So youβre telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?
05.08.2025 15:02 β π 4848 π 1912 π¬ 36 π 14@trixter.bsky.social
Not the band. Mostly @trixter@retro.pizza . Transformers fandom elder and podcast cohost on http://iaconunderground.net. They/her, very bad at gender. PFP by @officialrodimus.bsky.social. Projects at https://trixtersworkshop.net
So youβre telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?
05.08.2025 15:02 β π 4848 π 1912 π¬ 36 π 14Still got a Roddy? (Iβm heading to bed, will follow up tomorrow!)
05.08.2025 06:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0There are so many kinds of βworkβ that arenβt selling your labor to capital but thatβs the only kind they care about.
05.08.2025 04:35 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I edit features @WIRED.com and work with some of Earthβs best journalists. Right now a subscription to our journalism costs TWO DOLLARS PER MONTH.
Yes, there is a limited-edition tote.
And yes, we do hyphenate certain compound modifiers such as βlimited edition.β
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
Using this as an excuse to share this poster. As with a lot of bad toy-commercials-masquerading-as-a-cartoon, the promo art goes WAY too hard.
04.08.2025 14:42 β π 647 π 187 π¬ 14 π 9Hey, it would mean so much to me if y'all kept up the pressure with phone calls to payment processors to show to them how much people care and that they can't just ignore itβmy livelihood depends on adult games not being censored!
You can find info and phone scripts here: stop-paypros.neocities.org
An outdoor flea market table with 30 to 40 year old packs of baseball cards.
Hey @kilby.bsky.social I found some gum for you at the local flea market today
04.08.2025 06:46 β π 17 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I'd guess he was probably worse before the Marvel Legends one came out.
04.08.2025 02:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hello friends! π Starting over on Bluesky. I'm a Transformers collector and zine maker based in the UK. It's nice to meet you! You can check out my work here: thetfukguide.com
01.08.2025 18:15 β π 54 π 17 π¬ 4 π 1You can make one!
04.08.2025 01:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Highly variable! Someone had all the Micronauts for $40-ish, I'm pretty sure you can get an original Leoric loose-complete for less.
04.08.2025 01:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0"The show does not officially exist" is about the only way you avoid Funko Pops.
04.08.2025 01:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0βSome of us arenβt creative enough to brainstorm without ChatGPT!β Well then maybe you should sit this one out.
31.07.2025 23:22 β π 6589 π 1543 π¬ 115 π 130Yeah, I was looking at parted-out sets on eBay last night and I may end up with at least a Gammatron and Betatron.
03.08.2025 17:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The former, weβre getting a little more of the latter these days.
03.08.2025 14:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I can only be satisfied with the canceled ones.
03.08.2025 14:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Well, the good news is, they can be *small* figuresβ¦
(Iβve been watching that Micronauts series that leaked last week.)
Itβs sad enough when youβre getting into something that barely gets any fan stuff, Iβm currently into a show that doesnβt officially exist. π
03.08.2025 04:27 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 4 π 0Rachel Summers smiling in a volcano next to the Onion article βMom and Dad, Iβm gay and also stronger than both of you so donβt try any shit.β
02.08.2025 23:57 β π 1488 π 324 π¬ 6 π 4The way MY JAW DROPPED when he came walking in like βhey guys whatβd I missβ
03.08.2025 01:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It is *extremely* important to teach the young feeeeemales that they must be pretty and demure and not spunky in any way.
03.08.2025 01:39 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I miss holograms.
03.08.2025 01:37 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Look what they took from us
03.08.2025 00:04 β π 27 π 7 π¬ 3 π 0Hot take but this was the best button layout design and regressing back to the SNES layout post-gamecube sucks actually
02.08.2025 17:33 β π 810 π 176 π¬ 75 π 110I have retained the services of someone to handle my financial, legal, and showbusiness affairs.
#Transformers
I wanted Jetfire so much that I bought the Siege reissue last year! Which I guess is also everyone elseβs problem but there does seem to be at least a little demand for um-Seiged Jetfire.
02.08.2025 17:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have a soft spot for things that are unnecessarily masculine but the moment they make it explicitly For Men Iβm like βFuck your gender essentialism.β
02.08.2025 17:50 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hey #transformers folks, if anybody got the SDCC set just for Jetfire and wants to offload the Void Rivals figures, hit me up.
02.08.2025 17:33 β π 7 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0I kinda think the way people use ChatGPT is sort of aspirational because it seems to emulate the way rich people have sycophants lying to them all the time until they lose touch with reality and also their entire minds
01.08.2025 12:17 β π 13598 π 2674 π¬ 27 π 1