"I remember seeing a high school semi-girlfriend in one..." How about a clue to us locals - I'm at a loss, and couldn't picture anyone in a Hypercolor shirt.
I think Transformers got too big for its own good. I understand, like He-Man, it was a cartoon based on marketing - and they have to come out with something new all the time. But once the list of Transformers (which was folded up and included in every purchase) got to be about a square yard in size, with tiny pictures of each one - it lost it's appeal.
But those "stats" panels on the back - such a damn good idea.
I'm pretty sure I remember Beth wearing one at least once.
Yeah, I always felt sorry for the people doing the cartoons and comics -- how can you tell a coherent story when you have to introduce four new characters every episode? Plus, I imagine Hasbro wants you to focus on the new guys at the expense of the old, meaning you have to abandon plots concerning the others.
The stats panels were great. I liked how they included a litte decoder sheet with each toy, as if you couldn't see the blue line through the red static.
It always bugged me when they played Grimlock as basically retarded. His intelligence rating was 7! And, no, I don't think there was a sliding scale for Dinobots.
Noah, you accidentally remember Grimlock's intelligence rating.
It's really sad ... I didn't have to look it up or anything.
I can probably also remember the Strength Levels of most major characters listed in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition.
(She-Hulk could lift 75 tons!)
Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor - does anyone else think this is hilarious given his cameo as himself as Dr. Evil in Austin Powers 3?
I remember someone wearing a Hypercolor shirt in the Amherst College kitchens. Probably Sam McGuire. The kitchen heat turned the shirt permanently one color.
As far as the gender-reversed toys go (how's that for saying "girlie toys"?) I do admit to cajoling my parents for a Cabbage Patch Kid back when they were big. But I swear only because my pal AJ had one and it was dressed in a baseball player outfit and stuff. And one year my grandma sewed us pillows in the shape of the evil sidekick from Rainbow Brite (I think his name was Lurky.) And we also had Pound Puppies, but I think those things transcended traditional gender roles because hey, they were dogs and all kids love dogs. Except the bitey ones.
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