The
last 3 weeks have been very big for TransformerBastards.com I ended up
getting the new Energon Mirrage. Monica found the long awaited Energon
Arcee, and I picked up Signal Flare.
In addition to that, I went to
my hometown last weekend and picked up my old original Gen 1 Optimus
Prime! I've speant the last week restoring him and fixing what I could,
so there will be an article all about it coming soon. But in the mean
time, This weekend I got the rare oppertunity to talk to a virtual
celebrity in the transformer world - Energon Arcee!
Autobot Jeff - Hello Arcee. Welcome to Transformer bastards.com and Earth.
Arcee - Hi Jeff, It? great to be here, but you don? need to welcome me to Earth. I? from here.
Jeff- What? What do you mean? Everybody knows that you?e from a planet far away called Cybertron.
Arcee - No. I? from a company on Earth called Hasbro.
Jeff- Oh. ?吁orry.
Arcee
- What did you think? I? a real living alien robot, who just happens
to be in your living room and just happen to speak English?
Jeff- You could have translator circuits or something!
Arcee
- No. No I couldn?. Y?now why? Because I? made almost entirely of
plastic! I don? have circuits, or programs. I don? walk and talk-
Jeff- HEY! Just never mind about that or you?l ruin the interview!
Arcee - (This interview was ruined long before I ever got involved.)
Jeff- What was that?
Arcee - Nothing. Nothing. I was just saying how wonderful it is to be here.
Jeff - And we?e glad to have you!
Arcee - What ?e?? There? just one of you.
Jeff - Hey! My girlfriend is right in the other room!
Arcee - Wow. I? amazed you have one.
Jeff - What the hell is that supposed to mean?
Arcee
- You sit around cutting into your toys all weekend the write about on
the internet! I mean you have to be the biggest geek on Earth! Is there
anybody even reading this?
Jeff - I?l have you know that it was
my girlfriend who encouraged me to do this. Now stop making that ???
sign on your forehead. That went out of style a couple years ago anyway.
Arcee - Gee. I guess things take a while to catch up on ?ybertron??
Jeff
- ??yeah. ??So anyway, back to the interview. You?e the first
representation of female robots in the transformers line. How do you
feel about that?
Arcee - (TOY! DON? HAVE FEELINGS!)
Jeff - What?
Arcee
- Great! It? really quite an honor, but really I? not the first
female robot in the transformers line. I think Black Arachnia from the
Beast Wars Line was first. And really if you want to back into further
Transformer history, the Go Bots which at that time were owned and
produced by a different Company, had a female race car named Crusher
and later a small Pick up named SmallFoot. The figures for these
didn? really look female in anyway, but the characters were
represented that way on the show.
Jeff - Wow! You?e sure done your homework.
Arcee - You? be amazed the things that go on while you?e at work.
Jeff - REALLY?!
Arcee - No.
Jeff
- Oh. ??So I have to say that you?e changed a lot since your first
appearance in ?ransformers the Movie?? What do you think about it all?
Arcee
- Well, I LOVE my new color scheme! The black and white Pink and red
accents really looks great, if I do say so myself! And being a
motorcycle is nice too. I think it? more ??feminine. What do you think?
Jeff
- Oh, I agree whole-heartedly! You?e motorcycle mode is fantastic!
It? very fitting for you, possible even more so than you?e old car
transform. It really very sleek and sexy!
Arcee - Well, THANK YOU! That is so sweet.
Jeff - So did you hear if there would be more female transformers produced for the Energon line?
Arcee
- Probably Not. I get the impression that I was produced to please the
long-term fans, but Hasbro probably doesn? want to risk letting ?oo
many girls in the clubhouse??so to speak.
Jeff - That? a shame. I think there? real potential for expanding their market base if they target girls a little more.
Arcee - Yeah! Girls like cool toys too, y?now. Why should girls only get to play with baby dolls and cooking stuff?
Jeff
- That? what I?e always said! I mean look at the long-term success of
the Power Rangers! Now, they?e managed to tap into the girl market for
over a decade now! By having frequent female main characters in the
show, girls have characters that they can identify with, and then they
don? feel alienated by the toy line.
Arcee - well, who knows? Maybe they?e learning.
Jeff - And maybe they?l also learn that just because a robot is female, that she automatically has to have High heels.
Arcee - Hey! I LIKE my high heels!
Jeff - You?e a robot! What do you need with high heels?!
Arcee - You?e a 30 year old man! What do you need with a shit load of kids toys?!
Jeff- HEY! Now that? uncalled-for! I don? care if you are my guest here-
Arcee - Guest?! I? not a guest! I? a toy! Did you even notice that I? only 4 inches tall?
Jeff - Well, I thought that maybe the Decepticons hit you with a shrinking ray and-
Arcee - Are you insane?! What planet are you from anyway?
Jeff - Cybertron!
Arcee - I knew you were going to say that.
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