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Call me crazy here but I don't think there's a big deal to be had here people. Each person can do what they want with their figures. Couple of issues here:
A) Its televised entertainment for the regular public (ie not adult Transformer collectors)
B) He was a member of the baby boomers, who are the least likely to recognize the figure for what it is.
I mean, does it matter? Even if it was an original G1 prime, as big a shame as it would be it isn't worth this level of discussion or concern :\
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If it were a vintage G1 Prime it would be one less in the world for future generations to enjoy.Originally Posted by Thanatos
Now that's melodrama and ham at the same time!
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Tony's right that he's not a baby boomer. The "Baby Boom" was in the decade following WWII, in Australia. Tony was born in 1964. In New Zealand.
For some reason Australia presently has this fascination with these generation labels. Babies born in Tony's era don't fit into "Baby Boomers" or "Generation X". The only generation he is part of is the D-Generation.
TBH, I couldn't care less what happens to a Pinkimus on TV. It's not my possession, so it's of no consequence to me.
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The definition of "Baby Boomer" changes ALL the time though!
One easy way to remember the years (of when Baby Boomers are born) is supposedly to reverse the numbers... ie 46-64. So, technically, he is a Baby Boomer if you go by that timeline.
Agreed!
Agreed again!
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It changes depending on the context. The Australian boom didn't last quite as long as the US boom. The Baby Boom didn't hit every developed country, since some weren't as involved in WWII (or at all in some cases, such as Switzerland, Sweden). But yeah. Tony's pretty much at the extreme end of what could be considered the boom, but his birth & childhood in NZ pretty much rules him out of the Australian Baby Boom.The definition of "Baby Boomer" changes ALL the time though!
One easy way to remember the years (of when Baby Boomers are born) is supposedly to reverse the numbers... ie 46-64. So, technically, he is a Baby Boomer if you go by that timeline.
Agreed!
Certainly he's too old to have been into Transformers as a kid, which is I guess the relevent aspect here.
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hehehe, I didnt know about all this hoopla was being discussed here
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liege he is a comedian originally from sheepland
he was on several comedy shows in the 90s such as "The Late show"
i also have one of his comics which has him and Mick Molloy
I can't believe people are getting upset, so what if its optimus prime?? Yes, its a waste of a perfectly good toy, or not good depending on your age
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Pity the silly bugger who didn't know that it was Optimus Prime..
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My son is taking over all my TFs!
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"My boyfriend sat there, open mouthed, then said 'they have NO appreciation for how much that thing is worth'. And they say our generation (X / Y) are clueless."
Seriously, these people are clueless. Anyone who claims to be knowledgeable on the issue and yet thinks that any G1 Optimus Prime is so valuable that damaging one is worth blowing this non-issue up to this proportion are the stupid ones, not the people who are just too ignorant to know what it was. My only thought on this is that it's so obviously a 2009 Pinkimus that I know if I was on that programme I might have been hesitant to put it in the eighties just in case it was a trick question and they said that the toy was actually released in the noughties.
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