Casting Deep Meteo To Thresh New Hay From Those 8-Bit Days By Levi Rubeck • September 24th, 2020 “Nostalgia’s a helluva drug, one that I’m not regularly predisposed towards.”
Here's the Thing Enough With G1 Already! By Rob Rich • January 31st, 2020 Hasbro and Takara have been giving fans and collectors G1-inspired homages for years, and while it was neat at first, it’s getting pretty of stale
Here's the Thing An Ode to the Fan Mode By Rob Rich • January 11th, 2020 It took some time, but Rob has realized that sometimes the best way to “fix” a toy is to stop following the instructions.
Here's the Thing The Last Unicron By Rob Rich • September 11th, 2019 With the recent announcement of a crowdfunding campaign to create a new, massive Transformers Unicron toy, Rob ponders the reactions and possible reasoning behind it all.
Here's the Thing The Significance of Context By Rob Rich • May 7th, 2019 Context isn’t always necessary, but Rob posits that it can and will affect how we think about something – consciously or not.
Here's the Thing Cut Hasbro Some Slack By Rob Rich • September 6th, 2018 So many toy collectors complain about how “cheap” Transformers toys have become, and blame it on Hasbro’s (and Takara’s) laziness. Rob thinks that’s bullshit.
Documentary Sunday Living Dolls By Megan Condis • January 15th, 2018 Despite their creepiness, Meg Condis discovers that dolls hold an incredible sway over some collectors.
Here's the Thing That Old Super Sentai Magic By Rob Rich • July 14th, 2017 After more than 20 years, Rob has rediscovered the simple yet somehow majestic elegance of super sentai toys. Apparently Transformers were just the beginning.
Refreshed, Restocked, Recycled By Jose Cardoso • December 29th, 2016 A dispatch from the front lines of holiday game shopping.
Gone Gnome By Simon Best • November 11th, 2016 I have felt love in a game, but not with a woman, or man, or anthropomorphized robot. Instead, it was in the silent garden gnome of Half Life 2: Episode Two.
