Category Archives: Transformers

‘Beast Wars’ Review #8 – ‘The Probe’

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Here we are on the eighth ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ story as well as the ninth episode in the TV series. Today, we’re checking out ‘The Probe’, an episode where the Maximals might have a chance on returning to their home planet Cybertron when a temporal probe is looking for them. This was the second ‘Beast Wars’ episode I saw in the half-term week of October 1998. I recorded it on VHS and enjoyed rewatching it again and again. This episode also features Tigatron, who previously debuted in ‘Fallen Comrades’. Can the Maximals succeed in sending a signal to the temporal probe using a signal array? Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #7 – ‘Double Jeopardy’

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It’s time to check out another ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ episode and it’s eighth one in the series as well as the seventh story. It’s time to check out ‘Double Jeopardy’, an episode which introduces a new Predacon character named Blackarachnia and an episode where Rattrap could be a traitor. I first saw this ‘Beast Wars’ episode in the first of five episodes being shown over half-term week in October 1998. I got to record the episode on VHS when it was shown on GMTV on Monday morning that week. It’s great to revisit and update my review on ‘Double Jeopardy’. Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #6 – ‘Fallen Comrades’

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Here we are on the sixth story and the seventh episode of the ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ TV series called ‘Fallen Comrades’. In the episode, a Maximal stasis pod has crash-landed on the mysterious planet where the Maximals and Predacons have been fighting their Beast Wars. There’s a race to get to the stasis pod, as the Maximals need to get to it before the Predacons do. I first saw this ‘Beast Wars’ episode on Bank Holiday Monday in August 1998. It was second of two ‘Beast Wars’ episodes I saw on that day. The first episode was ‘Power Surge’. Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #5 – ‘Power Surge’

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Let’s check out the sixth episode of the ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ TV series, which happens to be the fifth story called ‘Power Surge’. This is a Terrorsaur-focused episode, as he finds an floating mountain filled with Energon and gains tremendous power from it. He defeats Megatron and becomes leader of the Predacons. I first saw this episode on Bank Holiday Monday in August 1998 and later recorded it on VHS in December 1999. I later had the episode in ‘The Beginning’, Volume 1 VHS release. Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #4 – ‘Chain of Command’

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It’s Spring Bank Holiday in May in the UK today! 🙂 It’s time for the fifth episode of the ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ TV series – the fourth story called ‘Chain of Command’. In this episode, the Maximals investigate an unusual Standing Stones formation, which contains a source of Energon under a pile of rocks. The Predacons attack and trouble ensues. It’s fitting that I first saw this ‘Beast Wars’ episode on Spring Bank Holiday Monday towards the end of May in 1998. Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #3 – ‘Equal Measures’

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Let’s check out the third story in the ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ TV series – the fourth episode called ‘Equal Measures’. Once again, this is another Cheetor-focused episode. Surprisingly, I didn’t this on GMTV when I was introduced to ‘Beast Wars’ over the Bank Holidays in May 1998. I first saw this on ‘The Beginning’, Volume 1 VHS release. Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #2 – ‘The Web’

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It’s time to check out the second ‘Beast Wars’ story in the TV series – the third episode called ‘The Web’. This is a Cheetor-focused episode today. I have fond memories watching this episode when I was a kid on Early Bank Holiday Monday in the first week of May in the UK in 1998. Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #1

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BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY!!!! 😀

Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, everyone!!! 😀 IT’S BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY!!!! 😀 Yes! It’s Early May Bank Holiday Monday in the first week of May in the UK today and as tradition goes on ‘Bradley’s Basement’, I’m sharing a special blog post to celebrate the occasion… Continue reading →

Quick Movie Review – ‘Transformers One’

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I’ve seen ‘Transformers One’, the latest ‘Transformers’ movie at the cinema. I enjoyed checking out this film. I certainly found it better than the five Michael Bay-directed ‘Transformers’ movies and I did enjoy it more than ‘Bumblebee’ and ‘Rise of the Beasts’. Continue reading →

Convention Report – ‘Exeter Comic Con and Gaming Festival Autumn 2024’

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Last weekend, I had a terrific time seeing my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stars – Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Peter Davison (the Fifth Doctor) and Janet Fielding (Tegan) – for two days at the ‘Exeter Comic Con and Gaming Festival Autumn’ from the 12th to the 13th of October. 😀 Continue reading →