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SMR
Apr 9, 2018
Toy Review - Action Toys' Bike Robo DX [The REAL Masterpiece Cy-Kill]
When Go-Bots started falling behind Transformers back in the hey-day of transforming robots duking it out in the toy aisle for a kid’s...
SMR
Mar 31, 2018
Masterpiece Theater Showdown: Takara's Shockwave Vs. FansToys Quakewave
While most of the early Transformers were taken from Takara’s Microman and Diaclone toylines, giving them the Masterpiece treatment was...
SMR
Nov 24, 2017
Masterpiece Theater - Smokescreen and Hot Rodimus
For this episode of Masterpiece Theater [So glad PBS has opted not to sue, by the way. – Ed.] we’ve opted to go for something old and...
SMR
Oct 1, 2017
Masterpiece Theater - A Seekers Sampler: Skywarp, Sunstorm and Thrust.
You ever get the feeling that perhaps there’s a game amongst the Decepticon ranks that’s a variant of the old “duck, duck…goose!”? This...
SMR
Feb 12, 2017
Toy Review - Wei Jiang's M01 Commander (Masterpiece Evasion Mode Optimus Prime)
More often than not, when something is called a knock-off, it's meant in a derrogatory way...and usually it's merited. After all, a...
SMR
Jan 21, 2017
Action Toys' Blackbird Robo and Mixer Robo - Masterpiece Snoop and Blockhead
How do you follow up a wave that had two marquee bots (if you’re in the west) in Cy-Kill and Leader-1, a solid entry who not too many...
SMR
Oct 10, 2016
Action Toys' Bike Robo - Masterpiece Cy-Kill
As much as I’d love to subtitle this review “…Or how I stopped worrying and love the parts-former,” well, that’s not exactly true. ...
SMR
Aug 9, 2016
Masterpiece Theater - Tracks
I knew the exact moment when Masterpiece Tracks and I weren’t going to get along…when I was putting in his damn side mirrors. Everything...
SMR
Jul 25, 2016
Masterpiece Theater - Rodimus Prime
I hate this thing. Granted, that makes it sounds like there’s nothing positive about MP-09, Rodimus Convoy (or Rodimus Prime here in the...
SMR
Jul 6, 2016
Masterpiece Theater - Prowl and Bluestreak
After the good start with Sideswipe and Red Alert, the next mold selected for the Masterpiece treatment was the workhorse of the Autobot...
SMR
Jun 30, 2016
Action Toys' Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos Series Wave 1 - AKA Masterpiece GoBots
It was 2 years ago, 2014. [Thanks for clarifying, with the way you put out articles, we might not actually post this for another year. –...
SMR
Mar 30, 2016
Masterpiece Theater - Sideswipe & Red Alert
Takara started off their Masterpiece Transformers Autobot Cars perfectly. You see, back in the 80s, independent of whether or not you...
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