As post-pandemic workplaces continue to evolve, I still opted to work in the office. So, I still have a dedicated workstation that I can put stuff on. Including robots, among the actual work essent…
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Stuff on the Office Desk: October Optimus Primes
I realized this recently, but I’ve apparently been catching up and purchasing a lot more Optimus Primes figures than usual, both on the first- and third-party fronts. It’s…
Stuff on the Office Desk: THat’s one Heavy Prime
When I started collecting Optimus Prime figures oh so many years ago, I restricted myself to the Deluxe class size/price point. This limits the figures I can buy,…
Stuff on the Office Desk: G1 Prime Appreciation Time!
Last year’s announcement of Transformers Missing Link Optimus Prime created massive hype leading up to its release. And upon its release, all the hype paid off with such…
Stuff on the Office Desk: Prime Primes, and Then Some
I’ve still yet to receive my Transformers: Rise of the Beasts figures in the next couple of weeks. So, in the meantime, here are the Primes on the…
Stuff on the Office Desk: More G1 Prime Appreciation Time!
When Takara Tomy announced Transformers Missing Link Optimus Prime/Convoy, I also somewhat started hunting for a proper G1 Optimus Prime figure. I know there it already has countless…
Stuff on the Office Desk: Xin Li Xing Oversized IDW Optimus Prime (tHRILLING 30, Legends Class)
We are now several days into 2023 which means the holidays are over and we’re, unfortunately, back to the daily grind of work. For me, this means going…
Stuff on the Office Desk: “Beast Machines: Transformers” Blast Punch Optimus Primal
Besides catching up on Optimus Prime figures (licensed or unlicensed), I’m also sort of catching up on derivative characters based on him — one of which is Optimus…
Stuff on the Office Desk: Reformatted Prominons
I was supposed to post this late last week, but I totally forgot so here it is, with an addition. I got Mastermind Creations’ Reformatted Salvia Prominon, which…
Stuff on the Office Desk: Primal and Primes
I don’t know if this is just me being subconsciously excited for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, which is just a couple of months or so away, but…
Stuff on the Office Desk: An Actual Gundam
I’ve been placing collectibles on my office desk since 2022 and if you’ve been tracking these “Stuff on the Office Desk” posts, then you will notice one thing.…
Stuff on the Office Desk: Here Comes the Armada
Coming from my office desk post last week, I got my copy of Legacy: Evolution Armada Universe Optimus Prime last week and it is a really amazing Transformers…
Stuff on the Office Desk: More Silver Robot Kaijus
One of the primary reasons I’ve been putting some of my collection on the office desk is because I really don’t have enough space to display everything at…
Stuff on the Office Desk: Completing the ‘Bay-verse’ Primes
As part of the whole reboot/soft reboot/what-have-you of the Transformers live action films, I decided to get copies of the Voyager Class Optimus Prime figures from the mainlines…
Stuff on the Office Desk: Overcompensation, and one is Valid
I’m still playing catch up on several Transformers figures, while getting the new ones at the same time. And for this round, we have a couple of figures…
Stuff on the Office Desk: Still a Pain to Transform
A couple of weeks ago, I was finally able to get rubber tires for my SND-08 The One figure from, well, SND. To those unfamiliar, this is their…
Stuff on Another Office Desk: United Colors of Commanders
I’m still sitting at the same office desk as usual, but I decided to hijack one of the managers rooms here for a better background, and because the…
Stuff on the Office Desk, Now with the Need for ‘SEED’
I recently mentioned in the last work in progress post that my energy for building SEED kits is currently drained, hence going back to UC kits. But that…
Stuff on the Office Desk: More Primes and a Possible Change?
If you’re a Transformers collector, then you should know that we have quite a number of Optimus Prime releases in 2023. From Legacy: Evolution, to Studio Series, and…
Stuff on the Office Desk: Both are Lions, One Looks Less
Over the past weekend, I finally got two of my more anticipated Transformers purchases which were made available at the last part 2022. First is the HasLab-excluive Victory…
Stuff on the Office Desk: Data Clerks with Blasters and Axes?
I recently got the Transformers Legacy: Evolution Amazon-exclusive “Humble Origins” two-pack of Senator Shockwave and Data Clerk Orion Pax. And I immediately sold off Senator Shockwave …
Stuff on the Office Desk: Amazing Yamaguchi Iron Man “Bleeding Edge” Armor
Did I just forget how to handle Revoltech figures and their weird joint cuts and what not? Get your Amazing Yamaguchi Iron Man “Bleeding Edge” armor from HobbyLink…
Stuff on the Office Desk: Sen-Ti-Nel’s SV-Action SP//dr
While hybrid workplaces and setups continue to evolve, I still opted to work in the office. So, I still have a dedicated workstation that I can put stuff…
Stuff on the Office Desk: I Don’t Know How to Pose Dinosaurs
With only around a month before the greatest, dumbest, and probably most amusing movie of 2024, Godzilla ✕ Kong: The New Empire, is released in theaters, I decided…
Stuff on (top of) the Office Desk: Large Space Jet! HasLab Transformers Victory Saber
I know no one is asking this question, but I’d like to clarify that all these office desk photos are taken on my mobile phone. Not the worst,…
Stuff on the Office Desk: Transformers Legacy “A Hero is Born” Alpha Trion & Orion Pax
With the buzz surrounding the recently released Transformers: Rise of the Beasts trailer, I decided to take home Blast Punch Optimus Primal for a possible photo shoot (weird…
Stuff Back from After-Sales Support: SND “The One” (IDW Optimus Prime)
Upon its announcement, I really became interested with SND’s “The One,” their take on one of the IDW designs for Optimus Prime. Mostly because of how the figure…
(#MechaMarch2023) Super Dimension Calvary Southern Cross
Doom and Localization Southern Cross is an anime series that was doomed from the start. It was originally supposed to be something like Aura Battler Dunbine which is…
Quickie! “Transformers ONE” Optimus Prime Leaked
As of this post, we’ re just mere hours away from the first trailer drop for Transformers ONE which will be launched from space, I don’t know how…
#4010 / Transformers Collaborative / VNR Optimus Prime
After somewhat getting early releases in Canada and Singapore a couple of months ahead of its official announcement, Hasbro finally revealed the official release window for the Transformers…
#4012 / Transformers: Rise of the Beasts / Optimus Prime
I recently picked up the Studio Series version of Rise of the Beasts Optimus Prime and I almost forgot that I already shot the gallery of the mainline…
#4006 / Function-X / Positum (“Alligatorcon” Optimus Prime)
It’s been a week since the folks over at the United States celebrated Thanksgiving and ate good servings of turkey. But unlike Americans, alligators don’t need a specific…
Leaked Chinese Toys are Back! “Rise of the Beasts” Optimus Primal and Optimus Prime
As previously reported, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the follow up to 2008’s Bumblebee was supposed to be released in June 2022 but was instead delayed a full…
Anime Review 210 Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross
Super Dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross has an interesting legacy to it. It was the second show that was chosen to be part of the unofficial trilogy of show’s…
#HasbroPulseCon2021 Reveals: Transformers Generations Legacy Laser Optimus Prime
Hasbro has kicked off Pulse Con 2021, their two-day virtual event celebrating its brands and is full of upcoming product reveals and exclusives. The first day covered a…
I May Have Splurged on These Two: Transformers Missing Link Convoy / Optimus Prime
When compared to modern Transformers releases, the original Generation 1 figures are miles behind in terms of articulation and proportions, though they do are ahead in terms of…
Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest: Transformers Auto-Converting Optimus Prime
I was less interested with the Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest reveals for Transformers as some of then had already been seen previously, though there’s one item that’s very…
Commons and Differences: Transformers Missing Link Convoy/Optimus Prime
Before I delve into my unsolicited, and way delayed, thoughts on this, I just wanted to be clear that this is just me compiling the series of tweets…
#4005 / Transformers Generations – War For Cybertron: SIege / Optimus Prime
As I mentioned in a previous post, I was supposed to unveil this gallery around early next week. But I decided to defer that in favor of remastering…
#4007 / Transformers Generations – War for Cybertron: Earthrise / OpTimus Prime
I was so busy since mid-January that I almost forgot that I already have this guy shot and waiting to be posted, since late 2022. Not to say…
Transformers Studio Series – Gamer Edition Optimus Prime: Designer Commentary
Going from old news to much older news, like almost a month ago, Hasbro toy designer Evan Brooks provided some designer commentary on the upcoming Studio Series –…
Someone Give Optimus Prime His Face! Transformers Studio Series The Fallen
When Hasbro started the Transformers Studio Series line, of the figures fans really want revisited is The Fallen from 2009’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Besides collecting mostly…
Savior of the Gamer Edition Line? “Transformers: Reactivate” Optimus Prime Leaked
When Hasbro revealed the Gamer Edition subline of the Transformers Studio Series line, everyone was immediately hyped by the possibility of game-exclusive designs finally getting much needed action…
Brand Collaboration That Makes Sense: Transformers Generations VNR Optimus Prime
We’ve been getting a lot of brand collaboration with Transformers recently, and I’m not talking about the Transformers Collaborative figures like the one with Ghostbusters or Top Gun.…
Possible First Look at #Transformers Studio Series #RiseoftheBeasts Optimus Prime
I know many Transformers news sites and internet personalities have already caught on this and made reactions and all the visual analysis they could. But I just wanted…
This Ain’t Stolen! “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” Voyager Class Optimus Prime
The Transformers community is already used to reviewers getting copies of toys much earlier than their official Hasbro reveals or release dates, often due to questionable access to…
Beyond the Gray Prototype: Legacy Evolution Commander class “Armada Universe” Optimus Prime
Ever since that gray prototype of a modern Transformers: Armada version of Optimus Prime appeared in a toy show several years back, and the subsequent lack of updates,…
Stuff From the Office Window Side: Figma Samus Aran (Metroid Dread)
The next couple of posts will be some sort of Metroid-slash-Samus Aran double combo, starting with this one. As I mentioned previously, I will be going on a…
What’s with the Long Face Plate? “Transformers: EarthSpark” Warrior-class Optimus Prime #SDCC2022
One of the things Transformers fans were expecting to get more information out of San Diego Comic-Con 2022 is the new Nickelodeon series Transformers: EarthSpark. These include some…
This is Not Kreo Folks! Lego Creator Expert Optimus Prime (10302)
Remember Kreo, Hasbro’s attempt at the construction brick market that featured sets from their properties? They attempted to use their more popular properties, mostly Transformers, to gain tr…
Transformers: War for Cybertron – Siege Makes Optimus Prime a Terrible Leader
Coming off the largely lackluster Prime Wars Trilogy, Transformers: War for Cybertron - Siege looks to take things back to the time before the original series and focus…