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News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Nov 19, 2025 5:32 am

megatran wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:You guys crack me up.
As if AI is the work of the Devil himself.

Also, you are completely missing the point of my post. The goal was to show the ACTUAL 1980s FASHION that directly inspired the G1 Arcee toy.
Your virtuous examples does not show it by a long shot.

If ima gonna be critical, needs bigger shoulder pads. Just saying...

Yeah and the funniest thing is, they do exist.
Damn, in the 1980s, some women looked like football sasquatches, with those ginormous shoulder pads and their ginormous perms! :lol:

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Wed Nov 19, 2025 11:37 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:You guys crack me up.
As if AI is the work of the Devil himself.

Hey now, I happen to enjoy messing around with ComfyUI.

: Original Arcee color concept art made to dance.

: Umi Miyao IDW art

Apologies for the crummy GIF frame rate, they look better in video.

Emerje

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Nov 19, 2025 12:02 pm

Well, like any tools, AI is good or bad depending on how one use it.

For me the only wrong that one can do with AI is to CHEAT. Like for a 500$ art commission, college essays, or even journalism. An article went viral because the "journalist" CTR-V'd the whole text, including the prompts. :lol:

For quick sketches, adding special effects, or mêmes, AI is great. As long as people comes clean.

by **megatran** » Wed Nov 19, 2025 10:30 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
megatran wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:You guys crack me up.
As if AI is the work of the Devil himself.

Also, you are completely missing the point of my post. The goal was to show the ACTUAL 1980s FASHION that directly inspired the G1 Arcee toy.
Your virtuous examples does not show it by a long shot.

If ima gonna be critical, needs bigger shoulder pads. Just saying...

Yeah and the funniest thing is, they do exist.
Damn, in the 1980s, some women looked like football sasquatches, with those ginormous shoulder pads and their ginormous perms!

It wasn't just the lasses donning ginormous perms with excess hairspray enough to hold up a suspension bridge. The dudes as well. White Snake, Bon Jovi, Cheap Trick, Poison. Ah, the 80's.
I'm not proud to admit it.... but I owned a pair of excessively baggy jeans in my late teens. #-o

News Credits: 1644 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Nov 20, 2025 11:40 am

Finally got my Sunstreaker in, and I love him. Great figure, great mold, I am a big fan. I love my 3 ML so far.

I have no interest in Arcee, but I have Magnus on PO, looking forward to him too

by **megatran** » Sat Jan 03, 2026 11:35 pm

Anyone received Takara Bumble & Cliff 2-pack (Anime version)?

Any qc issues carry over from notorious Toy version?

News Credits: 1644 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Jan 05, 2026 9:13 am

Thanks to Takara, we have a teaser image for the next figure in the missing link line: Grimlock!

Missing Link has become quite a line since its humble beginnings, bringing the original G1 toys straight up to date with modern articulation while maintaining the look of their original 1980's toys. With recent figures including a re-do of Sunstreaker, a at-long-last G1 Arcee, and soon to be releasing Ultra and Delta Magnus, they are truly diving in to give us some really good updates to the classics.

Check out the teaser image below, and watch this space for the full reveal, coming soon!

by **megatran** » Mon Jan 05, 2026 9:49 pm

Any guesses on improved articulation, materials and/or tampos application?
And price?
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Takara will do anything to avoid releasing a bonafide Decepticon.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Mon Jan 05, 2026 9:55 pm

megatran wrote:Any guesses on improved articulation, materials and/or tampos application?
And price?
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Takara will do anything to avoid releasing a bonafide Decepticon.

Bad guys don't sell.