I sincerely hope whichever clown stole the G1 Shrapnel I ordered off my steps was severely disappointed. I'm not even really mad, just amused that of all the shit I've ordered over the years, a 40 year old robot bug that cost me eight bucks is what finally got stolen.

I love modern technology. One (almost) perfect replacement door. (My clumsy ass snapped a bit off the clip as i was pulling it off the supports so now I need to print it again, but this one works to show how well it fits.) Windshield is printing now, so he'll just need some paint to be good as new.

So I didn't end up with most of what was on my list but I am very pleased with what I DID find: Rumble/Frenzy and Eject/Rewind, Powerglide, Whirl, Bluestreak, Bombshell, Battle Armor Skeletor & He-man, Rattlor, Panthor, Battlecat, and the Action Edition Blokees kits. Not a bad haul, I think.

*Columbo voice* Just one more thing...

At the toys expo and, uh. I bought a few things. The Panthor and Battlecat are modern ones but I thight they were cool and they were right there in the booth with He-Man and Skeletor so I grabbed them all together.

I'm going to a toy expo tomorrow, so I'm making a list of stuff I want to look for, and it's almost all either Transformers or stuff I owned between about 7 and 12 that I really want to have again. We shall see how well I manage to stick to the list and not just go OOH SHINY at other random things.

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Saw this ad on the bus today and was torn between laughing and puking. Not ony is it an ad for a crisis pregnancy center that preys on vulnerable pregnant people, it's an *AI slop* ad for a crisis pregnancy center preying on vulnerable pregnant people. Please do better than this, MTA.

So, how old were you when you realised Soundwave has a pause button and a play button molded into his head crest? More obvious on the tape player where it is painted, but the same detailing is on G1, MP et al

I needed more stitch markers, so I printed more stitch markers...possibly too many stitch markers. (I'll be honest, this was at least 50% an excuse to finally open all of my filament and use the entire array of colours for *something*.)

Finally got some spare time and brain space for finishing one of my franken-Blokees, so here's a very silly little guy made from spare parts (including a leftover Legacy Animated Prowl head). I have zero explanation for whatever this is besides the fact that I like the Constructicon colour scheme.

All the official lads together, plus Nightwatch, who fits in surprisingly well. Still feels a little wild to see Dead End right here with the rest of them tbh. (Yes, I know the holsters for the nunchaku are supposed to flip up, but I'm lazy and I didn't feel like taking them out to do it properly.)

He's here! ...I feel a sudden need to go hide all of my Poe and anything resembling emo music, just in case. Pretty sure I'm already hearing him mutter something about "the inevitable march towards death", so I'm not sure how much good it will do.

Got home and opened them up. They're kind of terrible but I like the chopper more than I probably ought to.

The call of the cheap knockoffs at Five Below successfully lured me in, I fear.

Went to a neighbourhood festival today and ended up picking up a few things. Not pictured: the funnel cake the size of my head and gigantic teriyaki chicken skewer I had for lunch.

I was looking for something else TFA-related on Cults3D today and instead discovered that someone had recently made a replacement missile for the leader Bulkhead figure! I printed a set and gave them a bit of paint, and my dude is looking pretty good with his missile racks full again.

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So, uh. I might have just accidentally stumbled upon an Animated Dead End on ebay and bought him before I could talk myself out of spending 150 bucks on him. Just casually finding one of my personal grails at 9PM on a Wednesday, no biggie.

Pretty crap photo, but I picked up a Rodimus Minor on ebay for 30 bucks (super cheap compared to the others listed rn) because the back piece with the spoiler is broken at the hinge. Plan was to try to fix it but the piece tabs into his back well enough that I don't know if I even need to bother.

I'm not going to say that he's particularly well painted, but he's done-ish. This idea has lived in my head rent-free for years since I saw a twitter post about it, and I finally sat down and made one of my own. Presenting: Rodimouse Prime, who exists purely because it's goddamned hilarious.

The orange paint is as annoying as ever to work with and I might have to strip it and use a different orange, but have a WIP photo of this ridiculous thing

Couple of new bots arrived today! Well...technically one new bot and one old one, but y'all know what I mean. (I have Plans™ for a custom using the Rattrap, I just might need to order some more paint in the colours I want to use before I can start working on it.)

"I think politics should be kept out of Transformers and we should all get along" I think you should fuck off.

Haha. Got called an "ignorant asshole" today by a Trump supporter on the Transformers sub for answering the question of "but why can't we just come together without real-world politics", and I'm still laughing. Def a guy who thinks "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" is just a catchphrase.

Oh lol. Guess who just realized she forgot Animated Soundwave in the photo of the 'Con shelf? I sat him down after cleaning the filth he arrived with off and then just...totally forgot I did it until about ten minutes ago when I saw him on the towel where I left him. Guess I need another photo later

Sidenote: Animated Starscream might be the MOST Starscreamy of my collection, because he's been nothing but trouble since I got him. I've nearly lost the fingers on his right hand 3 times now, so I finally just gave in and lightly glued them in place with a dab on the pegs that hold them in the arm.

The final result of my perhaps ill-advised spending. I already had Ratchet, Blurr, Swindle, Shockwave, Lugnut, the Jazzes and Prowls, Lockdown, and the custom guy, but everybody else is new. I'm calling my TFA collection good for now, though there are a couple more bots I might pick up (much) later.

God, I love USPS sometimes. One of the bots I ordered is shown on the tracking as "Arriving today by 9PM", except that the last scan was in Indiana four hours ago and I'm in MD, so unless they've discovered the secret to teleportation, I find that estimate *exceedingly* unlikely.

More arguably unwise financial decisions were made and I now have Animated Arcee, Oil Slick, Starscream, and Blackarachnia on their way to me. There are a couple more figures from the line I'd like to pick up eventually, but I feel like this is a pretty solid place to stop right now.

Altmode photo of Megs with the new parts! The nose bit doesn't snap on super tight, but it's good enough for display and occasional transformation.

Rotor sword in place, and the fusion cannon + nosecone replacement. (It took me four tries to get the nosecone piece to actually print properly.) Not perfect replacements but I'm pretty happy with how he looks with them fitted.

Did a first pass of silver on Megatron's rotor swords. Definitely going to need to neaten the edges up when this first layer dries.

Successfully printed Megatron's rotor swords and cannon, but the nosecone part the cannon is supposed to attach to is VEXING ME. Gonna have to keep trying to figure out what the hell angle is going to make my printer happy enough to actually work.

Got Sentinel and Bulkhead today! Bulkhead is missing his missiles and turret cannon (which made him cheaper than a complete one), but he still works perfectly. Bonus: I opened him up to put fresh batteries in and discovered that he still had his original (very dead) Hasbro-branded ones.

Blitzwing has arriiiived! I will figure out how to get him into jet mode later, but for now, here's tank mode and bot mode. His joints are still so stiff that I'm a little nervous about pushing or pulling too hard on anything without being absolutely sure about what I'm doing.

First of my many new bots has arrived! He was MOC but I am a filthy non-box collector so I immediately freed him from his prison. Gotta love these metallic finishes Takara likes putting on their releases of figures. ❤️

Got my state tax refund and spent a load of it on Animated bots for my collection because I am a responsible adult human who can be trusted with extra hobby money. There are a few more on my to-buy list but I'm doing the actual responsible adult thing and saving those for later purchase.

Still need to do some touching up, especially of the trim, but I found @brickbotguy.bsky.social 's Barricade head for Animated Jazz and decided to redo the custom I made with that super yellowed Jazz into something decidedly less eye-searing. I'm calling this guy Nightwatch, at least for now.

Had to have four root canals this week, but the universe has rewarded me for dealing with it like a big girl by allowing me to stumble upon a complete Animated Blitzwing for a shockingly reasonable price, even including the shipping from another continent.

Unexpected find at Five Below today! I wasn't actually looking for Transformers stuff, surprisingly, but I had to buy these guys once I saw them on the shelf.

Jazz's Toyhax stickers came in and have vastly improved his looks. (The alt mode is great, but that solid white was just not it for a Jazz.) He looked so sad and plain next to his Prowl, and now he's got the proper Jazzy style.

Got my Alternators Jazz...annnd completely forgot to photograph his alt mode before I transformed him. Gotta get this lad some reprolabels because he is BARE.

Also, I just took Prowl's shins off and turned his knees around so I can have the hatchback side on the front and still use the articulation. I know his legs are meant to have the flat side as the front, but that looks terrible and I'd rather see the inside of his shins than stare at that ugly blue.

Bought myself a couple of new bots (Jazz is still on the way), and I have realized that I did not quite comprehend how friggin' big Alternators actually are. I know what 1:24 means, but it really did not click until this chonker was actually in my hands. They'll be good company for the MP lads.

Got some more robutts! All of GV9 plus Metroplex, Hot Rod, bot mode Sludge, and Shrapnel from GV8. I wasn't expecting them to arrive for another couple days but I'm definitely not going to complain about them getting here early. Guess I know what I'm doing after dinner tonight.

Now in colour, courtesy of Mike Spicer who works with Daniel Warren Johnson on Skybound TF:

VERY rough first attempt at painting Swerve that will be stripped and redone later, because this looks like absolute ass rn. (Don't try painting when you should really be sleeping, kids.)

Two partially failed tries at casting dice=one kind of okay set plus a couple extras. Just...don't look too closely at some of the faces. (There's a reason I say "kind of okay".) Pink iridescent flakes in clear resin. Might have a third go at making an actually good set bc I'm almost onto something.