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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I see your "Cost of Living" and raise you "A Fistful of Datas"

A collage of six screencaps from the Star Trek TNG episode "A Fistful of Datas": Clockwise from top right: Regular Data in Engineering, Data as an old west brothel madam, Data as a Mexican gunfighter, Data as gunslinger henchman, Data as a criminal patriarch, Data as the sniveling son of same.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Some examples. I feel certain there have been others.

"Squeezelings" Starscream. He has an all gray head with red eyes.

A Starscream mini figurine in a basic pose on a tiny G1-style card back, with an upackaged figure next to it. They have a silver head with red eyes.

A posed Starscream mini figurine on a G1-like card with Optimus Prime card art. The figure has a silver head with red eyes.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Point of order, but Man-At-Arms actually matches up extremely well with his toy design, except for the color scheme. The details are minimized, but accounted for.

The same photo as previous, but Man-At-Arms has been retouched so that his armor is orange and undergarment is green, based on the toy and cartoon colors, highlighting that his design does in fact match well with those aside from the colors.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I had to get this little model figure from yolopark. It's the first thing I've seen that uses Bee's "evergreen" design, but also makes him cute and friendly like he oughta.

A photo of Yolopark's AMK Mini Wave 3 Transformers Bumblebee model figure. It is a cute yellow and black robot with blue "window" details, indicating it transforms into some kind of small car. He is short and round and huggable.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I couldn't leave well enough alone.

a further edited heathcliff comic where Heathcliff has stopped smiling, revealing that the dentist's head and shoulders are now reduced to a smoking skeleton. the text underneath now says "We lose more dentists this way..."

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This made me... really sad.

An electronic screen with the words "Dollar Tree" in green, and under that says "Scan for Price", and then a big green down arrow pointing to the scanner part.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings characters. Wrong answers only.

Closeup of Green Lantern Hal Jordan, a manic grin on his face, wearing 13 Green Lantern power rings. Everything is starkly lit in green.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This is what I've always seen when I see Treadbolt.

An edited photo of Power of the Primes Optimus Primal's core robot, with the head replaced by G1 Actionmaster Treadbolt. Optimus Primal's color scheme and detail layouts are quite similar, though the heads differ entirely.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

One of my faves, largely due to those incredible colors and wonderful copper chrome! Fun fact: There is a 2005 Batman figure that is inexplicably an homage to this figure.

An image of Night Glider Batman, from "The Batman" toyline, sealed on its card, viewed from the front. Batman is wearing a dark blue suit with blaze orange armor and cape, and large dark blue serrated spikes on each arm. His arms are spread wide, showing off the tattered-looking cape. A pair of sphere-like bombs and a set of matching goggles are also visible in the package. He vaguely resembles a flying squirrel.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Post a non religious picture you think of as holy

DC comics' Kyle Rayner's apotheosis into a White Lantern after mastering all 7 colors of the Emotional Spectrum. Pictured from the front, arms open, floating in space. The White Lantern sigil glows behind him as a backdrop, with coruscating arcs of white energy flowing about. Behind him are portraits of him in the guise of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet Lanterns, framed by the outward reaching lines of the White Lantern sigil.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Doing some upgrades on my Cyber Battalion Shockwave, which required some disassembly. Got very uncomfortable when I accidentally recreated the last page of TF:MTMTE #11...

A headless purple and silver robot with a gun for an arm (Cyber Battalion Shockwave), laying on top of an open black plastic tool case. His mono-eyed head sits nearby next to him.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

16bit Sonic the Hedgehog knocked into the air and spewing golden rings eeeeverywhere.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I have decided McDonalds Changables "FR-13S" is in fact a quad-changer. Robot, anti-aircraft turret, intersteller space ship, and french fries.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I made my own out of a Battlemaster. Once I saw it, I couldn't un-see it, and had to make it. But it will be nice to have a bigger one that transforms!

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

And they definitely did adjust things for the two version. Here on the left I have the color one simply adjusted to grayscale. On the right, is the same shot from the B&W version. The difference is stark.

Desaturated Nicholas Cage from a color source

The same shot of Nicholas cage from a black and white version of the same show.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

These amazing lemon yellow walls, for instance.

Tight shot of Nicholas Cage, wearing dark suspenders in tie over a light blue shirt, acting against a backdrop of the brightest yellow walls you have ever seen.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

If you see this, post a rabbit!

3D printed figure of a yellow robotic bunny, inspired by Moon from Beast Wars II, standing upright.

3D printed figure of a yellow robotic bunny in robot mode, inspired by Moon from Beast Wars II, standing upright.

3D printed figure of a yellow robotic bunny, inspired by Moon from Beast Wars II, standing on all fours..

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I'm sure they misspoke. I think this what they meant to say. Justification after the fact is always their go-to move.

Text that reads "As there is with any officer involved shooting, there will be a robust and comprehensive investigation that takes place to determine if" - but the word if is struck through in red, and the word "that" is written in its place - "that the use of force was justified." The words of the next sentence fade out.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Best home driving simulator I ever played was this electromechanical little wonder. No possible way to re-create this on a screen and be any fun at all. I still want one.

A child-scaled 1980s era toy automobile dashboard, with mechanical readouts simulating the ones that could be found in sporty cars of the time period. It has steering wheel, shifter, and other functional parts, which can effect the dash readout. The highlight is a backlit screen with glowing graphics that simulate a video display of a car driving down a highway. The steering wheel says "Turbo Tomy" on it in the middle.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Ok, this is the first time I've seen a figure based on Bee's "evergreen" design and actually thought "Yes, that is definitely Bumblebee." Just look at how smol and cute and round he is!

A yellow and black robot with its hands on its hips, striking a jaunty pose. An image of Yolopark's AMK Mini Series Transformers model kit wave 3 Bumblebee. It is a short, cute version of Bumblebee's "evergreen" design.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

If you see this, quote post with your favorite Pokémon (wrong answers only.)

A photograph of Transformers: Armada Minicon Corona Sparkplug, shown in both robot and vehicle modes. It is a primarily chrome gold and deep red robot that transforms into a chrome gold "futuristic" car with silver windows.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

This is what mine's looking like these days

Titans Return Powermaster Optimus Prime in robot mode, with 3D printed add-ons that make it look more like the G1 toy.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

How old would this make me? *bounces*

A gray velcro wallet with black trim, with a 3D NES controller decoration, laying on dark blue stars and constellations-themed bedsheets.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Minor Transformers grail gotten! Ramhorn is happily in his new home. Thanks Don!

A brown robotic rhino (Titans Return Ramhorn) leaping out of the chest compartment of a red, grey, and yellow robot that turns into a boom box (Kingdom Blaster).

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Been way too long since I ran across weird knockoff Transformers at a discount retailer. They seem to be new molds, but definitely pulling inspiration from legit figures. Some kind of Evergreen Starscream, a helicopter strongly resembling Battletrap, and an oversized CW Brawl in two color schemes.

Poor quality photo of three boxed knockoff Transformers figures at Five Below, arranged in a pyramid. They are packaged in their robot modes, and have multiple accessories and/or detached parts. A black and gold Evergreen Starscream named Ultra Sonic, with two guns partially visible. A black and gold helicopter resembling Duocon Battletrap, named Mad-Whirler, with two guns and a detached tail section visible. A desert camo oversized knockoff of CW Brawl, though it appears to be at least partially a new mold, named Iron Clad, with a detached tank turret visible. The "AD" in the third one's name is cut off in the photo. All three have nice window boxes and original art, as well as the phrases "Robot Army" and "2 Mode Super Hero", plus a note about the fact that they convert from the robot modes to their vehicle modes.

There are additional toys visible behind them, one of which is a jungle camo version of Iron Clad.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I'm sure I had better things to do with my time than this, but I'm not sure what.

David Willis's groupshot of all the Siege/etc Sideswipe mold figures, with Legacy Armada Wheeljack edited in to the shot.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I keep telling people we live in the future...

A (real, unaltered) photo of an LA street in 2025, choked in reddish smoke, a Cybertruck parked alongside. The words "Los Angeles 2025" are superimposed in a glowing bright green "computer" font, with a scanline effect added over top of it all. It evokes a 1980s dystopian scifi movie establishing shot.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Was just looking at pics of Legacy Overcharge, and this jumped out at me. Barely needed anything to make it work aside from the head. So yeah, behold, Legacy Megaplex!

An image of Legacy Overcharge, a silver and greenish redeco of Legacy Blitzwing, with a new head and slightly edited colors to make it resemble Machine Wars Megaplex.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 31/07/2024

RAIL RACER! He's just two trains and then the tiniest section of a third!

A photograph of Transformers: RID (2001) Rail Racer, a combiner robot made up of three bullet trains. Though one of them just forms a tiny chunk of his torso and the rest hangs off the back.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 28/07/2024

Hah, I see we've got about the same amount done. Yours looks less like a banana though.... o_o

A partially complete print of a ride-on creature for 5.5" scale figures. It is very yellow.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 22/06/2024

As a reward, here's some Goldion Hammers I made.

Generations Scourge with accessories to make him resemble GaoGaiGar.

Legends Override holding a Goldion Hammer. A smaller version sits next to her.

3D printed Goldion Hammers in three sizes for different size Transformers figures.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

I saw that and also these. I have to imagine a lot of kids being utterly confused by what these strange boxes are.

Lego-style brick building kits with MTV branding, for building models of a cassette player boom box or a cassette tape.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 10/03/2024

Was always one of my faves. I rarely had quarters, but I was a kid, so the attract mode and wheel were usually enough to keep me happy. Recently converted a Fortnite arcade cabinet into a Roadblasters one, complete with custom-designed wheel and pedal.

A 1:12 scale "Fortnite" arcade cabinet toy, with custom stickers and 3D-printed parts to make it resemble a classic Roadblasters upright arcade cabinet.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

This was a sad find at a local Walmart.

Amazon-exclusive "Galactic Odyssey Collection" Ratchet shoved into SS86 Ratchet's box, returned for a refund. The toy's gun is pegged into its hand, but it's unclear if the "shield" that makes up the top of the vehicle mode is present.

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Trip @triphazard.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Huh, I knew that head design reminded me of something... render him in orange and he's a dead ringer for Goldymarg.

Photo of Bandai's RG Goldymarg model kit.

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