Quote Originally Posted by snazzbot_101
So basically you're miffed because someone wearing a TF shirt chose not to acknowledge your existence?
Yeah! "Miffed" is a good word. I'm not like angry or upset about it. Just "miffed" - as in "Pah!" but not as in "GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!"

Quote Originally Posted by Paulbot
Perhaps this other person saw a 30ish man in that outfit (and in a normal shopping centre not at a convention or anything) and made the assumption that this man walking around with a child's toy in his hands and saying hello to a total stranger had an intellectual disability of some kind?
JaAM?! Hahaha, he probably did think, "Who's this raging retard greeting me with a TOY?" - though I hope a part of his mind did think, "Dude, you have a picture of a toy on YOUR shirt... that makes at least semi-tarded too!" Mmm... Herman's Head.

Quote Originally Posted by Paulbot
But Carrying around a child's toy, wearing a backpack and hat goes to a place that no matter how mainstream Transformers is, is not going to look right on someone over 10 years old.
Probably true, but it ain't gonna stop me. I freaked out these two guys in a jewellery store yesterday cos I walked in with REV in car mode making car noises, then making skidding and transforming noises as I transformed the toy, then making jump jets and shooting and exploding noises as I played with it in robot mode. I got weird stares and I'll admit that I totally deserved them.

On the other hand, a few years ago (7-8 years ago?) I walked into a comic store during a TF Sydney meet and there was a section where they sold action figures. I walked in with Spy Streak in my hand and I fired a missile at the toys and made flying and shooting noises. The manager of the store yelled at me and went, "GET OUT OF MY STORE! WE DON'T PUT UP WITH SUCH CHILDISH BEHAVIOUR HERE!" -- now, if that had been a jewellery store, okay... but this was a comic book store. Like hel-looo?