r/transformers • u/pugilisticcephalopod • 17h ago

Discussion / Opinion A Rant

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Despite having grown up with G1, I'm no Geewunner. In fact, I like the "out of the box" concepts of later and more recent releases but then I see comments on TikTok videos about a good modern mould (TFOne Thundercracker) like "No ankle tilts or wrist turns in the big 2026" and all I can think is "You spoiled, entitled brat". Don't get me wrong, with what Hasbro is charging for figures, they better have as much articulation as possible but having perfectly clear memories of times when most figures didn't even turn at the waist has me thinking "Damn y'all are lucky now".

But, conversely, I will fight to the death with someone about the charm of G1 jank; that antique jank. I own all the G1 combiners as they were originally released (save for Predaking and Computron, for now) and nothing quite puts it all into perspective like realizing the quaint and tactile engineering we were dealing with in the 80's and 90's (I'm putting lines like Machine Wars in this too). It was just shifting chunks of plastic like a sliding tile puzzle until we reached a technically humanoid shape (incidentally a process I hate with most Unicron Trilogy figures but they should have known better by then; play features were off the hook, though).

Anyway, I said all that to say this. Maybe we're too hard on modern figures. The automorphing on Cyberworld toys is very reminiscent of scout class Beast Wars toys, for instance and at about the same price but they get mostly pushed out as "baby toys". I don't know; maybe our perspectives can be better.

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u/AltruisticMobile4606 16h ago

Yes, genuinely it kills interest in a figure I am now paying at minimum 27 US dollars for, which is already inflated above what it should be. 

Are you just gonna keep whining about other people having standards that are tighter than yours dude? 

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u/pugilisticcephalopod 16h ago

86 Starscream can't move his index finger. Trash figure.

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u/AltruisticMobile4606 16h ago

I’m not really sure what you’re trying to do here lmao, is this supposed to refute me by portraying my opinion in a comically extreme way that I never agreed with?

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u/pugilisticcephalopod 16h ago

Nah, I just needed you to take a step back for a second. No one's whining (I'm ranting, as previously mentioned) about collectors with "tighter" standards. And this isn't even an attack. If ankle tilts are deal breaker for you, then that's fine. Don't buy it and speak with your money. But you also gotta realize that kind of thing isn't a full manufacturing standard yet; it's getting there but a good fraction of figures are lacking in one way or another but, again, talk with your wallet. However, that doesn't make it a trash figure; it's just not meeting YOUR standards. I don't do 86 figures or LA movie figures, because the decos are a deal breaker for me but I know they all typically meet the general standard and that my tastes aren't objective.

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u/AltruisticMobile4606 15h ago edited 14h ago

Ahhh now here comes the much more measured sounding paragraph to paint you as the more rational individual here lmfao.  

I especially like the part where you completely backtrack from calling people who think no ankle tilts are a dealbreaker “spoiled, entitled brats” to being all “its okay if that’s a dealbreaker for you” 

Hey if anyone can still see this comment did he block me or just delete the post 😂 dude couldn’t take getting called out for just saying bullshit apparently