Recent content by Undead Scottsman

I feel like it's becoming more common; I got hit with it twice this year, once from Walmart and once from Amazon, plus that recent stuff with Sideways. (Which I didn't preorder from Walmart, so no trifecta for me).

Fuzors don't have a progenitor, they're mutations caused by stasis pod malfunctions after the quantum surge. Not everything traces back to the 13; especially by the time of the Beast Era where cybertronians were essentially guiding their own evolution as a species at that point.

Cyberworld Episode 4 (& 3)

Prime just executed an unarmed bot, do you really think he's not going to tear down Megatron? Remember, this is the "give me your face" Optimus.

Just because it doesn't exist doesn't mean companies aren't hunting for it. They've been blowing up their long-term business for years now to get as much immediate growth and profit as possible. It's a damn epidemic at this point, and the bubble will eventually burst, it's just a matter of when.

The hunt for infinite growth means they can't afford to pass up opportunities to make money, even if that means working with a direct competitor. You're seeing it in the console space with Microsoft now being the bestselling publisher on Playstation, and now playstation is hiring for a director...

Or, like Hasbro, Mattel got one huge hit and has decided to throw a ton of money that way to try and replicate it and in 15 years they'll be right where Hasbro is now.

It's listed as SS (Studio Series) so it's almost certainly the regular insecticons who showed up in the film.

https://news.tfw2005.com/2025/07/29/new-2026-2027-listings-found-studio-series-exclusives-more-544190 The Studio Series '86 Anniversary Line has been (mostly) revealed along with some other exclusives and even a 2027 Leader, thanks to Jtprime17 over at TFW2005 Yay, Prowl! Finally! Curious...

Kind of a chicken and an egg situation for me; is marketing to adults killing the kid market, or is the kid market dying causing them to focus more on adults? One way or another, I feel those two things are intrinsicly linked. Also apropo of nothing, the "chicken or the egg" problem is...

I'll never get over how much Hasbro went absolutely insane with the six inch figures for awhile. Marvel, Star Wars, GI Joe, Dungeons and Dragons, Indiana Jones, Power Rangers, Ghostbusters, Fortnite, the NBA!!! Also the Selfie Series (which I'm still kicking for not getting a Ghostbuster of...

We've just gotten so many takes and retakes on the classic designs and characters that the mid-to-late 90's and 2000's seem like the wild west in comparison, where just about anything was possible.

He's one of the other prisoners that Lockdown had captured that Optimus threatens with death if he doesn't aid them in battle. He's unwilling backup, essentially.

"Is not a character" can probably be leveled at 90% of the characters that have shown up in the live-action Studio Series. Those films weren't exactly good on characterizing the Transformers outside of a handful of big name ones. Especially as time went on.

This happened to me with the mando figure; ordered one from Walmart and got a box of 3 of them.