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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 10h

I’m getting really tired of headlines that begin with “Trump says…” Motherfucker, it doesn’t matter what he SAYS and you damn well know it!

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 10h

I just saw that it’s getting a rerelease here in February for about ¥4,500.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 10h

Cant argue that. Has there been a nice Jazz figure released since the yen went to shit?

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 10h

Here’s a cool new Optimus, Megatron, Roddy, Magnus, or whatever for $70-$200-something? Sucks, but ok. That price for like Ironhide, Jazz, or Reflector? …couldn’t be me

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 10h

The yen fucking sucks right now and TakaraTomy are keeping their prices in line with the US prices. So, like, a $40 Hasbro figure has something like a ¥7,000 MSRP. Japanese salaries are not synced to the USD, so ¥7,000 is still like paying $70 USD. A $70 rando is a hard fuckin’ sell

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 11h

I’m only now realizing that my remaining Transformers collection is OVERWHELMINGLY just leaders in multiple incarnations. I get *why* but it’s weird to see irl

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 11h

I will say this. Every single joint in the combined mode legs is laughably, unforgivably, infuriatingly loose. The ankles, knees, and thigh joints are completely worthless. Friends, I have NEVER transformed this out of this mode.

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don’t care where you started out on the political spectrum If your kid comes out as trans & you don’t become a rainbow-clad, parade-cheering ally & rock-solid supportive girl/boy/enby dad/mom? You were never a parent at all You were a doll collector furious they didn’t stay in their packaging.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 13h

It’s like humans are the only living creatures in this universe that don’t have some kind of X-Men mutant power…except some of them *are* like telepaths and whatever but it’s not a big deal or anything. This is exactly the kind of goofy “just go with it” type stuff I love in all-ages entertainment.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 13h

Then again, once they noticed their actual superpowers, I guess it makes a certain kind of sense.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 13h

I love the idea that somebody, like 10,000 years ago, saw a Pidgey and, I don’t know Growlithe for the first time and were like MONSTERS!

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 13h

If I understand it correctly, Pokemon were originally intended to exist separately from regular terrestrial animals like dogs and fish and whatever before it was decided that just all “animals” in-universe were Pokemon. But that’s weird calling every animal a “monster” right?

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 13h

Pokemon is a portmanteau of the words “pocket” and “monster”. Presumably, these creatures existed in some form before human developed the technology to capture them in balls that shrink down to fit in a pocket, right? What were they called *before*?

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 14h

A #Transformers pic every day in October. Day 6: Power of the Primes Rodimus Unicronus (AKA Rodimus Cron) This was already a pretty great toy as Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime but THIS really does it for me. It is metal AF, from the death metal logo chest icon to the remolded head that is clearly LEMMY 🤘

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 20h

One of the things that travelers loved about visiting Japan, even back when doing so was prohibitively-expensive for a lot of people, was that folks were, by and large, too polite to call you out for being as asshole. But these last few years of over-tourism threaten to change that before too long.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 20h

It’s not reasonable to expect tourists visiting Japan to know all of the unspoken rules of politeness that are found in Japanese society like *checks notes* not stopping and having a conversation right in the middle of areas of heavy foot traffic?

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Apparently r/gaming got ahold of this and is mad at it but they don’t pay me so I don’t give a shit.

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Mags Visaggio 🏳️‍⚧️ @magsvisaggio.com · 05/10/2026

good morning! I'm Mags Visaggio, your favorite trans garbagefire writer, and I wanna help you make the shit you wanna make! Look. I've been doing this for a decade. I'm good at it. And I can help make you the writer you wanna be. Trust me! I rock. -pitch reviews -script reviews -story coaching

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A #Transformers pic every day in October. Day 5: TMNT Crossover Party Wallop When the crossover stuff works, it REALLY works, doesn’t it? A very nice representation of the Turtle Van (or Party Wagon, if you’re nasty) that turns into a great turtle robot (that really should’ve been Metalhead, no?)

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Post Harry Potter art, I'm blocking you without hesitation. I don't care what the excuse is, don't support monsters.

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Martin S Dixon is trying his best. @bunnysuicida.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Kenny Alpha isn't real and cannot hurt you" Kenny Alpha:

A Kenny Omega toy head on a far too muscular body.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cool. Random dolphin gummy in this pack

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Seriously, the “small” robot (which was still pretty big) was one of the best Optimus Prime toys released up until that point. This newer one puts the focus on robot mode articulation and that is certainly not a bad thing.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The original Armada Optimus Prime (and the slightly different Micron Legend release) was awesome. This huge, chonky vehicle that had an auto-transforming super mode (that I could never get to work) and an all-time great non-super mode

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I was thinking about doing that, but I’m not sure I’ve got 31 different Optimus Prime toys. …probably pretty close, tho

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There’s…probably gonna be a LOT of Optimus Prime this month. Sorry.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A #Transformers pic every day in October. Day 4: Legacy Evolution Armada Universe Optimus Prime A heckin’ chonker in an era where such things are becoming more and more rare. While the jettisoning of gimmicks can often hurt a toy, this big boi benefits big time!

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Kind of glad I already own The Transformers The Movie in two steelbook editions already (1080 and 4k) so I don't have to buy the Optimus' Corpse edition the year that Peter Cullen died.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Me: I have been told by people who would know that he will not be allowed to die and can/will be kept alive as long as necessary. Disbelieving coworker, seeing what’s been done with Mitch McConnell: Oh, shit…you weren’t bullshitting

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

TakaraTomy: Here’s like 100 awesome things coming out next year…please forget that we teased you with an updated Energon Prime that turned out to NOT be that, yeah?

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

That’s the best damn haircut I’ve ever seen

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’m so glad. ♥️ I never know if my attempts at humor are going to hit the way I hope.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If I can make it to the new year without cutting it all off, I think my hair will be manageable again by the start of 2027. If.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I explained that I didn’t mind because I was just going to use them as bag charms and showed him the card I was currently using as a charm. He’s like, “oh, that’s so cute!” and cheerfully rang me up. 😃

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Come to think of it, this was the second good Pokemon card buying experience at this location. A few years ago, I bought some cards from the “price down” section and the clerk was desperately trying to explain that the cards were heavily discounted because they had some visible wear to ‘em

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Like, I get it. I’m middle-aged dude (and foreign dude) buying Pokemon cards. There are probably more than a few less-than-pleasant experiences with folks like me on a depressingly regular basis Nice to have a card-buying experience that didn’t end with me feeling like a pain in someones ass.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So, I go over to the counter to talk to the clerk, and it’s this young, cheerful, newbie. I’m like, “Hi, sorry, but can I get a bunch of cards out of the showcase? Like, more than ten?” And they were *nice*! Like “Sure! No problem!” They even asked if I wanted anything from any other cases!

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There have been times when I didn’t buy *anything* because I knew that bothering the clerk to get several things was going to have me replaying the interaction in my head for YEARS and it wasn’t worth that stress. But *eleven* cards at once? That’s a chunk I’m not likely to see again, maybe ever.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Stopped at a Book-Off on the way home from work and they had a whopping *eleven* “old back” Pokemon cards I needed for my collection in a showcase. Every time I ask somebody at (almost) any Book-Off to please get some stuff from a case, I get the feeling like I’m causing them trouble. Not today!

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