Here's the Thing Growing Pains By Rob Rich • February 16th, 2024 Rob revisits his thoughts on toy collecting and how his loose but still focused approach is great, but can also be a real pain at times.
Here's the Thing Collecting Sucks and is Awesome By Rob Rich • October 12th, 2023 Rob reflects on the up and downs of toy collecting, and how some days he wishes he’d never started.
Here's the Thing Gremlins in My Toys By Rob Rich • January 12th, 2023 Rob notes that gremlins – as a metaphorical concept – aren’t just a problem for the usual suspects. They can also gum up the works during action figure manufacturing.
Here's the Thing Why I Love Tobot Toys By Rob Rich • December 10th, 2021 Rob’s been happily collecting transforming robot toys for several years but has a particular fondness for a certain Korean toy line.
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.
When I Flip a Card, I Hear the Sounds of Transforming By Levi Rubeck • December 13th, 2018 The Tranformers CCG is…more than meets the eye. (not sorry)
Transformers Lost Light Went Way Harder Than It Needed To By Kris Ligman • December 4th, 2018 The Transformers Lost Light comic book series is a beautiful thing we should cherish.
