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  1. The toy and packaging variation oddity, mystery and discovery thread

    Aaaaaaand there's a third variant for European Razorbeast! The extremely early version of the English/Spanish/Italian packaging variant uses a dark background for the cross-sells on the back, the same also used for the bat Optimus Primal/crocodile Megatron two-pack: The first running...
  2. UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    I was just trying to dispel the popular "Germans are super-organized efficiency machines" stereotype.
  3. UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    Other things Germany messed up big time: The Elbe Philharmonic Hall (massive cost and schedule overruns, finally opened in 2017, seven years later than originally intended) Berlin Brandenburg Airport aka "BER" (massive cost and schedule overruns, finally opened in 2020, nine years later than...
  4. (Potentially) Stolen Transformers (& the YouTubers that Review Them)

    As far as I'm aware, the main reason for the move to Vietnam was the rising cost of labor in China, but the fact that it also stopped the leaks for a while was a welcome benefit. The fact that Hasbro was considerably better at revealing toys well in advance around the same time (which in turn...
  5. UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    Tell that to people who travel by train.
  6. UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    Eh, I'd argue the same applies in Germany.
  7. UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    As a (German) union member, I wholeheartedly disagree. I'd argue that you simply have shitty unions. Still, unions are not just a "necessary evil". They're necessary, and at least here in Germany, they offer additional benefits for their members, with one of the most important ones being legal...
  8. Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

    So this is why Q has maintained radio silence for so long.
  9. Climate change (because it's still political for some reason)

    I guess water levels around his house are already rising.
  10. Climate change (because it's still political for some reason)

    You're still wrong. When your house is under water or someone you knew was killed by a crazy gunman, a lot of people's reaction would be to turn their anger towards whichever boogeyman Faux News tells them is to blame. Jews, Muslims, liberals, gay people, Greta, George Soros, Bill Gates...
  11. The US Supreme Court and its decisions

    I did Nat-C that coming.
  12. The toy and packaging variation oddity, mystery and discovery thread

    All known versions of the RID logo:
  13. What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!

    Log Cabin Republicans make about as much sense as an African American chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.
  14. Buzzworthy Bumblebee - the "everything goes" toyline

    Did you have to do that? Now I'm having all these mental images.
  15. Climate change (because it's still political for some reason)

    Recently had a discussion with a coworker who insisted that the biggest problems to German society right now was the alleged "brainwashing" by the government (as in, teaching kids to respect, not hate one another) and enforced gender pronouns. I told him if those were his biggest concerns, he...
  16. "Vintage Beast Wars" reissue line

    Walmart lists him as "out of stock". No retail sightings outside of Australia or Singapore that I'm aware of. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers-Vintage-Beast-Wars-Maximal-Wolfang-Action-Figure-Walmart-Exclusive/766356117
  17. The toy and packaging variation oddity, mystery and discovery thread

    The original European Transformers release of Prowl in "Milton Bradley"-branded packaging was literally a repackaged Joustra Diaclone Fairlady Police. Thus, it features no red "R" and no "Diaclone" markings on the factory-applied stickers for the car hood and doors. However, the included sticker...
  18. The toy and packaging variation oddity, mystery and discovery thread

    Here's another one to unravel: The ever-changing police badge stickers for G1 Prowl. Here's the breakdown (I'm excluding later reissues for the time being unless someone tells me there's something super-weird about those as well): Takara's original Japanese Diaclone "Police Car Fairlady Z"...
  19. The toy and packaging variation oddity, mystery and discovery thread

    Quick one: The 2016 Robots in Disguise Legion Class figure Groundbuster came in four different packaging variations: American (featuring texts in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese) and European (featuring texts in English, French, German and Spanish) packaging were both released with the...
  20. UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    Pretty sure those were the British retirees.


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