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Definitely. Takara's is not ugly (the big name text looks a bit cluttered, but at least it's not some odd serif font you'd see on a term paper). But it could be for any line (I'm struck by how similar this is to the packaging for Adventure, which I quite prefer)... and if there were a line it...

Yeah, oof, you're not kidding. That whole era and how it's officially catalogued on the wiki confuses me to no end. (It seems simpler to just call everything adjectiveless Transformers rather than inconsistently lump them under "yellow card = HFTD/RTS", but in practice I find it easier to do the...

It's tough when it's not your first language.

I tend to follow these and keep an eye out as alt heads is one of the 3P/upgrade things I'm always most on board for. They're just maddeningly expensive for what they are. Currently have my eye on a Terminus-ish head I can put on my old Miner Megs custom so he can hang out with the Legacy...

Guess it just looks a bit neater and he doesn't end up with a semi literal dump truck ass. That's one of my concerns with the Devy. That movie headsculpt for Op is great. I've been looking at the one Achai offers but idk how easily those install since the base mold has to have those movable...

Recently saw a lion face upgrade that addressed my main issue with the mold (the derpy sad lion face). I may wait for more info on that and try it out; I like the anniversary one for its "still derpy but different derpy" lion face and better arm blades (my other main issue with the mold), and...

(continued) Japan's Animated packaging, interestingly, skewed darker and more saturated than the US line's did. Deluxe figures were on red or purple cards with what seemed to be an abstract spray backdrop, with close-ups of Optimus' and Megatron facing off up top. Activators had smaller...

The 2000s, 7: Something Completely Different How do you follow up a super-successful live action movie with a distinct aesthetic and feel? By debuting something that looks nothing like it... so now you have TWO flavors of awesome. Delayed a bit by the ongoing success of the movie line...

That's basically the reaction video reaction video genre

I'm tired, boss.

Must be nice. The only thing that came in the mail this week was bills.

The thing about the Thirteen being the first blah blahs is it'll inevitably leave out some stuff still, leading to odd implications about what an evolutionary or adaptive step is and what is rooted in their, well, roots. Like sure, first Mini-Con, first combiner, first multi-changer... first...

I was kinda fine with the straight tusks on Hydrophant, but these do look much better. At least Lavamoo is coming with Nemesis Prime, whom I'll be getting, so I get to have options. For Hydrophant, I mean. Cowboy is not getting displayed wearing those.

I'm a bit surprised by that, as I remember them being pretty scarce. But then that's probably because they were that locally. I don't think we even got Premium Series here (the tail end curse, plus a totally separate market). But I was surprised we got as much as we did.

I do remember Premium Series being well toward the end, to the point where rumors or talk of it had gone on long enough that I was surprised it happened. That timeline tracks, too, as the packaging elements used for Screen Battles echo the earlier, pre-blue energy elements (although there are...

I love these two points. I'm right there with you in being weary of the online discourse (locally I was in a bubble of hype and positive vibes because we were partnering with the distributor to promote the toyline and movie, but elsewhere, even here, woof), and just wanted to Get There Already...

It's all I ask.

Man, wouldn't that be something. Make a Deluxe or below-Deluxe assortment of loot boxes -- a Battle Master or cassette etc and a Weapons Tree or de-sprued weapons wrapped in paper -- and call them Upgrade Kits. The 3P simp community would have kittens.

I've gotten kind of lost over the last few pages, but I think there may be some separation in the discussion of what is, what the roots of this was, and what some might like to see done instead at some point. Or at least, that's what I'd rather respond to/engage in, rather than a conflation of...

I'm old-fashioned. I like looking at options, deciding what I want, going out to get it, and then getting it. I get what you mean about it being a bigger issue with characters rather than Rifle #43b, but sometimes you just have your eye on something, especially if they're not ALL generic...