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I'm not sure if the intent has really been for all the sets to have a background element included. That may have been a coincidence between the Bridge throne and wanting to release a standalone Mainframe (very grateful for this in particular). The third set hasn't been released yet, I think? but...

I had friends AND relatives like that. Sometimes it was mangled fanon-y misinterpretations, like saying the Ultra Magnus toy came with a free "ghost" Optimus Prime (the white inner cab robot). Having it be white instead of clear made sense enough; as a tiny boi I was more familiar with comic and...

Photos taken moments before disaster

The only thing I can afford is that Hound they used as a Deluxe comparison, so I hope that gets a regular release soon. Liokaiser looking good otherwise.

I've sold mine, but it might have been a good experiment to ditch the car shell (which was terrible as a depiction of the car anyway) and get one of the shoulderpad upgrade kits, and just have a modern Action Master Arcee. It looks good as just that.

Cool to see this set, it makes a lot of sense. Probably end up skipping it too though; I have the Jazz and am considering the Legacy reissue of Bee (I haven't checked my original to see how bad, if anything, the color change has gotten). At that point the only one I don't have at all is...

It could be worse. My wallet is freaking out at me for wanting both. And I was already considering a Sunstreaker and Cordon, so I'm on thin ice there. As LBD Nytetrain notes, for all we know it could've at least gotten closer to the final release look, at least in colors. Or, at least, it's a...

Yes, please.

I think buildwise the only really severe one was a Crosscut with a totally misaligned shoulder panel pin that I managed to fix with much soldering work and minimal visible destruction in both modes. Might get a fresh one later on if I see one cheap, and use this one as fodder. But I've gotten...

Makes total sense to me!

I am thoroughly weirded out by how well that works from some angles, especially with the purples being that close. And that purple axe is just great. Aw, man, I wasn't going to buy this one...

February has felt so, so weird. But then that's just the latest in a long forever of weird time dilation. My hopes are fully on Excellion (and I do hope it's a standalone rather than a multipack, the better to buy two of him), but I am curious about the rest of the Cybertron capsule. No leaker...

I apologize for being done and then, uh, being un-done, but... I'll just leave you with this, LGI, please PM me if you want to continue this. I'm perfectly capable of having a civil disagreement with you, and the thing is, with this, we agree on more than we disagree on. We're both open to...

Still want a metallic blue-violet Cyclonus, and they REALLY need to start package refreshing Hot Rod. But yeah, what else is there really for 86? More dead guys? (Imagines orange and gold Metroplex) I think the last thing Hasbro really needs is to start living like me...

I think they made the right move in dropping cost sharing with studios making licensed films. That's entirely prudent, especially with the post-pandemic/current streaming-informed media landscape having such different stakes. I don't recall a wave of layoffs from the end of 2024, unlike as 2023...

Man, for someone who has no love for a billion dollar corporation, you sure have done a lot of unpaid work spinning the hell out of this conversation to champion their right to make money. And to someone who WANTS to give them that money, no less, but is merely hoping to do so while being over...

I know you know this, but there are so many possible outcomes between "Hasbro does this potentially complicating, inconvenient thing this way" and "Hasbro dies". They've been making ruthless moves to keep the money train on the tracks, and idk how sustainable some of these choices are...

Ehh. I mean. Yes, I'm not saying I'd rather they not do anything. But as CoffeeHorse has pointed out, it's not like it's this or nothing like it is for Power Rangers; this is the CEO going "there! That teat's not being milked yet! Get on it!" And functionally, "they made this in a way I can't...

I feel that a lot of these discussions don't take into account enough that we're in an era of toylines that are at least half a parade of comparative randos. I'd argue Big Convoy is likely to be a better seller to even casuals than, say, Needlenose or Impactor or Slammer or Nucleous. "This toy...

I just hope availability -- once that gets clarified -- is better than it was for those. Which you'd think it would be, as retail run numbers would be different, but this isn't exactly a regular retail situation (apparently). Any comparison to the old club model is not one that gives me any comfort.