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40th Anniversary photoshoot: Animated Bay movie stuff will come a little later, but now I’m jumping ahead to Animated. One of my favorite TF toy lines. There was recently some discussion in the Legacy thread about Cyberverse and Earthrise, and it makes me so happy that these earlier main lines...

I like cassettes that aren't cassettes anymore. There's an implied story there. My Classics display includes the Reveal the Shield/United Rumble and Frenzy tanks (and the Eject/Rewind versions) and GDO Laserbeak drone. I don't own (but would love to) Universe Overkill (Classics Grimlock repaint)...

I assume we're getting a Big Convoy sooner or later (surprised it hasn't happened already.) I highly doubt they'd do it, but I'd gladly take a retool to represent this Hearts of Steel OP.

I want toys of the beast versions of the Hearts of Steel characters.

If I'm recalling correctly, one set is removable by screws (the shoulders, I think), but the other set is riveted (hips), so I had to rip them out.

Years back when we learned about the Bludgeon soft tread problem, I looked at mine and it was being damaged. I removed the soft treads from my Bludgeon, Banzaitron, GDO Megatron, "Gigatron", and Cloud Megatron. Ever since then, I've been wary of the soft plastics. I've always stored my blast...

So, Maccadam is Alchemist Prime. The Last Autobot can be Vector Prime. Logos Prime = ???

Yes! Primus is the Optimus Prime archetype. He has the Matrix. From the beginning, when Furman introduced the concept of Matrix bearers, Prima was at one end of the list, and OP was at the other. His Aligned incarnation even has chest windows. With OP as the Thirteenth, then Prima's legacy is...

I have no specific qualms with the design, but… it’s okay to redesign things. Classics revamped lots of character visuals, while still being reconcilable as those characters. I love the G1 Star Convoy aesthetic, but I would hope for at least a slight stylistic update for a Generations version.

Looks like Star Convoy comes with a Thirteenth Prime bauble. You can see it tucked away in his chest compartment. (Titan Master for comparison.)

I've always been a bit sad that Generations Metroplex and the Combiner Wars torsos were not made to connect is any way. (Also, no CW limbs/Metroplex attachment, like the original.) I get that Metroplex was designed way before the CW stuff, but still, I'm sad.

I'm interested in the FFOD bots, but I never liked the idea of Prima being retconned as this guy (and the way that it happened). Maybe I'll get used to it.

I wouldn’t say any integral part of the brand was “ignored.” It was still transforming robots. Still Cybertron, Optimus and Megatron and so much more. Beast Wars “ignored” more than anything Aaron Archer did. I just don’t see any problem with any of that. Regarding suffixes and organizational...

I guess I just don't see a problem there. I don't want to be chained in by "tradition," especially when it comes to very inconsequential aspects like a silly little suffix. I want experimentation and crazy new ideas. That's how we even got the concept of Mini-Cons in the first place, and I think...

Why is that bad? Don't we constantly complain that there's too much G1 worship? I believe creating a good product does not require a reverence of the source material.

40th Anniversary photoshoot: Classics, United, Universe, Generations, Legends, etc. Part 1 A selection of '84-'86 Autobot characters (and also Classics Mini-Cons and also Primus). More photos behind the spoiler:

I was always annoyed that The Thirteenth Prime was really Optimus, because Prima is already an Optimus archetype. The whole idea seems redundant. I’m also sad that this new toy doesn’t have any abstract chest windows.

Democratic politicians aren't making any serious shift to the left anytime soon. Politicians' policy follows the voters, and "the left" is a fickle group. I mean, any serious leftists would have voted for Kamala, because what the absolute hug, you're just gonna let Trump win again? He just held...

I have no hope that he'll be gone. He's going to grasp onto power and attention until he's expired from natural causes. If he's still alive in four years, he'll try to run again. Separately, I'm pissed at myself for falling into the 2016 trap again. So many internet talking heads are saying...