The car I currently lust for:

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I have a pretty prodigious collection of Transformer. I have nearly complete sets of the Alternators, Masterpiece and Movie 2007 collections, acquired at great effort and expense over the last couple of years ( Read more... )

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Two things:

1)Firm Element Continiuing Education requirements for licensed personnel are a real beeyotch.

2)Having morals is also kind of a beeyotch. My refusal to shop at Wal*Mart is severely cutting into my acquisition of new Transformers.

On the upside, I did find a way to import Wal*Mart Exclusive Starscream directly from an Asian importer ( Read more... )

Bush to Deploy Transformers to Iraq

If you know me at all, then you know going in that I'm a huge nerd. You are probably aware that I'm a very enthusiastic Transformers fan. That said, it should come as no surprise that the following review of the recently released Transformers movie is not exactly an unbiased evaluation.

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At this moment, having just returned from seeing the new Transformers movie, I am at a total loss of words to describe the sheer awesomenessitudity of what I just saw.

More later, bet on it.

I hate Wal*Mart. They are evil.

However...

Let me preface this by reiterating my love for Starscream. He's my favorite Transformer. The Masterpiece edition of this character is one of the finest pieces of toy engineering ever to grace this collector's shelf. The original Japanese edition was marred by only two things - a bizarre, anime-inacurate ( Read more... )

All right. Time to seriously geek out. This is 40 year-old virgin territory. But I will not be ashamed of my Transformers obsession. They were a staple of my childhood, and while the related media basically amounts to advertisment, Transformers are just... COOL. I could say that I collect the toys now because I appreciate the engineering, or ( Read more... )

A rumor has been circulating that Hasbro has lifted the June 2 street date for release of the Transformers movie toys. This was corroborated by a local source. So I went to Target yesterday with high hopes.

The only one they had was Scorponok, which, truth be told, is not one of my favorite figures in the new line. Still, he was new and shiny, so ( Read more... )