I was thinking about what day it is today, and then started thinking about Transformers, and how the modern Transformers brand has been doing a LOT, including some really OUT THERE things. Things that, if announced during an earlier time in the fandom, would have sounded like an absolutely unpossible April 1st joke.
I've thought of a bunch, I'll list a couple to get thing started. But yeah, what things did Transformers make a reality that would have seemed absolutely crazy years earlier?
Hasbro doing (multiple) mainlines devoted to G1 cartoon accuracy - We loved our "Classics". Yes there were some liberties taken with Grimlock, Bumblebee, Optimus... Cliffjumper, Mirage, Megatron... er... but these were so close, or at least inspired by our G1 guys! Better gobble them up while we can, because without a major media push, there's no way Hasbro will keep doing characters like these!
Beast Wars live action - So the original news of a movie studio getting the rights to make a live action Transformers movie wasn't so much a surprise to me as an "about time", it seemed like an inevitability with what special effects were capable of at the time. (Heck, I still think they could have done one in the '90s and would still love to see that version!) I was more worried about if they would mess it up (...) or if it would just end up in development hell. Once the Movieverse became the juggernaut it was, the idea of introducing Beasts to it was always seen as a joke or way out there rumor. Anyway, here we are...
I've thought of a bunch, I'll list a couple to get thing started. But yeah, what things did Transformers make a reality that would have seemed absolutely crazy years earlier?
Hasbro doing (multiple) mainlines devoted to G1 cartoon accuracy - We loved our "Classics". Yes there were some liberties taken with Grimlock, Bumblebee, Optimus... Cliffjumper, Mirage, Megatron... er... but these were so close, or at least inspired by our G1 guys! Better gobble them up while we can, because without a major media push, there's no way Hasbro will keep doing characters like these!
Beast Wars live action - So the original news of a movie studio getting the rights to make a live action Transformers movie wasn't so much a surprise to me as an "about time", it seemed like an inevitability with what special effects were capable of at the time. (Heck, I still think they could have done one in the '90s and would still love to see that version!) I was more worried about if they would mess it up (...) or if it would just end up in development hell. Once the Movieverse became the juggernaut it was, the idea of introducing Beasts to it was always seen as a joke or way out there rumor. Anyway, here we are...
