Comments on: Action figures for a post-modern generation http://wagaman.org/2006/action-figures-for-a-post-modern-generation/ thoughts, theories, theology, and the rest Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:51:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: joehodson http://wagaman.org/2006/action-figures-for-a-post-modern-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-8384 joehodson Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:00:40 +0000 http://wagaman.org/2006/action-figures-for-a-post-modern-generation/#comment-8384 I love your toys approach to postmodernism. Very creative. And yes, those are some darn cool toys! I love your toys approach to postmodernism. Very creative. And yes, those are some darn cool toys!

]]> By: michael august schmidt http://wagaman.org/2006/action-figures-for-a-post-modern-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-89 michael august schmidt Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:05:58 +0000 http://wagaman.org/2006/action-figures-for-a-post-modern-generation/#comment-89 YES! combining two of my childhood (and, admittedly, often since then) joys in one delightful little package! and then, thanks to Ben and the ever-astounding internet, a handy forum for intelligent discourse on this new phenomenon! :) firstly, i must say that if your suggestion of a modernist's response to these toys is accurate. . .i'd hate to be (or perhaps even KNOW!) a modernist of that sort! such a visceral and negative reaction to the mere ponderance of a line of toys? EEK! secondly, i guess i'm a lot more of a postmodernist, and not only because i can't imagine the thought of ANY toy (or any thing, for that matter) making me run for the toilet. i also feel (as an initial reaction anyway) that these toys are bordering on splendid, despite their dilution of 2 great childhood/80s sci-fi universes with each other. i doubt that upon seeing them i would be willing to pay $15, but for $10 i'm fairly certain i'd at least get the 2 that you mention. finally, in this capitalist, everything-is-marketable, spend-crazy nation of ours, your being appalled by this hybrid causes me to worry that you are in for a WHOLE LOT of appallment! (that last word, btw, is apparently considered "obscure" -- i think we should all use it as often as possible! what other noun form can be derived from "appal"?) YES! combining two of my childhood (and, admittedly, often since then) joys in one delightful little package! and then, thanks to Ben and the ever-astounding internet, a handy forum for intelligent discourse on this new phenomenon! :)

firstly, i must say that if your suggestion of a modernist’s response to these toys is accurate. . .i’d hate to be (or perhaps even KNOW!) a modernist of that sort! such a visceral and negative reaction to the mere ponderance of a line of toys? EEK!

secondly, i guess i’m a lot more of a postmodernist, and not only because i can’t imagine the thought of ANY toy (or any thing, for that matter) making me run for the toilet. i also feel (as an initial reaction anyway) that these toys are bordering on splendid, despite their dilution of 2 great childhood/80s sci-fi universes with each other. i doubt that upon seeing them i would be willing to pay $15, but for $10 i’m fairly certain i’d at least get the 2 that you mention.

finally, in this capitalist, everything-is-marketable, spend-crazy nation of ours, your being appalled by this hybrid causes me to worry that you are in for a WHOLE LOT of appallment! (that last word, btw, is apparently considered “obscure” — i think we should all use it as often as possible! what other noun form can be derived from “appal”?)

]]> By: Brandon Ellis http://wagaman.org/2006/action-figures-for-a-post-modern-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Brandon Ellis Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:17:01 +0000 http://wagaman.org/2006/action-figures-for-a-post-modern-generation/#comment-75 Dude, nice writing on SW TFs homie. As a long-time fan of both SW and TFs I must say I still don't know what to think of the SW TFs. They're pretty small and detailed, yet fairly pricey at $15 each at Wal-Mart. The vehicles all look great, but some of them look better than others in robot mode. The only one I have purchased thus far is Darth Vader. IMHO, he's the best one, and they're going to have a tough time topping him. Both vehicle and robot modes look great, and he just makes more sense than some others as Vader is pretty robotic to begin with. Despite being a neat idea by Hasbro (who owns both SW and TFs), and obvious fan service, it's highly unlikely that SW TFs will ever be fully accepted into either the SW or the TF cannon. As they stand now, they are just a neat idea. Now if Lego Transformers would be as cool as Lego Star Wars, that's a whole different matter all together... And no, the Build-To-Rule TF building sets don't count. Those things are cheap and lame. Dude, nice writing on SW TFs homie.

As a long-time fan of both SW and TFs I must say I still don’t know what to think of the SW TFs. They’re pretty small and detailed, yet fairly pricey at $15 each at Wal-Mart. The vehicles all look great, but some of them look better than others in robot mode. The only one I have purchased thus far is Darth Vader. IMHO, he’s the best one, and they’re going to have a tough time topping him. Both vehicle and robot modes look great, and he just makes more sense than some others as Vader is pretty robotic to begin with. Despite being a neat idea by Hasbro (who owns both SW and TFs), and obvious fan service, it’s highly unlikely that SW TFs will ever be fully accepted into either the SW or the TF cannon. As they stand now, they are just a neat idea.

Now if Lego Transformers would be as cool as Lego Star Wars, that’s a whole different matter all together… And no, the Build-To-Rule TF building sets don’t count. Those things are cheap and lame.

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