The new generation of TF fans.

[Cat]

I'm reposting this from my FB, but this happened to me a few months ago.

I still remember it like it was yesterday though. It was just an awesome moment.

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This honestly made my day, too. It was a really neat moment.

I was sitting in my car in the carpark.

I hear this kid start SCREAMING ''Daddy, Daddy, LOOK!! IT'S A TRANSFORMER!!''

He was pointing at my car, which has an Autobot symbol on the back.

He then walked past in awe, waving at my car.

Not at me, he was waving at my CAR.

Today, that kid, in his mind, got to meet a real Transformer.

Doesn't get much cooler than that, does it?

I guess those are the moments we're still trying to recapture.
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[jena]

Oh I wish that would happen to me! I have a chrome autobot badge on my car and only my friends have ever seemed to notice it.

[GoktimusPrime]

yeah, that happens to me a lot, kids point either at my car and/or me because I always wear TF apparel It's funny when I travel overseas and I hear kids pointing at me and saying Transformers in different languages Right now I'm using a computer at my Osaka hotel's lobby and I'm wearing 3 different kinds of TF apparel and my daughter is sitting on my lap munching on a piece of bread wearing a Bumblebee shirt... yesterday we went to Osaka Castle and there was this guy leading a tour group and holding up a Japanese fan presumably with the tour group name on it... so I held up RtS Prowl above my head as we walked past them... that got a few looks too.

[crankcase76]

same for me with the decepticon apparel on my car, my boy's love it they always ask where's our naughty car is. And i do apologize Gok i forgot about the reading part , you are correct. it is a great tool for the kids to use for learning. even thou the missus went Thomas the tank MAD. but the same concept for them that's how my eldest learn t how to count and eventually read.

[5FDP]

My daughter loves Transformers. Her favorite (for obvious reasons) is Arcee. My son is a bit too young for Transformers (he's only 15 months), but because he is the youngest of the family he got spoiled for xmas. Seriously, he's haul for the month was larger than mine was for the whole of 2011.

[sideswipes brother]

My daughter who is 5 is not remotely interested in Tfs. My 3yr old son is definately into Tfs. I do not force it onto him though. He still likes stuff like Ben 10, Beyblade and Bakugan. When we go toy hunting he will not always pick a Tf. He will get what he wants and im cool with that.

[klystron]

Cool thread.
A bloke I work with has got a 4year son who seemed to wake up one day and decide he wanted an Optimus Prime. (Parents not 100% sure where this sudden desire came, but they suspect a toy catalog). Dad had to brave the nearly-xmas-time shops and managed to find the Prime/Comettor 2-pack for $30.
(Yeah, I dont know how he did it either...?)
He made mention of it at work, so I told him how much of a bargin that set is, and that I had some (ok, all) of this flash new Transformers cartoon. So I gave him the first 10 episodes.
Apparently his son watched the first 4 on repeat for a whole weekend. He knows all the words. Crazy, right?
So I gave him the rest, along with all of TFA, which are all being rationed out in order to make them last. The kid now is fully obsessed and changes which character he is pretending to be depending on his current mood and what situation he is in.
He has also watched ROTF, which he loved.
Over the Xmas break, he has acquire 4 or 5 more Transformers, inc some of those activator (?) ones that pretty much transform themselves, which is good cause his Dad is sick of changing the battle-blades OP. His first attempt on Xmas day took him 40mins and was followed by an irrate SMS to me! A house rule was put in place stating that Optimus is only allowed one transformation per day.
We've had a few laughs about this ongoing saga during the last few weeks, but the funniest thing, which still makes me giggle, is that his son keeps calling the skinny plane bad guy "Ice cream" instead of Starscream!
Cracks me up.
So I like to think I have helped to create a new potential TF fan.

Unfortunately, my daughter has just discovered the collection of Disney princesses, so all hope might be lost on that front.