[ComicGuy89]

I'm not too happy with the merchandising part of the year. Transformers has continued to be majorly disappointing in the quality control department, and the last straw for me was the Ultimate Beast Hunters figures, who were ultimately (pun intended) disappointing. This was the chance to finally see some good large robot figures like the pre-Dark of the Moon days but the end result was cheap-feeling and poor.

Kyoryuger has been good as a show, and the toys are decent but I was disappointed with the fragility of the clips on Kyoryuzin. Also, I really wished the transformations were a tiny bit more inspiring.

Wizard was a decent show, but wasn't interesting enough to keep me going, so no merchandise from that show for me.

Star Trek Into Darkness had amazing potential for toys, but Hasbro didn't do much with their license.

Without Toku or Transformers, I don't really have anything to look forward to in toys.

On the other hand, there are things I am thankful for, namely:

1. Star Trek Into Darkness - Glad to have another Star Trek film after so long, and a great one at that.
2. A slew of other exciting movies coming up like Man of Steel, Hobbit 2 and Catching Fire.
3. Pokémon X and Y.
4. Kyoryuger being a fantastic show.
5. My Little Pony Season 3, which was pretty great.
6. Doctor Who anniversary coming up.

Lots more I'm thinking. Overall not a bad year for entertainment, but just really uninspiring in the toy department.

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Originally Posted by MnemonicSyntax

Personally, I think that you should be thankful for what you have. Put aside your first world problems and petty complaints and realize that people have it far worse.

Like, you know, your house could be blown away by a tornado.

Or, have loved ones missing or dead.

Or, dead yourself.

Food for thought.

That's not very fair though. It's not wrong to vent about so-called first world problems sometimes. No matter how bad anyone's problems are, most of the time there's someone far worse. Besides, he's not venting about anything personal, just entertainment stuff and I'm sure he's grateful for a lot of the stuff he has.

And remember, who's to say he's not one of those you mentioned? Entertainment is a distraction, sometimes we rant about entertainment because we can't bear to rant about severe life issues.