Thinking about Hot House, the fire department A-10 Thunderbolt. The person buying gear for the department read "fire support" on a spec sheet and said "oh perfect, that sounds like something we could use!"

if you've never handled Beast Wars Scavenger before I think the thing that's really insane about him is just the fact that fully 75% of his body mass is just his arms. His entire robot-mode body and head is curled up in his abdomen, which itself is mostly kibble that hangs off his arse

(And this copy in particular now contains a one-of-a-kind sketch!)

“Eyes Wide Shut, Lips Wide Kissable” is officially Larry Hama-approved

honestly like can you imagine. What would he (?) even be doing there. Class of 4 normal preschoolers and 1 deranged killer

....ah-heh, the code is airbrushed out of the other photos. ....which begs the question whether it was airbrushed away because that deco was dropped, or because *that's what toy photographers do all the time actually, but this time it was a false positive*

checked out Absolute Batman today! It was Absolutely unremarkable www.tumblr.com/thewadapan/7...

Was trying to make a point about how much the animation models for all the 1986 Scramble City guys suck, and drew this harrowing look at an alternate reality where the reference material available for drawing Optimus Prime's animation model was just as bad.

Oh this is crazy, I think my DWJ bibliography has been de-indexed by Google? I got it by googling when I went to update it the other day, and just now I tried again—even searching "wadapan"—and it had vanished. Bizarre to think that it was flagged automatically? wadapan.wordpress.com/daniel-warre...

dammit now I'm wondering what the list looks like. Like Arcee has got the most misogynist momence just by sheer volume, but she's born with goodness in her heart. Need me a Thunderblast type stereotype. A real The Razor's Edge OC esque misstep. Do the ROTF bikes count as one slot or three

thinking about her. How many of her exist in the whole world do you think. A single digit number? A two-digit number? Just one? How does that graph look, over time?

publishers should be made to do one of those mandatory health & safety quizzes but it's a Baby's First "how to spot AI art" test. "Ooh, bad luck! Pay close attention to the left and right sides of Optimus Prime's body." seriously just click back and forth on the art and the supposed "pencils" ahaha

I've received a boon! The best Armada character is in my house!? www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmaE...

god so I just sold my spare Unite Warriors Wildrider that came with the (otherwise Hasbro, inc. Offroad) set of Stunticons I got from TFN last year (for the same price I just sold Wildrider for on his own!) and when I got back from the post office I immediately ran back, "can I have it back one sec"

ichikawa voice: to make this a full supplement to the english version of armada it is paramount that at least one character has a dogshit accent

COMING MONDAY AFTER ALMOST A YEAR THE GRAND RETURN OF OUR WORLDS ARE IN DANGER for one episode about some pack in manga

read Giant Days this month and as always, comics drive me up the wall - trade paperbacks collect just 4 issues at a time, despite the whole series clearly being structured around 6-issue semesters - hardcovers named after the semesters... but collect 8 issues each, so it still doesn't correspond!

the thing about Nightracer right is that she's so sick. I wish they'd make another one but frankly nothing is ever gonna beat the fact that she's a working Hot Wheels car. Also they can't get the trademark can they

Thrilled to have End of the Earth and All Will Be One from @wadapan.bsky.social along with this lovely mosaic from @jalaguy.bsky.social!

imagine if they'd used these logos in 2012. That would've been so swag

sometimes I think the Bionicle fandom doesn't know how good they've got it. Like it's dead isn't it! It's not bothering you. All fanworks all the time babey

whenever I see a sales post that's like "legacy bludgeon never transformed" I fully just assume they're lying. I cannot imagine not transforming the transformer. get out of here with these baby shoes ass listings

reread Murder Falcon on the train today and fully just wept through it

My TFN video is now out there, sorry that the moment's passed! youtu.be/hPycNyKG6r4?...

It's weird, because you'd think that comprehensive knowledge would imply expertise but apart from a few videos (like BDG or Rogers) it's more a performance of *anti-expertise* - that a Lay Man has been exposed to this critical mass of Information and Experience they can't comprehend, only ever relay

with big projects, I have what I call the "rainforest cafe guy" litmus test, which means I ask myself: am I eating at every Rainforest Cafe in the Country or do I have an actual point to make

been working on a post that's going to set off a truly Ungodly number of Google Alerts or whatever and I genuinely have no idea what to expect. Will they come for me with sticks?

rewatched a couple of entries in the rich canon of "cool white guy travels the world shooting people" movies! First up, it's Skyfall, which I watched in a grim crumbling empty property in the Scottish Highlands! letterboxd.com/wadapan/film...

done my civic duty by filling out the TFN feedback survey. Used the "panels" question to talk about the cosplay contest being a bit rushed, the quiz being a bit rubbish, and script readings in general. Used the "merch" question to pitch 'em on ideas for TFN-exclusive fiction, which I'd love to see!

thread of Cyberverse concept art and the exact google images they were based on Sharkticon - preliminary character model Perceptor - fan-coloring of Guido Guidi's IDW character model, by VaderPrime1 www.deviantart.com/vaderprime1/...

took a while, but here's my con report from this year's TFN! Sorry for any egregious omissions, by the time I started writing it things had become a bit of blur. Thank you all for making it such a wonderful weekend! thewadapan.tumblr.com/post/7923305...

said it before but there is such a gap in the Reprolabel market for someone to make a sticker sheet to cover an entire toyline in one go, purely to address "missing" paint applications that are obviously intended on the sculpts. Headlights, yellow license plates, deco on unpaintable plastic

oooh, just found out some information about the transforming egg-dinos I gave to @toyfu332.bsky.social at the convention—they're knockoffs of Bandai''s Tamagoras ("Egg Monsters"), a line which also included lots of Godzilla kaiju, (unlicensed) Universal Monsters and insects

finally got nice pictures of this guy up on @tfwiki.net. Was undecided on whether to give the "bird" and "turtle" their own pages. Argument against: that awful cartoon episode really does NOT treat them as their own guys. Argument for: it would be funny :) tfwiki.net/wiki/Hauler-...

my lil bro has started an art blog where you can send him requests! He's really good! If you ask him for something cool he'll draw it for you! www.tumblr.com/freecommissi...

oh yeah for YEARS now there's been this one stall that I frequent with round green price stickers, and I've never found out the name of it until this year... it's Toyformers! They said I should email them after the con about something but I lost their business card—anyone know their email?

straight down da middle! Kind of a close thing though? I'm glad that I mostly avoided the Bad Squares. Would have LOVED to get a Devastation Optimus Prime. Would have LOVED to see cosplayers for any of these toys. Was too busy drawing other people's toys to draw my own! Please ignore my Forge Shame

finally back home after TFNation 2025! This year was incredible. In terms of big hangs, it might've been the biggest hangs yet for me. Will talk more about that in the ol' con report, which I'll post on tumblr once it's written, but for now here's wot I got!

this is my remaining stock of free zines at TFN 2025! If you know/meet anyone who'd like to read "transformers fiction if it was good", please point them my way. If I've missed you let me know! I really want these all gone!

Do you wish to partake of Snake Eyes Zine? It’s alarmingly possible. Drop by the table shaped like a guitar pick at the back of the bar why don’t you! (we’ll be around on Sunday too!)

don't suppose any of yous heading to TFN fancy a free copy of Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis? I switched to the hardback so now have a spare paperback. It was a big influence on End of the Earth, I really recommend it!

made a bingo card for the TFN dealer room this year! You can stick photos over the squares to fill it in :)

Do we think the Hilton breakfast buffet will have Monster Energy DLC again this year?

hey, so today Chapter 8 of END OF THE EARTH is out on Royal Road! It's the one where things Kick Off. so far the story's doing very poorly on RR, so if you have time to leave a review, it might help get some eyes on the story going into this next run of chapters! www.royalroad.com/fiction/1269...

got my vittles

I'm getting in on TFN Zine Madness! I've got a stack of A5 postcard prints of my Mosaic-inspired comic to hand out, with director's commentary included on the back for bonus Wadapoints.

the zines are here!!!!! they have come out looking epic! this year I will be giving out no less than 6 different publications, because I literally cannot be stopped. Come find me at TFNation this weekend!

Guys, I was just messing around with one of my figures and this happened? He turned into a car! This seems like a pretty big deal. Can all Transformers do this?