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No, not the action figure. It is decent and has a good transformation but could be better. The flip out gun is cool and makes it sort of like the weapons that come right out of the Autobot’s arms and all but it doesn’t stay open. It also lights up so that is cool. This is one of the better Prime figures I’ve seen in a long time though.
My new favorite Prime refers to the show called Transformers Prime. It is the best Transformers show since Generation One. I wrote all about it this morning in my review of the Season One Transformers Prime Blu-ray set. I’m enjoying season two right now. Only two episodes in and I just want more.
Today I recorded an episode of Geek Dads Weekly. We not only recorded the audio but captured video from each of us. We had a big discussion about Affiliate Marketing and then got into things going on in our lives. It was a fun show and I enjoyed being able to see my co-hosts Daniel M. Clark and Greg Hoffman.
When Transformers Animated was cancelled I was pretty upset. I thought that was one of the best Transformers cartoons ever and wished that it had continued. There were great callbacks to Transformers Generation One which I grew up on as well as new characters and a fun storyline. Then I saw information about a new Transformers cartoon that would be on the TV network, The Hub. The show would be called Transformers Prime. I saw some of the character designs and they looked like they were from the Transformers live action movies. At least BumbleBee looked very much like his Transformers movie counterpart. I have to admit that I wasn’t that impressed at first there didn’t seem to be much personality there in the design.
So, I was pleasantly surprised, even though I was a bit skeptical going in, when Transformers Prime debuted with a five part miniseries in November of 2010. After that first episode I was completely sold on the series and things just got better from there. I was so wrong about character design and the characters having no personality. This series brought some very emotion filled episodes into the lore of Transformers. The characters look amazing and even the humans are good in the show.
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