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Well, in all fairness, Elizabeth II. set the record for the longest reign of a single person in the history of the British monarchy, surpassing Queen Victoria by a whopping seven years.

This is the world we live in... https://cepa.org/for-russia-nuclear-plants-are-nuclear-bombs/

The Onion has about the best obituary for Elizabeth II. I won't link it here because of the use of profanity within the URL, but overall, I found it pretty adequate.

I know it's the established term, but I always feel like "climate change advocate" sounds like someone who is advocating in favor of climate change, as if it were a goal they want to achieve, rather than something they want to stop.

Basically, the theme park version of the 1950s.

My order from TF Robots has arrived.

The comic story "And There Shall Come...a Leader!" from the 1985 UK Annual, which swipes a lot of its artwork from the first issue of the Marvel US comic as well as from the first part of the cartoon's three-part pilot, also keeps the gold coloration: The next time Megatron is seen is in a...

The four-part continuation "Raiders of the Last Ark", published in issues #18-21 of the UK title, also keeps the gold coloration for Megatron's upper body: The two-parter "Decepticon Dam-Busters!", published in issues #29-30, is particularly odd: Mostly an adaptation of the second part of the...

The "black" helmet also appears in the comic itself. In fact, it remains a mainstay of Marvel US Megatron's look from the first issue until the end of the series, by which point improved printing techniques allow for a more diverse color palette, and thus the helmet is now often rendered dark...

Another one that's only tangentially related to the toys - I promise there's another genuine toy oddity coming up soon. Anyway. Megatron's Marvel comic designs - the black helmet, and especially the gold upper body in his early UK appearances. Early concept designs for the Takara Micro...

Rest in peace, Mikhail Sergeyevich. While I don't agree with every decision he made, he was wise enough to understand that he shouldn't be standing in the way of history, and instead opened the doors wide. Germany wouldn't be what it is today were it not for him.

Hey, for the sake of record-keeping, can someone give me the individual Hasbro product code numbers for all six Buzzworthy Bumblebee 1-Step Changers Wheeljack, Bumblebee, Shockwave and Sky-Byte? They It should be located above or below the barcode and start with the letter "F", followed by four...

These don't look any different than the wave 1 1-Steps, aside maybe from the angle the toys are packaged at: Also, looks like these have already been found at retail: https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/product-number-for-buzzworthy-bumblebee-1-step-changers-ast.1226721/page-4#post-20565920

Regarding the "Sparkler mini-bots" and "Jawbreaker": Sabrblade is at BotCon right now, and was able to ask Furman about those outdated names. From what Furman recalls, he was indeed working off the model sheets. EDIT: Regarding the name change for Overbite/Jawbreaker/Overbite, Bob Budiansky...

That's perfect in pretty much every way.

This: https://www.allspark.com/forums/threads/the-toy-and-packaging-variation-oddity-mystery-and-discovery-thread.570/post-41470

Cyberverse: Eigen (from "eigenform", a key concept in cybernetics; also, it's originally a German word that means "own", which would make it a double pun indicating that Cyberverse is its own thing) Earthspark: Jordmael - combining the Norwegian word "Jord" for "Earth" and the name of the Mael...

I don't have Red Cog yet, but my Aragon 's guns sit considerably more securely in the figure's hands than my original Cog's.

Okay, so this is once again only tangentially related, but since it was included with a toy catalog, I'm counting it. So back in 1985, when the European division of newly-acquired Hasbro subsidiary Milton Bradley handled distribution of Transformers toys in Europe, they commissioned a...