Chapter 2 - Page 28
In which you would be freaking out, too.
The Rare(?) Wednesday Post
So I was thinking, I’ve got all Thursday to finish the next page, and I’ve got most of it drawn, so why not make it a two-page week this week? Especially given what’s going on, what with Jennifer being confronted with the reality of her situation, denying it, and then freaking out, and then Leonard pulls this — resolving this situation as quickly as possible is probably a good idea. This is not a happy cliffhanger to keep you on for a week. Two days? Much better.
Tonight after dinner, I was confronted with the toy aisle at Target. Having not been a big fan of Michael Bay’s Transformers movie — though I could name worse cinematic efforts based on things I hold dear to my heart — I didn’t buy much of the merchandising for the film, despite the fact that I’ve been collecting Transformers figures since 1986 pretty much non-stop. Part of it is that I’ve run out of shelves and places to put more shelves; heck, I’ve started an entire box devoted to Transformers I want to put on eBay, though I think it says something that I haven’t gotten around to putting any of them up for sale.
But tonight I was weak. Tonight I grabbed a couple of figures and threw them in the cart. I grabbed Spy Shot 6, who turns into a digital camera and is just a nifty little robot with a snazzy color scheme and awesome head sculpt, and Bonecrusher, who turns into a giant construction vehicle and tackled Optimus Prime in the movie — even if you didn’t see the movie, you probably saw the scene in the trailer a hundred times at least — and was consequently swiftly beheaded by the valiant Autobot leader for his trouble. That was probably the coolest scene in the movie to me, and it was something like a half an hour before the end. Unfortunately, none of the Optimus figures so far come with his super badass sword, so instead I’d have to have him blow Bonecrusher full of holes, which isn’t quite so cool.
I almost threw the twenty dollar ice-covered Megatron figure into the cart — he’s got all this neat-looking clear plastic on him to represent the ice he was encased in at the facility where he was being studied by the stupid humans — but restrained myself. As it was, the total came to almost twenty bucks for just these two guys. And I’ve been trying to save money. THIS IS NO WAY TO SAVE MONEY.
And what’s worse is that the figures for the new Transformers animated series are so cool and have such a nifty and different aesthetic about them. Though they won’t be out ’til the summer, which is irritating. That probably means I’ll probably end up buying more movie figures …
*sigh*
Yes, I know, I have a problem. But hey, I could have a worse problem. I could be addicted to, I don’t know, drugs. Or maybe anime cels, again. That would be worse, right?
–Jonathan
