Hasbro and the Transformers 40th Anniversary Review

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Nothing. The 40th anniversary? of transformers

the 40th anniversary of nothing yes the we celebrate

it more than hasbro uh the fans do i should say

because going through every one of these thursdays

one the the information was leaked before the

the thing ever happened which pete sinclair was

funny because he's like you know they could avoid

this if they'd stop like if they'd figure out

where the leak is, he says, and two, if they

stopped announcing when they're going to have

these live streams that people can release it

right before the live stream. Yep. He's he's

like, you know, and I kind of was of the same

boat. I was like, you know, it would also help

if they had things people actually gave a rip

about. Yeah. Because it's kind of unfortunate

with with Hasbro because I want to want their

stuff like I want you. To what? Out of their

recent stuff, the only thing that really kind

of grabs my eye is like Silverbolt. And that's

because they are reverse engineering the wing

structure from Airazor and Terror Sword. But

the rest of it is pretty much like the old toy.

And then you look at, you know, they got Beast

Machines Cheetor, which looks like a play school

toy. And then you've got... All these other like

Rock Lords and all these other characters that

like I mean I get it. There's probably people

that like the Rock Lord thing Or the rock transformation

bots, but honestly like most of what we got Was

nothing like we didn't get like you didn't get

your Funko stuff you didn't we didn't get like

studio series 86 prime we didn't get you know,

even a like a teaser of it or like I mean, we

really got nothing. I mean, it was a lot of it

was repaints or a lot of it was like slight remolds

or they were things that were kind of so obscure.

It was like, why are they producing this in the

first place? Yeah, absolutely. And the thing

of it is, is look, Funco will do whatever Funco

is going to do. Like I think currently as of

this recording, WonderCon is the first big quote

unquote big convention of the year. Funco is

not even going to be at WonderCon. A lot of places

aren't really at any of these conventions anymore.

Well, they are, but they aren't. But Funko's

first appearance this year is C2E2 in Chicago.

And don't get me wrong, C2E2 is a great show,

but they always made an appearance at WonderCon

the end of last year. They cut out at PCCCCC,

which is Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle. I'm

not surprised that Hasbro did not do the Funko

announcement at all. I'm really not. I just want

to know that they're not NFT. I'm not surprised

Hasbro didn't come out with anything of value.

So, yeah, I don't know. Yeah. So, we're going

to do a bunch of quick hits, folks, and then

we have a topic that Steve wants to talk about,

which I want to talk about it too because I'm

not a current Hasbro customer. Other than whatever

Funko puts out, I... Most of the time I'm not

buying any transformer stuff anymore, but we'll

get to that in a moment So the first thing I

got was from a couple of days ago Transformers

AR card game by the Vance Studios to be released

in the UK. This is Yu -Gi -Oh for transformers,

I guess 47 Vance cards. Yeah one ID card One

device, one extra large Vanch card, one card

box, one playmat with manual, two card case,

and one card book. Now, these are all, this is

an Autobot set, so I assume at some point they're

gonna put out a Decepticon set, but maybe the

card players and collectors can yell at me for

saying this. $45 for this? No. Not for me. Nope.

Not a happenin'. I'm not surprised. Yeah, I'm

not surprised either, and yeah, no. Target Legacy

United Multipack First Look. We have Cyberverse

Tarn, which is a Legacy Tarn repaint, G1 Squeeze

Play, which is a Titan's Return Mindwipe retool,

Prime Cliffjumper, which is a Legacy Chase retool,

and Beast Wars Tarantulas, which is a Kingdom

Tarantulas retool. What the f*** did they retool

on Tarantulas? Huh? I'm looking at these pictures.

They put the original beast head on it from the

96 release and then the original paint job. Okay.

So they did the Blackarachnia thing again. Yeah.

But the thing is, is like, I always see these

four packs at Target and they're just shell forming.

Yeah. Especially around here because they're

like $84 or the only time I see a move is when

they go for 40 Yeah, and what what's funny is

somebody? I'm one of the Beast Wars groups was

posting I Don't know if it was BBTS or somebody

else. I don't know. It was one of these other

sites They had a thing where you spend $75 you

get $20 off, right? And then if you spend over

$30, you get a $5 off. So between the two coupons,

it and honestly might even been Target, I don't

know. But I actually come to think of it, I think

it was Target that had this deal. And so basically

out the door shipped, you could get it for $61.

And people are like for that, you know, and I'm

like, OK, I can see that. Like if you wanted

all of those figures. The only one I'm even remotely

interested in from that four pack is Tarn. Yeah.

And I wasn't interested enough to buy Tarn on

the first go around. Yeah. And it's only because

I'm looking at it. I'm like, oh, it's got a nice

transformation. I like the bot mode, put a Megatron

head on it, you know, blah, blah, blah. but i

mean like otherwise like i don't really care

about the figure or the character but i get like

it's a huge comic character and that's cool yeah

he's from the idw comics but yeah i i know you

that's fine but i mean i i get like she's kind

of a decently large part of the idw comics and

the other three i'm kind of like why oh the cliff

jumper one i think maybe maybe they needed to

somehow I think it's for like Transformers Prime

and they had to pad it out. It's like when they

did the Nemesis one and they had Bumblebee as

the only hero. Yeah, they had to pad it out,

but I also think it might be trademark because

maybe the Transformers Prime, Cliffjumper trademark,

like that car design, man, that car design is

amazing. If I was going to get that Cliffjumper,

I would only ever have it in vehicle mode. I

would never transform it into robot mode because

that vehicle mode is awesome. Yeah, so there

was that. There is the Transformers Masterpiece

MP60 Jinrai. Is this supposed to be Power Master

Optimus Prime? Without his armor. Right, right,

without the trailer. Right, right, right, okay.

A new Optimus Prime is here! I'm Transform Optimus!

Power Master Optimus Prime, greatest leader of

his time! It's great to be back. Now, Optimus

Prime is back as a Power Master. He only transforms

when his nebulon becomes his engine. Power Master

Optimus Prime! Look! Optimus is transforming

into a super robot! Power Master Transformers!

They have no power to surprise! Eh, maybe I could

get behind this if it wasn't blah blah blah blah

blah, let's see, um... Well, it's Genrai and

so, like, Power Master Prime, like, he's got...

Alpha Q or whatever his name is or high Q high

Q that's his name and he's the power master engine

Yeah, which is cool and I like it but it's like

how many primes do we need? Yeah, very true.

So There is no pricing on that yet, which kind

of sucks because I'd like to know like For me,

I said this, I forget, I think it was either

6 -0 or I think it was 6 -0 or somebody from

the Triple Takeover podcast said, posted the

88, yeah, it was 6 -0. He posted an image on

Instagram, a couple images, a couple, I don't

know, a week ago, maybe a few days ago, I don't

remember, time is irrelevant for me, folks, where

he's posting about the 88. Autobot lineup and

in the 88 lineup was power master optimus prime

and i had power master optimus prime as a kid

so yeah maybe i may or may not want this but

it's going to depend on the price and because

it doesn't have the trailer i would assume that

the price isn't going to be as god -awful as

what it would be if it did have the trailer and

of course like it says here in the article maybe

the trailer will come hopefully come soon at

some point well The thing with Chikara and Hasbro

with their, their masterpiece figures, they're

always, well, they're like always $250 North.

The only one that they ever sold for cheap were

Blackarachnia, Cheetor, and the MP01 Optimus

Prime. Which I remember that being at Target.

Really Meyer target like all those places. Yep

Walmart. They were like 60 bucks Yeah, and they

had an entire like aisle of that figure and I

I remember buying it and to this day like Part

of me is like I wish I would have never dumped

that figure Mm -hmm because I really did like

it even though it was like a stylized g1 prime

Right, but on the other hand I was like that

thing was so heavy and not up to scale with everything

else that I Kind of was like I don't really care

Yeah, but because now I'm kind of like I wish

I had a masterpiece prime still Just for the

sheer weight of it and you know bill, but I don't

have enough Need to pick up another one of any

of the master piece varieties at this point but

If I was going to get Power Master Optimus Prime

with his trailer and all that, I would get the

Titan's Return or the Power of the Primes combiner

comes with Optimus and he can join with his trailer

and become Power Master. And I feel like that

one is a pretty solid Replacement. Yeah. Absolutely.

And, uh, yeah, so coming up next, folks, is something

that, um, I don't care about anymore. I don't

even want to talk about it, but I just don't

care. Target Optimus Prime and Cadet Bullseye

are ready to deliver some delightful decor for

your special Transformers collection room. Deadpool

Prime? Yeah, essentially. Like I said the last

time we talked about this, my favorite mold,

or my favorite repaint of this mold is the Toxitron

version of the mold. No, you're thinking the

wrong, or no, this, this, nevermind, I'm thinking

the wrong one. Uh, I, yeah, this one, there's,

there's, there's four repaints of this Laser

Optimus Prime. There's that, Nemesis Prime, Toxitron.

And this version and I mean I'm always going

to be partial to The laser optimus prime. I don't

like toxitron and actually they're the stores

can't get rid of them Like none of the toxitron

stuff is selling around here. Yeah It's just

not laser optimus prime Was one of those figures

that I would actually still buy if I didn't have

to have the trailer Because all I want is the

figure yeah, and and I get it like most of the

appeal for a lot of these primes are the trailers

too, but it's like I Wish you know and it's kind

of stupid on Hasbro's part. It's like sell it

both a see how well you sell the figure again

Mm -hmm. Yeah, because I mean I did the same

well, and I did the same thing with Netflix prime

like when they had the the war for Cybertron

Earthrise prime out At the same time as the Netflix

prime, I bought the Netflix one because he was

$20 cheaper and he didn't come with a trailer.

Yeah. Absolutely. And yeah, no. So, and then

folks, we're going to do a full on recap of all

the drops from the month long 40th anniversary

celebration that. Hasbro Pulse had on YouTube.

And the biggest thing out of this, folks, is

the Transformers Collaborative Teenage Mutant

Ninja Turtles X Transformers Party Wallop. The

worlds of the Transformers robots and Teenage

Mutant Ninja Turtles collide with the Transformers

X TMNT Party Wallop mashup pack. The iconic party

wagon from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon

is now a Transformers robot. This seven -inch

figure converts From robot mode to cartoon inspired

party wagon alt mode and features series accurate

deco and details from the classic 1987 cartoon.

This pack comes with cartoon inspired accessories

including ninja swords, bow staff, nunchucks

and ninja sai. Here up the Turtle Brothers. It

also includes four swappable heads and a rotating

belt buckle to customize the robot as either

Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo or Raphael.

Transformers robots have always been more than

meets the eye, but now, through the Transformers

collaborative, fans can experience these larger

-than -life characters as they team up, mash

up, and meet up with other characters, teams,

and people who share this same special quality.

Transformers and Hasbro and all of that includes

Transformers figure, 12 accessories and instructions,

ages 6 and up, Am looking for a price. I do not

see a price on here. I think it's 65 bucks Yeah,

probably somewhere around there. I'm pretty sure

I I'm pretty sure I looked at it on on pulse

this morning Probably and I'm pretty sure it

was like 65 or 68 dollars it I mean, it's cool.

Don't get me wrong. I just I don't I don't care

for a lot of these mashups anymore Yeah, like

we had the x -men stuff like a while back We

had you know, we got the actual one which they're

re -releasing Yeah, and then we've had the back

to the future car Which if I was getting any

of them it would be that one just so I had the

you know, the DeLorean. Oh, yeah But it better

be like it and some of the fans do too because

I mean I've seen fans doing kitbashes of this

and 3d prints and You know transformable ones

the 3d print and stuff and honestly, I like the

transformable 3d print ones look better than

these like these have more people on them than

those and So, I mean I wouldn't buy it I like

it but it's not something I would put on my have

to get list and I really feel that way about

99 % of what was in this Hasbro pulse 40th anniversary,

I felt like We should have gotten something more

than just a bunch of target exclusives and a

bunch of just random mashups or random figures.

Like I kind of was expecting more out of it and

maybe that's just me as a fan or just the fact

that how far Hasbro has changed. Yeah. I don't

know which I just know that honestly, it's not

it's not the transform as I was expecting At

least I don't know about other places but big

bad toy store which has an estimated release

of September of this year 50 bucks for this on

BBTS now at first I Thought this was not one

figure. I thought this was four figures when

I first saw it I like that it's one figure and

the bands and the weapons are Mix -and -match

and you know, whatever kind of thing. So I like

that about it. But yeah, I Up for me. Nope Gonna

happen. I agree They are also in conjunction

with this they are Re -releasing a reissue of

the ecto trot of the Ghostbuster transformer

car Yeah, so there's that the one I want to talk

about out of this for four week long A thing

burger that they did is the comic edition shockwave.

I am on Hasbro pulses website at this thing.

And honestly, the, as much as I love it because

it's shockwave and I think it's cool as hell.

The coolest thing to me is the, um, the headless

optimist prime with the thing coming. He's got

his head cut off. It's from the comic. Yeah,

I was a Marvel comic collector back in the day.

And that's that's definitely a staple of it.

And I I think it's pretty neat. Absolutely. Not

one I'll buy, but right now. Well, I mean, if

I was like if I was going to get if I was getting

anything, it would be. Yeah, it would be this.

Definitely. Absolutely. See what else here. He's

trying to, you know, take the creation matrix

from Prime's head. Oh, it's in his chest, right?

No, that's right. It is in his... Comics are

a blur to me, folks. At least the Marvel ones

are, anyway, because yeet. Let's see here. That's

kind of it. I will say that if you are... Not

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Triple Takeover Toycast. So you had proposed

a topic and this is how he phrased it, folks.

The fact that Hasbro doesn't get the fact that

they are missing the boat on certain products.

Take it away, sir. So my soapbox here, and I

don't have to go on very long, is I feel like

there's figures that Hasbro could have done that

are related to Transformers that they did poorly.

You know, you chose poorly! That's right. And

and they could have they could have renovated

that like they could they had the opportunity

here to do something new to to use this modern

technology to make proper beast machines figures

to Test the waters like I know some people were

mad They didn't do some of the other robots in

disguise figures and it's like maybe they're

still working on the rights For some more of

it, I don't know but I feel me And one I hate

these crowdfunded ones where they're like, oh

if we get to a certain amount We'll produce a

toy and it's like well, maybe if you just produced

More of what people want and less of the extra

crap You'll sell more toys because The fact I

had to buy a beast machine Megatron in the cloak

from a fan on TFW and buy his 3d print STL file

so I can have a proper beast machines Megatron

which people have been trying to recreate for

years and Not only did he do it Proper like all

the right stuff like yeah, it's it's not like

exact, but it's pretty stinking close Would be

happy printing this painting it and then having

it on my display. He's got an anchor. He's got

him in his cloak He's got the arms. He's got

the harness. He's got the harness helmet He's

got a Megatron head in there that he already

molded for the optimal Megatron and for For that

and then on top of it. He's got it so you can

either print it as an action master So it's got

like a hollow like it's got a build on the inside

so that you can have Megatron without the dragon

buddy, right or You can mix it with the dragon

body Like fold up the dragon body and literally

fit it inside Wow, that is amazing and I'm like

Hmm because like at first I thought he was just

doing it, you know, you fit it inside and like,

okay Well, I'll I'll just go that route because

he's got a new faceplate for that figure too,

which I may switch out the head on that Once

I print that one because I do have the files

But I'm tempted to Just do what the action master

way because and I have another Megatron in my

shelf. I have the IDW Megatron I have you know

optimal Megatron. I have Transmetal 2 I have

Transmetal I have beast I have pre beast that

I made I have you know the 10th anniversary,

you know knockoff Transmetal that they did and

So I've got all these different varieties of

Megatron. I've got him and his cloak from the

Beast Machines toy you know, back in the day.

And honestly, like, I'm kind of geeked about

making this. I can print them the size of the

other figure and it'll look awesome on my shelf.

And it'll be the size of a leader class because

it's got to fit that figure in it. Yep. But yeah,

I mean, like, I don't know, like that instance,

like, It's been asking for stuff like that for

years or an optimal Megatron if you know I feel

like they're gonna come out with a new optimal

optimus Before they'll come out with any new

beast Megatron outside of the Transmetal 2 I

feel like they're gonna come out with another

you know, I Know they're coming out with studio

series 86 prime and Megatron Yep, but There's

still other figures that they could be doing

they could be doing a studio series 96 beast

wars, you know doing them properly they could

be doing I mean I know they've done the the premium

finish for some of them and that's well and dandy

for the robot mode the beast modes kind of yeah,

but But then you go into things, you know, like

animated we could use some more animated figures

that are better articulated and just not bricks

we could use more, you know energon we could

use more transformers prime, you know stuff that

that Sadly the third parties are killing it on

all of the fronts like they're making these figures

They hide the kibble. They look like the show

They yes, they steal some of them steal the molds

from Hasbro But then they want up Hasbro Yeah,

so like the oversized ones of the of the legacy

Beast Wars characters or the kingdom ones They've

they've upscaled a lot of them and they've given

them proper paint jobs. And so yes, I don't condone

them stealing the molds, but you look at TransArt,

for instance, they take the original toy concept,

translate it, make it bigger, give it show accuracy,

and then they've got a slam dunk. Yes, Hasbro

did some of the engineering back in the day,

and they're stealing the idea of the engineering,

but they're actually re -imagining the entire

figure in 90 % of the cases. so I mean I I feel

like Hasbro like there there were opportunities

to really do 40 years of Transformers in touch

a Different year or a different part of the decades.

They could have done the first decade For the

first week the second decade the second week

You know the first week you get your g1 you get

your head masters your target masters your power

masters So, you know all those wars beast machines

third week you get all the early no second week

You could have got you could have got some g2.

You could have got some machine wars east wars

these machines then you got rid Armada energon

Cybertron and then you get you animated and TF

prime and you know some of the other ones like

There were so many boats that they missed and

it's like come on guys. Like I know you have

it in you But let's that's put a little bit more

a little bit more effort in there And I I'm not

like hating on the guys that do the stream. I'm

not hating on it Hasbro corporate decision and

I feel like they don't They don't understand

their audience base enough to produce the figures

that people are asking for or wanting or to work

towards it like I guarantee you if they came

out with re -envisioned trans metals of any of

them, any of them, because they've done optimal

optimist and they've done Transmetal 2 Primal

or Megatron. If they came out with any of them,

especially the gold plastic syndrome Transmetal

1 Megatron, that sucker would sell like hotcakes.

They would have so many problems keeping that

thing in stock. It's things like that that I

look at Hasbro and I'm like, do you hate money?

Because like they there's figures that they they

do make yes, then there's figures They don't

make and then they make a bunch of blah and it's

like why are we making the blah? Let's get back

over here. Let's make something that you know

is going to sell Yeah, you know not 50 repaints

of of more for Cybertron Megatron that not 50

repaints of more for Cybertron Optimus Prime

You know, now we're on our fourth repaint of

laser prime and I get it. They're going to milk

the mold. I do. Yeah. And I'm fine with a remold.

I'm fine with a repaint to an extent, but it's

like, how many are you going to spit out before

people don't care? So I, the question is for

you, but I really want to ask the audience this

and I want, I want the audience to comment on

geekcastradio .com on this post when the episode

goes live. East or is tarantulas. Okay. We always

scream about show ag I always scream about it

for the most part a little bit louder than you

do But sometimes you scream about it to show

accuracy cartoon accuracy How many of the audience

members that are listening to the sound of my

voice? Did you want? the legacy tarantulas in

toy colors Well, I mean they did they did Dinobot

in toy colors Do you remember that? Yes, and

they did and they did terrors or in toy colors

and yes There are people that want these things

in toy colors. Yeah But I'm saying like right

now compared to what we got in legacy or in Kingdom

or whatever that wherever the hell the original

Animated series tarantulas. Yeah, I don't know

Yeah, like how many people now today haunted

that figure as a redeco and a new head for toy

colors. Oh, not me. Exactly. I don't know. I

am not like the ultimate fan. I'm not the Uber

collector. I'm not like their target demo. But

the fact is kids aren't buying it. Yeah, kids

are not buying the toys anymore. Oh, and The

parents are buying it, but the thing is, is the

parents are mostly buying it for themselves.

Yeah, because the parents are the kids. Like,

you're the kid, I'm the kid, even though I don't

have kids. But like, people our age, all of the

Transformers toy collecting community kind of

thing, we're the ones buying it. And yeah, I

just, I don't know. And like you said earlier,

what we're saying here, what we've said in the

last couple of minutes, folks, This is nothing

against Ben from marketing or the designers,

Evan, Mark, any of the people that are working

on and working to promote this stuff. This, the

problem that Hasbro faces now is that they had

a visionary CEO in Brian Goldner. Fortunately,

the man passed away. It sucks. Unfortunately,

the man passed away. They now have a CEO in there.

Some cock guy. I don't even know what the hell

is whatever Chris whatever the hell like He's

a numbers guy. You can tell he's a penny pincher.

He's not and you would think No, but you would

think being a penny pincher and a numbers guy

He would be able to figure this out for himself.

It's sad when like a fan can look at it and be

like, you know You would sell a lot more stuff

if you put stuff that people actually wanted

instead of a bunch of repaints or uh The earth

rise or not earth rise. Is that earth rise? No,

um earth spark earth spark. Yep. None of that

crap is selling Oh jeez, it's all shell forming

like literally all of it. It's it's almost shell

forming worse than cyberverse Oh Like it's bad

like around here. I never see those things move

I see stuff hit clearance more than I see anything

else the Beast Wars reissues those all hit clearance

not a one of them sold on the shelf the the The

leader class figures those are shelf warming

Lot of the deluxe class like everything is that's

been on the shelf right now and in like the Colorado

Loveland Fort Collins Greeley like those areas

that I live in yeah, none of it's the same crap

that's been there since last April Wow Like none

of its changed. I've seen maybe a few new figures

show up periodically. It's the same crap And

I'm honestly I'm just kind of waiting for like

J axis Like 15 bucks or something and I might

enter over 20 bucks in the store because I don't

want to pay shipping and all that With BBTS and

I'm like if he hits 20 bucks I'll buy another

one so I can kind of kit bash it as like a Megatron

and kind of mix it with my Galvatron finger that

I have but But honestly like I don't I don't

see much this stuff selling one parents are struggling

with money To like you're putting out like the

plastic quality is crap like this stuff So loose

janky and I noticed that across the board with

Hasbro like I have the Power Rangers figures

I have and this is this is kind of a toy industry

issue and this leads to a bigger discussion we

have in another show, but I have like for instance,

I have some of the old -school playmates figures

of Star Trek and I have one of the new figures

The old figures don't have the articulation I'll

grant you that But the plastic quality is so

much better and the paint decos and the face

Sculpting is so much better than the stuff we

got now and these new ones are like half an inch

taller than the old stuff and And then looking

at like the Hasbro toys like it's kind of the

same instance like cheap plastic hollow It's

not the same and I get they're trying to cut

corners to the lower costs But at the same time

the cost keep going up And they keep using less

paint. They keep using less plastic. They use

cheaper plastic. The white stuff fades. It returns

yellow. It's like, at what point do you kind

of reevaluate and stop making 50 different price

points of figures? That's why Hasbro was able

to buy, like, you know, Kenner and have this

stuff back in the day. We had four, we had four

class of figures. Basic, Deluxe, Mega, Ultra.

And then they introduced a Supreme. for like

optimal. Beyond that, there was no reason to

have more than four size classes. We have $5

figures, we have $7, we have $9, we have $12,

we have 15, we have 24, we have 36, we have 59,

and then we have 89. And it's like at what point

do you kind of cut your losses and stop making

all the extra crap? When they go bankrupt? And

sadly, I feel like a lot of these companies are.

I feel like we're hitting in this point in entertainment

and toys and collecting and everything where

things are going to start crashing and burning.

And I'm not excited for it at all because that

means we're going to lose access to a lot of

stuff that awesome. But I feel like if they're

going to reinvent the wheel here, they need to

go back to basics. They need to be like, all

right, what actually sells? What sells, you know,

can we re -imagine a figure and sell it instead

of doing a re -issue? Can we, and I know they

have the molds and that's beyond the point, like

the mold is, I get it, like they own it, they

can re -issue it. I don't feel like people care

about that anymore. Like if they want the original,

they're gonna buy the original. Like I don't

feel like they're gonna go buy like the re -issue,

because they were re -issued. One of our listeners

actually picked up like a Reissue rat trap for

me because Nolan was wanting went one point for

five bucks Because I was like I'm not paying

$25 for this rat trap and he found one for me

for five bucks shipped it for like eight or something

and I got it for like $13 total and I was able

to mix it with another like cobbled together

like old rat trap figure and Create a new rat

trap out of it But even the joints were different

like and the plastic was different like between

the two And so I mean, it's just, it's funny

because like he was like, Oh yeah, these are

shelf warm and everywhere. Like it's, you know,

you can find them in the dollar bin, you know,

at this point and there's like buckets of them.

And he was taking pictures and sending them to

me. So, I mean, it's one of those instances where

it's, it's going to be interesting to see where

toys goes over this next six months. Yeah. Very,

very interesting. All right, folks, I think that's

going to do it for us here on this latest episode

of all things transformers. Why don't you send

this out, Megatron? Go until next time. Unleash

the beast in you. Yes. I wish to speak to my

lawyer.