Harnessing Nostalgia: The 5 Most Adored Transformers in Collectible Circles!

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Whether you’re a die-hard aficionado or a dabbler looking to dive deeper into the awe-inspiring world of Transformers, you’re going to enjoy this nostalgic journey back to the Golden Age of Saturday morning cartoons.

So, buckle up and prepare for an enthralling ride, as we explore the five most popular Transformers ever to grace your living room floor!

Optimus Prime: The Unquestioned Leader

Let’s kick off this list of awesome with the iconic Optimus Prime. This Autobot leader embodies majesty, strength, and noble charisma. It’s no wonder he stands as one of the most coveted Transformers in the toy collecting world.

G1 Optimus Prime source: Transformers Wiki

This venerated leader isn’t just a top-rank in the collectible sphere; Optimus Prime transcends generations, acting as the epitome of the Transformers brand. His formidable truck mode and suave robot form, paired with memorable G1 quotes, make him irresistible to collectors worldwide.

Bumblebee: The Lovable Hero

Can we discuss popularity without mentioning our universally adored “little buddy”, Bumblebee? This Autobot is nothing short of a crowd charming phenomenon. Blending steadfast loyalty with credible versatility, Bumblebee’s Volkswagen Beetle and contemporary Camaro incarnations have consistently soared in the popularity charts.

Beyond the trench warfare between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Bumblebee shows us the importance of courage, determination, and friendship in every episode – qualities that every collector treasures.

Grimlock: The Fearsome yet ENDARING DINOSAUR

Ask anyone about Transformers, and there’s one Dinobot that they won’t leave out – Grimlock! The charismatic T-Rex captures fans’ hearts with his unique blend of brain and brawn, mixed with a child-like naivety.

His G1 design remains etched in the memories of many collectors, as it perfectly encapsulates the magic that Transformers brought into our lives. Grimlock’s articulated jaw and the radiant dino-form make him a hot favorite among seasoned toy collectors.

Megatron: THE UBIQUITOUS Villain

Behind every great story is an equally great villain. This statement holds true with Megatron, the treacherous leader of the Decepticons! Portrayed as the arch-nemesis of Optimus Prime, Megatron’s wickedly impressive robot form and his notable transformation into a handheld weapon make him a must-have addition to any Transformers collection.

Soundwave: THE SPY AMONG US

Rounding off our list is Soundwave, the Decepticon’s master of espionage. What makes Soundwave stand out, is his unique ability to transform into a microcassette recorder, as well as the smaller Decepticons hidden within his tape-deck! This cloaked complexity contributes to his charm, making Soundwave a compelling collectible for Transformer enthusiasts.

And there we have it! The top five Transformers figures, ranked in all their bot glory.

Each one of them holds a special place in the toy collecting world, representing the epitome of imaginative transformation, lovable characters, and narratives that have hooked us over the years!

Whether you’re tracking down these icons for the love of toy collecting or are enchanted by the realm of Transformers, remember: The magic of these seminal heroes isn’t just in how they transform, but in how they’ve transformed us along the way.

Happy collecting, Autobots and Decepticons!

What to bring to an event (besides your smile)

We will be attending Fanaticcon 4 (Ottawa) and Ottawa Comiccon is happening in September plus we also have the Toys, Dolls and Teddys show in October, so many events I don’t know if we can make them all but we will try!

All these events got me thinking about something I could share with our readers, people like us who either participate or attend their favourite collectors events; how to prepare for a fun time and avoid unnecessary stress.

Going to events is always exciting but they can also be costly and overwhelming if you just walk in blindfolded. There are so many people to see and things to look at or do, where do we start?

First off, get tickets early. Don’t wait until the day of the event. Even if tickets are available at the door you don’t want to stand in line and have to wait. Plus, sometimes advance tickets come with perks and a discount.

Dress appropriately, unless you’re in costume. It can get pretty hot even in a well ventilated or laid out area. Lots of bodies in one space heats things up. Luckily, most events have wristbands or stamps or ticket stubs of some kind which allow attendees to go out for fresh air, grab a beverage or whatever and come back to enjoy the rest of the show. Also, wear comfy shoes because you will walk, a lot.

Charge your phone the night before (or if it’s an evening event charge it during the day beforehand) and bring your charger in your car. I once attended an event and had my phone die during a really awesome moment I attempted and failed to capture on video because SOMEONE (me) didn’t think to charge their phone before the event. Don’t do what I did. Don’t miss the moment.

Bring drinks and snacks in a cooler. If the event allows you to leave and come back, you’ll already have some things to munch on from the comfort of your cooler and save on spending at a cafeteria or worse have nothing if the venue doesn’t have any food sources.

Bring a bag. Reusable shopping bags can be found anywhere, usually we keep them in the trunk of our vehicle since you prettymuch need them wherever you shop. This goes for conventions too! You don’t want to walk around with your arms full of goodies (trust me it’s easy to get carried away with buying the things). A simple reusable shopping bag can come in very handy.

If you carry a purse or wallet, bring the bare minimum. I suggest paying cash for any items just to avoid any issues with disloyal currency and maybe theft at a bigger venue with more people. Carrying a heavy wallet or purse is just annoying imo.

Bring your best attitude and have fun! Take your time to look around(maybe you’ll see something and take a trip down memory lane), don’t be shy to talk to the vendors and artists, cosplayers love when you admire their costumes. Even if you don’t plan to buy anything, you can still have a full and fun day at an event if you prepare.

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Hasbro My Little Pony Crossover Collection Morphin Pink Pony Review!

I’ll admit, I know who the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are but I wasn’t a die hard fan of the show or movies; a younger generation as I was an older teen when this show originally aired. I did babysit a few kids over my teen years who were quite obsessed with MMPR. Even though it’s been revamped and rebooted into movies and new shows, my kids never got into the Rangers either. Needless to say, not being a huge fan didn’t stop us from getting this collectors special edition My Little Pony for The Toybox Collection!

Hasbro My Little Pony Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Crossover

With an intergalactic threat hovering over Equestria, a team of friends unite under the Harmony Grid. These are the Mighty Morphin Power… ponies!?
Fandoms collide with My Little Pony Crossover Collection — an expanded universe of My Little Pony mashup characters! Crossover Collection Morphin Pink Pony toy combines the retro My Little Pony form with the design of Power Rangers characters. Character has unique deco, colors, and Cutie Mark inspired by the Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger. This 4.5-inch figure comes in collectors’ packaging that’s great for fans of the My Little Pony or Power Rangers brand to display. Turn the stories you know on their tails with the My Little Pony Crossover Collection.

When you think of these two franchises crossing over into eachothers worlds, you might wonder what could a Power Ranger Pony look like? Well, Hasbro has shown us with this unique crossover figure named “Morphin Pink Pony”. The figure is 4.5” in size and a cross between an original ‘80s My Little Pony and the Pink Power Ranger, aka Kimberly Hart. She wears pink armour like the Pink Ranger. Really cool looking figure! Morphin Pink Pony will look excellent next to her other crossover friends, My Little Prime and Plasmane!

Next up…

Hasbro My Little Pony X Light Bright Crossover! This one is going to be a fun flash from the past!

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Hasbro My Little Pony Crossover Collection – Ghostbusters Plasmane Review

When there’s something strange in the neighbourhood, who ya gonna call? My little pony! This awesome mashup Collab was released in 2020 by Hasbro; a retro pony styled like a ghostbusters character.
I am old enough to remember how popular ghostbusters was back in the ‘80s when the first two original movies hit theatres. Ghostbusters 2 was on of my first theatrical experiences as a child. I clearly remember my younger cousin screaming at Vigo the Carpathian to “put the baby down!” during the scene where the spirit is taking Dana’s baby so that he can become human again.

We were thrilled when Hasbro released My Little Pony Transformers Crossover fig and even so finding out they also have a Ghostbusters crossover! Check it out!

Manhattan meets Equestria – Meet Plasmane!

“When the city of Manehatten is overrun with ghosts, Plasmane ain’t no scaredy-pony. She saddles up in the Ecto-Wagon and gears up for an adventure.
Fandoms collide with My Little Pony Crossover Collection — an expanded universe of My Little Pony mashup characters! Crossover Collection Plasmane toy combines the retro My Little Pony form with the design of Ghostbusters characters. Character has unique deco, colors, and Cutie Mark inspired by the iconic Ghostbusters team. This 4.5-inch figure comes in collectors’ packaging that’s great for fans of the My Little Pony or Ghostbusters brand to display. Turn the stories you know on their tails with the My Little Pony Crossover Collection.” – Hasbro Pulse

Sold out

We were lucky to find this Pony online at NMC Toys, I believe they’re having a sale on them for $9.99 (plus tax and shipping) which is a deal because right now you really can’t find them anywhere but on Amazon or EBay at the rich price of $29.99 (plus tax and shipping); yikes!

I love the look of this pony! Details in its outfit like the belt and straps on the legs. The bright ecto-plasma coloured hair is eye catching and let’s not forget to mention the best part: the ghostbusters logo cutie mark! This is one that tempts you to possibly, maybe think about taking it out of its box to display but Hasbro did a good job of box art and I’m going to be keeping this collection in its fancy boxes while on display side by side.

Next up in the Hasbro MLP crossover collection: Mighty Morphin Pony!

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My Little Pony X Transformers Crossover – My Little Prime

Being children of the ‘70s and ‘80s, Mr and Mrs Toybox can fully agree on this collectible treasure heading into their collection (specifically, Mrs Toybox special shelf). There was no hesitation for either to agree that the My Little Pony x Transformers Crossover – My Little Prime figure is more than meets the eye!

Based on the Comic Books

My Little Prime is a pony released by Hasbro which celebrates the MLP X Transformers Crossover Comic books where the Transformers find themselves somehow crash landed in Equestria and the Matrix ends up mashing a pony with Optimus Prime creating My Little Prime. You’ll have to read the comics to learn more but that’s the basic idea. We recently picked up this comic series, hence why we also got the associated figure.

My Little Pony x Transformers Crossover My Little Prime is 4.5” in size and looks like a pony mashed with Optimus prime; basically what it’s supposed to look like. I suppose it would be cool for the huge Transformers fans if this figure transformed but traditional original pony fans will agree, it’s better off as a figure.

Cutie Marks and Bots!

CUTIE MARKS AND BOTS: Crossover Collection My Little Prime is an exciting character mashup. 4.5-inch figure has a retro My Little Pony form factor with Transformers-inspired design
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Thoughts from the Toybox:

There was no question in mind that this My Little Pony x Transformers crossover My Little Prime would some day be in Mrs Toybox’s special collectors shelf. MLP was one of her ultimate favourite cartoons as a young girl. She even had many ponies and the pony castle as a child that unfortunately disappeared over time. This new collection makes up for lost treasures.

Looking for your own MLP x Transformers Crossover My Little Prime figure? Look no further than searching eBay or Amazon. We were able to snag this one for under $25 including shipping via the latter.

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian Collection

One of our favourite shows produced by Disney is the new Star Wars: The Mandalorian starring Pedro Pascal as the main character.

{Spoilers ahead!}

If you haven’t seen or heard about this show, you must come out from under the rock you’ve been hiding and join us when Season 3 hits Disney+ sometime soon we hope.

So far, through the first two seasons we’ve watched our hero Din DJarin battle his way through a quest to protect a special cargo and bring him back where he belongs. This little cargo being the ever popular “Baby Yoda” or as we now know him, Grogu.

Of course we jumped onto the Mandalorian bandwagon and got our hands on some of the best collectible toys that were available at the time. Oh I remember the frenzy when the show first aired and everybody who’s anybody wanted a Grogu for the upcoming holiday season only to find out they’d be delayed due to popularity and the toy makers basically not being prepared for it.

Thankfully waiting paid off and our two biggest brands “Hasbro” and “Mattel” released some really great Mandalorian stuff!

Plush Grogu: one of my first Grogu collectibles. I have always been a Yoda fan so for me, having a new character of the same unknown species 40 years later is really cool!

Talking Grogu Plush: This Grogu is a smaller plush version with a little voice box inside. Press his belly and he makes cute Grogu sounds from the show! He comes with a little soup bowl and frog, if you’re a fan of the show you’ll know what those are for!

Animatronic Grogu: My favourite (and most expensive) Grogu in my collection.

He is just like the Furreal Friends Star Wars Co-Pilot Chewie except: Grogu! He makes sounds and even moves. His eyes blink/close, he raises his hands (using the force), he tilts his head and wiggles his ears, if you lay him down he falls asleep; it does a whole bunch of cute things from the TV show. There were only three left on the shelf when I got it last Christmas! He now lives in our special glass Star Wars display case!

3.75” Mandalorian and Grogu action figure set. We haven’t taken it out of its packaging because its that nice. lots of detail on both Mando and Grogu. Comes with accessories like a little seat for Grogu, for those who like to play with their toys.

We would love it if we could get our hands on the 6” Mando figure but as of late we haven’t been able to. There is so much stuff out there for the Mandalorian from stuffies to action figures and even stuff for kids although I wouldn’t consider this show one for younger kids. It would be fun to collect them all but lack of space, you know.

until next time!

Hasbro Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Premium Collectibles and New Toys Review!

Somewhere in a galaxy far, far away, an awesome brand we love sent one of their biggest fans a huge box of awesome to check out! We couldn’t believe the SIZE of the box first of all (14 lbs anybody?) but what was in it…incredible!

We knew new toys were coming out soon but weren’t expecting this…Thank you HASBRO for the “out of this world” surprise!

To celebrate “Triple Force Friday” we created an awesome video showcasing the latest and greatest from Hasbro’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker premium collectibles (The Black Series, The Vintage Series), toys (Galaxy of Adventures 5″ action figures), RC Robotic Droids and the all-new Scream Saber Electronic Lightsaber.

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Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Titan WFC-S29 Omega Supreme!

We are excited to team up with Hasbro Pulse and A Motherhood Experience blog to bring you a review of the latest Transformers collectors want and probably can’t get unless they pre-ordered him back in September; Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Titan WFC-S29 Omega Supreme!

Check out our video showcase below!

Omega Supreme is every Transformer collectors dream this fall. He is MASSIVE standing up 2 feet tall in robot mode! He has a G1 inspired design and transforms into Autobot Command Center mode. He comes with 6 Fire Blasts accessories to simulate battle effects on robot mode and Command Center mode plus also comes with Micromaster, Autobot Countdown, who fits inside the rocket, tank and control tower. He can ride around the defender perimeter how cool is that!

• Includes Transformers Generations War for Cybertron: Siege WFC-S29 Omega Supreme figure, Micromaster figure, 6 Fire Blasts accessories, and instructions.
• Build the ultimate battle field with Command Center Mode: Scaled to fit other War for Cybertron: Siege figures (each sold separately, subject to availability). Use the Autobot Command Center mode of this colossal 2-foot Titan Class WFC-S29 Omega Supreme figure to build the ultimate battlefield!
• G1-Inspired Cybertronian ALT mode: Omega Supreme toy converts from robot to Autobot Command Center mode in 37 steps. Command Center mode includes tank, rocket, control tower, and defense perimeter.
• Included Micromaster, Autobot Countdown, fits inside rocket, tank, and control tower, and can ride along the defense perimeter.
• Add Battle Effects: Use 6 included Fire Blasts accessories to simulate battle effects on Omega Supreme figure and Command Center mode.
• Expandable weapons selection: Build a bigger mission loadout for Omega Supreme by compiling additional weapon accessories from other Siege figures. (Each sold separately. Subject to availability).
• Figure scale: 24 inches
• Ages 8 and up
from the Hasbro website

This is NOT your typical toy and certainly NOT one I would recommend for a young child. He isn’t cheap to buy because he is a collectors item at $249.99 CAD. You might be lucky to find him online but so far it seems he’s sold out!

I think we are definitely going to need another display shelf in our display room just for Omega Supreme!

Click here to check out Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Titan WFC-S29 Omega Supreme on the Hasbro website!

The original Omega Supreme