Optonix
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Please stop writing eBay descriptions with AI, for the love of GOD
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@SixoTF Agree here also, Hasbro is back into a bit of a checklist mode (which is mostly fine) on updating older designs for newer fans. Eventually that’s going to run its course.
I’d love the feeling of something totally new and fresh. New characters, setting, designs.
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100% this
Transformers needs to evolve and feel fresh — relying on nostalgia is not going to keep things moving forward. It needs a new entry point for a new generation of fans
And like it or not, that's as true for the Bayverse as it is for G1 or anything else
Paito💖✨️ (Out from here)@PaitoXD_
Sure but at least offer something new. Not Bayverse again or "hey guys remember G1" the movie
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Been saying for a while but I don’t see them doing a Haslab Primus
Unicron struggled to fund & that’s a significantly more desirable character
That was already $600 7 years ago - I cannot fathom now
Primus doesn’t even have a consistent appearance really
Just don’t see it
4ARLO21 #FreePalestine@4arlo21
If the next haslab isn’t primus I have to buy United slipstream, that’s how certain I am that it’s going to be him
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@SixoTF I don’t even…
Who cares (not directed at you) let people enjoy what they want. It’s better for everyone. There’s an entire sub group of transgender fans that have really cropped up (at least more openly/actively) and I don’t see any reason to not let them enjoy it.
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Only randomly stumbled across it now, but hilarious this bloke was so upset at the idea of women also liking Transformers and it not being purely a "boy's hobby", he repeatedly asked Grok for evidence but didn't get the answers he wanted
Yes, female Transformers fans exist
Grok@grok
No exact official census exists, but a 2013 Facebook fandom survey showed Transformers fans at 59% male / 41% female. TFNation 2018 convention reports had women at nearly 50% of 21-31 attendees (up a third in three years). Hasbro noted tripling U.S. female toy sales after adding more inclusive female characters. The split's closer to balanced than "guy thing only," especially in comics/shows vs. core toy buyers.
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@optronix1087 I would absolutely rank a potential Missing Link Unicorn as a definite want
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@SixoTF The other way is doing a much smaller middle range between Unicron and bigger than a Titan. Which seems the more likely route now if he happened. He’s likely to be at a BARE minimum 400 but thanks to us again, that 600 could be a repeat for much less over all.
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@SixoTF So there’s two ways they can do him. Before the price hikes (thanks to us here in the states 😑) I figured a heavy retool of Unicron would work. No ring, and no maw means less plastic, it’s a simple enough retool that also has packaging and shipping figured out.
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@PaulTassi I came here looking for a follow-up with your thoughts and see nothing. ☹️
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People are being so weird about this Jetfire thing, my word. Buy the toy or don't, cripes 😅
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@optronix1087 Aw thanks — my boy asked me today if I would ever get another cat and I said yes, eventually. But not today and for a little while. :)
Thanks for the kind words
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@SixoTF That they are. Animals are the best, my boy Magnus (not TF named) was my best friend while I had him. Definitely an anchor for me being here. It never goes away but it does get a little easier. I hope when you’re ready the cat distribution system does its magic.
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@optronix1087 Thank you — yeah not quite over that yet tbh. She was a good friend and I miss her dearly, but thank you!
I would offer to drop one of the Hasbro guys a message too but no guarantee I'd hear back any quicker I don't think — they're pretty busy chaps!
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@optronix1087 I wouldn't know where to start tbh! It's possible someone at Hasbro would know so I'd maybe reach out to them directly perhaps
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@SixoTF @SyosukeG59 @Duckdectiveduck I just…don’t get this? It’s a cartoon, anime is just a Japanese origin cartoon? It’s the same medium? It’s semantics. Mind you, i agree with yiu Sixo.
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@SyosukeG59 @Duckdectiveduck If you want to call it an anime, my dude, go for it — I genuinely could not care
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What is with this boomer obsession with calling anime “cartoons”? Y’all can’t just call things “anime” for whatever reason, it’s it embarrassment? Normies watch Death Note and Demon Slayer for crying out loud.
Sixo | Transformers@SixoTF
Idk man, is that not just... how he looked in the cartoon? Like I know it's not exact, but that seems more plausible to me than them designing it around this one very specific mistransformation pic. They will have had a whole massive mood board of influences, not just one photo
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@optronix1087 Never seen it — best guess is it might be an internal Hasbro thing perhaps, maybe a prize for teams?
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The man in pig is mine again! Having stupidly sold on my original plastic porker a while ago, I finally acquired Beast Wars Razorbeast all over again, and I couldn't be more enamoured with him.
I wrote a thing about this stupendous swine - LINK BELOW
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