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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...

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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...

No true blind boxes, please. Give me something like Botbots or even the Fortnite weapons packs where there's a code. If people don't want to know, they can skip looking at the code. These days I have neither money nor room for "here's a pile of stuff I literally gambled on that didn't pan out".

(continued) The movie being the runaway success that it was, a copious amount of ancillary product was churned out to meet demand, especially in the realm of store exclusives. Somewhat impressively, there weren't too many variations on the look resulting from this, and just as surprisingly...

The 2000s, 6: Hollywood Goes Moist 2007 was the game-changer year. Firmly and decisively establishing a new visual identity for the brand via the silver screen, the live-action movie brought us mesmerizing realism that permeated the world we saw, changing how we'd look at cars even in the...

I'd love, like, a pack of the three mini Sharkticons or Repugnuses they had for Cyberverse or mix and match in random colors, accompanied by a slew of 5mm accessories. Or the figure pack-in is like bits of Cog or Brunt spread out across four accessory packs

I won't turn any such thing down (imagine even a papercraft crate drop crate from the show with a handful of pew pews inside). But I might also be convinced to support such weapon packs included with a character redecoed into a generic or otherwise repurposeable mission deco. If that makes more...