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"Out the way lads, I heard the ice cream van down the road. Ain't no-one getting them Callipos afore me!"

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This is super cute!

Answering the call of adventure 🌲🧝‍♀️🍄

With a walking stick in hand and a smile full of excitement, the young forest elf sets off on her very first grand adventure. Behind her, her grandfather — the wise old mushroom-hatted elder — waves goodbye, proud and a little wistful. The path ahead is unknown, but her heart is full of courage. 🌿🍄🧙‍♂️🧝‍♀️

While watering some freshly planted grass, I accidentally discovered a few mushrooms in the yard, so I wanted to take the opportunity to create a photo featuring forest folk. This week’s TPC challenge is themed Travel, so I decided to build a scene where an old sage bids farewell to his granddaughter as she sets off on an adventure.

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Just a lovely day out with grandad, rolling around in his hummer, laying waste to your foes with a giant lightformer cannon.

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He's pretty great, carnivactually.

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An idea I've had in my head since seeing the bomb SS86 Springer comes with.

But gah, the caption tools on PicsArt are beyond terrible. I'll need to find a separate app if I do this sort of thing again

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Orange lads on a grey day.

"What do you mean I'm not relevant? Of course I'm relevant! I hung out with Spider-Man for goodness sake!"

"Huffer, that... that wasn't you. That was Gears."

"... Damn. I could've sworn we were the same guy..."

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Peck peck.

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Signal boost - this is James Roberts, y'all.

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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Nice chopper mode, shame about the lack of landing gear.

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"Well, chum, you certainly mastered that target."

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Old Spring and new version of even older Spring.

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Neon noir buddies.

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Yeah... he does have nipple struts that can stick out a good half inch... oh but it's not the same.

One of the strangest, most compromised and awkward toys I have.

Is the jet mode any good? Nope.

But at least the boat mode works, right? Not really.

So the robot mode makes up for it, then? *nervous collar tug*

It made for a good Broadside then? Oh god no, if anything that was worse.

So you'd be into the recent Titan one then? Eh... probably not, to be honest. Just doesn't seem exciting enough. Tidal Wave ought to be a big, silly, fun lump.

Also I think I prefer the original Hasbro green colours.

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One of the strangest, most compromised and awkward toys I have.

Is the jet mode any good? Nope.

But at least the boat mode works, right? Not really.

So the robot mode makes up for it, then? *nervous collar tug*

It made for a good Broadside then? Oh god no, if anything that was worse.

So you'd be into the recent Titan one then? Eh... probably not, to be honest. Just doesn't seem exciting enough. Tidal Wave ought to be a big, silly, fun lump.

Also I think I prefer the original Hasbro green colours.

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I was wondering if I had any transformers which scaled with 6 inch figures. Turns out, yes: some of the beasties.