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Jazz

“Transformers, more than meets the eye.” How many of you readers could have been caught singing this familiar line from one of the most recognizable opening themes from sci-fi cartoon history while busily playing with your Hasbro produced reconfigurable robot toys as a child? I was in the 6th grade and about to completely grow out of the action figure phase of my life when I first saw the commercial that started it all. The ad I speak of is, of course, the short debut animated sequence of The Transformers accompanied by the first version of the theme that premiered on TV to advertise the Marvel comic book. I was instantly captivated. The characters, concept, and that catchy song were the coolest thing I had seen on the small or big screen since Star Wars a little more than a half decade earlier. Marvel Comics and Hasbro Toy group had managed to snag me right off the bat and helped doom my early pre-teen to young adolescent years to an embarrassingly uncomfortable quest to watch television and buy toys/products targeted for 5-8 year olds.

Many weekdays over the next half-decade were spent by hurrying home after school to make a 4 o’clock sharp afternoon date with my television to see how the next chapter between the heroic Autobots and dastardly evil Decepticons played out; meanwhile, many of my buddies were busy hanging around the teen scene. Sure, I was missing out on the after school pick up football games and futile attempts at girl snagging, but I just had to see how Optimus Prime and his crew of cars was going to thwart the menacing Megatron’s latest nefarious plan. There’s was always that anticipation that if you missed today’s episode that it might have been a blown opportunity to see an episode featuring The Dinobots, Skyfire, The Constructicons, Starscream, The Arielbots or any of the other fan favorite characters out of the several hundred that debuted on the program. The best surprises occurred when you got to see all new robot characters that you