I just came across this post from PingMag, a Japanese design blog, which interviews Alex Kubalsky, the guy who designed the transformation of the Autobot, Mirage, for the current Transformer movie. I also love his model of Bumblebee – especially with the smile. Pity he didn’t turn out that way in the movie! Copyright TOMY…
I was spring cleaning last weekend and discovered more of my old Transformers! I took Sixshot, my favourite Decepticon, along. Little did he realise what he was in for… Click on the image to view the full-sized comic strip. Guest stars: Mirage, Quickswitch, Grimlock, Snarl, Sludge, Scattershot. Technorati Tags: Transformers, Autobot, Decepticon
Watched the second Transformers movie with Monoceros today. It was action-packed. With teenage romance and morphing, organic robots, it was a case of American Pie meeting Terminator 2. Here are things I liked and disliked about the movie, and other insights. Spoilers ahoy…
This is a really rare sight – Optimus Prime and Megatron team up to save the earth. Taken from Season 1 of the original Transformers. I bought the entire 4 seasons on DVD over the weekend and am still watching it… Click on the photo for a longer story. And no, I haven’t watched the…
An update on our Koi pond. Each of us got to choose 3 Koi (carp fish). I chose an orange-black-silver variety, reason being that I wanted my Koi to take after my favourite group of Transformers. The first two Koi are purely of those three colours. However, the third Koi had to have a blue…
Today I unpacked my first load of Transformer toys. Everybody, say hi to Hot Rod, the first* Transformer I ever owned! Character-wise, Hot Rod lives up to his name – he is a young Autobot with a fiery temper. He is generally well-meaning. He transforms into a sports car, although he is not very powerful…