#Retro Toy Con

[simeonscott]

Some photos from the Retro Toy Con 2024 dealer room on Saturday.

[headcanonforthought]

Deadpool headcanon thing?

Logan ironically getting Wade a little my little pony figure for his birthday. Because Wade likes weird shit like that, it's 1000/% a joke. But then Logan catches Wade again and again actually playing with the little pony... Brushing it's hair, galloping the toy around the table. So Logan buys a few more for Wade to have. Eventually Logan buys the entire set of ponies available on the market. Of course though, Wade saw a rare Fluttershy on reddit a few days ago and is sad he can't have her. So Logan starts deep diving on eBay so he can buy Wade all the retro ponies. He even commissions four custom ponies. One in the Deadpool suit, one in the wolverine suit, and two that resemble Logan and Wade. Wade loves it. He starts attending local pony cons and posting online about his pony collection. Soon dealing and trading with other established pony collectors around the country. Logan guys a duplicate of the first pony he ever bought Wade, he keeps it super glued to the dash of his car, a reminder of Wade.

[brokehorrorfan]

Super 7's San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Return of the Living Dead ReAction Figures variants are available online. Each 3.75" retro-style toy is blacklight reactive and packaged on flocked cardbacks. The pair costs $50.

[ne0ncl0udzz]

Some things I remember from when I was a little kid growing up in the lower-mid-middle class but having the privilege where we got toys and stuff plus growing up in the south with two way older sisters in the late-mid to late 2000s to early-mid 2010s(In no order): ☆but toy edition���

☆ Bratzlia dolls! I think I had maybe three of these, I had the Cloetta doll and Meygana and I think the 3rd was just another version of cloetta.

★ Pinkie Cooper and the jet set pets! I loved these so much, I think I had the main the from the og line!

☆Novi-Stars! I recently found a picture where I was like maybe 4-5 on my birthday with my oldest sister and a Novi-Stars new in box, I loved those dolls so much!

★ Build - a - Bears. I was around 4 when I got my first build a bear, it was the love fur you doggy and my sister had gotten the Daisy bunny. I still have mine named Lovie and still sleep with her!

☆ A personal memory was that I had one single action figure that wasn't a hand me down from my cousin or oldest sister, I had an iron man one and that was one of my favorite toys for some reason...

★ Zhu-Zhu pets but most important the baby's line. I had so many and even had gotten the ds game that came with one of the toys!

☆ Sing-a-Ma-Jigs. Me and my sisters had a few of these, I remember having think the purple one with the pink baby!

★ Hot Weels! So many hot weels...ten year age gap between me and my older sister, I got to play with her hotweels and she had some of the coolest diecast ones ever!

☆ Zoobles...God we loved zoobles, me and my 2nd older sister(6yrs older) had a few of the sets and I think the carrier and stuff, loved em. I remember I picked up and new in box playset from a local retro-con last year and it was a flash back..

★ Squinkies! I had the like bubble gum dispenser set, my sister had the cupcake one, and despite how young I was, I think I had quite a few of the minis

☆ Monster High! I was a total monster High kid, didn't have many normal dolls because I was obsessed with all the weird ones, but monster High was a main, I was obsessed with Draculara but especially the sweet 1600 DVD, I had the car set and cupid doll and I even had theMH doll house at some point but idk if we donated it or not sadly

★ La-Dee-Da dolls. I dunno if we had more then two, but I remember I had the bubble gum one, my sister had another one I can't remember.

☆ I have alot more I can add and 100% will make another one...or two...or three...or however many of these, because I grew up with such a mix, I had things I was way to young for thanks to hand me downs or just being a kid that didn't eat things and had treated their toys well, also alot of my toys leaned towards the 'girly' or whatever since yeah I'm trans lolz. Might do one of these witj pics next, who knows!:]

[istherewifiinhell]

okay. heres what were all here for. tell me why the fuck im supposed to suck the dick of these uk comics

[ID: A man holding up an aged looking paper, with a medieval style drawing of a giant metal fire breathing man. He leans forward serious asking his son "... Did it look like this?" END]

marveltf story line, MAN OF IRON, 9-12 in the UK, or.... 33-34 in the us. alright lol do whatever i guess. first published in 1985

new vibe same procedure: Script: Steve Parkouse art: John Ridgeway (9-10) Mike Collins (11-12) Colours: Joise Fermin (9-10) Gina Hart (11-12) Nel Yomtov (US)* Letters: Richard Starkings Editor: Sheila Cranna and these caps are from the UK classics idw book so: Original Series Edits by Shelia Cranna and Ian Rimmer, editorial notes and assistance by James Roberts, Collection Edits by Justin Eisinger and Alonzo Simon, Collection Design by Shawn Lee (<- hey i know his work from turtles!)

*so the uk comics were part in colour and part B&W, to save costs... including the american reissues? printing costs i guess. but when reprinted in collected books, they would get the full colour treatment. whats not clear to me is WHO did those colours, its not listed anywhere i can find. ill simply have to assume its the same artists... and hope im not discrediting anyone....

AND ALSO the last page in this reprint apparently uses the US comic page, and i have a cap of that last page, so. Yomtov's in here too..... tf franchise the way u treat ur sacred texts breaks my turtles fan heart.

and lastly! the keen eyed may notice, we are back to toy accurate art, the character model designs haven't and wont make their way over until much later, I'm told.

well with all that perfectly convoluted business out of the way, lets explore what tfs is like across the pond.

[ID: The same man, Roy, driving as he thinks to himself "What kind of bozo would want to bomb the castle? The Saxon Liberation Front? The mind boggles…" END]

[spluttering laugh] so the humours a little different!

[ID: The boy, Sammy, climbing a tree, hand outstretched reaching for the arrow he lost. Standing, with his in the canopy is Jazz. Sammy yells in fear. END]

OKAY. so the vibes are little different

[ID: Caption Box: And the apparition was fearful, being a Man of Iron of great height and girth, seeming unheedful of quarrel, spear or sword…" The robot from the illustration, clearly transformer, but blockier, more retro scifi, standing in the middle of a medieval battle, men with chain-mail and swords looking at him with trepidation. Caption Box: The Man of Iron forded the stream at Eldric's Cross, making great strides for the abbey… and some brave souls followed, though none dared come too close…" Two of the fighters shown following him, a body shot with an arrow lays at the other side of the river. END]

damn okay. so the vibes are ALOT DIFFERENT

(no 10) sammy dreams

[ID: Sammy stands on a house rooftop, in his PJ's, looking down at the cobble street, where a seeker in alt mode rests. END]

[ID: Dark and moody art, a barely seen figure towers in the shadows over the residential houses. From a higher angle, its shown to be Mirage, he stands taking up the entire street, backlit and casting shadows. END]

WHAT THE FUCK. that is terrifying

(something about beautiful black inked art + toy model makes them so CREATURE)

[ID: Roy speaks to a man in army uniform. Roy: How large? Soldier: Well… ahh…at a rough estimate? About the size of an ocean-going liner. Roy: Whaat? Roy with a hand to his head in dismay: Well, for god's sake what is it? Solider: We don't know. I've called in extra men and we're going to excavate… END]

somethings! buried under the castle... gee well one wonders what it might be

[ID: Close on Jazz's alt mode dashboard, its filled with lights and screen of alien language. Hes saying: But I'm not a stranger, Sammy. Deep down, you know… don't you? You've been wanting an adventure all your life… Besides. I have something to tell you. Sammy looking doubtful. Jazz continues: Something really important. Sammy has a hand on Jazz's open door: Why not just sit for a while in the front seat? Just pretend you're driving… END]

JAZZ THATS KIDNAPPING BUD....

really get a kick outta this note in the printed version

[ID: REMEMBER: NEVER ACCEPT LIFTS FROM STRANGERS! TO BE CONTINUED! END]

(no 11)

[ID: Jazz speaks to Sammy on the road, a blue and white F1 car pulling up. "My name is unpronounceable in your language… so just call me Jazz! And that's Mirage right behind us!" Jazz takes a exit to a low road, a black camper truck driving alongside. "This is where we rendezvous with Trailbreaker. All set Sammy?" All three driving along, Sammy responds "Sure thing Jazz!" END]

[guitar riff] THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN. im so glad all my good friends are here.

[ID: An fiery explosion engulfing Trailbreaker with a "Whaamf!". Wheels coming off, glass shattering, the truck top blowing to bits. Trailbreaker veering off road, a trail of fire and parts behind him calls out "Jazz! I'm hit... I'm hit BAD! END]

TRAILBREAKER NOOOO. who could have seen this coming...

[ID: Jazz narrowing swerving a missile. Exploding behind him, and speedlines trail him, and a wreath in flame around him. The colours are almost delicate, and a reflective glow in his paint. END]

wha. this just looks so cool.... what the hell....

[ID: Bluesteak, smiling speaking to comms "Autobot Bluestreak to patrol leader +++ Just brushed something off your tail, Jazz+++ try to be more careful in future, hmmm? Bluestreak out+" END]

being a cunt in the work slack. king

[ID: Jazz in profile, lit under the starry night sky, soft line-less colours defining the planes of his head in blue greys, and pitch black. To Sammy he says "Not really. It's a shuttlecraft… now stand back…" To comms "Autobot Jazz To Autobot leader+++ Approaching shuttle with Surveillance Subject+++ Request permission to board+++" END]

Wuh. Huh. Jazz u look so fucking cool right now?? And handsome.....

okay whats going on back at the castle (no 12)

[ID: The army soldier half sitting on a desk, holding a phone to his ear, the rotary cradle held resting on his leg. He's saying "IT's not just a question of scale, sir. We simply cannot identify it. END]

whys he kinda... apparently this style of uniform is called temperate barrack dress?? that answers none of my questions im just kinda... whyd u draw him like that tho...

[ID: A seeker, drawn in blues, walking between the ruins of the castle. Off panel someone says "It just seemed to appear from nowhere!" END]

bigfooting it up... AT A CASTLE. oh lads. im done for [blah blah he telePORTS and thats skywarps power but hes blue so WHO is it. dont worry abt it man. dont matter. they apparently change in the various times its been coloured, which is objectively funny imho. keep em guessing]

[ID: Moody and still illustrations of a robot identical to the Man of Iron in stasis, plugged into a bed of sorts. The ship around him is dark but for strips of coloured computer like lights in the walls and floor. Caption boxes narrate: Deep beneath the Autobots feet, in a sealed chamber, a special Autobot lay waiting… He was navigator, warrior and guardian of Autobot destiny… In his long, slow, machine world, a million years were as fleeting seconds. Human history had passed over him. Small inter panels. Mid on the Guardian: Locked in his dormant brain was the location of the planet Cybertron. He waited only to be re-activated, re-integrated with his mission… Restored to life. Close on the Guardian: His attendant was no more, the link between them severed. Laying in profile, just barely defined in the pitch black: Alone in the darkness he patiently beamed his signal. The same pattern of impulses… Waiting. END]

What the actual fuck (its even more somberly dramatic than just that)

[ID: Sammy, from a distance, staring at the castle. Caption Box: Autumn came, leaves fell. Sammy was a year older and a year wiser. He never saw Jazz again… Sammy asleep in bed, moonlight pouring through his paneled window. "But on clear, sharp nights, when stars glittered like needles and the night winds rattled his window… Then he slept a fitful, fearful sleep…" Sammy sleeping, with his dreams projected above him. "And the Man of Iron walked once more through his dreams." The End]

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

um well. okay! thats. fucking crazy. and this is the only tf comic this dude ever did. okay... can u tell he was from the dr who comics...... it ALSO means this doesnt actually speak at all for what the rest of tfuk will be like. which is damn funny. LIKE WOW! THAT WAS CRAZY. anyways.

[ne0nfurbzz]

★ @ne0nlightzz Furby side blog! ★

★ Meet The Blog Owner!★

★ My name is Lee! But I also go by Neon/Leon! I'm in my late teens! I'm also scene/emo and was raised on rock/metal/punk!

☆ I use He/Him pronouns mainly as well as terms, but anything masculine/neutral is okay too! I'm also Transmasc/Transgender!

★ I have ADHD + Dyslexia as well as long term Hypoglycemia/T1D.

☆ I'm totally hyperfixated on furbys!! I got my first furby Herman as a joke for 7$ at a local retro toy con only to end up falling in love with them(I was very unsure and semi freaked out by these guys for most my life because I was low key scared of furby booms as a kid-)

★ Since 2021 I've accumulated seven furbys plus three furblets! These including four big ones and two baby's!

☆ I call my furbys a 'cult' or 'army' as a joke because I used to have a very specific back story for herman!(he eats kids and kneecaps!

★ Meet The Ne0nFurbz Cult!★

★ Herman! (Giraffe Furby) || He's the leader and oldest of the furbs! He is non working- But he is god.

☆ Beep! || He's working! (The lady i bought him from made me homicidal) and he sounds like he hates life! (Racing edition. My 3rd furb!)

★ Francis! || They're working! Francis is simply Francis! (Snowball furby with grayish eyes, Is number 4!)

★ Unnamed/Bucket! || They're named bucket now. I accidentally broke this ones battery terminal while trying to clean it so now I have to learn how to fix battery terminals on furbys- (Snow leopard Furby! Is my 6th!)

☆ Lucifer! || He's working! And is Lucifer but also is called luci! He was NIB sealed when i got him but i was a demon and opened him! (Gen1 snowball with brown eyes and is my 7th!)

★ Spring time Furby special edition! They've yet to be named but are the purple one!! She works as well!

☆ Coffee/Joe/Du mon! He's a Coffee furb! That's all, he's a Coffee furb and works-

★ Bear furb! I 'scammed' aka sent my sister a link to a cheap bear furb while she was drunk and she made an offer and it was accepted- she didn't know about it until she checked her emails a few days later-

★ Meeb! Meeb is also a god. Meeb was my 2nd furby! Meeb is working. We call meeb what it is - meeb - nothing else. Meeb is just meeb. Meebs habitat is kitchen cabinets and dark dry places when meeb won't shut up.(Peachy Furby)0

☆ Peep! Peep is Peep, nothing much to him yet. Peep doesn't work. Peep sits above all other's on a box for some reason. Peep has no reason to be named Peep.

★ Acid!! || Acid is the 3rd furby baby I've gotten and he's precious! Acids full name is Acid-LSD(Or Ellis-dee). Acid is one of the furby baby's I've wanted for a long time and I got very lucky getting him for 20$ second hand in semi rough condition. (Wavey Stripes Baby with neon green eyes!)

☆ Cyanide!! They're a Clown furby!! They work but have super loud gears and had their ear post break in transit but it was fixed! And I made it a full crochet clown costume!

★ Lester! He's a baby blue furb!

★ The Furblets: Grean bean/pea. His voice triggers my dog. Other two are currently unnamed and not in pictures. Several others that aren't named!

☆ mint blue baby who's unnamed!

★ Elma/Needs a name! She's an 05!! I got her from a lady off Facebook who I'm pretty sure was drugged tf up when we got her- she's in perfect condition though other than not working and damage to the battery compartment! (Passionfruit 05)

☆ The Custom Furblets: Ghost and Soap COD themed furblets! As well as a camo furblet named major sprout and a jurby!

[retrofnaf]

Welcome to retro fnaf!

A blog dedicated to posting old fnaf posts and theories, this blog focuses on the golden age of fnaf but will not mind any post on fnaf so long as it’s pre-2019.

Submissions: open

Queue: 0

Fnaf age guide

(Note: despite being labelled with “bronze, silver, and gold”, we do not think any era is better than any others, all eras of fnaf have their own pros and cons.)

OG/golden age: from march 2014 to July 2015, this era includes games fnaf 1 - 4, this era is what you will find posted the most on this blog.

Afton/Silver age: from October 2016 to june 2018, this era includes games Sister location - Ultimate custom night, this era is allowed to be submitted into the queue yet is not the focus of the blog.

Steel wool/bronze age: from May 2019 to modern times (currently December 2023), this era includes help wanted - help wanted 2, and is too modern to be posted here, please do not submit posts about these games or posts from this period.

Submission Rules:

No posts from 2019 and on wards, it’s been stated before but I want to make sure everyone knows.

Has to be fnaf related, I know that’s the whole point of this blog but still.

No porn. Don’t give us toy chica nudes.

Avoid shipping and fanmade content that only uses the fnaf characters, some implied shipping can be allowed but it has to be vague, and series like dahlia and springtrap and Tony Crynight’s animations aren’t allowed. Content like Rebornica’s early art may be allowed only due to it being extremely close to the canon at the time.

[thisisnotaboutarttoys]

Cuando Japón y Hong Kong reinventaron el arte. Los años noventa y el origen de los Art Toys como movimiento global

Anatomía de un Movimiento. #ArTToys: La Rebelión esculpida #6

A mediados de los años noventa, algo estaba cambiando en Tokio y Hong Kong. Era como si Disney y Netflix hubieran decidido colaborar: magia y riesgo en cada decisión. Por un lado, Bounty Hunter, en Harajuku,Tokio, redefinía lo que un juguete podía ser. Por otro, Michael Lau, en Hong Kong, estaba creando arte tridimensional a partir de figuras de acción.

Ambos lugares eran el epicentro de una hibridación cultural que mezclaba punk, hip-hop y diseño de vanguardia. Internet comenzaba a conectar al mundo, y con ello, estas pequeñas obras de arte viajaban más rápido de lo que nadie podía imaginar.

Pero más allá de los juguetes, lo que realmente estaba sucediendo era la creación de un lenguaje visual que conectaba culturas. Japón aportó la simplicidad y la estética retro; Hong Kong, el espíritu callejero y rebelde. Juntos, marcaron el inicio de un movimiento artístico que hoy conecta con coleccionistas y creativos de todo el planeta.

Toy Hunter by Judas Arrieta. This Art was part of “My favourites Art Toys” exhibition by Judas Arrieta x Art Toy Gama Collective in the city of Trapagaran, Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain in year 2022.

Sergio Pampliega Campo & Cristina A. del Chicca are members co-founders of Art Toy Gama Collective since 2014

[siphersaysstuff]

LOCKTOBER!

It's "Locktober", a month entirely about Dinobot leader GRIMLOCK! I mean, what else could it be? So let's close in on some of the plastic toys of the Autobot warrior who simply won't be restrained in this month's batch of Patron-backed @tfwiki pictures!

Sadly, I don't have wiki-worthy samples of the first Grimlock toy, G1 or G2 (also I'd want all 3 G2 decos represented). But here's the Action Master, the fourth release of the character in the original toyline. He came with an "Anti-tank cannon" partner/drone (bonus pic!).

Robots in Disguise 2001 Grimlock, named to secure the Trademark, is one of the most awkward Transformers toys ever made. Them arms, man. This yellow deco was a Hasbro exclusive, released in a post-RID 4-pack of the entire Build Team on Black Friday 2003. Thank you for preserving the name.

The only Unicron Trilogy Grimlock wasn't even originally supposed to be in that series! The Energon Grimlock & Swoop toys (who can combine into Mega-Dinobot) were originally meant to be in the concurrently-running Universe line, but got shifted to the combination-centric Energon.

Grimlock was a natural choice to be in the very limited 2006 Classics line, though him being a Deluxe baffled many. Still, for my money this is a great redesign. I can just see him biting down on a Decepticon, pinning him to the floor, and transforming to stand directly on top of him.

Grimlock made a splash in Animated, though his role and number of toys ended up being pretty limited overall. Still, aside from the big Voyager toy, there's the smaller Activator version, with a partially-spring-loaded conversion activated by pressing the gold button on his dino-butt.

Shattered Glass Grimlock started as a brainless beast. But the pre-convention "prank" comic pages by @therobotmonster and myself portrayed him as highly intelligent and verbose, inspired by the Brain Gremlin from "Gremlins 2". Which went over so well that's how he ended up in later SG stories!

Weirdly, it took some time for Grimlock to show up in the Kre-O building-brick line. The first were Age of Extinction sets, including one with an inexplicable G1-based build and Kreon in the "Grimlock Unleashed" set! G1 Grim also showed up in the "Kreon Class of '85" San Diego Comic Con 2015 exclusive set.

Speaking of Age of Extinction Grimlock, one of the oddest toys of this version of the character is this Walmart-exclusive redeco of the ten-year-old Energon Cruellock mold! The "energon star" accessory has been glued into place to hide that the toy lacks its "spark crystal".

And speaking of weird Grimlocks, Angry Birds Transformers! The app's still going, what the hell? It briefly had actual toys, which included this Jenga-branded "Optimus Prime Attack Game" set with a Grimlock Bird Jenga frame! And yes, this thing is in the mobile game. In both, the goal is to knock out as many tummy bricks and pigs as possible.

The large "Hyper Change Heroes" 3-Step version of Robots In Disguise 2015 Grimlock is possibly the perfect-scale dino-mode toy compared to his teammates' Warrior-class toys (def a bit too big in robot mode)… but ooh, does he take a big hit in robot-mode posability and accuracy from the waist down.

Cyberverse "Spark Armor" Grimlock came with a "Trash Crash" dump truck that forms incredibly bulky armor for him. Interchangeability of the Spark Armors has not been extensively tested to the best of my (admittedly limited) knowledge on the subject.

Of course, G1 Grimmers gets loads of merch. He's currently the only TF to have two wholly-different molds in Super7's ReAction retro action figure line, with both robot and dino mode figs. This G2-colored (but not G2-symbol'd, boo) figure was one of many, many Target exclusive ReAction figs.

Let's end on the "ultimate" G1 Grimlock (well, non-Masterpiece version, though one can argue which of those two is truly "ultimate"), Studio Series! He came with a semi-posable Wheelie figure, so when his price point was inevitably budget-cut, the "partner" fig could be dropped, a sacrifice so the later Dinobots could still afford AN accessory.

If you enjoy these stomps through Transformers toy history, you can help out by joining my Patreon at "gregstfwikipics". Every little bit helps get more pics out a month, plus at higher pledge tiers you can even pick a theme!

[ne0nlightzz]

Flashback to when I decided to make a furby carry bag out of pony beads with no idea wtf I was doing like two days before my local retro toy and collectors con because I was determined to bring my scene kid furby with me so with no clue what I was doing made a whole ass beaded bag for my furby in like one day with no reference pics cause what I'd assumed existed and had been done before in fact hadn't been done as far as I could tell aside from crochet but I'm no good at crochet so I purposely suffered making that damn bag and getting my furby all ready for the con last minute and still had my cosplay to do but focused so much on my furby I didn't realize I'd already outgrown the cosplay I'd worn a year before so I went to that con looking like I belonged in a 2000s scene concert or smt and with my freaking furby that confused so many ppl

Then I continued go find a furby at one if the vendors but was being cheap with my 40 bucks and decided to wait a day and go bk n get the working dragon furby on the second day if the con just to be told they sold it right b4 I got there- almost six months later i went to the spr nice vendors shop a few hrs away and adopted by furby beep who was honestly one I wanted more then the dragon since I'd been looking for the racer one online for awhile- also highly recommend wasting time making a furby bag, while I couldn't have my usual stuff I over pack in my cross body I had a coin wallet clip onto it and stuff. Might make my furbys backpacks next as an add on to it idk. I need two more furby carriers now cuz I make em specific for each my furbys themes. Might post a pattern for it on kandi patterns eventually. Also highly suggest investing in mini pony beads to make goggles for furbys if ya are good at kandi lol.

Idk what this is I'm so hyperfixated on furbys atm it's painful and annoying my whole family but I love these funky creatures sm- plz ignore any typos I'm just adhd ranting n am dyslexic asf lolz. Plz remember to stay hydrated n to take care of urselves btw!!:]]

[stevensavage]

But What Does It Mean?

(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com, Steve's Tumblr, and Pillowfort.  Find out more at my newsletter, and all my social media at my linktr.ee)

Recently a friend found an AI generated fake trailer for a kind of 1950s-1960’s live Sailor Moon. This, it turned out wasn’t the only fake-retro live Sailor Moon trailer generated by AI. Somehow I feel the infamous failed Saban Sailor Moon has driven people to imagine such things differently (forgetting the rather well done live Sailor Moon from Japan).

Now I find these things amusing, but there was a strange emptiness about them. What, I wondered, was the point? I can imagine these things in my own head, and in fact have - once in the form of a late night discussion of Lucille Ball playing Sailor Moon (I was assuredly sober). Do I need someone to use tetchy AI to illustrate something?

As I contemplated the weird meaninglessness of these things, a friend who’s a talented cosplayer note that there was no point to such creations. What would have been truly amazing would not have been someone tossing prompts to an electricity-devouring toy, but to have rallied cosplayers and shot it live. Suddenly I got why so much of this AI art feels meaningless.

Let us imagine that some cosplayers had gathered to create a Sailor Moon trailer true to the spirit of the 50’s or 60s. They would have done research and studied costume design. They would have sewn, crafted, created, re-created, and perfected their work. Those doing the filming would have figured the angles of the time and how to get the color just right. Voiceovers would have been chosen to fit the period, perhaps finding veteran actors or new talent.

The creation of a few minutes of trailer would have involved people making, learning, researching, bonding. They would have made friendships that lasted a lifetime, spoken at cons, and taken their skills elsewhere. Someone may have used such a creation as a senior thesis, others in a portfolio. One small bit of fun would have impacted many people, echoing through their lives.

Or you can throw things into an AI. Sure there’s some talent in tweaking the prompts, calling the best shots, and so on. The editing of such things definitely requires skill. But so much of it is disconnected or not as connected as it should be. I won’t deny that a person with AI uses talent and inspiration to create a larger creation, but it lacks that big, meaningful picture of an effort without AI.

An artistic creation is a lot more than the time you watch it on screen.

What AI turns out is results with little human connection, history, inspiration, or meaning. It makes “product” in the most empty use of the term - something designed to appeal to someone’s interests, something to sell, a result not a thing with history and meaning. We’ve taken an interesting tool and now people pitch it as a substitute for being human.

This is another reason I’m skeptical on AI creations beyond some more personal and specific uses. Where’s the human connection? The team that learned from making a show? The author you love and get angry at in equal measure? The voice actors to fan over? The choices only a person could make - even if they’re the bad choices of an actual human? Where’s what comes next, with lessons learned and ideas built on?

It’s not there. Just a machine turning out stuff in the rough shape of what we asked. It doesn’t mean anything.

Steven Savage

www.StevenSavage.com

www.InformoTron.com

[graphicpolicy]

Transformers Walmart Collector Con Pre-Orders are Live!

Transformers Walmart Collector Con Pre-Orders are Live! #transformers

TRANSFORMERS RETRO THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE PERCEPTOR (Ages 8 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $34.97 / Available: Fall 2023) Re-experience the nostalgia of your favorite G1 action figures with the TRANSFORMERS Retro Perceptor toy! These TRANSFORMERS Retro G1 action figures are designed like the original releases and feature vintage styling, accessories, exclusive package art and tech specs…

[gwrgamer44]

Here are my answers to all the questions

Sagittarius

Lesbian

Single

Great Grandmother (Mother's side)

@thegoodcultist

accepting, affectionate, interested in my hobbies, funny

6'1 ft

My empathy and fabulousness

Whatever I fancy doing (within reason)

graduate university, move out, get a job, married, live happily ever after

Trip to the pub with 2 friends

Komi Can't Communicate

2 cats

first kiss

yes

"website has been emailed"

sort of, but the government atm are a bunch of idiots

ideally where i am now, but failing that, anywhere with a Morrisons, retro game shop, a salon and lots of trees.

Vanilla

1 Biscuit + Milk

Bastard

Comic Con, YT vids. hang out with friends

Nope

Myself

Yes

Japanese

??? I live where I always have

Faded Blue

Leather, Animal print, vintage 50s or dark academia

1 hour

does the kitchen count?

In my room

2

Toy Story VHS

Xbox Series S

my physique

Yes

first kiss

having breakfast

Angela Rayner & Sabrina Carpenter

yes (provided it wasn't my parent's house)

yes

Boxer shorts

Tea- milk no sugar

Vanilla

London Comic Con

22:48 (someone called me so I had to get up and email a PDF for university)

vibrate

yes

hope

51 questions

1. Zodiac sign 2. Sexual orientation 3. Relationship status 4. Someone you miss 5. Person who’s arms you’d like to be in 6. What you find attractive in Men/Women? 7. How tall are you? 8. What you love about yourself? 9. What you’re doing tomorrow? 10. What are your future plans? 11. Your last night out in detail 12. Your favourite book 13. All of pets you’ve ever had 14. Something that changed your life 15. Do you remember your last dream? 16. What your last text message says? 17. Do you respect your government and the way your country is run? 18. Where you would like to live? 19. Your  favourite flavour of ice cream 20. Last thing you ate 21. Which swear word do you use the most? 22. Your plans for summer 23. Any upcoming concerts? 24. Something that you’re proud of 25. Do you still talk to your first crush? 26. What language do you want to learn? 27. Where you  have lived before? 28. Eye color 29. Favourite style of clothing 30. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning? 31. Where did you go today? 32. Where are you right now? 33. How many countries have you visited? 34. Something old 35. Something new 36. Something inherited 37. Is death more scary than life? 38. Experience you’ll never forget 39. What’s your favorite part about today so far? 40. Who is your hero? 41. Are you happy with where you live? 42. Do you like your handwriting? 43. What do you wear to bed? 44. Tea or coffee? 45. Chocolate or Vanilla? 46. Are you excited for anything? 47. How late did you stay up last night and why? 48. What’s your ringtone? 49. Did you have a dream last night? 50. What keeps you going each day? 51. Picture of yourself

[zettaistore]

ROBO-DOU VOLTRON RETRO TOY EDITION ACTION FIGURE Da Threezero arriva una magnifica nuova uscita dedicata al famosissimo Voltron, per la linea di figure Robo-Dou, questa volta con una coorazione retro che si rifà alla tradizione del giocaittolo anni 80! Questa figura da 27cm è aricolata e trasformabile, grazie alla possibilità di unire i 5 leoni (anch'essi articolati) e dare vita al robot. Il frame della figura è in metallo, cosi' come i giunti di snodo ed altre parti. Ogni leone, e Voltron stesso, sono dotatai delle loro caratterstiche armi/accessori Contando i punti di snodo dei leoni parliamo di un totale di 124 giunti sparsi qui e là...un lavoro ingegneristico uncio! Questa versione propone inoltre una speciale colorazione con dettagli metellizati nonchè esclsuive decal da applicare al modello! Data prevista di arrivo: MAGGIO 2026 Eventuali ritardi sono indipendenti da Zettai Store ma dall'arrivo fisico dell'oggetto presso il fornitore.

[jazzluca]

AIR RAID ( Deluxe ) Generations AGE OF THE PRIMES *G1*

Proseguiamo a parlare dei nuovi Aerialbot con AIR RAID, l'Autobot che diventa un JET F-15 EAGLE nero, modello di aereo ben noto ai fan dei Transformers in quanto base dei vari Seeker come Starscream e compagnia, e bentornato dopo la "parentesi" del precedente Deluxe COMBINER WARS che diventava invece un F-14 Tomcat… ma purtroppo la pacchia finisce qui, dato che il velivolo è parecchio deludente.

Innanzitutto pare più piccolo del suo collega di wave SLINGSHOT, ma non solo di lui, per colpa delle ali davvero minute, figuriamoci se paragonato ad uno Astrum Earthrise Voyager, ma vabbè, che del discorso della stazza mi sono già lamentato nella recensione di Vertic AotP. ^^'

Non contenti, pure gli alettoni verticali sono posti SOPRA i reattori posteriori e non fra questi e quelli orizzontali, e ari-vabbè, ma sopratutto dimentichiamoci la compattezza del jet del collega Slingshot, dato che qui invece le braccia del robot sono banalmente adagiate ai lati del mezzo, e non per rimarcare la cosa, ma se le ali fossero stati più grandi, le avrebbero coperte meglio!!! ^^'

E per chiudere in bellezza, l'aereo è ulteriormente appesantito dai piedi nella parte posteriore inferiore del mezzo, ripiegati sulle cosce in un passaggio di trasformazione che sarebbe pure interessante, come vedremo più avanti, preso dagli Scrapper CW e SS 86, ma che se è funzionale in un mezzo da costruzione non lo è invece per un aereo!! ^^''

Questo sbilanciamento viene aiutato dalla possibilità di estrarre il carrello anteriore, ma neanche tantissimo, dato che non è sotto la punta del jet ma nella parte centrale, e ok che l'aereo almeno non cade in avanti, ma sto carrello col simbolo Autobot perchè preso dal centro del torso del robot è parecchio posticcio.

Infine, ma non è colpa di questo stampo, non sono il massimo le decorazioni sulle ali del jet, delle semplici strisce bianche sui bordi frontali, ma è così che appariva nei cartoni, laddove nel giocattolo aveva degli adesivi con strisce gialle, rosse e nere più evocative. Ah, i simboli rossi di fazione sulle ali non è che risaltino molto sulle ali nere… ^^''

Almeno un paio di note positive? Massì dai, citiamo le pistole gemelle che si attaccano sotto le ali, ed i reattori scolpiti sul retro, suvvia! :D

La pensata della TRASFORMAZIONE di questo nelle gambe, come dicevo, non sarebbe neanche male, essendo innovativa con la parte superiore che slitta mentre quella inferiore si ribalta dispiegando il piede, mentre sempre come accennato sopra, le braccia invece banalmente si staccano dal torso e dispiegano i pugni rientrati, con il muso del jet slitta sulla schiena e la testa ruota di 180°.

Il ROBOT che ne scaturisce è bellino ma quasi un po' ingessato, ma magari è un'impressione mia questa. Come il Combiner Wars ed al contrario del G1, ha le ali "grandi" sulla schiena e non ai lati delle gambe, ma questo favorisce la somiglianza col settei, dove per un errore o che, le ali dietro i talloni paiono più piccole di quelle sulla zainata.

Per amor di fedeltà televisiva lo si dovrebbe lasciare con le ali della schiena dispiegate, oppure si chiudono e si mettono nei fori sotto le stesse gli alettoni verticali che sono praticamente degli accessori staccabili.

Ed a proposito di accessori, torniamo alle armi, ovvero le due pistole gemelle che sono ricalcate su quella sempre del cartone, e magari varrebbe quasi lo stesso discorso fatto per Slingshot, ovvero di farne una show accurate e l'altra toy accurate, ma a dire il vero in questo caso le due versioni si somigliano abbastanza.

Infine, posabilità nella media, con rotazione del bacino ma non quella dei pugni, però almeno può sollevare per bene la testa, posa che tendo ad apprezzare in un robot volante, e questo grazie alla trasformazione in GAMBA di Superion, o meglio, nel suo polpaccio!! ^^'

Infatti, partendo dall'aereo, bisogna ritrarre all'indietro il muso e ripiegare la punta ulteriormente, per poi appunto ripiegare all'indietro la testa e formare il retro della gamba di Pentajet, che risulterà mi sa un bel po' pronunciato per via della punta del jet ulteriormente ripiegata.

Purtroppo, se dovessi scegliere fra questo ed il Tornado Combiner Wars, mi sa che propenderei per quest'ultimo, dato che alla fine quest'ultima versione recente sarà anche più simile all'inconografia, ma alla fine nel complesso è più soddisfacente il precedente Air Raid, che nonostante il robot accettabile, ha delle pecche non indifferenti come aereo e manco diventa un arto degno di questo nome per Superion! ^^''

-Videorecensione

[fmp2owilliambulmer]

Toy Con is an event similar to EGX and Comic Con. It's an event where people from all over can share in their interest in toys, either as makers or consumers.

Slime House is one of the sponsors of Toy Con and makes a lot of toys inspired either by existing franchises or based off of general themes (e.g. sci-fi, fantasy). He seems to do a lot of videos about toys from the 80s.

Though I had plenty of ideas to choose from my mind maps, none particularly stood out to me and I also don't know what style to work in, so this is just me looking into different kinds of model making for different audiences.