At the time, I didn't realise that the way Trailbreaker died in IDW was mirrored in how Megatron would avenge his death later on. In retrospect, that makes the revenge more satisfying.

This isn't in your usual wheelhouse, but here's Epic Games CEO and bad takes sufferer Tim Sweeney (Fortnite) decrying moves against Twitter/Grok as "censorship".

The flowers represent lives lost, and are placed around the statues of those who ordered it, sanctioned it or dealt the killing blow. Here's Megatron's, which was sobering enough for him to accept whatever fate or punishment was in store for him. Optimus was said to have similar numbers.

Wasn't SS86 Ironhide a Voyager?

In case you didn't know, Flatline/Red Alert (and the original Armada mold) turn into the venerable Y60 Nissan Patrol.

@triggerredd.bsky.social This thread was about misconceptions re: the original Tanimura actor having to be recast, but I guess this is confirmation that "okama" (which I recall you and Sam talked about as a substitute word) is now considered offensive. I had heard rumblings about that at the time.

I'd love to get one, but all I've gotten lately is a promo ship box that doesn't have anything I am particularly interested in.

I like that this has a phaser lance. I headcanon that the ship is a step below the prototype Yamato class battleship (from Klingon Academy), which had two assault phasers.

The Yamato class was the other 2-hull, 4-nacelle TMP ship. It was originally designed for Klingon Academy, but first seen in Starfleet Command.