#julybertron

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The bargain.

That Starscream mould was so bizarrely handled. Don Figueroa designs a cool new look for seekers for the War Within comic, Takara create a near-perfect rendition of it in plastic, and then Hasbro… just don't release it. So they don't deflect people from buying the ridiculous oversized one that nobody wanted. They do this one which looks more like Thrust, another one that's supposed to be Dirge if you squint, but no actual normal Starscream.

I'd like to say that today they'd be pumping the mould out in every colour imaginable, but they had that Legacy Cybertron Starscream and haven't redecoed it once! Bonkers.

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Vector Prime and Safeguard have a day at the seaside.

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Sizzling hot take: Siege Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime did nothing wrong. It's a great toy! It's just that the original Cybertron toy was better (probably! I don't have it! I'm not made of money!)

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Ransack versus Override. I think this one came out really well.

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Got that "Hey, Jamaica! Watch out for number 12 turn. Scary, ja?" aloofness going on.

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Storming into the second half of the year like a misbegotten Harry Kane goal in the last 10 minutes, it's...

Ooooh! Aaaah! Wooooo! But Sexy Sterner Stuff (I hear you cry), how can I too enjoy the celebrations throughout Julybertron? Is there a special dance to do? Must I dress in national costume?

No, silly goose! The rules are so simple! So very simple!

Rule 1: Throughout the month of July, post pictures, natter about and generally have fun with toys from (or similar to) the Cybertron line of transformers.

Rule 2: NO OTHER RULES. Just have fun with it!

And who better to rep the mid-2000s massive than Soundwave?

Oh, I want to say this is my favourite Soundwave. But this being the (admittedly very pretty) Galaxy Force version, it can't actually transform properly. One of the hinges is slightly misaligned and you can't get the jet mode to go together right.

It's such a tragedy, as this one of my favourite Soundwave designs and I absolutely love stealth fighters. I even bought a cheap junker Cybertron version but haven't worked out how to mash them together. Oh well. Robot mode looks great at least.

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In today's modern military, we go into battle driving a massive shoe! The way Sun-Tzu would have wanted!

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I actually love Cybertron Unicron. As a standalone character, rather than the big guy himself, he's just a mad bug tank thing doing cosplay. There's something wonderfully silly and camp about the whole thing, even when he's looming out of the fog to come and getcha.