More Product Placement Than Meets The Eye!

Perhaps this is my penance.

You see, dear reader, up until Wednesday, I was a complete Transformers virgin.

I never played with the toys, never saw the cartoons, never read the comics, and never saw a frame of the movies (except for previews).

That's not by way of any judgement. But when Transformers came along, I was too old, and honestly, just had no real interest in them. That's no reflection on any who do like them. It's just, they missed the sweet spot for the perfect age for me to be exposed to them, and not my cup of tea.

Until yesterday. When my Locale Comics Shoppe had this freebie sitting on the counter:

Ye gods.

But, free is free, right? And who can resist a razor-based robot emblazoned with a corporate logo hanging with Optimus Prime?!?

And yes, he's a normal razor by day, and a Decepticon-fighting robot by night!

Sweet Jeebus.

Hydrobot actually gets an origin!!

A hero for our times.

And the good doctor has a question that is surely the same that all of us have:

Again, I'm a novice with this Transformers mythology. But isn't calling yourselves Decpticons akin to calling yourselves the Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants? [I'm sure there's some brilliant in-universe explanations that makes sense of this--PLEASE don't tell me!]

Anyway, this is probably why I gave up shaving decades ago...