#i do like his tiny robot peets at least

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I saw some spoilers and

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MY SON ARRIVED EARLY!!!!

Merry Christmas to me!

This is my first transformers toy (not counting the small one step transform McDonald's Shockwave I found frozen in ice one time znshsjej.) and I love him already!!!

Now some collectors out there would probably fight me for opening a still in package dark energon Starscream but I'm a collector who has to TOUCH ALL THE THINGS. I'm very tactile and also, as an artist I need my Starscream refs and pose refs ( yes it's a weak reason for justifying it but I'm sticking with it)

Also I preserved the card cause the Starscream render fascinates me cause he's slightly see through.

I LOVE THAT FOR HIS TRANSFORMATION his feets are tucked under kinda like birds. LEGG PLANE!

THE PAINT JOB IS ON POINT! So many toys the paint is OFF but his lil face is perfect ;w;

HE EVEN HAS A LIL SMIRK!

My abandoned TfP storyline arc sense is tingling with this logo and description HMMMM. Also fanfic inspiration??? In MY transformers toys? It's more likely than you think.

His LIL MISSILES ARE SO Cute! ❤️ ❤️

OKAY THO BUT I AM SO SURPRISED BY HOW GOOD STARSCREAM IS IN BOT MODE? Hasbro has good toys no doubt about it but with how cool it changes from plane to bot already it would be really easy to just slack on the joints and pose ability of the figure itself but NO THEY DIDN'T SLACK. Like... I've played with art mannequins, figures, dolls, yadda yadda and now I'm left wondering...

WHY IS THIS ROBOT MAN WHO TURNS INTO A JET SO MUCH BETTER THAN EVERY OTHER figure that doesn't do any shifting?

Like for real. He has tiny peets but he can stand on his own fairly easily and he can stand on his own in several different poses because of the weighting of the toy and maneuverability of the limbs! The joints are easy to move but not so easy it buckles under pressure. The weight is so well distributed. Hasbro may be many things but boy oh boy they do NOT skimp on the toys they make huh? At least the first edition ones

I also. Love how his signature hunch is part of his transformation! And he has two sets of wingies!!

I don't really talk about transformers with my family much cause there's different levels of acceptance you must reach before discussing politics about transforming robot cars makes sense but my dad comes over and goes "Oh is that Starscream?"

And that's when I remembered "Oh yeah Transformers has been around since the 1980s and my dad is 65 years old and raised 3 children so inevitably he's at least heard of the names." I just love how my Dad sees a stick bug looking feral creachure and immediately, with very little former transformers knowledge was like "Ay its Starscream!"

But I think he astral projected into another dimensional plane while I tried to explain what Dark energon was.

In conclusion I love my Scream and he's grabbing my wallet and clicking on Ebay. I should stop him but like.... That Optimus Prime tho...