On January 10th, Hasbro tweeted a wish to Julian Edelman of New England Patriots for their playoff game with Seattle Seahawks.
Hasbro attached an image featuring a modified Transformers: Robots In Disguise Warrior Class Bumblebee with the tweet (included with this news post). The modification was a tribute to Minitron, Julian Edelman’s nickname given by Tom Brady.
2005 Boards Member benclark1982 is bringing us a news related to the said figure. On January 23rd, Hasbro has applied for a new Transformers Trademark for the title “Minitron” at the United States Patent & Trademark Office.
Under the Trademark ID 86512239, the description is as follows:
“Toys, games and playthings, namely, toy vehicles and accessories for use therewith; toy action figures and accessories for use therewith; toy playsets for use in connection with toy action figures and toy vehicles; toy vehicles and toy robots convertible into other visual toy forms; toy robots; dolls; electronic action toys; mechanical toys; toy construction sets; building toys; jigsaw puzzles; board games; parlor games; action skill games; card games; role-playing games; trading card games; hand held units for playing electronic games other than those adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor; target games; dice games”
Underwear
Just a robo bug that's all.
Autovolt 127
I forgot all about this.
So there's a good chance a Minitron toy is in the works.
AoE
In RiD2k15 Minitron was just a parasite.
Nevermore
Elaborate?
Bass X0
Turns out Minitron was just a bug. I was kinda disappointed.
SpinalCord
Oh, I hope I hope I hope!
Novaburnhilde
Interesting.
Oh god. It does.
monstrinhotron
"That's a painted on football helmet face guard."
Reminds me of the Mass Production EVA. One of the the most inexplicably creepy mech designs ever conceived.
Zer0
lol Okay.
Yes, your conspiracy theory sounds crazy, as conspiracy theories often do. It is your right not to gain any enjoyment from watching a sport designed, played and televised for entertainment purposes though, so you are more than welcome to be as miserable as you want about it.
Enjoy.
Afterburner
OK, let's talk about what is going on then.
What they did against the Colts, and against everyone else for that matter, was a lot more than anything to do with footballs. They illegal taped signals, practices, and who knows what else for years. They taped teams red zone walk-throughs. Many sources have confirmed this and many teams were suspicious long before the taping scandal broke but gave benefit of the doubt out of proper sportsmanship. All of this information is readily available if you don't just read whatever is headlined at ESPN and NFL.com. Even years later the inside knowledge gained would give them a distinct and marked advantage due to coaching trees – and that is giving pretty big benefit of the doubt that it isn't still going on since they were only penalized on the surface (nothing about their questionably obtained record changed in the least). They had no incentive to stop as long as they didn't get caught again. And of course, they struggled again after this for awhile. Anyone remember when Belicheat was the coach of the Browns? Oh that's right, the "genius" was fired because he was too bad even for the NFL's worst franchise. Then overnight he's brilliant in NE. Same for Tom Brady, who couldn't have success in what was the top college program at the time north of the state of Florida. Then overnight he's better than a #1 pick/potential hall of famer. Not to mention the countless other scrubs who overnight turned into great players such as Edelmen. Remember when earlier this season even the storyline was how they had no receivers? Not to mention how the entire Belicheat coaching tree has one of the worst track records ever for a coaching tree. Great coaches produce great coaching trees in football – this always happens. Not at all in Belicheat's case, in fact many of his assistants have been embarrassingly bad. Lots of success in NE, nothing outside of it. See a pattern here? This really is not hard to figure out if you pay attention. Simple math tells you that many coincidences don't happen naturally. I smelled something was up in 2001 when all of the sudden everyone on the team was significantly better than they had ever been and they were able to beat one of the top 5 teams of all time. Keep in mind we're not even bringing up all of the questionable officiating including the "tuck rule" fiasco.
The illegal but so far completely allowed and rewarded uninflation issue is just a symptom of a larger problem. The team has a clear and obvious culture of cheating (see also the illegal substituting in the Baltimore game which was illegal not because of formation but failure to identify), but the league found a moneymaker and a 9/11 rallying cry so they get a free pass and a little extra officiating help on the side. The idea that "it doesn't matter" or "everyone cheats" are just thrown out there so people just keep moving in line with it. What would Sunday be without the NFL, right? You have to be smarter than this though. They are counting on this. I'd like to believe nothing wrong is on going on here and enjoy some football, but I'd have to pretend I'm not an intelligent person. Can't enjoy football if I have to waste the very thing that separates me from swine or ape. By all means if they want to report and call the games as pure entertainment and not sport, then I would come back. But there is no sport in what is going on in the NFL today.
Mark my words, eventually someone will come forward and expose what has been going on. Money=corruption almost unequivocally and it has gotten very bad in the NFL. Patriots are not the only team benefiting from this. Much like every other scandal in 2014 should have shown you, it almost all starts and stops with Roger Goodell, who has been the worst steward of a sport ever and that is saying something considering the equally corrupt David Stern and Bud Selig's incompetence. But just like with the NCAA scandals or steroids in baseball, the truth eventually comes out. It is pretty much already in your face. Follow the deflation storyline – it starts out OMG and has ended as "eh whatever." Exactly what they wanted. What incentive is there to play by the rules? The teams doing it are punished.
I definitely do not want any of my kids growing up thinking a culture of cheating is how to get ahead in life. I want them to play football, not watch it, and love it for what it is – a game. Not money-making theatre for pampered entitled babies.
But I'm just crazy, hahaha. The Earth is actually flat.
Transmetal
Patriots coulda used tennis balls against the Colts, they still woulda crushed em. And I say that hating the Pats in every which way. Still mad about them beating the Eagles in the Superbowl.
Timothy.R
Oh.. And it's CLEARLY a face guard.. We all know hasbro struggles with accuracy. That's the best they can do. I mean.. His face guard is one of the more simple ones in the league, but they still couldn't do it right lol.
thunder117
Or, you know, you could choose to not be ignorant and actually read for yourself about Deflategate (only 1 of 12 fbs were found underinflated, not all 12, and certainly not more than 0.5 psi below minimum pressure) instead of listening to the media.
Timothy.R
I really wish I knew what you were talking about.
.. A football with a hair less of a psi isn't going to turn Joe Schmo into joe Montana like you seem to be hinting at.
Your post just wreaks of sour grapes. But hey, maybe I'm wrong.
I'm not a patriots fan, they beat my team in the Super Bowl ten years ago.. But I can't deny the talent and the superb coaching they've had in the last 15 years. It's incomparable.
Anyways.. I wish RID had this level of detail.. It would've made a HUGE difference. I understand that this is most likely hand painted.. But that doesn't excuse the fact that hasbro truly skimped out on the bumblebee deco.
phantomfharlock
who is this a repaint of?
Zer0
lol Okay.
I wouldn't really be surprised if this actually ended up getting made and sold selectively like the Calvin Johnson Megatron, especially since they won the Superbowl and Hasbro is headquartered in New England.
Onslaught24
Ya'll realize my post about mass production was wishful thinking right? This thing is just a one-off thing.
Venixion
vektsilver
Its definitely a face guard , notice the number 11 is Julian Edelman's number on the patriots. I'll be getting one of these. Pretty awesome Hasbro caught on.
Afterburner
You can count on Hasbro to glorify cheaters. Really, get some ethics already. The NFL is openly corrupt and I certainly wouldn't be caught having anything to do with it until it cleans up its act in many facets. Setting a terrible example for the next generation of football players who will think even if they are talentless they can win superbowls – as long as they get away with other things.
Sad, but someday this era of professional football will be looked upon just as the steroid era in baseball. It is in front of everyone's noses but they are so desperate for football they are completely ignorant to it.