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Hooooooooooooly fuckin' mooooooooooooly!!!!!!!!!!!!

First someone leaked the Transformers x Monster Hunter collaboration figure and I'm pre-ordering that the instant I am able to. NOW this just got announced/leaked and now I've got even MORE awesome shit to pre-order! Oh, my poor wallet...

All I am REALLY hoping for from this collab is that it isn't just a rehash of version 1 and 2 with just one new Monster-Hunter-Themed Digimon in each device. Ideally, every digimon is either new or the rosters are just, different from anything else that's already been released.

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As I mentioned in my last post, my Tamagotchi Connection '24 died after 7 long generations (I PROMISE I'll get around to writing about it sometime soon). To take its place, I've decided to start progress on my purple Digimon X2!

If I *do* keep this V-Pet's progress up-to-date on this blog (which I'll try my best to do), I probably won't take pictures of every cut-in Im able to on account of already having cut-in pictures for most of the 'mons on this device through the English silver-gold shell.

Let's see where this new journey goes.

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A day late over on the blog, but happy Transformers day! To celebrate, here is my current collection of 'bots I've been building up for the past 2 years.

Honestly, Im happy and disappointed in my current collection.

I'm happy because every figure you see pictured is a part of my own "shelf-verse" AU that I've been working on since I got my 3rd or so Shockwave, and I'm honestly super proud of it. Like, a lot of typical aspects of Transformers have been reworked or recontectualized with my lore, and theres even storylines and story arcs that affect the status-quo, some serious cool shit. I wanna use it as a basis for a stopmotion series if I ever live in a space that allows me to set that up. It's always been a dream of mine to make a stopmotion series- Ive been into stopmotion ever since I got my hands on a camera... or well, uh... since I got a 3DS and a stopmotion application on the E-Shop.

Im disappointed because these damn shelves get filled too quickly!!! I have other things i want to display on these shelves, like my V-Pets or my physical media. I can't do that if the Transformers are slowly taking over my shelves!!! Surely ill figure out how to deal with that, but I imagine the solution would just be more shelves lmao.

I forgot to even mention my desk 'bots in the initial post! These are not a part or my aforementioned "shelf-verse", nor do they really have *any* lore in general aside from the set-up being that they're on a space station or something like that, these are just fun-sized lil dudes that I have fun posing with when I want something to fidget with.

You can finally see the reason why I haven't been uploading any V-Pet logs for so long- it's because Shockwave has been doing all the raising around here! In all seriousness though, I do plan on writing about my experience with the Tamagotchi Connection rerelease sometime soon now that I accidentally ended a 7-generation-strong bloodline... whoops. Look forward to that, uh, whenever it happens!

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Transformers x Trigger 40th anniversary video.

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hey guys, what do you think of my dinner?

(choose your words carefully)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOOBY-DOO!!

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Getting 9/11 and Friday the 13th in the same week feels like a combo

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The Next Generation Delivery Vehicle that the USPS ordered is legit the most fucked up thing you'll ever see in your life.

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gotta give a point to the swifties, taylor swift probably isn't going to actually bear elon musk's children just because he acted creepy towards her on twitter.

on the other hand, a certain popstar i used to be a fan of, by the name of grimes,

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What did we ever do to these homies that made them diss my girl?

Lyrics:

[WEEZER] What's with these homies dissin' my girl? Why do they gotta diss my girl? What did we ever do to these homies that made them diss my girl?

[KATE BEAHAN] I don't know!!

[WEEZER] Oo-hoo, but you know my girl. Hoo-oo, and I know these homies. Hoo-oo, hoo-oo, hoo-oo-hoo-oo-hoo-oo

Ooh-wee-hoo, I look just like these homies. Oh-oh, and you're Mary Tyler Girl. I don't care what they say about my girl. I don't care about these homies.

Hoo-hoo, and you know.

[KATE BEAHAN] No, I don't!!

[WEEZER] Oo-oo, and I know your mom!

[KATE BEAHAN] Whoa!!

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wow what the fuck? CNN just interviewed Solrock

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wish there was a non rude way to be like “I understand your criticism, I don’t even necessarily disagree with it, but I am doing these things on purpose, because I like them and I want to, and therefore your opinion has no value, because you might think me painting a room entirely pink is tacky, but I did it on purpose”

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Super Mario Bros (1993)

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todays the day gon and killua made it to greed island!

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With the franchise continuing to grow in popularity, I thought I'd give a rundown for new fans of the earliest fist-fighting, bike-riding lone hero Kamen Riders that they might not be too familiar with compared to the modern shows.

Kamen Rider #1

Made with specific intentions in mind about the nature of violence in humanity, the first Kamen Rider often struggled with a distancing of sorts from his humanity that his superpowers gave him; focusing most frequently on the terrible harm he was now able to visit upon his opponents. Conceptualized as the lone hero with these powers, the bug-themed #1 didn't have a 'secondary rider' of sorts to help him out; instead being assisted most frequently by a professional officer who also acted as his liaison with the police. Another well-liked supporting cast member was an older 'uncle' figure who let the main hero stay at his shop. At the conclusion of the series, Rider 1 decided to leave Japan to journey abroad. Kamen Rider #1's show was very popular with children to the degree that, while not intended, it naturally spawned an indirect sequel series and eventually a whole slew of shows that continues to this day.

Kamen Rider #2

While Kamen Rider #1 was not conceived as having any successors, events behind the scenes incited the production of a replacement hero in Kamen Rider #2 who would take over from #1 over the next year. Very similar in design and origins to his predecessor with the same bug design basis and often mixed up with him, this new Kamen Rider was a quirky jokester type of character compared to the typical 'hero' type kids could look up to that #1 was; and often confounded his supporting cast with all the strange things he'd say and do. Rather than dwell on his personal tragedy of what he'd lost, #2 as a character preferred to focus on his own personal hobbies and interests; only going out to battle the enemies when called. #2 notably marked the introduction of a teamup of multiple Kamen Riders at once, though he fought with derivations of #1's suit rather than the original. While not as well remembered as the original Kamen Rider, #2 still laid the groundwork for many elements that the franchise stays true to today.

Kamen Rider V3

As the first departure from #1 and #2's basic setting and storytelling with a very different design, Kamen Rider V3 obviously had some big shoes to fill -- but almost instantly he was a hit, easily becoming one of the most popular Kamen Rider series of his era. While previously glimpsed with #2's occasional scuffles, V3 notably was the first Kamen Rider series to have fellow Kamen Riders fighting with each other; not out of misunderstanding, but out of genuine moral conflict. While some of this would be resolved, multiple Kamen Riders end up dying in this season, and arguably this rivalry is what most influences the typical Main Rider/Secondary Rider relationships to this day.

Riderman

While many Riders feature their transformation belt magically appear out of nowhere, the fourth Kamen Rider notably had a more 'realistic' transformation that required the hero to physically put on his gear. Arguably weaker than many other Kamen Riders due to having a limited powerset derived from now-outdated science, Riderman in his series was characterized largely by a distrust of everyone around him due to his coloured past; naturally leading to many of the show's most memorable character conflicts and fights. This Kamen Rider has an interesting relationship with death, with the ending of the show and post-series media seemingly unable to decide if he's alive or not.

Kamen Rider X

Plagued by rewrites and completely different directions in the first and second half of the show, the first Kamen Rider to constantly carry his weapon with him has nonetheless remained quite popular with fans of the era; in no small part due to the tantalizing relationship he has with a black and red rival he makes early on. While the show would eventually move on from this element, X as a character is informed by the tragedy of losing his father and the hero complex this event forced upon him.

Kamen Rider Amazon

A very sharp change in direction from the more technological Riders that came before him, Amazon in many respects does not feel like part of the Kamen Rider series as much as it does an original series very much doing its own thing -- and one that has garnered its own small fanbase. Amazon featured multiple forested fights and pit the main hero against animalistic beasts rather than what you might expect from a usual Tokusatsu monster. Amazon is frequently followed around by a young boy fascinated by the new world of possibilities the hero has introduced him to, and the relationship between Amazon and this boy is one of the highlights of the series.

Kamen Rider Stronger

This red rhinoceros beetle Rider is a cult favourite among fans for its infectiously confident main hero who makes speeches about the heavens as he charms his way out of just about any situation. This series brought the classic theming back in a big way, with all the main heroes being based on a different type of bug. This series may surprise modern Kamen Rider fans for Stronger only having a single upgrade form, not even having a single other one between his base form and final. Unfortunately, this series failed to be the jab-in-the-arm of popularity the producers wanted it to be; with the Super Sentai series that same year arguably overshadowing it.

(inspired by this twitter thread)