Recently in arghhhhh!!! Category

So... I had a quandry...

Do I label the new guys "Universe 2.0" or just keep the fandom generated "Classics" as my line for these guys?

There was a time I'd have been extremely nitpicky about this sorta of gay ass shit.

Now?

Hell... I'm sticking with Classics!

All I can say is I should never have pushed Leader class Bulkhead's button.

Now?

Well...

I went a little batshit crazy on the roboplasticos today.

I am a sick individual.

Thankfully, I got some of what I actually went out looking for...

But man oh man... I spent more cash than I have in ages on geek crap!

Ugh!

Victory Saber 1" Love?

C'mon Hasbro. We're talking the real Victory "Totally Kick Your Ass And Hand It Back To You On A Plate With My Sword Sticking Out Your Hole" Saber here right?

Please!

Please!

Please let it not be something else just called Victory Saber.

Megs has some issues. What's sad is that they were there right out of the box before I even transformed him.

There's plastic stress on some of his pins. Hell. The one pin doesn't even look like it was inserted right and had to be cut or something.

Who knows what our Chinese overlords are doing with toy production these days.

All I know is that mine better have a shitload of lead in the paint.

It tastes better that way.

I really don't want to add another movie figure to my mix but damn, whilst I was at the Target I came across Deep Space Starscream and all I can say is that's one sweet paint deco.

Damn!

I mean... I've got a fetish for monochromatic color palettes and damn if Hasbro didn't nail this one exactly to bunch my boxers up!

It actually makes the damn think look decent... and I'm no fan of the mold!

Internet acquaintances, my brothers in Polonia, fellow geeks-in-geekdom, lend me your eyes.

I come not to bury Nala... just to bury his will and self-control.

No. Really.

One side of my internal monologue has declared shenannigans and is seeking fisticuffs with the other side of my internal monologue over the dumbest possible thing that I've even blogged about recently.

Do I... or do I not... buy BT-19 and BT-20 to continue the now complete Binaltech, Binaltech Asterisk, and Kiss Play collection that I own?

Hell... I even own E-Hobby Rijie and Wonderfest Black Convoy!

That is the question... do I... or do I not?

It is during trying questioning times I ask myself "What would Crazy Steve do?"

Ya know... that's not too bad of a question to ask myself everytime I waste money on useless crack.

WWCSD?

Maybe it is because I'm just a TF guy with the occasional foray into Getters and 80s Micronauts but can somebody out there explain to me who would buy this and why would they buy it?

I don't understand a lot of that sorta-deformed-lolita-anime-half-naked teen girl crap.

Be it statue, poster, figure, or what have you.

Came to The Domicile at lunch after voting.

No crack.

Just came home from work.

No crack.

"Out for Delivery" is quite the cruel mistress.

And I want to tap dat azz!

Ok. So you know what I hate most about Ebay right now?

Internet Ebay fags who use bastardized versions of my photography on their auctions.

I've had my photography ripped off so many times now.

I've seen it on Ebay. I've seen it reposted by other people on Flickr as their own. It just doesn't end.

And what's worse is that various spammers have snagged my RSS feeds and have copied entire categories and sections into spam blogs from here.

That's always so f'n grand.

Universal Pictures and Hasbro Sign Strategic Partnership (ENI)

Universal Pictures and Hasbro, Inc. [NYSE:HAS] announced today that they have formed a six-year strategic partnership to produce at least four motion pictures based on some of the world's best-known and beloved brands, including "MONOPOLY," "CANDY LAND," "CLUE," "OUIJA," "BATTLESHIP," "MAGIC, THE GATHERING," and "STRETCH ARMSTRONG."

Bwahahahahahahahah!!!

Ok. I can see Transformers. I can see GIJoe. I can see frigg'n My Little Pony and Care Bears even.

But I am just not seeing fictional based value in any of these outside of maybe some really thin fiction based on the Magic game thing.

"This deal gives Universal access to some of the greatest brands in the world," explained Shmuger and Linde. "Hasbro's portfolio of products has tremendous emotional resonance with children and adults. They offer an exciting opportunity for us to develop tentpole movies with built-in global brand awareness, which is a key component of our slate strategy."

"Universal's creativity and worldwide marketing and distribution strength make them the perfect partner," said Goldner. "Today's Hasbro is so much more than a traditional toy and game company, and this partnership is a powerful example of how we are offering our consumers new ways to enjoy unique and immersive experiences with our brands."

Maybe I'm just not cool and hip but I've read this last quote a couple of times and all I can do to keep from laughing is realize that someone, regardless of how utterly bullshitty it all sounds, is making money.

Though quite frankly, I can't see Hasbro making much off some of this.

So you... *snicker* make another Clue movie or a Monopoly movie or even a Candy Land movie... how many repaints of a board game do you have to sell to make a profit?

It isn't exactly like "tremendous emotional resonance" of these games can possibly translate into new "unique and immersive experiences".

It is like the 80's logic in green lighting film productions is back in full swing.

"Manish Burlingham" spams... "Show the world the giant you've been hiding".

Sorry.

Fortress Maximus and Brave Maximus are down in the basement.

They'll be making a reappearance shortly.

Is it me or is the G1 Convoy mold like the figure that just will not die?

They must've made other molds for this figure.

I mean... they've chugged out so many Takara reissues, one or two Hasbro ones, countless e-Hobby ones... and now this.

At least the new sculpted head looks better.

That much is certain.

I left Evac at work.

:-(

Hey.

I have a brilliant idea.

How about putting the goddamn fucking Hasbro Starscream that's exclusive to your goddamn store online instead of putting up the goddamn TakaraTomy one????

How about doing that you bitches!

Merry fucking Christmas!!!!

Ok.

You all know that on the whole, I'm not into peripheral TF crap that doesn't transform.

The busts and statues are just overpriced junk to me.

I can let the Robot Heroes and PVCs and even Revoltechs sneak by because on the whole, they are all pretty much accurate anime representations of the characters or cheap enough to justify buying without impact quality full Transformer purchases.

But man oh man, this shit is just lame

$57.99???

I'll never understand this kind of peripheral crap.

Of course, one of you is probably "Oh my god I has to have me that! Two even! One to keep in the box and one to display!"

So Tformers has a post that says that Hasbro will be releasing "More ''Metallic'' Figures Coming Our Way 1st Half of '08".

The Hasbro regurgitation machine blows my mind.

The thing is, as a now-recovering completist collector (thanks TF movie) I can't imagine the amount of money hardcore completists will waste in buying up all of these.

There was a time not long ago that I would have likely been up there with them.

Now I can understand the metallic thing for vehicles. Some of them (Lawson's Concept Camaro Bumblebee) just look more realistic in a proper metallic but let's face it, this is the kind of activity that has got to make collectors question their habits.

First Hasbro releases the figures separately.

Then the release the same figures in multi-packs, etc.

Then they release additional waves of figures, many of which don't seem to even remotely make it to most US regions.

Then they repaint the same figures, releasing them individually or as multi-packs.

Then they release the same figures yet again repainted again with a metallic paint they they would have probably looked best in the first time around.

I suppose there's a small chance they'll release a Hasbro version of the Japanese Lawson's exclusive but my gut feeling here is that they'll continue the Voyager-class sizing for these. I could be wrong, but the first 2 are that size.

So much shelf-filler.

I just don't see the target kid market giving too much of a shit about any repaints. They end up getting what their parents pretty much buy them.

This strikes right at the collector mentality.

Man the new Classics 2.0 figures and the Animated figures can't get here fast enough!

I am 100% positive it is shit like this and general eBay scalpers that explains why certain mass market retails never seem to have exclusive toys on their shelves. Most recently Alternators Rumble and Ravage.

I hope Wal-Mart puts it online.

While I was in Boston and Rhode Island one of the goddamn cats decided to use my gym bag as a fucking litter box!!!

I went to go pack my shoes and stuff up so I could run in Chicago and everything is ruined!

The gym clothes and my gloves totally smell like cat piss.

My shoes totally smell like cat piss!

My MP3 player totally smells like cat piss!!!

The clothes are in the laundry and I'll imagine they'll clean up but the shoes are probably a lost cause.

Grrrrr....

Goddamn sumbitch cats!

If you thought I was lying about War Within Ultra Magnus you better think again.

Just trying to remove him from the stage made both of his arms fall off!

Both of them!!!

He sucks major balls of nastiness just like War Within Optimus Prime!!!

So I ripped out Cybertron Defense Red Alert out of his packaging but I've come to the conclusion that trying to touch him, let along transform him, is just way too disturbing!!!

I need to go wash my hands with bleach now.