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by Denyer
Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:04 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 208
Views: 3723280

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

My guess is we're already there with some of the systems already commercially available and some already work around common glitches like hands, etc, so to be honest I wouldn't expect that much need for retouching. Hasbro do have big enough owned collections of art that I suspect they could train on...
by Denyer
Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:29 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 208
Views: 3723280

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

And rather strong evidence that the company intends to switch a load of art requirements over to AI and pay college grads to clean it up:

https://twitter.com/girldrawsghosts/sta ... 5952686502 or https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1736 ... 86502.html
by Denyer
Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:31 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7413
Views: 3895089

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

I think it'd be parentorguardianf*cker.

That's quite a neat retro sci-fi design on the Nightshade alt mode, and the robot mode is giving IDW vibes... is it possible to have the wings point down out of the way or take them off?
by Denyer
Mon Dec 18, 2023 6:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: IT'S TIME FOR A NEW YOUTUBE THREAD
Replies: 62
Views: 109160

Re: IT'S TIME FOR A NEW YOUTUBE THREAD

Nice clip of Peter Cullen receiving a lifetime achievement award, with TF-related anecdote:

https://twitter.com/AlfonsoNation/statu ... 9746458633
by Denyer
Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:46 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 208
Views: 3723280

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

Worth a watch for ex-employee perspectives on Hasbro's second round of mass layoffs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyV9gzgcbEQ

by Denyer
Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone else thoroughly enjoying the Twitter dumpster fire?
Replies: 35
Views: 80419

Re: Anyone else thoroughly enjoying the Twitter dumpster fire?

Real or Waco / tech-bro end of the scale? He's certainly got a lite version of the Steve Jobs field, but with most of the site's income gone and heavy users being classed as people who visit roughly once a day and share a few tweets, etc, most estimates seem to put the net attrition at upwards of a ...
by Denyer
Wed Dec 13, 2023 12:29 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Remembering that our old toys actually exist!
Replies: 441
Views: 921206

Re: Remembering that our old toys actually exist!

Wheeljack will presumably still get shoehorned into a Legacy type release, it'll just be annoying if it's part of a bundle. As you say, bigger Spychangers or G1.5 ciphers are there if they can get over the obsession with pre-TF colour variants. I think some of the Siege deficits may genuinely have b...
by Denyer
Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:32 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Remembering that our old toys actually exist!
Replies: 441
Views: 921206

Re: Remembering that our old toys actually exist!

I think you're right, unfortunately, Hasbro have gotten more scummy in their business practices as global inflation bites. RE: SS -- mmm, apparently not. https://www.reddit.com/r/transformers/comments/10wgblg/siege_sideswipe_vs_kingdom_sideswipe/ That would've been a paper cut issue at the time and ...
by Denyer
Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:25 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Remembering that our old toys actually exist!
Replies: 441
Views: 921206

Re: Remembering that our old toys actually exist!

Oh yeah, Earthrise directly after Siege will have been when people who were less on the fence already really started avoided buying stuff when it first came out, and on top of that inflation and inability to find the sweet spot between "yet another version of a pre-movie character" and &qu...
by Denyer
Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:03 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 208
Views: 3723280

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

McFarlane Toys Signs Multi-Brand Licensing Agreement with Hasbro https://toynewsi.com/news.php?itemid=50888 McFarlane Toys has announced an exciting, multi-brand licensing agreement with leading toy and game company Hasbro, adding TRANSFORMERS, POWER RANGERS, G.I. JOE and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS to t...
by Denyer
Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions
Replies: 1644
Views: 873643

Re: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions

Joes Classified B.A. (heavy artillery Roadblock). Not an original idea, but I like it.

Image
https://i.imgur.com/BThDSIZ.jpeg
by Denyer
Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:54 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Remembering that our old toys actually exist!
Replies: 441
Views: 921206

Re: Remembering that our old toys actually exist!

Got a couple of Battle Across Time two pack Sideswipes with a view to doing one in Action Master colours, and dug Siege Sideswipe out of the Dinobot Hunt group he was in on the back of a shelf. And it's a lot better than I remember after watching BAT 2pk auctions for a few months, the more futuristi...
by Denyer
Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:21 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7413
Views: 3895089

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Ta, can't spot one (they seem to be focusing on Batman for now because there's a shortage of figures of him, apparently) but it's definitely a job for a figure base and sod the alt-mode. The story's heavy on anachronisms and visual-only design work so may as well lean into the pretender shell, plus ...
by Denyer
Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who is 60!
Replies: 7
Views: 37563

Re: Doctor Who is 60!

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do ... ewsupdate/

Big spoilers. Still haven't watched episodes, and the plot twist is very fan-fic-slash-official-books but I quite like it insofar it could explain a lot of other things.
by Denyer
Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Doctor Who is 60!
Replies: 7
Views: 37563

Re: Doctor Who is 60!

Just dropping a link to a rather good podcast, which is often fascinating listening for the actor/actress and production team interviews despite the fact I've probably managed to listen to all of about a dozen audiobooks in twenty years. They've just reviewed the new episodes (which I still haven't ...
by Denyer
Sat Dec 09, 2023 8:31 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7413
Views: 3895089

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

Autobot Stampede Motto: "One for all, 'til all are one!" The lone survivor of an early team of beastformers known as the Anibots, Stampede has found new purpose with a magnificent, unstoppable team of guerrilla fighters including Prowl, Jazz, Wheeljack, Sunstreaker and Inferno. Inseparabl...
by Denyer
Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!
Replies: 7413
Views: 3895089

Re: POST YOUR NEWEST ACQUISITIONS!

The promo photos look good, depending on what price it can be found at. Talking of cassettes, opened up the Noise and Graphy part of the weird SKU throuple Hasbro cassette reissue pack (not calling them Gurafi and Noizu, f*ck that attempt at trademarking phonemes). IIRC half-price Kapow bargains tha...
by Denyer
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions
Replies: 1644
Views: 873643

Re: Your Latest Non-TF Toy Acquisitions

Chase from Captain Power. Awful figure (look at the arms!) and never had any of the toys or gimmicky light gun stuff as a kid but did get thoroughly engrossed in the UK annual. It looks like there's been a recent warehouse find of MOSC stock, so an interesting if fairly common curio for less than mo...
by Denyer
Thu Nov 30, 2023 12:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone else thoroughly enjoying the Twitter dumpster fire?
Replies: 35
Views: 80419

Re: Anyone else thoroughly enjoying the Twitter dumpster fire?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67574396 *theme from M.A.S.H* Got a few Bluesky codes if anyone's after. Only not posting them publicly because a) they're getting scraped from Twitter and the web by bots for far right groups, and b) I think BS are sensible enough to track how they're used...
by Denyer
Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:33 pm
Forum: Transformers Toys & Merchandise
Topic: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management
Replies: 208
Views: 3723280

Re: Grumpy old men: armchair brand management

The biggest problem with Super7 stuff seems to be that they don't learn (or can't apply knowledge) to using appropriate plastics. So you get hands that are too rigid or don't grip, in particular, or waxy finishes and quite low detail sculpts like their "vintage" style MOTU stuff. Either is...