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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9460901" data-attributes="member: 6799660">Transformers first came out right when I was in that awkward phase where I wasn't quite done with action figure-like toys*, but wasn't really buying any and certainly not starting new toy lines. So they were more the toys of friends' younger siblings or eventually the kids I would babysit. That said, I still found favorites amongst the them.*framed that way because I would get new Legos for many more years.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Decepticon jets ("seekers" I guess) and Grimlock both had really satisfying transformation sequences. You would pick them up in one form and change them into the other and the process was very pleasing.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I rarely like the 'main character'/team leader of those series (Lion-O for Thundercats, Keith in Voltron), or even general adventure serials (always found Buffy, Angel, Xena, etc. to be less interesting than the supporting characters). However, I did appreciate that Optimus Prime seems a lot more like Team Dad than a main hero.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I always enjoyed the 'gimmick' of Ultra Magnus being a repainted Optimus Prime in a shell/suit/power armor. Later (post 2000), there apparently was a comic where he got the drop on someone by having them sneak up on the shell, not realizing he was not in it. I thought that was fun.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Speaking of comics, in the original Marvel comics (which I read more than played with the toys) there was a human character named <a href="https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Circuit_Breaker_(G1)" target="_blank">Circuit Breaker</a> who got hurt in a Decepticon attack and built a super-suit to go battle transformers. She didn't know (or care) about the distinction between factions and held responsible/targeted both factions. I thought that was a neat twist (probably first time I experienced it).</li> </ul></blockquote>

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