Most of you who read this blog or have witnessed
my Rails presentation know that I am a
Transformers fan. Many of you also know that I nearly hung myself by my testes after
witnessing the character models for the new movie. My feelings on the upcoming motion picture had somewhat mellowed from "this is going to be horrible" to "it can't suck worse than
Narnia" after I watched the extended trailer. Silly me! Why didn't I count on Hasbro to find some
*other* way to urinate all over my childhood memories?
Recently, I came across a preview for some new Transformers toys being released for this potential mediocrity. Below are Starscream and Optimus Prime.
Oops!! My apologies: these are
Stonedar and Rokkon from the 20 year old
HE-MAN line. *HERE* are the Starscream and Optimus Prime figures.
You can see why I might have been confused.
I would have loved to have been at the marketing meeting where
this product direction was decided. "Forget about F16s and tractor trailers!! Nothing screams
action like toys that transform into
ROCKS!" What am I...er, I mean, the 10 year olds out there going to do with these things? Transform them and:
- ...let them sit?
- ...throw them at people?
- ...put them in a garden?
Are there stupider concepts for action toys out there, or is this truly the nadir? The last time I saw a concept this retarded was when the
"Keep VB6 alive" petition was circulating...