Titanium Series War Within Optimus Prime vs the Alpha Pack ST-01

Transformers War Within Optimus Prime and Son

Presenting a size comparison pictorial between the Transformers Titanium Series War Within Optimus Prime and the Spark Toys Alpha Pack ST-01 War Within Optimus Prime.

We're still on a writing hiatus and debating whether or not we shut this blog down, but we had a wonderful conversation with a fellow collector a few weeks back and he said that he encountered a few friends who did not believe that there was a smaller version of the Alpha Pack ST-01 War Within Optimus Prime.

So to his friends, here he is: The Transformers Titanium Series War Within Optimus Prime.

Father and son.

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Star Wars Titanium Series Tie Interceptor

Star Wars Titanium Series Tie Interceptor

Presenting a Tie Interceptor from the Star Wars Titanium Series toyline.

The TIE/IN starfighter or TIE Interceptor, was developed following the disastrous Fei Hu campaign between the Empire and the Rebellion where 286 TIE Fighters were destroyed by the T-65 X-Wings of the Rebel's Light Panther Wing - who suffered only 4 casualties.

Of course none of this is canon now that Episode VII has rolled in, but given the proclivity of the writers of Star Wars Rebels to make the Empire's forces look like amateurs and complete idiots in the face of an incredibly technologically advanced Rebellion, who knows?

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Star Wars Titanium Series B-Wing

Star Wars B-Wing Starfighter: Round and Round it goes

Presenting the Star Wars B-Wing Starfighter from the Titanium Series toyline.

This is the B-Wing Starfighter or A/SF-01 B-wing heavy assault starfighter, AKA Crosses. Supposedly when the craft is upright the B-Wing's outline makes a "B" shape, but we don't see it. The idea that the name comes from the fact that the wings look like blades, makes more sense.

At the core of the B-Wing is a special gyroscope that keeps the cockpit steady while the entire ship rotated around it. Piloting a B-Wing required a certain amount of skill.

Speaking of Blades, here's where the controversy begins: the traditional canon states that B-Wing Starfighters were developed by the Slay & Korpil corporation and were designed by - Gial "it's a trap" Ackbar - who was then a mere Commander. Star Wars Rebels recently rebuilt the history of the B-Wing by having it created by a mad-engineer named Quarrie on the planet Shantipole.

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