bots...but I don't see that happening anytime soon.



I like how the third party Quintessons blend so seemlessly.  Bruticus there in the back is sporting his new cartoon accurate reprolabels.



Still need to pick up the last few Abominus combiner parts for the Terrorcons.



 picked up Misfire at a small toy shop in the Netherlands years ago while on a missions trip, but I never had any of the other Decepticon Targetmasters until a year or so ago.



Ultra Pretender Roadblock is another one that can suffer from GPS, but thankfully mine is a-ok.



I didn't have room for the Micromasters on the appropriate shelves below so they start off the next shelf.



I would have loved to set up the different playsets in a city like way, but again just not enough space.  The Autobot Battlefield HQ to the right was a Botcon 2007 purchase years ago for the low low price of $50.  I already had purchased an empty box for $10 earlier so I was thrilled to find the toy for such a great deal.



Before we get to the G2 toys I thought I would lead in with the European exclusive "G1.5" toys.  I particularly love the Turbomaster toys and the neon translucent Sparkabots are awesome.  Ironfist is another favorite of mine.



Call me crazy but my favorites in this picture are the neon Firecons!  I can't tell you how long I searched for those two little guys.  I also love the Powermaster Staxx (at least in truck mode) and I'm starting to enjoy Action Masters again.  Take-Off and Firebeast are high on the list right now.



I started to run out of room towards the end of the shelf so the G2 stuff is a little jumbled, but it's all out and viewable!  Yes, that is a fully intact and complete Laser Rod Electro in the back!



Next shelf is for the modern versions of the G1 characters.  Classics, Henkei!, Generations, United, Reveal the Shield stuff.  Speaking of Henkei! I'm so glad I purchased the majority of the stuff as it was released because secondary market prices for some of these have gotten a bit crazy!



I forgot to put the new HeadRobot head on Hardhead before snapping these pictures.



1986 movie characters.



Third party toys in full force here!  Fans Project "Insecticons and Bruticus".



I have the HeadRobots Blood upgrade kit for Bludgeon, but I stripped his tiny screws on the back of the head trying to swap the heads!  Oh well, at least he has a big shiny katana to wield now.



This section is what I refer to as my G2 Redux shelf.  Hubcap is there because I plan to pick up the G2 reprolabel set.



I simply love the Botcon exclusive Double Punch toy.  What a fantastic upgrade.  Skyfall back there is sporting the awesome Renderform custom head.



Next we come to glorious Transformers Animated toys.



Even the Legends size Animated toys are great!



I only have one Japanese Animated toy - Hot Rod - don't ask why.



The 2011 Botcon Animated Stunticons finish off the shelf.



The next few shelves are smaller groups from various series.  Here we have the Takara reissue Micromaster combiners.  All the chase versions are here too if you can't see them.  The Berserker SixWing took me the longest to complete, but the Rage SixTrain is my favorite.



Japanese Robot Masters.  I love this line - great mix of older molds and new molds.  The LioConvoy mold is a thing of beauty.



Next up is the Unicron trilogy toys - Armada, Energon & Cybertron.  Before I had to move my room I had far more of these toys.  I'm happy that this move forced me to slim this part of the collection down as I'm left with my favorites.  See Armada "super pants Prime" holding 4 different Star Sabers?



Forgot that I crammed in my small Car Robots/RID collection in here at the end.



The very top shelf houses my Beast Wars collection.  Beast Wars is one of the lines that helped draw me back into collecting TFs again.



Mixed in are 'bots from Beasts Wars II and Beast Wars Neo from Japan.



Finally on the end of this short shelf we have the complete Machine Wars line.



On the end of the room are two book cases and my video game console collection.  The book shelves house miscellaneous Transformers and other toys.



Brave Max looks so much better with weapons in hand.



The Amazon.com exclusive Unicron simply blows the Armada version out of the water.  I'm so glad I swapped the Armada version out for this one.



Power Core Combiners.  If it weren't for the Mini-Cons I'm not sure if I would've bought so many of these...although some of the molds like Heavytread and Undertow are quite excellent.



Not sure what happened to the focus here.  This is my "Universe" shelf of sorts containing Henkei! exclusive figures (Ghost Starscream & Thundercracker) as well as OTFCC exclusive mini-bots (Glyph & Tap-Out) and other random TFs.



I was a big fan of Alternators, but several were casualties of my new space restraints.  It's OK though as I love the Alternity scale a little better.  Thundercracker front and center here is amazing.  I threw in the oversized G2 Optimus Prime since the Alternators/Alternity cars fit inside his trailer.



e-Hobby exclusives and S.F.C. PVC figures.  Favorites here include Nucleon Quest Ginrai and the Hauler (or is it Road Hauler?).



This shelf was empty minus my 3 Prime toys prior to the film crew coming.  I just grabbed a few random Dark of the Moon toys and toss them on the shelf to fill it up.



Another "Universe" like shelf.  Highlights here are the OTFCC exclusive Megazarak, Sentinel Maximus & Sunstreaker and canceled movie Reverb (green helicopter).



I had new shelves made to squeeze into the bookshelves to house my Mini-Con/Micron collection.  Highlights here include the Megalo & all white Microns.



The shelf from above continued.



The next section of Mini-Cons/Microns.



The T-Rexs had to sit so they wouldn't constantly take nose dives off the shelf!



Here we have one of the favorite parts of my TF collection - Spychangers!  Blame it on my love of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars growing up.



I have 2 other Dairycon exclusive Spychangers that I forgot to pull out when I was setting this shelf.



Behind each mold here are the different variations.  I have both the Car Robots and RID versions along with the different translucent KB Toys versions.  The Takara Super Spychangers are also mixed in.  Only thing I'm still searching for are the clear translucent chase versions of the Super Spychangers - I have two of the 6.



The next shelf is a mixture of the remaining Mini-Cons/Microns and Spychangers.  I tossed in a few basic/scout sized toys across the back because I didn't have anywhere to put them.





The CD-ROM versions of Beast Wars Convobat and Megalligator were my very first Botcon purchase back in 2001.



The bottom shelf of each bookcase are the only non-TFs displayed here.  I love Go-Bots and their Japanese Machine Robo counterparts.  Rock Lords however take the cake.  Say what you will about transforming rocks, but I think they are awesome.





Still looking for a few Rock Lords, but most of them are hard to find (i.e. expensive) now.



The large train robot is the lone toy I have from my Brave collection.  His name escapes me.  Highlights on the shelf though are the 2 Rock Lords Narlies - Narliebat and Narlielion.  These two guys are near impossible to find these days.



My one and only AFA graded G1 TF - my namesake Flywheels.  He was a generous gift from a friend and fellow blogger who runs Mostly Transformers Redux.



On the very bottom are a few Monsterous Go-Bots, Machine Robo Capsule toys from Japan and 4 often never heard of die-cast robots from a line called Converters by Select Toys.

These next few pictures are of the white modular furniture that houses my TV and video game console collection.  I like the functionality of the furniture because it gives me lots of cubes to store and display items.



I got these 5 oversized hardcover IDW Transformers books for Christmas.  I can't wait to sit down and read them all...some of the issues for the first time.



I don't have a lot of room now to display the few G.I. Joe vehicles I have.  Here you have the Pursuit of Cobra Rage and a custom made Cobra helicopter.  I made this a few years ago from a cheap Corps! helicopter I found at Walmart.



Cobra H.I.S.S. Tanks unite!



I just recently opened up this awesome Hummer vehicle from the G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra line.  I had no idea just how cool and detailed it was.  The blue vehicle is the original G.I. Joe A.P.C. from 1984.  I customized it for my Cobra troops and it's a highlight of my small Joe collection.



I have most of the Cobra figures from the 25th Anniversary line.  I bought Star Cases for all of them and displayed them on the wall in a wallpaper like fashion.



A couple of comic posters for good measure.  I particularly love the New Warriors poster as it was one of the first comics I read in the early 90's.





This black rack is actually an old cassette rack that my dad made for me YEARS ago.  I painted it black after realizing it was the perfect size to display some of my Joe figures.



The G.I. Joe poster is a 2004 Joe Con exclusive with art by Tim Seeley.



Rock 'n Roll and Scarlett were two of my favorite Joe characters.  I was lucky enough years ago to find the hard to find Japanese versions still sealed.  Being a big Transformers fan I love the idea that Takara had a hand in G.I. Joe toys being brought to Japan.  Too bad the eastern kids over there didn't care for the military toys.



With the beginning of the Pursuit of Cobra and 30th Anniversary G.I. Joe lines I dropped the cases to save money.  They still look really nice on the wall.  The little HeadRobots head is called Snake - a tribute to the old cartoon episode where Cobra Commander shows up in Transformers. 



Original artwork by Mark Brooks (Ms. Marvel) & Cully Hamner (Firestar) obtained locally during a Free Comic Book Day event.  The Transformers prints below the comic art are Botcon exclusive prints from Genesis art book.



More original comic art by Mark Brooks (Nikki from Guardians of the Galaxy & Diamondback from Captain America) and Tom Lyle (Scarlet Spider).



More Pursuit of Cobra figures.



30th Anniversary G.I. Joe figures.



A few Atlanta Braves things hung on the wall behind the door.



This huge rack has all the video games for my various consoles. Consoles include Nintendo NES, Famicom, Famicom Disk System, PC Engine, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, Sega Mega Drive, Super Nintendo, Super Famicom, Sega Saturn, Sega Saturn (JPN), Playstation, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360.



Various TF and video game related busts & action figures.



Above the arcade cabinet is my Masters of the Universe Classics collection.  When editing the photo I cut off by accident the top shelf w/ the Masters figures.

I forgot to photograph the small white bookshelf beside the arcade cabinet.  I have my Marvel Universe, Thundercats (both modern and vintage) and my Masters of the Universe 200X collection displayed.

The arcade machine itself was a wedding present from my awesome wife when we were married on New Year's Day many many years ago.

So there you have it.  A quick tour around my new and improved toy room and a look at my Transformers collection.  If you happen to spot a figure in one of the pictures that you'd like to see here on the blog in a toy review please let me know.  I hope to provide more real content here in the near future now that all of my toys have been opened and displayed properly.  Thanks everyone!