First message here since 1996 lmao

On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 5:49:13 AM UTC-6, The Iggy Guy wrote:

> First message here since 1996 lmao

And here we are, 26 years later, with Hasbro releasing new toys to pay tribute to the original Beast Wars figures. I bet nobody saw THAT coming in 1996!

Zob (we proably won't ever get a new Injector, though, because even after a quarter-century he's still objectively awful)

On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 10:07:46 PM UTC-5, Zobovor wrote:
> On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 5:49:13 AM UTC-6, The Iggy Guy wrote:
>
> > First message here since 1996 lmao
> And here we are, 26 years later, with Hasbro releasing new toys to pay tribute to the original Beast Wars figures. I bet nobody saw THAT coming in 1996!
>
>
> Zob (we proably won't ever get a new Injector, though, because even after a quarter-century he's still objectively awful)
We can't sell Injector, but we also can't sell BW Sky Shadow, Bantor, or Airhammer. Noctorro seems pretty popular though.

It's like hating your new stepdad, not so much on his own merits, but because his arrival means that your actual dad is almost certainly not going to come back.

With every year of beasts in the 90s, or Armada/Energon/Cybertron in the 2000s, the hope that G1 would ever return grew more and more remote, and that almost certainly provoked much of the antipathy towards the new additions to the brand.

Today, it seems almost quaint. G1 is bigger than ever and here to stay, and it means many of us can look back at those offshoots with more understanding and perhaps fondness.

On Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 8:55:23 AM UTC-6, Codigo Postal wrote:

> It's like hating your new stepdad, not so much on his own merits, but because his arrival means that your actual dad is almost certainly not going to come back.

Agreed completely. Now that G1 is back, and with a stronger presence than ever before, the various offshoots of the franchise are less threatening.

Zob (G1 only lasted for seven years, and we've now gotten about 16 years of G1 revival toys)

Wherever they are nowadays, I wish The Smith Family well.

(And, hopefully, increased tolerance of Beast Era-aberrations).

:)

JB

On Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 9:26:19 AM UTC-7, Zobovor wrote:
> On Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 8:55:23 AM UTC-6, Codigo Postal wrote:
>
> > It's like hating your new stepdad, not so much on his own merits, but because his arrival means that your actual dad is almost certainly not going to come back.
> Agreed completely. Now that G1 is back, and with a stronger presence than ever before, the various offshoots of the franchise are less threatening.
>
>
> Zob (G1 only lasted for seven years, and we've now gotten about 16 years of G1 revival toys)

Irrellius Spamticon <Ob1kenoby@att.net> wrote:
> On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 10:07:46 PM UTC-5, Zobovor wrote:
>> On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 5:49:13 AM UTC-6, The Iggy Guy wrote:
>>
>>> First message here since 1996 lmao
>> And here we are, 26 years later, with Hasbro releasing new toys to pay
>> tribute to the original Beast Wars figures. I bet nobody saw THAT coming in 1996!
>>
>>
>> Zob (we proably won't ever get a new Injector, though, because even after a
>> quarter-century he's still objectively awful)
> We can't sell Injector, but we also can't sell BW Sky Shadow, Bantor, or
> Airhammer. Noctorro seems pretty popular though.
>

I like Airhammer — one of the best beast modes.

I really want a new one. I think they could have done something with the
Airazor/Terrorsaur mold, even if they had to give her hands. (Perhaps the
jaw assembly and tail could detach to form weapons that enclose the fists…)