Could there be a more dutiful and honorable Transformer than Optimus Prime? Best known as the city commander of Autobot City in the classic 1986 “The Transformers: The Movie,” Ultra Magnus was even more by-the-book than Optimus Prime. The toy that would become Ultra Magnus began as Powered Convoy in the Diaclone toy line. When …
“Bumblebee,” directed by Travis Knight and starring Hailee Steinfeld, is the best live-action “Transformers” movie, so it is only right that the movie was accompanied by the best toy based on the live-action Bumblebee. There has never been a better time to be a Transformers collector, as the continuous waves of modern toys, across different …
In the beginning, he was the smallest and weakest of the Autobots. Today, he is one of the most popular of all Transformers and stars in his own movie, “Bumblebee,” opening Jan. 8, the first Transformer to do so. This is how he did it. The character who became Bumblebee began as a tiny plastic …
