A couple of days ago, Paramount unveiled the second full-length trailer for December’s upcoming Bumblebee movie and once again it’s reinforced our gut feelings that we’re in for a treat as finally we’re getting the type of live action movie that we’ve hoped for since 2007. There’s more shots revealing the character development this time […]
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“Shadows rising” represents the first new Transformers game in years
July 17th, 2018 
Simon Plumbe From the earliest days of the Commodore 64 back in the 1980s, computer and video games have been an essential part of the Transformers world. The forthcoming release of the live action Bumblebee spin off has brought the welcome news that it will be accompanied by an all new video game. However, this is not […]
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Episode Review: Transformers S01 Ep04 Transport to Oblivion
June 13th, 2018 Steve Shreeve “Lookoooooouuuuuut………..Decepticon” The episode opens with a narrated recap about how our heroes ended up on earth. As this happens, we see Cliffjumper come out of the ark and mistake a rock formation for a Decepticon, highlighting the Autobots ongoing anxieties over the threat of their enemies. Ironhide, Cliffjumper and Prime debate whether or not the […]
Posted in Episode Reviews, Headlines, Reviews Tags: Autobots, Bublebee, Deccepticons, megatron, Optimus Prime, Space Bridge, Transformers No Comments » 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 […]
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Episode Review: Beast Wars S01 Ep04 “Equal Measures”
April 12th, 2018 Simon Plumbe Years ago, when I first watched this episode of Beast Wars, I still had no interest in Transformers at all. I had been bought – and given away – a solitary toy, watched most of G1 during school holidays as a teenager but didn’t feel any real connection to it so Beast Wars really had […]
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January 23rd, 2018 Steve Shreeve “Prime, can you hear me?” More Than Meets the Eye Part Three concludes the introduction to the epic war between the Transformers. When we left our heroes in part two, Prime was left tumbling down the mountainside by an explosion after he had sent his counterpart Roller into the mine to see what had happened […]
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January 14th, 2018 Steve Shreeve “There’re two things I really hate Brawn…….fire and water……” More Than Meets the Eye Part Two continues the introduction to the epic war between the Transformers. As we re-join the action, the Autobots and humans from the oil rig are floating in the water, some of them trapped as the oil rig burns. The Autobots […]
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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 […]
Episode Review: Transformers S01 Ep01 “More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1”
November 14th, 2017 Steve Shreeve “Prime told me there’d be days like this” More than Meets the Eye Part One serves as an introduction to the epic war between the Transformers. We learn that the Transformers are a unique race of robots who live on the planet Cybertron. Early on in the show, the scene is set as we see […]
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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 […]
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