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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We Want YOUR Transformers News!
August 24th, 2018 
Simon Plumbe We’re working to expand the roles of all three of our websites, Twitter accounts and Facebook pages and as part of that we felt that it was time that some of our websites had a major increase in their news coverage. It’s something we’ve generally limited here on the Auto Assembly website but we want […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Are There Any Good Transformers Slots? Let’s Take a Look…
July 27th, 2017 Simon Plumbe These days, almost every franchise has at least one iGaming counterpart that fans and novices alike can enjoy. The Batman empire has at least six different slots on the go, while Jurassic Park, Game of Thrones and even shows like X Factor all have their own slots. Of course, this got us thinking about the […]
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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Transformers, Roll Out! How Hasbro’s Robots took over the World
May 24th, 2017 Simon Plumbe People of different ages from all over the world fell in love with the Transformers as early as September 17 1984, when the first episode of the 30-minute American animated TV series was launched. It did not take long before Transformers: The Movie was seen in cinemas in 1986 but grown-up fans wanted more, and filmmakers […]
We’ll Always Have G1
March 30th, 2017 Steve Shreeve Hot on the heels of Simon Plumbe’s excellent article about the Bay movies: http://www.autoassembly.org.uk/michael-bay-ruined-childhood/ I coincidentally decided to show the first Transfomers Bay movie to my friend’s son today, and it was fascinating to see how he reacted to the movie. When I originally watched the movie, I was surrounded by people who were already very […]
Posted in Articles / Features, Blog, Headlines Tags: BayFormers, Blog, G1, Michael Bay, Transformers No Comments » A Collector’s Life – New Ongoing Series
March 17th, 2017 Simon Plumbe Today we’re proud to unveil a new series of articles and features here at Infinite Frontiers, spanning all three of our websites. The series is looking at all aspects of collectors and collecting and as well as our own team we’ll be talking to geeks from all over the world about their collections. You can […]
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