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I swear at least 30% of Transformer Prime's entire staying power is that its Soundwave is so sexy. Say what you want about tfp (and I will say ALOT. I'm a critic even) but its Soundwave is irrefutably the sexiest. It's been over ten years and not a single Soundwave has come anywhere close to taking that title away.

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Finished this. Very relevant for the times.

Based if off this panel/have since found out it's from Tony Benn.

And the glow in the dark part:

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I ordered a custom shirt to wear to tfn next week and im so glad it arrived because there is nowhere else I can wear this

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this frame from krusty krab training video is so underrated to me why does nobody talk about it

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“who killed ironhide?”

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she & Jack are so “Dad and the cat he said we couldn’t keep” to me

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The Archivist vs the Old Ass Man

(s02e20 / s02e08)

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not sure what this post was gonna say but i stand by it i suppose

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Generation Mechs - a favour

Sorry for being AWOL for a while:

Gen Mechs, my new book about the earliest days of Transformers fan culture, is going to print in a few weeks. It’s all new content. Part critique, part reference guide, part oral history

I’ve interviewed over 50 creators, industry execs and fans (especially fanzine editors) and dug up very rare new info about the early days (83 to 99). I’m really happy with how it’s turned out.

I’ll be selling and signing copies at @tfnationltd, and then later in the year I’m going to make it available to order, as I’ve done with the MTMTE notebooks

Normally, I do a small run of notebooks for the cons then wait until I’ve taken people’s orders before doing a second print run. That way, I know exactly what the global demand is and I don’t over-order

I’m doing things differently with Gen Mechs. It’s a large format, 500 page hardback book with glossy inserts, a dust jacket and an embossed spine. It’ll be expensive to produce. The cost-per-book is greater the smaller the print run, to a more pronounced extent than the notebooks

For this reason, I’m only going to do a single print run. Gen Mechs will therefore be a limited edition (I *may* do a softback second printing in a few years, depending on demand). Thing is… I’ve no idea how many copies to get printed. And this is where you come in

I’m not inviting pre-orders/payment, but I’d appreciate it if those of you who intend to buy a copy would let me know by liking this post. I say “intend to buy”, but there’s no obligation. If you change your mind, fine. I just need a rough idea of demand

I’m still waiting on final costs (which will of course be determined in large part by the size of the print run), but I think I’ll be selling each copy for around £40 (plus shipping). I’ll be signing them and sending them out in bespoke packaging

So if you think you’ll be ordering a copy or picking one up at TFNation, please like the first post. “RTs” (or tumblr equivalent) to maximise the sample size are also appreciated.

I’ve posted a similar message on BlueSky, Insta, Facebook and Tumblr — **please do not Like more than one**. Thanks x

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Imagine belonging to a species that don't reproduce sexually so no-one has parents or children and the whole idea is kinda gross to you. And then you find out that you and ONLY you do have a dad, and not only that! But your dad is a giant spider. Well that happened to my buddy Springer.

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sometimes the texts just look you dead in the eye

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what was this guys name..? runt..? rang..?

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“uhmmmm megatron was lowkey abusive when he built the super mega death ray to destroy earth 🥀” is how some of you be talking

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inspired by this tumblr post lol

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