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The trading card series that was revealed early this year now has a companion kickstarter to sell a bunch of exclusive materials, in various form factors and price levels. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dynamiteent/transformers-40th-anniversary-limited-edition-trading-cards Feels like...

I'm sure it's still a great place for kids with varied interests. They're still enormous toy stores. I'm still just having trouble wrapping my head around a toy store deciding to no longer carry video games as if they never existed, saying that everything's going to digital, just to bring DVD's...

Yeah, I don't think TRU is doing very well. A couple of years ago they replaced the video game sections with graphic novels and funko pops, now it seems like an HMV pop up store where that used to be. A lot of fuss just to bring in a bunch of DVD's (yes, DVD's).

It's just that, because of the smaller size, this figure doesn't really GO with anything else. Obviously they couldn't do a "G1" sized figure and then have a properly sized trailer for a Leader price point, and we're getting a SS86 Commander so that's out, so here's my potential compromise: Sell...

Yes, because he just came out.

My gut is telling me that the primes will all be new molds (except Vector, and maybe Alpha Trion?), and will essentially be pretools for other characters coming later.

The Euro G1 stuff was available in Canada though! We lived with it alongside regular G2 stuff. The Predators were also in Last Stand of the Wreckers, and Skyquake showed up in a ton of background shots in various IDW comics. I've always been surprised that the kids that grew up in late G1 & G2...

So, I watched an in-hand video on YT with the new deluxe G1 Optimus. I'm just perplexed why they made him a deluxe and not voyager. It's obvious there were a bunch of compromises, why not make him a voyager? The only thing I can think of is they're planning a leader class set for him with the...

If we can get a Commander Magmatron, they can't say no to Thunderclash!

I wonder if normal retail Straxus will just be minus the comic shading, or will be a different deco. They did mention he has a number of different designs in the reveal stream...

Assuming the Grimlock is finally the royal blue, retail G2 Grimlock, this will be the first time we've seen that deco at retail since the 90's, won't it? I'm amazed it's never used.

We also saw the new one with studio lighting at the reveal, and it looks pretty accurate to this stock photo. The colours they chose are off, possibly due to marketability (IIRC they called out the G2 colour palettes in the stream).

That was amazing. I was glad to see so many deep cuts. Good to see Beast Machines get a nod, too.

So, we have three events coming up, think we'll get any surprises?

Transformers: Primeage, where every figure is just Optimus's with different characters alt modes, just in Prime colours.

I've seen it and it looks phenomenal. There are details in those models that were never even seen on broadcast tv. I can confirm the Beast Wars master tapes still exist, though what shape they're in I don't know.

Tbf I did suggest that perhaps Primus had given/activated sparks to the Cybertronians during the occupation, which would help to explain the kickoff of the rebellion. They might have been under a shell program before, or maybe they were more of a generalized AI that got tampered with, or what...

Yeah. Also, we're getting a (presumably) slightly taller SS86 Megatron next year, and at least IMO, the triple changers should not be shorter than Op and Megs (which Astrotrain/Blitz etc already are!).

Yes, that's what I was trying to get at. This was in War Dawn wasn't it? Or maybe FFOD? It was the Cybertronians gaining sentience during their enslavement that allowed them to rebel and drive off the Quintessons. I guess this also might indicate that there were never too many Quintessons to...

Yeah, the Seige Astrotrain mold is fun and a better likeness than Titans Return was, but it's still flawed and needs a redo more than, say, Springer did. Seige Astrotrain's colour values were a bit off (this version is better but still not perfect), the shuttle mode has those weird gaps and both...