Holiday Optimus Prime
Toys

TRN Toy Box: Holiday Optimus Prime

Today I’ll be reviewing the Hasbro Pulse exclusive Transformers Holiday Optimus Prime! Figure Descriptions • ROLLING THROUGH A WINTER WONDERLAND: Santa looks a little different this year! Naughty or nice, Optimus Prime is delivering holiday

Toys

My Christmas Memories: 1984

As you should already know, I can’t get enough ’80s nostalgia the whole year, but Christmas is an especially nostalgic time for me. In the past, I shared My Christmas Memories from 1980 and also My

Cartoons

Alas Poor Ironhide

Ask any kid of the 80s what was the most traumatic thing they saw on the big or little screen, and you’re likely to hear about Optimus Prime’s death. There are others, of course, like

Toys

Transformers Collaborative Wish List

With Hasbro finally giving us a full-fledged GI Joe/Transformers crossover with their Megatron/HISS Tank and Baroness set, it feels like a great time to be a fan of both toylines.  We’ve got some toys that

Movies

Friday Flix: April 1987

April 1987 was a slow month for movies, only nine new movies released. One movie went straight to video due to other box office failures. Don’t let the low number of releases get you down,

Cartoons

Cel to Silver – Transformers

Even though they’re sometimes disappointing, I’m always excited when I see a cartoon I love adapted to the big screen. Inspired by my fellow Retro Network contributors, the retired SequelQuest POD, I thought I’d try

Cartoons

Cullen and Welker: Beyond Transformers

For children of the ’80s, there are two voices that bring the most nostalgia to our ears. For over three years, Peter Cullen and Frank Welker greeted us every weekday afternoon with a reverberated struggle

Video

Jay Plays Bumblebee Overdrive

This week’s episode of Jay Plays features Bumblebee Overdrive: Transformers Arcade Racing by Budge Studios. Bumblebee and his fellow Autobots have the task of overcoming treacherous terrain and rival Decepticons in both vehicle and robot

Podcast

TRN Podcast 054 – AMA Volume 2

Ask Jason and Mick Anything! That’s right, our listeners control this week’s Time Machine segment by tweeting us topics to discuss in AMA Volume 2. First, we catch up on our 4th of July holidays

Battle of the Rock Lords
Cartoons

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

In 1986, a movie came out featuring giant transforming robots traversing the cosmos, they search for a threat that could possibly mean the end of the universe.  That movie, of course, was Gobots: Battle of the Rock Lords.