ROTF toys were release 30 May 2009, all over the world, I think. They released it here in Madripoor* at 00:01 in one of the Toys R Us. I didn’t go to the event because I was anticipating it would be children’s thing…and we had Japanese night here at home.

So, the following morning, I leisurely went to said store. I was 15 minutes early and decided to have a McDonald’s breakfast (I didn’t know the McGriddle was made of pancake, instead of spicy English muffin).

*Yeah, this means I’ll stop calling this country Ba Sing Se.

I got deluxe Sideswipe, deluxe Sideways and Leader Optimus Prime. I had scout Ransack but I changed my mind. I’m thinking I’ll just get scout Ejector when he comes out.

The deluxes were ok (so I had to fulfill my lust for sportscars I know I’ll never have and even if I can afford them, it’ll be just impractical to keep them). Ah yes, I remember the joys I had during my childhood of transforming toys. There’s just something about having two toys in one that involved a puzzle-like element to convert it from one form to another.

Fuck G1 nostalgia; the eighties were as campy as hell. The movie toys looked like actual vehicles in real life (ah, the wonders of licensing) and even the small ones had complex enough transformations to give an engineer a hard time. Don’t give me none of that brickformer, non-articulate, too futuristic alt mode shit…give me something that I may see out in the street–hey, I saw a 76 Camaro in sport yellow and black racing stripes outside my apartment back in ’08–and still have enough articulation in humanoid mode so I can do crazy shit with it.

And speaking of complex conversions, the leader Prime took me two, freakin’ hours to convert to truck mode (maybe because I was afraid I’ll break something if I force it?). I can’t imagine how a child of ten can transform it easily without something coming off or breaking. But when I finally did, it was soOo rewarding.

So, anyway, these are the only pics I’ve shot so far. I’ll probably take the usual photos when I get the time. Or the proper lighting conditions.

Sideswipe (Concept Corvette Stingray)

Sideways (faux Audi R8)

Optimus Prime (Peterbilt Truck)

Now, I can’t wait to get a hold of that Decepticon toaster…

Tags: Revenge of the Fallen, toys, transformers

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