Richard Sargent

Bit of a creative sort of type of person thing.

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@ToyboxSoapbox Sadly Poochie died on the way back to his home planet

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@DiaBraveSid If I were charged with 'reimagining' them for ML, literally my first thought would be upscale them so that the core bot is more of a traditional carbot size. Actual working treads on the sleds too 👍

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For some reason this dumpy headless sled-former still feels 100% Ratchet to me.
Missing Link version is nice, but gives me off-brand imposter vibes...

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Sideswipe came a little later (the first TF I got after my birthday in 1987). Bought, probably with birthday money, from Makro in Sheffield. Sunstreaker meanwhile is the gold box Classic version, from Co-op in Chesterfield, 13/4/90... Ratchet is the Encore release from 2007.

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@DiaBraveSid Same here. Tho I can't help wishing we'll also get an articulated/sculpted sticker detail version of the originals at some point too

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@ConorBu54448753 @DiaBraveSid Damn yeah of course! 🫣😅

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@DiaBraveSid Yeah they do look great and I'm getting them (cos obvs ML is fantastic!), but still can't escape an uncanny valley feeling that I can only compare with Hayden Christensen being edited into A New Hope 🤣

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@ToyboxSoapbox I could do a whole thread just on comic memories lol. Funny how looking at a cover can take you back to a specific time and place. But issues bought while on holiday is especially potent!

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Here's some TF40th context for my own personal 'Class of 1984' Autobot toys. Starting with the iconic Optimus Prime! (the animation was done before we even knew about Missing Link btw). Prime was my big xmas present in '85 (alongside Bee, Skids, Laserbeak/Frenzy and Beachcomber).

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I have a distinct childhood memory of a European boxed Ratchet sitting on the toyshelves of Debenhams in Sheffield for eons. Would often see it & wonder if there was a rare non-UK catalogue inside. Never wanted to buy it because the tech specs were in a language I couldn't read!

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Sideswipe came a little later (the first TF I got after my birthday in 1987). Bought, probably with birthday money, from Makro in Sheffield. Sunstreaker meanwhile is the gold box Classic version, from Co-op in Chesterfield, 13/4/90... Ratchet is the Encore release from 2007.

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Today in 1984 was the shipping date of the first issue of the original Marvel US comic...

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Marvel Comics Anniversary Special https://t.co/kaMHhoRvLX via @YouTube
#Transformers #marvelcomics

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@not_on_twitta Trailbreaker would make a great ML, not least because it would mean Hoist too!

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Missing Link Ironhide on the way! (no ML Brawn announced... yet!)

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Brawn was the next TF I got after my birthday, bought from the John Menzies shop in Newquay while on summer hols (that same holiday I also bought Mirage and Breakdown). Ironhide is the later gold box Classic release (Toys R Us Leicester, 21/2/92, £11.87).

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Bit of sun worshipping in Grimsby minster, installation by Luke Jerram 🌞

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As a side note, although I still have him, my original Jazz toy is so yellowed, and the stickers faded and worn, that I decided to use the TRU reissue Jazz I picked up in the 2000s (you can tell by the 'Meister' rather than 'Martinii' deco).

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Jazz freestyle...

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One last International Jazz Day post... My caricature from 2014 of the original Jazzmeister: the late great Scatman Crothers - the voice of G1 Jazz!
Jazz hands everybody! 🎼🎷🎺👍 #Jazz #Transformers

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Since it's International Jazz Day (🎷🎼🎺) here's my animated version of Jeffrey Mangiat's original G1 Jazz box art. I usually create my own alt mode art for these, but here I used an actual 1984 Hasbro ad (artist unknown) for his alt mode #Jazz #Transformers

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Celebrating International Jazz Day! 🎺🎷🎼 #Jazz #Transformers

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Watch the full Opening Titles recreation here: https://t.co/xfYPtiEHmu
(it was posted in 2024 on Patreon for the TF 40th anniversary, but I'm publishing it properly now for the 40th anniversary of Season 3!)
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Transformers Season 3 Titles: The Kup/Springer mash up...
In the original titles the central guy appears to be a Kup-coloured Springer. In my ReAnimated version I used Springer but edited his colours to look more like Kup... (I didn't do blueface Magnus though!)
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Anyway so here's the alternate, non-edited Springer version:
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