Transformers

Toy News: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Beast-Mode Optimus Prime Revealed

Thanks to a new listing on Smyths in the UK, we now have our first look and reveal of Rise of the Beasts Beast-Mode Optimus Prime.  Similar to the Beast-Mode Bumblebee revealed in February 2023, this appears to feature a G1 inspired character with a "beast" based power up.  In this case Optimus Prime literally seems to have the "heart of

Entertainment: Actor Jason Jansen Posts Behind the Scenes footage of Optimus Prime with Tommy Kennedy

In the waning days of the Generation One era, the budget allocated to entertainment had been severely cut by Hasbro management.  To keep the cartoon going into a fifth season it was decided to repackage old episodes with bookends featuring a live action puppet of Powermaster Optimus Prime interacting with a character named Tommy Kennedy (played by actor Jason Jankowski aka Jason Jansen).  The writers of these segments used these intros and outros to name drop figures that were current at the time including the Pretender, Landmine and Quickswitch bu

Toy Review: "Rise of the Beasts" Beast Combiner Optimus Primal & Skullcruncher

Rise of the Beasts figures continue to hit stores so today I bring you another review from the Beast Alliance line!  This time Optimus Primal and Skullcruncher have teamed up.  Why would a Maximal and Decepticon team up?  Who knows?!  What we do get is a fun little set.  Check out my review and gallery of Optimus Primal with Skullcruncher!