Back in the ’80s there were some Transformers toys you could buy anywhere, and then there were some that seemingly only existed as rumors, spotted by a friend’s cousin’s neighbor at a distant ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Outside of Japan, this was initially less of an issue but the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Naturally, the rights weren’t properly worked out and the version ...

In 1984, Hasbro launched the Transformers on an unsuspecting public, resulting in a multimedia phenomenon which still thrives today. At the franchise’s heart was a toy with a simple idea behind it: ...

Some of the smallest and coolest Transformers toys in the past few years have been released by Blokees, a company that's gone on to acquire several major brands. Now, the latest of these diminutive ...