So, I just impulse bought Masterpiece Optimus Primal and Dinobot. I say "impulse," but I've actually been eyeing them for a while. Still, I can't tell if I'm elated, or devastated that I'm now out $350.
I think I'll feel better when I get them both in-hand!
Well, on the flip side when they arrive the money you spent on them will be (hopefully) long forgotten!
Real talk now, I've much more often regretted not purchasing a figure, than purchasing one.
Transformers has had a large place in the toy aisle for decades now, and lots of cartoons. I'd say the IP gets a ton of exposure to kids and adults. Now I'm not exactly sure what the demographics of TCG players are and how tough a new one is to market, but I think the IP at least is popular enough.
TF has also spent large chunks of that time as the #1 boys' toyline. There are few toy brands of the last 40 years with more recognizability to all ages than Transformers.
I just found out IDW is rebooting its transformer comics. Which is horrible because its the best transformer media ever made. It almost was a counterbalance to the Bay movies in quality. MTMTE and Lost Light..... were perfection. The issue when Megatron and Optimus are reminiscing on their prior battles was sublime.
I just found out IDW is rebooting its transformer comics. Which is horrible because its the best transformer media ever made. It almost was a counterbalance to the Bay movies in quality. MTMTE and Lost Light..... were perfection. The issue when Megatron and Optimus are reminiscing on their prior battles was sublime.
Yeah, but I need someone to explain all the nonsense that happened with Soundwave. I feel like its going to be vital to the Unicron storyline, but it went all Grant Morrison halfway through and I got lost
This is the first comic I'm reading for transformers since 90s GI Joe / Transformers cross over and that was confusing as hell to me. Coupled with Shockwave, and how the Beastimals exists int he same universe.
Yeah, it was weird to see them so much in Prime and even the last two Wreckers book. Like Ratpack got brought in years ago so it would have been cool to bring them in with the other neutral robot nations. Bringing them in now seems superfluous.
It definitely looks like they are following the Morrison school of rebooting a universe by being vague and throwing a ton of stuff at readers at once to make the story seem important.
I feel lost lights never reached the heights of MTMTE yet, and probably never will.
In part that's because the pacing was trainwrecked by the relaunch and now the reboot. There wasn't much time to settle. The changes that we've been told about for the first arc of LL were clearly for the worse.
Got a link for those changes? I've always suspected the reboot kind of derailed Lost Light but it'd be great to know to what extent.
It was on Twitter. Sorry, can't find a decent link. But essentially originally the Functionalist universe arc would have been a bit more organically weaved in with what was happening on the Lost Light at the time, but IDW wanted to make a cleaner "intro" arc for new readers. The new readers who were supposed to jump on board with the relaunch and didn't, entirely predictably.
Anode was also introduced earlier and more prominently than originally planned, and Lug was introduced in order to give more prominent exposition for new readers by having someone to explain everything to. But the feeling was that using Roller etc would require too much explanation of who he was for new readers. This was also a bad call IMO.
For fuck's sake. All terrible changes indeed, especially replacing Roller with Anode and Lug. It always made no sense to me how we finally got Roller back and then he did pretty much nothing for the rest of Lost Light. >_<
hoping to, that and the card gameAnyone else going to The Transformers: The Movie showing via Fathom Events in late September?
Transformers tcg from wizards of the coast launches on the 26th(or 28th), can't remember for sure. Uses a built team with an action deck format
Babylon 5 still worth watching in 2018 amigo?I hate that Roberts obviously had all these ideas in store to develop them slowly over time and now he's forced to shoot them rapid-fire before the end. It's season 4 of Babylon 5 all over again.
I hate that Roberts obviously had all these ideas in store to develop them slowly over time and now he's forced to shoot them rapid-fire before the end. It's season 4 of Babylon 5 all over again.
Trying to read More than Meets The Eye for the fifth time. Here's hoping I get to volume 2 this time
I can't begin to imagine what would make someone start and then drop a comic four times. O_o
I always enjoy it then get distracted by something and forget about it. Haha
Got my assbackwards Hot Rod today. Took a chance on walmart.ca and the box is in perfect shape.
Kinda disappointed that they haven't announced more reissues. I'd get more.