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Topic: Transformers

Phase 10, Transformers and My Little Pony toys (Courtesy of The Strong National Museum of Play)

Which toys are now in the Hall of Fame?

Nardos Haile
Dominique Fishback (Photo illustration by Salon / Sean Zanni / WireImage / Getty Images)

Dom Fishback on "Transformers" & "Swarm"

D. Watkins
Hailee Steinfeld as Charlie and Bumblebee in "Bumblebee" (Paramount Pictures)

Finally, a Michael Bay–free Transformers

Matthew Rozsa

Fox News to the rescue

Scott Eric Kaufman
(AP/Susan Walsh/Dreamworks/Salon)

Michael Bay! Benghazi! Boom!

Andrew O'Hehir
Shia LaBeouf (AP/Thibault Camus)

Shia LaBeouf: still the worst

Anna Silman
Shia LaBeouf (AP/Joel Ryan)

Sarah Gray
(Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com/Paramount Pictures)

Giant robots of the Tea Party

Andrew O'Hehir
(Credit: Dreamworks Llc/paramount)

Prachi Gupta
Mark Wahlberg, a cast member in the upcoming film "Transformers: Age of Extinction," poses at the Opening Night Presentation from Paramount Pictures at CinemaCon 2014 on Monday, March 24, 2014, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) (Chris Pizzello/invision/ap)

Daniel D'Addario

Colin Lecher - Popular Science
(AP/Todd Williamson)

Megan's a full-time mom now

Mary Elizabeth Williams
What you can learn from "Transformers": It could always be worse.

Drew Grant
Look familiar?

Michael Bay plagiarizes self for "Transformers 3"

Drew Grant

Emma Mustich
A still from "Passione"

John Turturro's musical postcard from Naples

Andrew O'Hehir

When kids' culture goes to Hollywood

Drew Grant
A still from "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"

An American summer-movie masterwork

Andrew O'Hehir
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