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The Largest Transformer Ever Made, Until Metroplex Ruins Everthing

The late 80s was the best time to be a toy-obsessed child. Back then toy companies weren’t afraid to release a toy that looked like a gun, contained toxic paint or weighed more than the kids it was being marketed to. It was a time when Hasbro, a couple years after releasing a toy aircraft carrier that measured more than 2m in length, gave Transformers fans the largest official Transformers toy on the market for more than 25 years — Fortress Maximus.


The Greatest Comic Book Cover Ever Printed

Pretty sure I just had a heart attack. Coming exclusively to Transformers Botcon in San Diego from June 27-30, this variant cover for issue five of IDW’s My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic micro-series is artist artist Tony Fleecs’ way of reaching into my chest and grabbing hold of my heart with his ink-stained fingers.


I Am Completely In Love With This Hand-Made Star Trek Transformer Toy

Transformers are excellent toys — not only do you get a cool vehicle, but a combat-ready robot as well. Who’s going to be all negative about a two-in-one plaything? No one, just like no one could have anything bad to say about this custom Transformer that can turn itself into the Enterprise E from Star Trek: First Contact (and later films in the Prime universe).


Transformers Legends Is Now On iOS. Here’s How To Play It.

The Android release of Transformers Legends went a long way towards helping me accept the mobile collectible card game genre, easing me into the experience with familiar characters and themes. Now the free game is out on the iPad and iPhone, giving the Apple side of mobile gaming a chance to collect and battle iconic figures from the franchise’s lengthy history. Need help getting started?


There’s More Than Meets The Eye In This PlayStation Email

It looked like any other boring old email. But, as noted by Reddit user Sarranoob, it was anything but. It was an email in disguise.


See How Star Wars & Transformers Figures Are Made

Our pals at Gizmodo were lucky enough to take a trip out to Hasbro recently, where they sat in with the folks responsible for designing the company’s prototype action figures.


The New Beast Wars Begin With Optimus Prime And Predaking

Hasbro is calling them Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters, but that’s not what I’m calling the upcoming third season of the animated series and the corresponding toys. A dragon that transforms into a robot and a red-and-blue figure that’s vaguely reminiscent of the original Optimus Prime? These are the new Beast Wars, my friends, and they’re pretty damn spiky.


Two Foot Tall Metroplex Makes My Transformers Dreams Come True This Fall

When I first discovered the titanic Autobot Metroplex would be making an appearance in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, I experienced a brief rush of excitement — maybe Hasbro would make a new proper Metroplex toy! They’d reused the name for a silly giant from the Transformers: Cybertron line, why not?


Enormous Transformers Snow Sculpture Will Blow Your Mind

There’s more than meets the eye at this year’s winter festival in the northern Japanese city of Asahikawa. There’s a huge Transformers snow sculpture.


Optimus Prime Totally Could Have Commanded Armies In Ancient China

This is the work of Chinese artist Nkzhangwang, who did a masterful job of weaving a Chinese visual sense into the famed Japanese mecha. Just look at it! Stunning.


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