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The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I can't believe we finally got a new thread, and it wasn't called the Galvathread.

# ¿ Jun 20, 2013 22:31

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 04:20

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Sentinel Red posted:

or those weirdos who prefer dogs to cats.

Is it any coincidence that both Soundwave and Blaster have kitties in their entourages?

# ¿ Jun 21, 2013 14:56

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

So apparently the UK is getting the Arms Micron stuff...?

# ¿ Jun 21, 2013 15:51

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Phy posted:

After that "MARBs or MAABS" line in issue 17, Brainstorm kinda needs to have an English accent. I've been going with James May.

A lot of the Lost Light crew use English idiom/turn of phrase, so I tend to hear most of them talking in RP, unless they're actual cartoon characters.

Roberts said that Overlord sounds like John Simm as the Master, but I couldn't hear that, because that's a really small weaselly voice. I hear him more as Malcolm McDowell or Derek Jacobi. Sort of Caligula-esque.

# ¿ Jun 22, 2013 17:15

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Arsenal_12 posted:

To go along with that, here's the sound clips it comes with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfu7MNYoKSA

I kind of want to hook that up to a subwoofer, get some bass and timbre to that voice.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2013 17:58

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

MB13 posted:

if you've got a 3D Printer, you can now make your own Timey-Wimey Optimus Primey:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:106595

Jesus. Look, the future of toy manufacturing just happened. Now all I need is a 3D printer..

# ¿ Jun 26, 2013 11:40

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Sodomy Non Sapiens posted:

What... what have you guys done to me?

Buggered if I know. :3:

# ¿ Jun 26, 2013 12:37

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

The London comic shop I bought FOC Ultra Magnus from had Springer, Blitzwang and Sandstorm! Spring/wang were �35 ($50) each, but Sandstorm was �40 ($60)... Definitely not paying that. Although seeing them in the plastic was exciting, and dang, they are surprisingly huge!

Also, re-reading MTMTE #18, I realised we see Chromedome's altmode for the first time.

# ¿ Jun 26, 2013 17:37

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Well, now DOMA's been canned, I can go marry my boo, and buy TFs as was intended. From an American Target.

# ¿ Jun 26, 2013 22:01

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Gammatron 64 posted:

Awesome, congrats!

I'm always so confused as to where you're from. Half the time I think you live in Britain, the other half the time I think you're from Oregon.

Thanks! I'm from London, and I live here now, but I did live in the US for five years, in Baton Rouge, LA for college (Geaux Tigers!). The Oregon thing, I have no clue, other than I was in Seattle for a week last October? :confused:

# ¿ Jun 26, 2013 22:20

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Endless Mike posted:

I was going to say you're wrong, but I realized that, no, you're correct, since DOMA would prevent you from using being married as a way to enter the country. (I think a lot of people are confused and think lifting DOMA means gay marriage is legal nationwide which is, sadly, not the case at all.)

In any case, congrats!

Yeah, already today alone, one couple's deportation case has been quashed by a judge. It's exciting times!

http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/06/26/2220411/doma-immigration-judge-stops-deportation/

# ¿ Jun 26, 2013 22:42

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Keldroc posted:

All I can say is that with next year being the 30th anniversary, the BotCon exclusives better be mindblowing.

Childlike optimism is such a wonderful thing. :allears:

# ¿ Jun 27, 2013 10:21

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Is there one specific page I can look at that has all the upcoming toy releases in one place? What's coming out in what line, and roughly at what time?

# ¿ Jun 27, 2013 21:21

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

GD_American posted:

Considering how racist, sexist, and (probably) homophobic Bay is, it'd be a pretty demeaning role

Well, considering a few of the jokes consist of a punchline being 'lol that's gay' homophobic is up there too, yeah.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2013 15:28

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Ohhhh Skids! Welp, Hasbro has my money for the foreseeable future.

# ¿ Jun 30, 2013 00:15

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I still want to see Tailgate and Whirl, but I am ridiculously excited.

# ¿ Jun 30, 2013 16:42

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

That means they're not doing a new Chromedome? :ohdear:

# ¿ Jun 30, 2013 21:31

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Keldroc posted:

I feel like we've just seen practically everything we're going to see until the movie line takes over next May.

I sincerely hope not, if they're really going for the 30th anniversary thing. All we're left with unseen is Tailgate and Whirl, and I imagine them hitting early 2014.

# ¿ Jun 30, 2013 22:07

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Keldroc posted:

So that black and silver truck that we thought was probably Motormaster? Yeah, probably Nemesis Prime, it turns out. Which I guess is obvious in hindsight.

Nemesis Prime, herald of Unicron? :ohdear:

# ¿ Jul 1, 2013 20:18

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Maybe Hasbro is releasing the IDW characters as a way of testing the water with MTMTE on the general public? :ohdear:

# ¿ Jul 3, 2013 09:16

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

RiD doesn't grab me in the same way too. While MTMTE is awesome hilarious adventure with intricate arc plotting and earned payoff, RiD is all serious and more of the War, even though the War is over/restarting/whatever it's doing.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2013 12:18

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Plus Ramondelli keeps doing the occasional issue, and I loathe his artwork.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2013 12:39

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

You know, with Prime pretty much wrapped up (save for lovely 2014 toy dregs), Hasbro have to be at least planning for the next tv series, right? What was the turn around between Animated ending and Prime being announced?

Deceptive Thinker, any vague word you can say?

# ¿ Jul 3, 2013 13:26

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

fygar posted:

I'd like to add a couple of concepts for this hypothetical G3:

- A Nextwave-style comic parody where the second-tier characters branch off to form a new faction

You know, now I think about it, MTMTE isn't that far off. If it ramped up the wackiness to 11, you wouldn't have to change much at all.

Keldroc posted:

This brings up the excellent point that they have never actually explored the time period between G1 Season 2 and the animated movie. Seems like there's probably some fertile storytelling ground somewhere in the intervening 20 years.

All I can think about there is the Animatrix short 'The Next Renaissance' and the founding of Zero-One, the machine city, and how well that turned out.

The_Doctor fucked around with this message at 06:35 on Jul 4, 2013

# ¿ Jul 4, 2013 06:28

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Ka0 posted:

My TRU had 2 MP-10s in yesterday. But at �99 (~$150-160) each, they're not the reselling bargain they might seem.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2013 07:04

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Keldroc posted:

I roll a Transformer maybe three or four times.

While going "Doo-dee-doo-dee-doo". :haw:

# ¿ Jul 5, 2013 23:08

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

TheDK posted:

TF:Prime Human Alliance w/ Agent Fowler. Name your price, Hasbro.

Wait, this is a thing?

# ¿ Jul 7, 2013 01:34

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

So this is the panel at SDCC we're keeping an eye on. And one particular phrase stands out..

Hasbro: Transformers 30th Anniversary
One of pop culture's most prolific brands kicks off its 30th anniversary celebration at Comic-Con International! Join members of the Transformers brand and design team to celebrate the legacy of "Robots in Disguise" and get a "More Than Meets The Eye" first look at the Thrilling 30 line of special-edition action figures. Transformers team members will also host a Q&A for your burning Transformers questions!
Thursday July 18, 2013 12:00pm - 1:00pm Room 25ABC

# ¿ Jul 7, 2013 07:44

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

TheDK posted:

Sadly, no, just an idea I had when I was watching the latest episode of Prime. But I would buy it without hesitation, even if it was another fuckin' Bumblebee. I'd probably buy a June Darby HA too.

Aww. HA Breakdown with interchangeable head and Silas figure that you can pull apart would be wicked.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2013 22:10

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

You people and your cute 'bought one'. I still have my Scorponok from when I was 8. :smug:

I wish I knew where his many, many parts are. :saddowns:

# ¿ Jul 10, 2013 08:52

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Every so often a tiny orange part will surface from the house (usually from a box in the loft/garage) and I'll realise what it is about 2 days after I shrug and put it back/throw it away. :sigh:

# ¿ Jul 10, 2013 10:01

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

The CHUG Sky Lynx shaped hole in my life will not stand for much longer.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2013 21:47

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

LightsGameraAction posted:

Agreed. They chose the worst drat Beast Hunters mold to homage him too.

There's a Sky Lynx homage? Excuse me I have to go check the BH lineup.

Edit: oh man, that's hideous.

The_Doctor fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Jul 10, 2013

# ¿ Jul 10, 2013 22:04

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

strangehamster posted:

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=23058556&skuid=16503857

Kind of expensive for Sandstorm, but there you go. TRU ships internationally.

It's better than the �35 ($50) from a comic store or [NOT AVAILABLE IN THE UK] at TRU.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2013 23:12

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I've just been sending out my friends in the US to the toy aisle when they visit a Target or TRU and seeing what they can find.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2013 01:09

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

TheDK posted:

But then they wouldn't sell as many of these t-shirts:

Is that genuine? Because's loving disgusting.

# ¿ Jul 16, 2013 16:18

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

So the official photo for Whirl is a hell of a lot more MTMTE-esque.

Also: Tailgate, Skids and Shrapnel:

# ¿ Jul 18, 2013 21:58

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Phy posted:

It's still really, really Dorvack/G1. Like almost slavishly so.

The head is dead on "No, your expression is more like this". And I think with some finagling you can make his legs more backwards bendy.

I'm sure someone will steal Sandstorm's rotors and make Whirl even more comic accurate.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2013 22:59

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

The biggest draw for me is the other gun, just for symmetry's sake.

Are there any pics of the decoys?

# ¿ Jul 22, 2013 15:33

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 04:20

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I was hoping MP Soundwave wouldn't hit shelves for a few more weeks, at least until I got over to the US. If he's out now, I have to coerce friends to visit TRUs for me, and shell out $120 :/

# ¿ Jul 25, 2013 11:48

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