It’s expected now that pop culture franchises are accompanied by a swathe of spin-off merchandise and related products attached to the brand. Whether it’s books, comics, toys, video games – you name it, you can find it. However, in many cases these licensed products take an interesting turn as they themselves spawn their own spin […]
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Transformers Movies – A New Era?
September 26th, 2018 
Simon Plumbe It’s been over 30 years since Transformers made their debut on the big screen. It was 1986 when the animated film, The Transformers: The Movie hit screens around the world. For fans of the toys, comics and cartoons it revolutionised the franchise and marked the beginning of a new era. We saw countless characters killed […]
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The Changing Shape Of Transformers Video Games
April 22nd, 2018 Simon Plumbe Transformers gaming has changed dramatically over the years. Since the release of the first game from Ocean Software in 1985 for the Commodore 64 and Spectrum, we’ve seen a diverse range of titles release for almost every contemporary platform of that era. While the games themselves have changed with the times, often being limited to […]
Posted in Articles / Features, Blog, Headlines, Video Games Tags: Activision, Transformers, Video Games No Comments » Will The Transformers Franchise Join The VR World?
March 29th, 2018 Simon Plumbe It seems as if everyone is jumping on the VR bandwagon. With Sony’s PlayStation VR becoming a runaway success, most mobile platforms having VR software available for them, and an increasing number of PC games supporting one or more of the popular VR systems it seems only natural that Transformers will become the latest in […]
The More Traditional Side Of Transformers Gaming
February 21st, 2018 Simon Plumbe It doesn’t matter what aspect of Transformers drew us into the franchise – whether it was the toys as a child growing up, the comics, the movies or the television shows (in my case in particular Beast Wars) – it feels as if there’s a constant need from Hasbro to ensure that the brand is […]
G1’s Most Controversial Episode?
January 11th, 2018 Simon Plumbe Animated television shows in the 1980s often followed a few basic formulae. Some were genuinely intended to entertain viewers and – through advertising or re-runs – make money for the studios that produced them such as the various Marvel shows of the time. Others wereintended to inform and educate in a way that would entertain […]
A Collector’s Life Part 2: Transform and Move On…
November 7th, 2017 Simon Plumbe Recently we launched a new series of articles spanning all three of our websites, kicking off with the first instalment on the Infinite Frontiers site – A Collector’s Life Part 1: What Makes Us Collect Things? While I looked at what drives the passion of collectors, I only touched briefly on the diverse range of […]
Posted in Articles / Features, Blog, Headlines Tags: Beast Wars, Blowout, Collecting, G1, G2, Retro Gaming, Transformers, Video Games No Comments » My Favourite… Character – Rodimus
August 28th, 2017 Staff Writer When presented with as open-ended a question as “describe your favourite something-or-other to do with Transformers”, one can find their mind quickly becoming as blank and featureless as the void Unicron was so fond of back in the old Marvel days. And so, after a good deal of back-and-forth and trying to be all clever-clever […]
Posted in Articles / Features, Blog, Headlines Tags: Blog, G1, Hot Rod, My Favourite, Rodimus No Comments » Making the Most Of Your Transformers Display
June 12th, 2017 Steve Shreeve Adult collector conundrum 1: I love the things that I collect, I’ve got limited space to display them as it is and know I’ll want to get more in the future. Adult collector conundrum 2: If I cram loads into my display case I can proudly display my collection, but none of them really stand […]
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10 Most Irritating Bay Movie-verse Characters
April 23rd, 2017 Lee Coombes I see myself as something of an anomaly among Transformers fans. I grew up with G1 and I like the Michael Bay movies. What?! You heard me. For what they are, I find them quite entertaining. That’s not to say I don’t recognise some of the huge issues that the movies have. No movies perfect. […]
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