RENEW TO ME

I’m fairly new to the game so I don’t know why this guy peg-warmed. Maybe cuz he’s a less popular character? I dunno. But I have to admit, that everytime I see that I have two I think two thing. One, “Stupid that I bought multiple peg warmers” and two, “That is a pretty good looking bot for being bright ass orange”.

As a little boy of the 80s, I can’t presume to think what the little girls were thinking in a day of pink and blue toy isles. But, as a little boy of the 80s I can tell you that little boys of the 80s loved space and space shuttles and when I got my hands on this guy for a reasonable price I was briefly rocketed back to my childhood living room carpet that doubled as many an alien landscape and I love it.

As far as the figure is concerned, he's from a video game I haven't had a chance to play yet. I downloaded it but I know jack and shit about buying a controller to play games on my computer. I am one of the rare people that enjoys the change and evolution of the appearance of characters, so I like his look. They did a decent job of not making the helmet look to lame... which is always a concern with a Megatron.

As much as you might hear Transformers’ fans complain about toys characters and their representations, you don’t hear many complaints about this homage to our dead hero. So I think it’s maybe time to thank Megatron and Rodimus Prime/Hot Rod. I mean, without that would we have an articulated repaint of the corpse of Optimus Prime. Thank you Hotrod for your service… maybe not.

Hasbro, if your listening, I am ready to spend my money on finding out the back story so, ya know, hop the fuck to it. If you’d like to read more of my dissident feelings about the Fossilizers, pick up a copy of my book, “Are you there Hasbro? It’s me, Chauncey.” or follow me on InstaSnapTok.

I know I have a snarky tagline on this guy, but truth be told, I had no idea that this guy originally came with Scorponok as a drone-ish guy that they refer to as “semi-autonomous”. While “semi-autonomous” definitely brings to mind some level of assisted living brain damage, I think this guy is super cool and I love the weaponizer/modulator gimmick. Plus, I’m guessing it’s going to be a while before I’m able to spend money on a Scorponok, so at least I got a little “semi-autonomous” part of him to have and hold and call my own.

One of the first bots I got when I started recollecting. Got him for twelve bucks at Ross. I have to admit that I bought a bunch figuring I could trade or sell them, but then realized, first, it’s too much hassle + shipping to sell them and, second, I don’t have any TF nerd friends to trade with. So I have like seven of them. That aside, I do love the bot and the alt-mode is a call back to a deep cut of my childhood that I like to remember, meaning, as far as bots to have seven of, I could do worse.

At first was thought I was soooo cool to have a transparent transformer, that has since died. I now see it for what it is. A third mold, the worst mold, of a character I already have twice, and taken from a gimmick that appeared in the show for a matter of seconds. “Wah wah, Chauncey”.

I bought him before I knew… before I was tainted by the internet… well, sorta. Seige Astrotrain was one of the first new figs I bought when I started collecting. I bought two of them at a reduced price at Ross (something like 12.99). I guess the point is I brought him home and I loved him. He was the pride of my collection. Then I learn online about the sizes and the price points, the parts forming, sure I thought the skis were lame, but you can’t have it all, but then I learned that the internet thought that you could have it all… then I wanted it all too. Have I been ruined? Will I ever return to the ecstatic bliss of ignorance or am I to forever swim in the nega-sea of the internet? Probably the latter.

I suspect that one complaint is the ball joints. As I’ve stated before, I like ball joints and find them to be a method of articulation that doesn’t futz with my suspension of disbelief. While I might be reading into this too far, I’ve gotten the vibe from other collectors that they understand ball joints, but consider them to be cheap or lazy engineering, except for necks.

"Sweet weapons, Prime!" or "Sheeldron and Enerax Sound like Homeschooled Soundcloud Rappers"?

I bought Slipstream because I loved her character in the new Cyberverse cartoon. I even liked the whole “clone of Starscream” angle, but this toy? How many times am I going to fall for these stupid Cybervesre toys? The main complaint isn’t the knees, as one might have guessed, it’s how the play gimmicks keep most of this toyline’s robots from completely transforming. In the case of this Slipstream, it’s hard for her to hold the jet mode without popping into the gimmick, for some of the Cyberverse toys, they don’t even transform entirely. I mean, I get it, it’s for kids, but still, don’t kids have standards? Oh yeah, and the lack of knees is a close second. But, she is my only version of Slipstream so I still love her.

I have a built in hat? https://www.renewtome.com/transformers-universe-legends-class-wheelie/

This is the second repaint/mold of Mirage I have. I also have the “holo” one from the Generations WFC Siege Fan Vote Battle 3-Pack. I tried ordering one from Australia for eight bucks but, I’m guessing they messed up the price, cuz they refunded me… 6 MONTHS LATER!!! After are the reasonable “in-the-wild” prices were gone. Australia pretends to be our allies, but now I’m not so sure.

I like robots! I like classic science fiction! This is perfect. I had first witnessed this bot on Patriot Prime Reviews and thought it was rad. Then, when I ran into it in the wild I had to have it, plus I was just coming off the disappointment of missing out on every opportunity to buy the Iron Giant bot that was making its rounds at Walmart and I thought this guy might fill the void. Turns out the void is unfillable : (

I opened this guy up and immediately thought two things. First, that he looked awesome! He was a great mold and looked very much like the cartoon of yore that I loved so well. The second thing I thought was… this guy is way too small to fit in with the rest of my collection. What do I do? Put him in the back so he looks like he’s in the distance like an Imagineer? https://www.renewtome.com/generations-thundercracker/

An awesome toy of an iconic character that makes me feel all nostalgic and stuff or an awesome toy of an iconic character that makes me feel all nostalgic and stuff with a bunch of shit on it?