Beat Quake II! Had a cracking time with it, even if the final level was a bit forgettable. Lots of fun finding the secrets in this one, although I think the original is a bit more memorable level-wise.

Last night I dreamt I’d ordered the LG-EX Big Powered boxset, and woke up in a cold sweat this morning thinking I’d actually ordered the thing irl. Curse you, Transformers in my subconscious!

Beat Quake. Again. This time on hard mode, which despite the name I got through surprisingly fast. It was also a lot more fun compared to the normal skill, which I wasn't entirely expecting. Great game! Now onto the second one.

Been playing Quake for the first time this week, and having a good amount of fun. That soundtrack is definitely ‘the stuff’

Possibly the best thing that happened today was ‘Se A Vide E’ by Pet Shop Boys blasting out in Tesco. I was utterly baffled and delighted in equal measure.

Booked to see Kraftwerk in Liverpool next June. I’ve been waiting for this day for a frankly terrifying amount of time

give greta thunberg a gundam

This is probably the single best piece of news in 2025

KRAFTWERK UK TOUR!!?!?

I don’t know why the record shops of Liverpool are suddenly flooded with microhouse and clicks n cuts from the early 2000s, but it’s what I’ve been waiting for all my life, so I’m very grateful

First time record shopping in a good while. Found FOUR Force Tracks singles for a fiver each in Rough Trade. Pure dopamine.

Beat Doom II on UV difficulty for the first time. A good time was had

Work radio just played a collaboration between T-Pain and Yaeji. Not a collab I would’ve ever expected, but it’s rather good

Blimey, modern J-Pop icons Perfume are going into ‘cold sleep’/indefinite hiatus next year - genuinely one of the most vital and important Japanese groups of all time imo, sorry to see them wrapping up for now www.perfume-web.jp/news/detail....

Just beat Sigil (the DOOM wad) for the first time (On Ultra-Violence, for extra bragging rights.) I already want to do another run!

RIP JD Twitch 💔 www.instagram.com/p/DO0lTutiBE...

This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?

Studio Series 86 Megatron is a beaut.

Today’s model car acquisition was this 1998 Corgi take on the Ford Escort MK I, in a rather Anglia-esque light blue. Also picked up Inspector Morse’s Jaguar in Bridlington yesterday!

Rawax are reissuing an old Swayzak 12” that in my estimations is one of the best dancefloor-aimed singles ever made. I have both tracks digital, but I might need this regardless! dbh-music.bandcamp.com/album/rawax0...

On route to Yorkshire for the week. The radio has started playing Last Train To Trancentral, which is fucking glorious

I perhaps should’ve been more careful with G1 Crankcase’s mechanism, hence why ‘immediately broke it’ is x’d off 😬

Have begun the process of giving the Crankcase I picked up a bit of a refresh. He wasn’t too bad as is for £8, but the screws definitely need a once over. To the vinegar!

One major observation I made at TFNation yesterday: there must be a G1 Sizzle for every man woman and child in the UK. I feel like I found one at nearly every table!

TFNation was genuinely quite life-affirming. Robots acquired, lots of people I know and admire engaged in conversation, and I won this glorious MASK-themed Beachcomber from the TMUK raffle. I’ll be back for more next year!

I have arrived at TFN! I’ll be in the panel room with my brother for now, will probably do the dealer room at noon after the first Furman panel

The great quest to Birmingham for TFNation is afoot

For those already there or going ICYMI - I’ll be at TFNation tomorrow with my brother, so hopefully I’ll bump into some of you lovely lot

As expected, MD-005 is flipping great. Sorted out some nitpicks I had with the official release, and comes with some cracking accessories to boot!

Today’s intellectual property crimes brought you by plastic robots. I blame @mylittleponfarr.bsky.social

To all my Transformers-adjacent followers - to my own surprise I’ll be at TFNation on Saturday, so if you see a man in glasses with short hair and a Puma Transformers jacket on, come and say hi! I expect terrible things to happen to my wallet.

These Thunderbirds kits need a surprising bit of TLC out the box -the paintwork is impeccable, but the fit on a lot of pieces is a little rough. Already snapped one of Thunderbird 2’s legs (fortunately was a quick repair job)

First out the big delivery this morning is this trio of vehicles from Captain Scarlet. All looking spot on besides some roundel stickers (very hard to place!) and the lack of antennae on the cars, which I’ll have to remedy myself

5 August 1985 Animated series Transformers made its UK TV debut on TV-am. Each episode was shown during Roland Rat's OWRRAS Summer Spectacular. 5 August 2015 Undercover Benefits Cheat debuted on Channel 5. Journalist Paul Connolly goes undercover to expose benefit cheats.

Very early postman visit this morning with some goodies from Japan - 12 small-but-absurdly-detailed Thunderbirds models by Konami, and a few Captain Scarlet ones and all. Will be doing surgery on the cars to give them rolling wheels, but otherwise very giddy

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Just had to explain to a very nice Santander fraud guy why I’m buying shitloads of tiny Gerry Anderson models from Japan, even though I’m in England and those things are everywhere. I blame Konami!

Finally decided to add some Roxy Music CDs to my home today. Went to HMV and found they were only selling Japanese import SHMCD versions for £23 each. Maybe another time

Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”

Just found out that Corgi is doing a Thunderbird 5 model for the 60th anniversary this year - I guess it’s time to actually buy the other ones they’ve done

Whoever was in charge of pricing the Macross Transformers crossover figure for Hasbro Pulse needs their head checking. He’s (old) titan class pricing, and £90 more than In Demand Toys, which is pure insanity.

This was utterly gut wrenching to read. All the best to JD and his loved ones. ra.co/news/83101

RIP Jim Shooter, writer of the original six-page treatment for Transformers.

I have more records than sense, and always have done, so it’s probably way overdue that I get back to this.

Whoever’s been supplying the vintage section at Rough Trade Liverpool needs a raise - a few weeks ago I found Romanthony in there, yesterday it was Emerge by Scion! Glorious stuff

Mother of god, I’ve found a real life Wimpy Burger

I think I’m more excited about a Lego Tintin set than I was about Lego Transformers. Holy moly

Happy days - Good Smile are doing a Moderoid of the Mugen Calibur from Dorvack - Transformers fans with paintbrush experience may have a new Roadbuster to pick up!

Here's another angle from Fox News reporter Bill Melugin of Sen. Alex Padilla getting roughed up by law enforcement after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser: “I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”