#TFNhaul2022

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TFN Haul Roundup: Nonnef x G Works Gubbins!

It’s always a pleasure seeing what inventive upgrades Mike has on offer at TFN.  This year I sprung for some little flags for Legacy Cosmos so he can say gay rights, though it looks like one has been co-opted by the evil Optimus Prime so he can have a Joker moment!  Mike was also selling the missing component to make Leadfoot the transformin’ rotor he deserves to be, and I also splurged out on some feet upgrades for DK-2, because it was convention weekend and why not.

#Transformers #Cosmos #Chromedome #Rewind #Shattered Glass #Optimus Prime #Goldbug #Leadfoot #DK-2 Guard #custom toys #TFNhaul2022

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TFN Haul Roundup: Studio Series 77: Deluxe N.E.S.T. Bumblbebee

Rounding out this year's haul, N.E.S.T. Bumblebee is a toy forced by the pandemic into something so conceptually nothing that it's almost admirable. Plus, he was ten quid! Perfect to nort for my own sinister purposes.

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#Transformers #Studio Series #Bumblebee #Sam Witwicky #Bumblebee (movie) #N.E.S.T. #TFNhaul2022 #it helps that I wanted Offroad Bumblebee a few years back but I ended up buying Cyberverse Rack'n'Ruin instead

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TFN Haul Roundup: Gentei! Gentei! (Henkei! Henkei!) Stuntron Wildrider

Now that my Speedia 500 photosets have crossed the finish line, we can start having a look at this year’s TFN Haul, beginning with my most prized possession that I never thought I’d be able to lay my hands on – Henkei Wildrider!

You can probably tell from my blog, or from following me on Twitter, that Transformers, for me, is a toyline first, and the fiction is secondary.  I enjoy when a good writer is forced to integrate toyetic characters and elements into their fiction, because creativity blossoms under those constraints.

It should come as no surprise, then, that my headcanon, Transformers: Ascendancy (colloquially known as “the Gherkverse”), is based entirely around toy releases, beginning with Classics and ending with Power of the Primes.  In integrating Wildrider, I dreamed up a story of Rodimus going undercover among the Earth-bound Decepticons; in particular, convincing Drag Strip would be the hardest part, as he would be the only one who could spot any holes in Rodimus’ story.

Out of all my early plot bunnies, this one stuck with me the most, despite (or perhaps because of) it being an extended Teen Titans “Red X” riff.  Getting such an unobtainable toy in hand gives me such a nostalgic sense of closure.  (And since I’d written off ever owning this toy, I essentially recycled the idea into something else.)

And that’s whycome Henkei! Wildrider is so awesome.

#Transformers #Henkei! #Wildrider #Stunticons #Rodimus #Hot Rod #Drag Strip #Dragstrip #additional Gherkverse tidbit: Drag Strip was he/him during the Wildrider incident #she became she/her Dragstrip by the time of Combiner Wars #and the whole Offroad thing allowed me to skirt around whether Wildrider was ever a real person #right up until Brake-Neck's ghost manifested in the Necroplex at least #TFNhaul2022

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TFN Haul Roundup: TITANS RETURN Under-3

Once upon a long time ago, I ordered some custom Titan Master faceplates: Mainframe, my pride and joy Straxus, and the Maximals’ greatest hero.  And now, he’s complete!

Under-3 was originally a McDonald’s toy for the littlest tiniest babies.  Because it said “Under-3” on the baggy where his name should be, the online fandom treated that as if it were his name.  To Gen Xers, this is what is considered an hilarious joke.

It needed another layer for me – and we finally got one when an ineptly-written comic added the hilarious twist that the Happy Meal-original character called himself “Unit-3” after the rest of his squadron was killed in vague yet horrible circumstances.  Now that’s comedy.

I was finally able to finish Under-3 thanks to @sameasiteverwoz, who provided the Titans Return Sawback.  I think I overdid it with the robot mode paint, but the lion head is the main attraction here, so I don’t mind too much.

#Transformers #Titans Return #Under-3 #Unit-3 #Sawback #Prowl #Ironhide #Silverbolt #Leo Prime #custom toys #TFNhaul2022

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TFN Haul Roundup: The Spares!

I am the toy accuracy crank, so I picked up an extra Earthrise Hoist to dip his head in green.

I’m also a “restore to factory settings” crank, so after I repurposed Siege Covert Clone Sideswipe into an OC named Jackknife years ago and partially regretted it, I now have two of the things.  He’s giving the impostor his best Buscema punch.

#Transformers #Earthrise #Siege #Hoist #Sideswipe #Jackknife #custom toys #TFNhaul2022

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TFN Haul Roundup: BUZZWORTHY BUMBLEBEE Deluxe Evil Predacon Terrorsaur

Who's to say real pteranodons weren't bright red with lime green highlights?

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#Transformers #Buzzworthy Bumblebee #Terrorsaur #Legacy #Beast Wars #TFNhaul2022