Paradox Factor

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Random photos of Transformers with some love for the BotBots especially! Also known as BotBot_TF_pics!

Just watched VHS Mixtape. Never thought there would be a VHS move worse then Viral, but apparently Mixtape said hold my beer. Acting overall was surprisingly bad. The Gwar stuff was the worst wraparound in the franchise. I'd only say the Mr Sze segment was OK.

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Google Lens has been failing me in IDing these parts I found in a random Transformers weapon bag. That yellow one looks so familiar, but I just can't put my finger on it. Anyone able to recognize any of them?

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Got a figure from the Tick series today. Looking at the back had two funny thoughts on Man Eating Cow; One is that it's listed as a good guy (yes I know it wasn't bad in the cartoon) and two, judging by the format of the other names it's named Cow and has Man Eating action.

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Ah yes, the classic Changable Robots line. Who can forget them being everywhere in the 80s with every kid bringing lunch in their Changable Robots lunchbox and drinking from their Changable Robots thermos.

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Going through some Marvel Legends I snagged & when I moved Vindicator's bicep joint, his chest just kinda crumbled. Wasn't cracked or damaged before. It reminds me of GPS, clean crumbling break. To be clear it's not, likely just bad plastic, but something I've had on a ML before.

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Was going through toys for eBay & decided out of curiosity to check out a Sonic and Knuckles figures I had been letting my niece and nephew play with when they visited. Turns out they were the Resaurus versions & were a wee bit rare. Gonna have to get new Jakks ones for the next time they visit, lol

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While researching for a TFWiki article I'm working on, I rewatched a bit of EarthSpark and spotted a cute Easter Egg I hadn't spotted before. In Age Of Evolution Part 2, when the Terrans are making their plan, Nightshade asks if they can be the bobblehead. Which is an owl.

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Well it's over. Final tally is 1386/10k putting it at 13.86% funded. That officially makes it the second lowest backed quantity Haslab after Reva's Lightsaber with 1413, and the lowest percent backed with Cookie Monster beating it at 20.8%. And this means Tron bombed twice this year. 😒

				Backer Goal	Final Number	% reached	Cost
Tron			10000		1386		13.86%	$259.99 
Cookie Monster	3000		624			20.80%	$299.99 
Reva's Lightsaber	5000		1413		28.26%	$499.99 
Heroscape		8000		4353		54.41%	$249.99 
Ghost Rider		9000		5060		56.22%	$349.99 
Rancor			9000		8534		94.82%	$349.99
Paradox Factor@paradoxfactor.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Entering the final stretch for the Tron Haslab & it's pretty dire. It would need 754 more backers to not be the lowest funding percentage one so far, & I'd be shocked if that happens. I have to wonder if doing a smaller cost & backer total with some parts made into stretch goals might have helped

Entering the final stretch for the Tron Haslab & it's pretty dire. It would need 754 more backers to not be the lowest funding percentage one so far, & I'd be shocked if that happens. I have to wonder if doing a smaller cost & backer total with some parts made into stretch goals might have helped

		Backer Goal	Nov 24th Total	% reached	Cost
Tron	10000		1327			13.27%		$259.99 
				
				Backer Goal	Final 	% reached	Cost
Cookie Monster	3000		624		20.80%		$299.99 
Reva's Lightsaber	5000		1413	28.26%		$499.99 
Heroscape		8000		4353	54.41%		$249.99 
Ghost Rider		9000		5060	56.22%		$349.99 
Rancor			9000		8534	94.82%		$349.99
Paradox Factor@paradoxfactor.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Final week for the Tron Haslab. I forgot to check totals last week but that said it only 66 new backers since then, so not a big jump. Kinda wondering if any retailer preorder numbers will get dumped in, as you'd think they'd want people to see a big spike. It's gonna take a miracle at this point.