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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Transformers Movies – A New Era?
September 26th, 2018 
Simon Plumbe 
Posted in Articles / Features, Headlines 
Tags: BayFormers, Bumblebee, G1, Michael Bay, Movies 
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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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Transformers: The Last Knight Trailer Opinions
April 12th, 2017 Lee Coombes So the latest trailer has been released for Transformers 5 or ‘Michael Bay’s Transformers: The Last Knight’ to use its full title. So I thought I’d write a little piece with my initial reactions. Now, say what you will about the Transformers movies but they are what they are. No-one’s going to these things for […]
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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 » Michael Bay Has Ruined My Childhood
March 3rd, 2017 Simon Plumbe “Michael Bay, you’ve destroyed my childhood!”. It’s a common phrase (or something far worse that I’m not willing to repeat here) that’s seen online every couple of years each time a new live-action Transformers movie is released, either cinematically or when it makes its way onto home video. There’s no getting away from the fact […]
How to Transform Transformers into a Modern Day Franchise
January 19th, 2017 Simon Plumbe When the Autobots first assembled in 1984 and began their onslaught on the mainstream media, the entertainment industry looked very different than it does today. Despite the fact that the toys dominated our view of the brand for most of our childhood, with the G1 cartoon and Marvel UK comics for support, there’s no getting […]
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Could The Transformers Movie Franchise Take A Leaf Out Of Marvel’s Book?
June 15th, 2016 Simon Plumbe Things have come on a long way for the Transformers movie franchise. It’s been 30 years since the first cinematic outing for Transformers with the animated film back in 1986 which is still held with incredibly high regard by fans across the globe for it’s depth, animation, voice acting and thumping rock soundtrack, it’s the […]
