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We return with our Left in Japan series with more G1 Transformers games that never made it out of Japan. Since we last left off in the 1980s with Nintendo games that never arrived on our shore, Transformers fans actually had 2 major releases for Transformers games in the 1990s. The first was an...

The original Transformers Legends line came to a close in Japan back in 2019, and with it ended the manga which told the story of why every single new attempt made over the years to create more cartoon-accurate toys is actually canon to their version of Generation 1, where the characters already...

Bits and pieces have been coming out about since last year, but now Takara (by way of their "T-Spark" YouTube channel) has dropped a new trailer on us to get a better look at what this new breed of Transformers is all about. From the description: Here's the video, and fortunately, there are...

Like many of you G1 fans, I grew up in the 1980s and 90s, when the kids toy aisles were dominated by GI JOE and Transformers. Yet a new toy was coming to change the entire way we played, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It's hard to believe, but Nintendo was synonymous with gaming in the...

Just like the headline says, Takara Tomy has dropped a new video on the T-Spark YouTube channel, showing off the second in the Adamas Machina Transformers line: AM-T02, aka Predaking! In case you're not able to watch this pretty short (just over four minutes) video right now, here are some of...

That's right, there's finally a Funko figure that doesn't have those "dead inside" eyes that only seem to work for certain animal characters (the Coca-Cola polar bears pull it off surprisingly well, for example). Actually, Funko has done other non-Pop! figures that are pretty neat, but I...

The Shizuoka Hobby Show is running in Japan, exhibiting a wide variety of models and toys including a display of upcoming Transformers figures from Tomy. First up is a picture of the main display showcasing: The Studio Series Constructions / Masterpiece Hauler / MPG-17 Optimus Prime Style Gen...

From the official Twitter account of the "Transformers Information Bureau" by Takara Tomy, we've received an interesting bit of information for anyone who might be visiting a particular region of Japan anytime soon. Per PrimalxConvoy on our forums, the tweet reads: Of course, if you're unable...