The Gaia Unicron & Optimus 2-pack arrived today, and I was surprised to see a snake deco painted on one shoulder of Optimus.

I'd heard this 2-pack sometimes being referred to as "year of the snake", but since there is nothing on the box anywhere of YOTS, I just thought it was just some dealers using the acronym to help sell it as it came out at about the same time as YOTS Optimus and Starscream.

It's not a clear image of a snake either, as I'd have trouble working out what it is and its purpose if I wasn't remembering the YOTS label from almost two years ago now.

It's still an odd thing to slap onto the toy without anything noted on the packaging (that I could see). And I haven't seen the snake deco on Unicron to make it a matching pair.