Manic Ramblings

Rob's Pile of Transformers: Manic Ramblings and Delirious Ranting

Behold my collected babbling! Topics include shows, toys, and miscellaney.

Transformer Shows

All the reviews I've done are listed below by order of air date. Some are off-the-cuff reactions from right after the show aired; others are looks back at older shows. (The most thorough ones are from 1998 and later.)

Generation One Show Reviews

"More Than Meets the Eye Part One" (Jan. 01)
"More Than Meets the Eye Part Two" (Jan. 01)
"More Than Meets the Eye Part Three" (Jan. 01)
"City of Steel" (Oct. 00)
"Quest for Survival" (Oct. 00)
"The Golden Lagoon" (Oct. 00)
"Auto Berzerk" (Apr. 01)
"The Master Builders" (Sep. 00)
"Make Tracks" (Sep. 00)
"Enter the Nightbird" (Sep. 00)
"The Search For Alpha Trion" (Oct. 00)

"Dark Awakening" (Nov. 00)

Why "Transformers: the Movie" Sucks (Jun. 98)

Beast Wars Show Reviews

Why Dinobot is the Greatest Character in Transformers (Mar. 00)
BW #01: "Beast Wars" Part 1 (Jul. 02)
BW #07, 15: "The Spark", "Fallen Comrades" (Nov. 96)
BW #09: "A Better Mousetrap" (Nov. 96)
BW #15: "The Spark" (Jan. 99)
BW #16-18: "The Trigger", "Spider's Game" (Apr 99)
BW #23: "The Low Road" (Feb. 97)
BW #24-33: Season 2 thoughts (Mar. 98)
BW #29: "Coming of the Fuzors 2" (Jan. 99)
BW #31-33: "Maximal No More", "Other Visits" (Jan. 99)
BW #40-43: "Optimal Situation", "Deep Metal", "Changing of the Guard", "Cutting Edge" (Jan. 99)
BW #44: "Feral Scream" Part 1 (Feb 99)
BW #45: "Feral Scream" Part 2 (Feb 99)
BW #46: "Proving Grounds" (Feb 99)
BW #47: "Go With the Flow" (Feb 99)
BW #48: "Crossing the Rubicon" (Feb 99)
BW #49: "Master Blaster" (Mar 99)
BW #50: "Other Victories" (May 99)
BW #51: "Nemesis" Part 1 (May 99)
BW #52: "Nemesis" Part 2 (May 99)

Beast Machines Show Reviews

BM #101: "The Reformatting" (Jul 99)
BM #201: "Fallout" (Feb 00)
BM #202: "Savage Noble" (Feb 00)
BM #203: "Prometheus Unbound" (Feb 00)
BM #204: "In Darkest Knight" (Mar 00)
BM #205: "A Wolf in the Fold" (Mar 00)
BM #206: "Home Soil" (Feb 00)
BM #207: "Spark War Part 1: The Strike" (Mar 00)
BM #208: "Spark War Part 2: The Search" (Mar 00)
BM #209: "Spark War Part 3: The Seige" (Apr 00)
BM #210: "Spark of Darkness" (Apr 00)
BM #211: "End Game Part 1: The Downward Spiral" (Apr 00)
BM #212: "End Game Part 2: When Legends Fall" (Apr 00)
BM #213: "End Game Part 3: The Seeds of the Future" (May 00)
Recapping Beast Machines (Jan 01)

Transformer Toys

As with the show reviews, my toy reviews have grown more systematic over the last year or so, but they're still essentially just collections of the random thoughts that come tumbling out whenever I get new Transformers.