Papatoshi Smurfamoto
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Transformers | Missing Link Series | Sentinel Prime (センチネルプライム) ═══ ⋆ ☆ ★⋅☆ ⋆ ═══ https://papatoshi.com/24sentinel9 Need a gift this holiday season for a younger GenXer / older Millennial? I highly recommend the new Sentinel Prime from Takara Tomy's Missing Link Transformers series. The purpose of the Missing Link series is to produce figures that retain the look and feel of the original toys but provide more articulation, detail, and accessories. Sentinel Prime was released exclusively at the 40th Anniversary Transformers Expo 2024 in Tokyo, Japan as a redeco of Missing Link Convoy in predominantly yellow with a trailer in shades of grey, as a no foolin' homage to the truck scanned by the Sky Spy in the The Transformers episode "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1"[3] The color also homages Sentinel Prime from the 2005 IDW series. As the mold is a direct recreation of the original The Transformers Optimus Prime toy but with the benefit of forty years of advances in …
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Marvelouson
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As a kid, I was so excited about having a Transformers toy. The idea of a toy that could be both a robot and a car felt like a utopia back then.
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Papatoshi Smurfamoto
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Yes. And in my opinion, the toys became less fun as the vehicles got more exotic (futuristic) and it crazy colors. The fun of Transformers was the cleverness of a robot turning into a vehicle you saw in real lifeZ
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Marvelouson
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I think it’s all about the way technology and progress are directed. The more you take away people’s imagination, the more you dampen their enjoyment.
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