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Wait, Paramount + isn't available in Canada? Then why the hell does YouTube keep throwing ads for it at me?!

Another step closer to the day Hasbro shows us pictures of new toys, but doesn't release them in stores. No one can figure out their business model, but they keep doing it, so it must be working wonders. Sigh. In all seriousness, though, do you think Barbie fans have this problem?

I wanted a G1 Hot Rod for... 37 years now? Damn. Anyway, things never quite lined up for me to get one until now. And somehow, being animation-accurate colors makes it even better -- probably because the toy look has been emulated in other releases.

Got my Hot Rod, so I think I'm good. Unless they do the same to Rodimus Prime. 🧡 Thundercracker, though.

Because GPS kills.

Aye, and I was going to point that out, but I figured that was consistent enough to perhaps be a conscious decision. I don't think I've ever seen those colored in.

There has long been a strange aspect of Generation 1 Optimus Prime that has always bothered me: the stripe across his chest that disappears when he transforms into truck mode. At least, in animation, it does. Here's the toy: And here are some samples of the animation: Now, it didn't...

I love this, but I'd love to see a version more evocative of G1 or RID Magnus in the combined mode. New Super Robot head, at least.

Bruticus wins by virtue of sheer numbers, having been reused and reissued more than anyone else.

Hm, it's been so long since I read that stuff-- what I was able to at the time, at least. Main things I remember are that in addition to Primal's Maximals, there were like three other groups running around: Dinobots (the BM subline), Mutants, and Wreckers, I believe. And I think the Wreckers...

Honestly, that might be a decent application of the technology... You know, as long as the voice actors and their estates are okay with the mimicry. Better than what it's being used for now, anyway.

You've got to be kidding me. Sounds more like it should be the name of a Pokémon-styled second version, "Transformers: Rise" and "Transformers: Shine."

Pantsmode Prime looks weird to me without the giant buttflap trailing behind him. Also, is it just me, or does the regular bot mode look enormous standing next to his trailer?

The idea of other Transformers universes that weren't just variations on G1 was still pretty new at the time, with RID and just then, Armada. Beast Machines simply was the future of G1 at that point. 'Sides, BotCon was actively hitting the "undo" button as fast and hard as they could at about...

I could have sworn kids just weren't into the whole pantsless barbarian thing, and that's how we wound up with Snake Armor He-Man as the new default in 200X. Of course, that was 20 years ago...

Unfortunately, that does me little good in Canada. 😿

Ah, for the days when Hasbro and fan conventions played nice...