How to Transform Transformers into a Modern Day Franchise
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. […]
Articles by Simon Plumbe
Auto Assembly update – November 2016
You may have noticed that things have been quiet for some time here on the Auto Assembly website. Unfortunately we haven’t been able to bring […]
Weird places you can find Transformers!
In just over thirty years we’ve seen Transformers make the incredible evolution from being a kid’s toy to an all-conquering movie franchise phenomenon. But as […]
Episode Review: Beast Wars S01 Ep03 “The Web”
With the pilot episode out of the way, which I’ve already taken a look at in more detail previously, Beast Wars’ first season can commence […]
Game Review – Transformers: Battle For Cybertron
Looking at the title, you’d be mistaken into thinking that this is the latest in the series of games from Activision for contemporary consoles, based […]
Could The Transformers Movie Franchise Take A Leaf Out Of Marvel’s Book?
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 […]
Episode Review: Beast Wars S01 Ep02 “Beast Wars, Part 2”
Following on from my review of the opening episode of Beast Wars, the two parter continues where the story left off, with Optimus Primal and […]
Episode Review: Beast Wars S01 Ep01 “Beast Wars, Part 1”
G1 was never my thing. Born in 1971, Star Trek and Star Wars were really the two main sci-fi “franchises” that I grew up with […]
Game Review:- Transformers – Commodore 64 / Spectrum (Ocean Software)
Gaming has always been my first love, right since the 1970s and despite the high-street presence of the toys and comics and daily serialised screening […]
Get Down With Jazz In The Cybertronian Times!
Right back to the early issues of our fanzine The Cybertronian Times the publication had a letters section. Whether our readers have wanted to comment […]