by Evil Eye » Fri Nov 24, 2017 8:56 am
- Motto: "Don't be a goddamn coward."
- Weapon: Acid Spray Gun
On the one hand, yeah, it's definitely rather...poor taste, and certainly not how I'd have marketed it. On the other hand, it's nothing to get overly upset about (it being, you know, a toy robot and all) and the reaction from some of the sillier portions of the fandom was so hilariously melodramatic that it kinda turns my thoughts on it from "Yeah, that's pretty tasteless" to "DOHOHOHOHOHO". Let's be serious, folks, it's a stupid photo by a bored FT photographer done as a (rather crap, admittedly) joke. It's crass but it's not even that bad. Like, if it were implying some form of sexual violence I could understand the outrage a bit more, but...it's just Arcee and Springer having some, erm, synchronization time, with no hints of anything non-consensual or violent.
My biggest problem with it is that the figure honestly looks a bit meh. The mushroom peg slots are rather glaring, the faces (not those faces) aren't very good and the whole toy looks a bit...I dunno, boring really. Hopefully the Arcee wars are not over, if we get a Maketoys Arcee I'd buy that, as their products are stellar. To be honest I wouldn't mind an official MP, as even with the "MAKE IT CARTOON ACCURATE AT ALL COSTS" approach they've had lately, I think Arcee (and the 86 Movie designs in general) are solid enough to justify it. Plus I really like Mecha Penelope Pitstop, and it's a crying shame the best MP representation she has is an upsized barely altered KO of the Generations figure.
Ha ha Transformers go brrrrr