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Is it wrong to just automatically love a figure without even owning it yet?

I ask this because it has been a rare occurrence where I actually almost feel that a frigg'n toy arouses arousement in me.

And man oh man... Lugnut arouses mega major... how does one say...amor plastico in me.

It has gotta be the purple and grey and obvious Shockwaveyness of him.

I mean sure, he looks like a typical game drone or something like the toys that were created for the movie tie-in shit.

But damn!

He's fine!

I wonder what Wave he'll be released in.

And there was much rejoicing for a few moments here at The Domicile when Arcee spoke today during "Thrill of the Hunt" on Transformers: Animated.

While she didn't say much, there was a certain fanwank awesomeness to the fact that Susan Blu reprised the role of Arcee she created back in 1986!

Since she's the voice director of the new series, a small part of me held hopes that when Arcee findally did appear she'd voice her.

And there was much rejoicing.

Both Giga and I were rather shocked at how melancholy and depressing this episode was. I figured that was unusual for a kid's show but then again, I really can't say I watch shows aimed at kids other than this one.

I'm hoping they do a proper Arcee finally. And by proper I just mean a non-motorcycle alt mode.

With this style, HasTak has to be able to design a decent Cybertronian car Arcee and finally give many of us the fan wank Arcee we've all wanted.

I also loved how Ratchet was rather svelte in his younger days and is now drawn with pretty much a gut.

Ratchet has fast become my favorite Autobot and I can't wait to see what his toy is like.

So far I think Bumblebee is just sort of annoying since he's aimed definitely at the kids. Prowl is too David Hyde Pierceish and I haven't quite warmed to him visually or character-wise yet. Megatron is head-tastically perfect and I loved the method of his recent christening of Grimlock last week. What little of Blitzwing I've seen is sorta fun. Bulkhead is a bit of the dumb ox stereotype that I could do without.

And Prime? Prime is quite frankly the most boring lame ass character on this show and for once I'm extremly happy with that. I hope that means more screen time for the others really.

The only thing that could possibly make Ratchet's past more Nala-fan-wanky for me would be to have him one day mention his having a co-paramedic named Minerva or maybe even mentoring a bot named First Aid.

Holy shit that would by like... like... giving me a geek handjob across the screen.

And I usually don't get that unless Battlestar Galactica is on!

Or I'm writing ancillary material for Splintered!

Well we kinda-sorta saw Transformers: Animated last night.

I spent the last part of the afternoon/evening installing a new faucet and plumbing for the NalaParents with the assist of The Cousin.

Actually, I really only needed to borrow his tools and some supplies but he ended up doing most of the work. Of course, he's also a lot younger and shorter and fits better under a vanity so I suppose it worked out best. Last thing I need is my back getting really messed up again.

Anyway, what we saw of Transformers: Animated we liked but it is very much a kids show with fan wanks left and right.

Using the G1 footage as historical footage was amusing and quite frankly my favorite moment was the cameo by Season 3/Headmasters Spike, Carly, and Daniel.

I don't have much more I can say about it really.

What sucks is we know the Domicile Tivo ran out of programming data while we have been gone (don't ask) and it didn't snag it.

There's definitely a few toys I think I'll want from the line.

Not a lot.

But a few.

Holy shit!!!

Have you seen the Cartoon Network TF: Animated clip here?

Corey Burton's Megatron is... is... is... perfect!

It has so much age to it.

I LOVE IT!!!

I am so happy to be free of David Kaye in a Megs roll.

He was the perfect Beast Megs but the past 3 series have been so retread.

This?

Oh baby.

This is like voice pr0n to me!

December 26 should be fun.

The part from the article I love best that will get some fan boys all worked up and in a tizzy?

..interacting with the natives in exciting and humorous ways...

and then...

...with kid-relatable plot lines filled with humor...

So humor mentioned twice and kid-relatable.

And even though it was never intended for males 14 to 60 some fans'll still get upset.

I may even convince myself to read some of the TF site forums after this one.

Yeah baby!

That's what I'm talking about!

Sorta old but totally new!

And he doesn't look much like a clitoris stimulator!

I said it back in June and now the producer Sam Register has said it.

This show is for seven-year-old boys. There are a lot of rabid Transformer fans, and those same fans are on the crew and writing the show. But these Transformers are for seven year olds, for kids. My feeling is that if you're old enough to write a post on a Transformers message board, you're too old for this show. But that doesn't mean those fans won't like it. We got the same sort of reaction when we launched Teen Titans. People were very passionate in how they felt about it. The reality is, give the show a chance, but remember that you have sons and little brothers who are getting introduced to the Transformers for the first time, and this is the best way to do that.

Indeed.

Why is it that geekdom has such a problem with change?

I know there's a good research paper in there about the overall behavioral characteristics of geeks when it comes to their obsession. Change being one of those areas so hard for your typical Star Trek, Star Wars, Transformers, *fill in the blank* geek to deal with.

I love the fact that the producer of a show can say "This show is for seven-year-old boys." and yet all of these 20 and 30-something fans will continue to feel cheated and deprived of some unspoken privilege that they feel they are entitled to.

Fuck it!

I'm gonna enjoy this shit like it's 1984! (Well... in my case... 1977!)

Sure the animation style doesn't appeal to my aging bitter and jaded 30-something expectations.

It isn't supposed to!

But man... that list of voice actors should make TF geekdom hard.

Yeah it is aimed at kids and that's what it should be!

We aren't entitled to anything here. The kids of today are! This new world of future geeking belongs to my neices and nephews!

So for all you haters out there I'm going to do something I rarely do. I'm going to demand that you take the blue pill on this one.

You need to see the big picture here. And that picture is a continuum of Transformer product from 1984 to beyond that you can get your Megatron club-shirted arms, hands, and fingers all over and suck it all up and love it!

Me? I'll be at the bar at Botcon 2008 drink'n Jack & Cokes and finger'n my TF Animated Shockwave figures!

My god geeks! I can feel the excitement building already!!!!

I TOTALLY LOVE THIS BUMBLEBEE!

And it isn't the green talking!!!

No! No! No! No!

Set on Earth in the near future in Detroit, the alien TRANSFORMERS are thrust into a world populated by humans and automatons.

Detroit?

Detroit???

Arrghhhhh!!!!

Everybody knows that the obvious place to set the new Transformers animated series is Toledo, OH!

Why can't the creators see that?!?!?!

Arghhhh!!!

All the missed opportunities.

No Optimus Prime/Toledo Mud Hens caps! No Jamie Farr/Megatron LPGA Classics Tournaments! No Spike and Carly snogging in the Rudy's parking lot! No Shockwave laying waste to St. John's Jesuit!

*sigh*

So close to greatness.

So very very close yet so far away.

I'll just mention this to get it out of the way now so I can move on to far more important geek-related things.

So some Transformers: Animated promo materials have popped up and Prime appears in it.

All I have to say... and you have to understand that this is where fanboys older than 12 may have a problem with it... this series was never aimed at you.

Don't believe me?

With Hasbro totally partnered with Cartoon Network and actually producing something homegrown, the template for this kind of show has been there for years now.

The Cartoon Network history of non-Adult Swim original programming gives you all you need to know about the likely visual style of this series.

Obviously this is one image. But this one image has all the essential development ideas that the entire new series likely is going with.

You, the over 12 set, are not the target market for this series. You never were.

You, the over 12 set, are not the target market for 90% of Cartoon Network's schedule. You never have been.

That's all I'm going to say on this.