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In the Netherlands, it appears that both packaging versions were available! "Micro Transformers" Air Strike Patrol, Off Road Patrol and Race Car Patrol: "Micromaster" Race Car Patrol: Both versions of the Race Car Patrol were even available at the same chain (Bart Smit)! Meanwhile, it...

Hey there, new member! Oh no, I've already featured the Euro Classics, so everything is fair game here! So this is another repeat from the pre-crash Allspark forums. In the United States, the Air Strike Patrol, Off Road Patrol and Race Car Patrol were released in very late 1988 as one of the...

@Staff: Is it possible to lock this thread and move the two posts by Tuxedo Prime and The Supernova to this one, which has become a central hub for all sorts of toy and packaging oddities and also contains the Euro Classics images?

Originally from this TFW2005 review: Robots in Disguise (2001) Destructicon Bludgeon in European packaging! Update: Destructicon Scourge as well! Multiples of both, even! Direct comparison: KB Toys exclusive US packaging version with texts in three languages (English, French and Spanish)...

Series VIII Side Swipe, United States 2004/2005: Series VIII Side Swipe, Hasbro Asia 2012: Series IX Astrotrain, United States 2005: Series IX Decepticon Astrotrain, United States 2005: Classics "Commemorative Edition" Soundwave, United States 2006: Classics "Commemorative Edition"...

Series IV Skywarp, United States 2003: Series IV Skywarp, United Kingdom 2006: Series V Inferno, United States 2003: Series V Inferno, United Kingdom 2006: Series V Autobot Tracks, United States 2003: Series V Autobot Tracks, United Kingdom 2006: Series VII Rodimus Prime, United...

Series II Powermaster Optimus Prime, United States 2002: Series II Powermaster Optimus Prime, United Kingdom 2002: Series II Powermaster Optimus Prime, Hasbro Asia 2002: Series III Autobot Jazz, United States 2003: Series III Autobot Jazz, United Kingdom 2003: Series IV Prowl, United...

Another rehash of something I posted on the old pre-crash Allspark forums: The Toys"R"Us exclusive "Commemorative Series" reissues have several international packaging variants and re-releases that are apparently confusing to some people. For clarification, we are talking about four different...

Hasbro appears to have folded the Cyberverse line into the Transformers: Nezha line for China?

Another very minor detail which might only be news to me, but since I just had to fix the writeups on TFWiki, it appears I'm not alone in this regard: G1 Long Haul had a variant where the original release featured a slot in his chest/truck grill, which was a hold-over from the first Diaclone...

I suddenly feel reminded of this: (Had to censor a bunch of nipples there. Hopefully I didn't miss anything else.)

Yeah, but... how do you reasonably justify that? With abortion, it's the "it's murder" argument. Again, major disagreement, but I can still see the argument. With contraceptives, what actual harm do they cause that justifies banning them? It's like banning safety belts, or making it illegal not...

I can kinda, sorta understand banning abortion and gay marriage (though I very certainly do not agree with it), but how the friggin' frizzles can you reasonably ban contraceptives? What's next, make smoking tobacco mandatory?

All right, I think I may have been able to pinpoint Hasbro's use of bilingual English/Chinese packaging to the 2011-2014 era. Here is Dark of the Moon Cyberverse Commander Optimus Prime with Chinese text on his packaging: The first ever Chinese New Year redeco, "Year of the Dragon Optimus...

Also, these are discoveries I made years ago in my big 1995 retrospective, but they warrant repeating here: The 1995 Generation 2 Go-Bots ("Gobots" in Europe) and Cyberjets ("Mini-Jets" in Europe) were some of the first assortments to feature two consecutive waves within the same assortment...

I think I finally found confirmation for when exactly Hasbro started using the term "wave" in an official capacity. It was indeed the 2001 Robots in Disguise line. Here is a 2001 Beast Machines Basic assortment shipping case: According to the Hartmans' old website, 80405.0958 is the Basic...

The Onion is on fire today. https://www.theonion.com/supreme-court-rules-5-4-to-reopen-japanese-internment-c-1849106894 https://www.theonion.com/supreme-court-votes-5-4-to-make-it-illegal-for-women-to-1849106914 https://www.theonion.com/supreme-court-rules-5-4-to-baptize-constitution-1849106921...

Also, how is he 18 inches according to Hasbro Pulse UK, or 45.5 centimeters according to Hasbro Pulse Germany? That's about the size of the Combiner Wars figure!

They can sleep very sound at night knowing that decisions like this piss people like you off. That's the problem.