Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro Australia have given me an exclusive reveal of one of the character cards from the next set of the Transformers Trading Card Game (TCG): War for Cybertron Seige. Introducing Sergeant Skrapnel, a leader Insecticon card… card… card. Skrapnel is interesting as his alt mode directly uses the brave ability … Continue reading
Normally I would have posted about this event much sooner but time has been something I’ve not had much of lately… and to be honest of all the years I’ve been going to ani-con this year seemed to lack the diversity of previous years. No amazing displays from Hot Toys, no superbly noteworthy figures from … Continue reading
Do you have people you’d absolutely love to meet one day? I have a short list – I could list them on one hand in fact – of people who inspire, influence and engage me enough that I will try to see or meet them if I can. The unfortunate problem is I live in … Continue reading
You’ll be seeing a few posts over the coming weeks from my first ever Transformers Convention – Cybertroncon which took place in Shanghai from the 29th to 31st of July. To start it off we’re going to talk about a rather large display of a Transformer known as Fortress Maximus (or Fort Max for short) … Continue reading
Pokemon Go came out in Hong Kong on Monday. Just over 48 hours later and the city seems to have gone MAD! As I wander around my local neighbourhood doing my regular everyday things hordes of people, often grouped together walk along blindly, eyes down, swiping on their phones, suddenly stopping, swiping some more. “Yeah … Continue reading
Hasbro isn’t releasing this guy until late August but thanks to the Hasbro Hong Kong trial event my daughter and I got to play with Computron in hand. My son has been asking about a Computron figure for a very long time. In the G1 cartoon Computron (made up of a group of Transformers called the … Continue reading
I got the privileged opportunity to participate in the Hasbro Hong Kong Trial and Play Event hosted at Hobbybase in Mong Kok on the 23rd June 2016. I say privileged as it was an invite only event and as the only female non-Chinese collector in Hong Kong I was honoured to be invited. It is … Continue reading
I know how lucky I am to live in a city abundant in relatively easy access to toys, especially for collectors. However it isn’t the only place in Asia renown for toys. So when the opportunity arises (especially if I am away without the sprogs) I love to go on the hunt in other cities … Continue reading
Remember when you were a kid scouring the shelves of a toy store and coming across something and begging your parents “PLEEEASEEE Can I have it???” Well – This guy was one of those moments for me. There isn’t much cooler than a giant stomping Dinosaur looking robot that transforms into a military base. Of … Continue reading
The day I always dreaded has finally arrived… My son walked into the lounge and I called “Hello my little Autobot!” as I always do. He quietly slinked up, looked at me somewhat guiltily with his eyes tilted down and said “Mummy I have something to tell you.” “Ok?” I questions curiously. He paused, then … Continue reading
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