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On 09/18/2013 at 12:27 AM,
by Captain N
Hi I'm Captain N, and I want to tell you about the Transformers...
On 09/16/2013 at 08:21 PM,
by Captain N
30 Years of More that Meets the Eye
30 years ago saw the release of what probably was the coolest toys ever made and no not G.I. Joes or He-Man. I'm talking about the Transformers. Alot of you may know about the transforming robots either through the cartoons, toys, comics, or more better through the big budget Michael Bay movies. No matter what your entry point in the property was, all that matters is that it's the story of giant sentient rival robot factions fighting to the fate of their planet Cybertron, our world, and the universe. Because whoever wins in the war dceides the fate of both worlds and the universe.
The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime leads his team to bring peace to Cybertron and the universe, while the villainous Decepticons are led by the diabolical Megatron to take over Cybertron and terminate anyone who get in their way. This has been the story of the Transformers since their creation back then, sometimes the mythos/story get's a few changes but it's always the same at it's core; Autobots vs. Decepticons, good vs. evil, Optimus Prime vs. Megatron.
The cartoon was actually infact, a 30 minute advertisement to sell the toys. Back at the time Hasbro was looking to bring some toys from Japan and some toys from Takara caught their eye. Toys consisted of the Microman and Diaclone line, as well as some from Bandai. Hasbro bought the molds for the toys, rebranded them for American sales and boom, the Transformers were born. It's also a reason why some Trasnformers didn't look like they belonged in the cartoon, and why some characters had different names than the toys. Also it was partly due to licensing issues. So yeah, the cartoon was advertising all the different toys that you can get. Call it shameless advertising but it infact created something new, I mean you had action figures and toy cars at the time, why not combine both?
Transformers has always been a favorite franchise of mine, as a toyline and a cartoon that mean to advertise a toyline. I wasn't born in that era but I know who the original bots and cons are, and I have been buying some toys lately. I'm pretty sure some of you that were around in the 80's either still have your toys, you don't but wish you had, or still buy from the current cartoon/toyline. You're never too old for toys or to have fun.
And this is where the fun comes in, this year is the 30th anniversary of the Transformers and on September 17th, it will be the anniversary of the G1 cartoon as well. So I pitched in the idea of celebrating thr anniversary with our community manager and the idea got thr green light.
So in honor of Transformers week, I invite everyone to join in on the fun. "But Optimus err Captain, how do we join?"
Glad you asked! You can join by simply blogging about your favorite cartoons, comics, toys and/or show your collection, games, memories, and movies. I'll be joining too, I'll be covering my favorite cartoons, games, toys, the 86 movie, memories, and the live action movies, so hope to see you join, Till All are One!
#Transformers
On 08/03/2013 at 10:08 PM,
by Captain N
Mario Kart has always been one of my favorite racing games besides F-Zero, but it's kinda hard to get excited about Mario Kart ever since Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed set the bar high and changed the kart/arcade styled racing genre. Seriously, check the game out if you haven't, it's one of the best racing games this gen. However that doesn't mean I'm not excited about Mario Kart 8 I saw the trailer:
On 07/27/2013 at 06:03 PM,
by Captain N
Sorry for the lack of updates here and for not replying to my last blog, PixlBit wasn't working for me. But that was an issue with my pc I think, the site works fine for me but not sure how much it'll last. I said I went to my doc a while back and everything is fine for now, but I'm going back this monday at 10 am (I live in the pacific area) to get a test done, please pray, hope, wish me good luck that the test comes out alright. I'll try to have something up about games and whatnot after monday or so. That's all for now and thanks.
On 07/16/2013 at 01:52 AM,
by Captain N
Been a while since I blogged and I haven't done any blog in general about stuff I've been doing so here we go. Also I'm gonna ask a small favor for my readers, you'll see at the end of this blog. Also, no images and my paragraph skipping doesn't show up, sadly, the blogging tools don't seem to show/work for me.
On 06/19/2013 at 01:32 AM,
by Captain N
Alot of you may have heard that Nintendo is shutting down the Wii Connect 24 features, which is no big deal. However it is to me. You see I have Metroid Prime 3 and the Metroid Prime Trilogy and there is some content I am missing. You can only get this if you have frineds on Wii Connect 24, you get this content by trading friend vouchers between games. I tried doing it on my own but it does not work between Wii and Wii U, apparently the Wii Menu on the Wii U is a gimped version of the Wii. So I ask you, does any of you have either and/or both games? I have enough vouchers to trade, so please help me out. The service is to end soon and I want to have that content, I'll never see it unless someone helps me.
