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This is kind of the point of the complaint too. The angle is that "it's the other side of the story", which is immediately and demonstrably false because it's not the same story. An "alternate version of the story" is, idk, Sleeping Beauty itself told differently; a prequel is by definition a...

Hope stock evens out soon; I missed out on one today because by the time the store got back to me, I was neck deep in work I hadn't even planned to do for the day (which meant the work I HAD planned to do today, I am... still doing hours later). By the time I got back to them, the lone copy had...

Absolutely. Nothing of value will have been lost. Just repurpose the material already produced to be its own thing, if they must. Idk how much more tie-in stuff they had on hand (wouldn't be surprised to see an Optimus with that cel shading and/or battle damage and maybe a swappable blue human...

I wouldn't know, I'm not very familiar with the voice acting dynamics in comics. In any case, such a retirement statement would be more for the general audience than people who would even be familiar with these more niche production corners, hence my point about it being a more or less empty...

While I get that and agree in principle, the optics of it are just so disingenuous it'd be better for Hasbro to just not say anything at all on the matter and move forward on the voice actor front. It comes across as making an empty statement, which is basically equivocation for everyone but...

I think this is the time to once and for all do a goddamn reboot. Cullen's OP is gone anyway, start a new era and start sober and small (with BIG EXPLOSIONS). Nothing more is owned to the past continuity-and-a-half worth of mess, or to the other o/One. Delay this until after Secret Wars...

I did manage to raise funds for the Nemesis Prime retool, so at least I get to have half that much fun. That sounded less sad in my head.

It probably is just that. Look at this way: they just got the eventual "more Geewun" redeco/retool with new accessories out of the way first. In most cases this might have just landed in purple or green (or yellow or blue, heh) and there'd no need for "but why a boobie tank when you have a...

Stupid sexy Dinobots.

That's pretty interesting. I do hope we get a Computron sooner rather than later because the frame situation should be easier to fudge with Scattershot. The G1 altmode could be the combined mode of a smaller G1 style jet, with the combiner frame being the cannon emplacement base/the bigger wings...

I'm tempted to get one for the Mini-Cons and sell or trade off the Jetfire since I don't have the Optimus anyway (and get a Spacewarp someday if one is ever made), but I'm not sure. I've also idly been considering repainting the Powerlinx Red Alert into Energon Prowlert, because [1] I doubt...

I've only even stumbled onto "retire Optimus Prime out of respect" (that last phrase being the significant cringe element) as something that popped up on my feed unbidden from groups I am not in and accounts I don't follow because the algorithm works for someone else, not me. I don't know how...

He's also never the narrative focus, which makes that easier to pull off. And that type of focalization is the appropriate approach for achieving that; no messing with "the villain is the hero of his own story" if it's not his own story.

You know it, I know it. (Although I don't think they're assholes for finding a release venue for something that doesn't fit the standard line.) The manchildren I've encountered, who have spent the years since WFC whining that Hasbro is greedily and/or lazily depriving them of toys by making...

I don't either, not without a huge overhaul and a lot of things lining up for it. Especially now when even really solid movies don't get the heat they deserve. But whether it does or it doesn't, I'd rather they not make Transformers a crutch for it. It won't make GI Joe better, it'll make...

The Cruella movie was Disney's latest attempt (Maleficent, the Descendants?) to do Wicked without actually doing Wicked. Now that someone finally went and did Wicked, maybe they can let that rest. Nothing was ever going to make "woman who wanted to skin puppies" work. It's actually a lot of fun...

Just realizing that whatever direction the live-action movies take from now on, it will be without Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime. Unless his estate authorizes an AI reproduction, the thought of which just makes me doubly sad.

Yes, I meant he has (along with Trailbreaker) yet to see a rerelease from the 5-pack. We've gotten Sunstreaker, Hound, and Wheeljack. The mention of Inferno reminds me. Since I'm already asking for Jazz rereleases in opaque plastic... what I'd like is a damn Ricochet, finally, to go with...

Oh, there's an Autobot 3 pack as well? I guess that may be Ratchet and a couple of cars. Jazz needs to be rereleased in opaque plastic, and they've never rereleased Tracks, so he might be a good shout if he gets some retooling tweaks like Mirage did (I'm aware an entirely new mold would...

This is the curse of solid writing there, I guess, but more specifically a matter of overcorrection. In wanting to avoid a character who's evil for evil's sake for whatever reason, they make a character who's more plausible and complex, and that complexity can't just be dismissed either, so...