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Photo of the Day / Armada Smokescreen (5/1/2022)

May 01, 2022, 10:11:04 AM

Smokescreen may have a short, squat build, but he's comfortable with himself and doesn't feel the need to overcompensate for his diminutive stature. Nope. Not at all. (Crane shot courtesy of engledogg.)

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Photo of the Day / Generation 1 Fistfight (4/4/2022)

April 04, 2022, 09:16:39 AM

This robot has giant claws instead of hands. So what was he named? "Fistfight". Decepticons can be such jerks. (Picture courtesy of digital photographer engledogg.)

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Photo of the Day / Beast Wars Neo Guiledart (3/5/2022)

March 05, 2022, 03:24:53 PM

Tongue hanging out. Eyes rolled back in his head. Skin ripped open revealing muscle and bones. You gotta give it to Guiledart; when he plays dead, he commits to the bit. (Gut-wrenching photo courtesy of Hellscream333.)

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Photo of the Day / Revenge of the Fallen Divebomb (2/5/2022)

February 05, 2022, 07:09:13 AM

Divebomb is a top-notch aerial combatant who fears no enemy. None, that is, except beagles pretending to be World War I flying aces. (Picture courtesy of the world famous photographer, Hellscream333.)

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Photo of the Day / Animated Sentinel Prime (1/2/2022)

January 02, 2022, 07:37:02 AM

Sentinel Prime's New Solar Cycle's resolution is to be 5% less of a jerk than he was last year. It may not sound like much, but it's more than Skywarp is doing; he pushed seven Mini-Cons down the stairs before 12:30! (Photo courtesy of sppower, who's resolved to only collect Titan-class and larger toys.)

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Photo of the Day / Human Alliance Agent Simmons (12/1/2021)

December 01, 2021, 03:01:46 PM

I'm so glad Hasbro made an action figure of Agent Simmons from the Transformers movies. There's nothing more satisfying than grinding him under Fortress Maximus's foot. What, you thought I like him? No, nobody likes him. (Hammy photo courtesy of Hellscream333.)

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Photo of the Day / Robot Heroes Snarl (11/1/2021)

November 01, 2021, 09:37:58 AM

This is Snarl. Except it's not Snarl, it's Slag. Except it's not Slag, it's Slug. He comes packaged with Sharkticon. Except it's not Sharkticon, it's Gnaw. Got a headache yet? (Photo courtesy of Squallte, or whatever name he's going by these days, I can't keep track.)

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Photo of the Day / Revenge of the Fallen Mindwipe (10/2/2021)

October 02, 2021, 01:12:47 PM

It's October, which means Halloween, which means spooky things, so naturally we need to highlight the spookiest Decepticon of all: Mindwipe! Nothing scares Autobots more than when he transforms into a stealth fighter and--wait, stealth fighter? Isn't he supposed to turn into a big, creepy bat? Oh, that's a different Mindwipe. Awkward. Well, stealth fighters are scary too, right? All dark and... radar-deflecting... I think I'm gonna cut my losses on this one. If anyone needs me, I'll be eating candy corn to atone for my carelessness. (Full-size candy bar-worthy photo courtesy of Hellscream333.)

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Photo of the Day / Galaxy Force Flame Convoy (9/1/2021)

September 01, 2021, 12:28:30 AM

I can't find anything to back this up, but I'm positive that when Flame Convoy is alone, he pops out his extra heads and does Three Stooges routines with himself. He must, right? Wouldn't you if you had two optional noggins? (Photo courtesy of HighPrime, who prefers Joe Besser over Curly Howard and doesn't care who knows it.)

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Photo of the Day / Cybertron Landslide (8/2/2021)

August 02, 2021, 08:50:25 AM

What's Landslide's favorite Fleetwood Mac song, you ask? "Dreams", of course. Why, what did you think it was? (Photo courtesy of shmax, a man of the world who goes his own way.)

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Photo of the Day / Movie Bonecrusher (5/2/2021)

May 02, 2021, 02:48:06 PM

Bonecrusher hates everyone and everything. He hates Optimus Prime. He hates Megatron. He hates Sam Witwicky. He especially hates you. Why all the hate? Because what Bonecrusher really hates is himself. And that's your amateur psychological analysis for today. (Photo courtesy of uppercase25, to whom Bonecrusher is fairly indifferent.)

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Photo of the Day / Vintage G1 Optimus Prime Instruction Booklet (4/1/2021)

April 01, 2021, 12:45:59 PM

We at shmax.com love toys. And we've decided that it's long past time that we honor the most important part of the toys that we adore so much. We're talking, of course, about the humble instruction booklet. Without instruction booklets, would we be able to figure out that Optimus Prime's arms have to be rotated out before flipping up his head, or that She-Hulk's hands can be swapped with the extra hands that she comes with, or that the control panely-lookin' sticker goes on the control panely-lookin' section on the Wind Raider? Yeah, probably. But we'd never know for sure, and who wants to live with that kind of nagging doubt all their life? So take a bow, instruction booklet. Today is your day! Or month, considering how often we update this thing. (Photo courtesy of Spiff-O-Matic, who's never opened an instruction booklet in his life, that rebel!)

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Photo of the Day / Fans Toys Willis and Generation 1 Hound (2/1/2021)

February 01, 2021, 04:10:27 AM

Are you a fan of G1 Hound but wish he was better articulated, twice as tall, and named after a Diff'rent Strokes character? If you are, then Fans Toys has good news for you. (Photo courtesy of Spiff-O-Matic, who knows exactly what he's talking about.)

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Photo of the Day / Robot Heroes Rhinox (1/1/2021)

January 01, 2021, 12:42:32 PM

Rhinox is so happy that 2020 is over he started waving his hands in the air like he just don't care. And then his arms got stuck. That doesn't bode well for the new year. Can someone help him to a CR chamber? (Thanks to Hellscream333 for bringing the noise and the photo.)

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Photo of the Day / Fans Toys' Stomp (12/1/2020)

December 01, 2020, 09:21:10 AM

You can criticize third-party toymakers all you want, but you don't see Hasbro making an accessory homaging three frames of The Transformers: The Movie, do you? You're dang right you don't. Lucky for us, Fans Toys was there to fill that void with Stomp. (Eye-popping photo courtesy of Spiff-O-Matic.)

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Trading Post / KidTDragon's eBay Auctions Thread

November 11, 2020, 02:02:35 AM

Thanks to a combination of running out of space and running out of money, I need to prune the ol' toy collection a bit. This means I'll be doing some semi-regular selling on eBay for the foreseeable future. It's mostly Transformers and He-Man, but there'll be other toys and even non-toys posted. Click here to see what's on the auction block at any given time. I do my best to keep shipping costs low (including combined shipping) and I always refund shipping overages.

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Photo of the Day / Robots in Disguise Galvatron (11/1/2020)

November 01, 2020, 05:08:38 AM

Galvatron is the current record-holder for "Transformer with the Most Alt-Modes", able to turn into a whopping ten different things! I'd say that accomplishment deserves... a big hand.

...........I'll let myself out. (Photo courtesy of the manually dexterous Hellscream333.)

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Photo of the Day / The Loyal Subjects Bonecrusher (10/1/2020)

October 01, 2020, 08:29:28 AM

"Chibi" is a style of caricature where characters are depicted with short, chubby bodies and big heads with large, expressive eyes. Normally the results are super-cute, but when the subject has a head that's 50% eye to begin with, you end up with Bonecrusher, here. Pleasant dreams, kids! (Eye-catching photo courtesy of Spiff-O-Matic.)

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Photo of the Day / Itty Bittys Megatron (9/1/2020)

September 01, 2020, 07:27:47 AM

Megatron has come up with his most devious plan yet. He's made himself small, cuddly, and just too adorable to resist! And I think it's working. I say we give him Earth, who's with me? No one? Okay, how 'bout we let him have Cleveland, see what he does with it, and go from there? (Thanks to the awe-inspiring Spiff-O-Matic for the AWWW-inspiring photo.)

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Photo of the Day / Generation 1 Topspin (8/1/2020)

August 01, 2020, 03:41:47 AM

Since the anniversary of Woodstock is this month, Topspin has decided to celebrate by going au naturel. He's all about peace, music, and free love, and he doesn't care about your labels, man, so you may as well put that sticker sheet away. (Groovy photo courtesy of Spiff-O-Matic)