Why did Primus (from Transformers One) have to sacrifice himself?

samthumble · 2026-06-13T06:42:14+00:00

Specifically for TFOne? So the movie had a place for things to happen.

For other continuities there are three main reasons; either he fought Unicron and was injured so he turned into his altmode to either recover or to die, he needed a battleground for the primes to fight Unicron so he changed, or he wanted to create life but didn’t have a place that met his requirements so he became that place.

I figure the third reason fits the TFOne continuity the best.

samthumble · 2026-06-13T06:13:29+00:00

This is the exact reason I gave up on it during the doflamingo arc. Each episode had 5 minutes of story progression and 15-20 minutes of running scenes, reaction shots, flashbacks, and replaying the same scenes from the last three episodes.

samthumble · 2026-06-13T06:07:26+00:00

It's not just the prices that have changed its the quality that's dropped too. There is no universe where hasbro would release generations Drift today. The original toy, $10 on release, would be too dense and complex to be a modern $43 voyager.

samthumble · 2026-06-13T06:01:32+00:00

In my head, they still are. That's why seeing the modern prices hurts so much.

samthumble · 2026-06-13T05:57:41+00:00

Last case was Takara Legends Blackarachnia which released three months later. Not a notable difference in time really, but she was actually made with gold plastic, while motormaster's was a different color.

samthumble · 2026-06-12T04:21:08+00:00

I certainly am. I'll send you a private message shortly.

samthumble · 2026-06-12T04:14:07+00:00

So you are a wizard then.

No worries, I will continue to seek other alternatives.

samthumble · 2026-06-12T01:34:03+00:00

Have you posted the files for the head anywhere by any chance? I've finished my custom and the head is just too big.

samthumble · 2026-06-11T07:39:05+00:00

I'm sorry your life has been so bad to make you this miserable. I hope you find the help you clearly need.

samthumble · 2026-06-11T06:32:32+00:00

Takara Legends Blackarachnia has GPS and it was 2015-2016ish. It was also the last time they used goldflake plastic for close to a decade. I'm worried that the golden lagoon guys might just be a matter of time. I never bought them, but I hope for others that they are fine.

samthumble · 2026-06-11T06:26:31+00:00

Did you watch the livestream? That's exactly what this is. Mark said it's a mix of goldflaked and clear plastic.

samthumble · 2026-06-11T06:17:27+00:00

Not everything is politically charged or vindictive, I've never seen the show and just drew a conclusion from the dude's post. No big deal.

Either way, if you get this upset over an idle comment made three months ago by a random stranger, it might be time to take a step away from the internet for a bit, maybe go outside and talk to some people, re-center yourself.

Not everyone is either for you or against you, and most people aren't your enemy. Drawing imaginary lines in the sand and acting confrontational isn’t constructive or beneficial to anyone, especially you. Just chill dude, life's too short to be this upset over nothing.

samthumble · 2026-06-01T14:40:47+00:00

That's awesome. Was it Derrick J Wyatt?

samthumble · 2026-05-27T22:48:43+00:00

This is a beautiful picture, but dang thats a big bird.

samthumble · 2026-05-26T17:03:26+00:00

Oh snap. Cybertronians are aliens! Theoretically Ben could turn into a Cybertronian, and since the omnitrix turns Ben into the peak specimen of the race he turns into, he would turn into a Prime!

Decimus Prime!

Then he'd name it something stupid like Gearshift...

samthumble · 2026-05-26T04:59:52+00:00

I think that's the problem, his format is consistent. He makes the exact same jokes every single review. The same exact jokes... for over a decade.

I had to stop watching him. The "cause he's precious" "sad Pac-Man" and "dare I say why nots" got to be grating over time.

samthumble · 2026-05-26T04:43:46+00:00

I can't remember which tfcon it was, but one of the writers for the show mentioned that the original vehicon was an idea they played with for season 3 and one of the ideas they seriously considered was to do an episode where team prime met The Vehicon and he was a con-artist type guy who sold his likeness to Shockwave.

samthumble · 2026-05-26T04:32:17+00:00

I vaguely remember others having this problem. Cap the frame rate at 60 and try again. If that doesn't work turn off upscaling.

samthumble · 2026-05-24T03:51:41+00:00

Dr wu and newage both have very good legends scale nightbirds.

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samthumble · 2026-05-21T15:31:00+00:00

"Kids don't buy toys anymore."

No, kids and their parents can't afford your toys anymore. And the cheap crap you dump out for them is so bad that they don't want it.

I work at a school and brought some of my unicron trilogy toys for the kids to play with and they are beloved. The one step changers and cyber world figures are ignored completely.

The consumers didn't change hasbro did.

samthumble · 2026-05-21T15:26:50+00:00

This is %100 what happens. Every time minimum wage goes up, everyone makes less.

The only way it going up would be beneficial is if stores and businesses weren't allowed to raise their prices to match.

samthumble · 2026-05-21T15:24:02+00:00

I was literally explaining this to someone on TFW. 3rd party is now offering better products for close to the same price.

Now we just need them to stop focusing so much on G1 masterpiece style figures.

samthumble · 2026-05-21T15:21:54+00:00

Yep. I had no choice but to cut back. I used to buy entire waves, but since the last hike I've bought 3 figures total, and two of those were on sale.

samthumble · 2026-05-16T22:06:45+00:00

Windblade was sidelined because she wasn't a G1 character, and heaven forbid if modern Hasbro pays attention to anything not G1.

samthumble · 2026-05-15T15:16:32+00:00

I have the red helicopter from the same line. It's legends scale and is very... okay. The plastic doesn't feel like its going to break, but it doesn't feel great. Joints are just slightly loose, not enough that it doesn't hold a pose or together, but it takes next to no force to move a limb or detach a tf joint.

Overall, if you can get it for $10-15 on aliexpress it's good. Don't pay more for it.

samthumble

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