Moriarty Reviews: DOTM Ratchet

Mmmmm, green-flavoured.

The comment section of the Block seems to be broken for a few countries, so if you want to drop some feedback you can comment over at the vid! x

EDIT: OMFG LOL MOST HILARIOUS THUMBNAIL EVER. lmao.

Brentosaur Reviews: Sergeant Noble w/Tailpipe & Pinpointer

Not only the best DOTM figures I've played with so far, but the best figures I've played with in a very long while.

Bad Touch Bumblebee

Show me on the dolly where Bumblebee gave you the TOUCH and the POWER! YEAH!

Brentosaur Reviews: Cyberverse Blackout

Brentosaur and Kikkoman, a regrettable combination.

BuddhaCon's TF Reviews: DOTM Voyager: ShockWave

DOTM Deluxe Jolt Review

Hello Folks, here is my second attempt at a video review! This time my victim was DOTM Jolt. I am a sucker for backround secondary characters and Jolt is just barely that! And although he probably gets zero screen time in the new movie this summer, I have given him almost seven minutes of gloriously low-volume youtube screen time!!

Pictorial Review: Dark of the Moon - Cyberverse Starscream w/ Orbital Assault Carrier

Don't call him Flattop, because he's not. The packaging clearly says, "Starscream Orbital Assault Carrier."

*cough*

Damn it... OK, who am I kidding? He is Flattop.

Moriarty Reviews: DOTM Deluxe Starscream

One chick. One toy. One underlighted webcam. 

This is my first ever video review, so any comments/criticism would be welcomed! Massive thanks to Frank and Scott for the tips. Next video won't be shot at 10.30 at night, I promise.

MechTech is Gangsta

MechTech has a rap song. I think my soul hurts.

Also, why is Justin Bieber in this commercial?

Pictorial Review: DOTM Cyberverse Commander Ironhide

Greetings! I'm Becca, I'm British, I'm...uh...badass...yeah...let's skip the introduction and talk Cyberverse, shall we?

More specifically, let's chat about my favourite Bayformer of all time: Ironhide. (Phonetically pronounced 'Arnhawd'. It's true, just ask Brent). I'm telling you he is my favourite right up front so that you know where my biases stand when it comes to reviewing toys of this character: they could make the most godawful shell-former out of solidified radioactive poo and I'd still find something positive to say about it even as my hair is falling out and I'm starting to that think my dog smells nice. (She doesn't.)

So you can take it with a pinch of salt when I say that this Cyberverse Commander is good, but I genuinely mean what I say: he is good. And by that I mean that he is on the right side of "mediocrity", but the wrong side of "absolutely excellent". His pros make him a nice figure to own; his cons stop him from being simply perfect.

Pictorial Review: DotM Human Alliance - Spike Witwicky & Backfire

"That's right, I'm back on a tricycle built for someone twice my size."

Dark of the Moon has hit the shelves with a wide variety of new gimmicks and sub-lines. One of those new sub-lines is the Human Alliance scout class, which combines gimmicks introduced with Revenge of the Fallen and Power Core Combiners. Backfire and Spike are from the first wave and they may be the set I have the most mixed feelings about. Initially I was very excited to see Backfire and Spike on the pegs. They were the set I was looking forward to the most next to Icepick and Sergeant Chaos. However, that excitement lead to some disappointments. 

Dark of the Moon: Cyberverse - Powerglide

BuddhaCon's TF Reviews: DOTM Voyager: Megatron

BuddhaCon's TF Reviews: DOTM Voyager: Iron Hide

The Unexpected Return of Spike Witwicky!

"Hey gang! Have you seen Bumblebee around? I was hoping we could hang... huh? Who the hell is Sam?!"

Today I bought my first DOTM figures, Backfire and Icepick from the Human Alliance Scout class series. This series combines gimmicks from the Human Alliance and Power Core Combiners lines. Just like the bigger Human Alliance figures, these Scouts come with a human partner who can interact with them and just like Power Core Combiners, they are triple changers with a third mode devoted to interacting with other toys. The connection isn't as farfetched as you may think because Icepick's bio states that he is the very same character from the PCC series!

DOTM Scan Series: a see-thru pre-view

While we're on the subject of light piping, check out this weird new gimmick from the upcoming Dark of the Moon line! Named simply "The Scan Series" and probably set to be a Toys R Us exclusive, these half-transparent movie-verse Deluxes are decoed to represent the 'Bots at the moment of acquiring their alt-modes.

SCHERGZ!

(That's the noise that scanning makes. "Schergz".)

Hatchet is Metal

Just his name alone is insane. It is the kind of name that makes people soil themselves in fear. He sounds like the type of Decepticon who kills Autobots with blunt weapons just to prolong their suffering.

I would gladly go without food for a month to own this figure. This is the only offering from DOTM so far that has me genuinely excited. I've got a casual interest in some of the other figures, but I must own Hatchet. He looks like he leapt off of a heavy metal album cover.

Read his bio and other information at Hasbro's updated Transformers site.

Dark of the Moon Video Game Preview

Dudes! GameSpot just put up an exclusive preview of the DOTM Xbox 360 game.

Click for vid!

High Moon Studios did a fantastic job on War For Cybertron, and this snippet of the next game looks promising - a far cry from the slow, turgid cack of the previous movie games. Much as I enjoyed WFC, I felt the samey robotic landscapes dragged it down a notch, so it'll be fun to scorch through some Earth-based missions.  Let's hope we get to play as some 'Cons too!

VLOG Update: The Transforming Block

Dark of the Moon Theatrical Trailer

This certainly looks spectacular, but it was a little too focused on the humans. I'm not allowing myself to get excited since I'm already thoroughly disappointed with the toy line and I thought ROTF looked spectacular too.