Hasbro’s Transformers franchise has been nominated as a finalist for National Toy Hall Of Fame 2017. Only three out of the nominated 12 will be inducted on Thursday, November 9, at 10:30 a.m.
“Hasbro, Inc. introduced Transformers, a toy line of action figures that change their shapes, in the mid-1980s. They marketed Transformers with an elaborate back story supported by a Marvel comic book series, a cartoon television series, animated movies, electronic games, consumer goods, and even its own cereal. A continuing series of blockbuster films (with the latest installment released in June 2017) has kept Transformers in the public eye.”
Other finalists: Clue, Magic 8 Ball, Match Box Cars, My Little Pony, Paper Airplane, PEZ Candy Dispenser, Play Food, Risk, Sand [huh?], Uno.
Check out the list at the Toy Hall Of Fame official website.
Windsweeper II
It's very therapeutic
G.B. Blackrock
Whatever. It's apathy then. The main thing I don't care about is this stupid argument.
WishfulThinking
It's had plenty of media coverage.
national toy hall of fame – Bing
It may not be as polarizing as The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…music has considerably more fans than childrens' play things…and therefore not AS much coverage. But, really, the HoF is a relative as the people interested in it make of it.
In other words, there's probably as many people who ignored or missed this coverage as there are folks who ignored or missed a recent story covering the fact we've observed the first ever-recorded interstellar cosmic body swing through our solar system this year. But you can't say they weren't well-publicized.
Anyway, more appalling is the lack of response from fans here. They think it doesn't matter. And that may be true FOR THEM. But it's also validation for the people who brought the franchise to us in the first place…including the folks at Marvel, old Sunbow personnel, Hasbro, Takara Diaclone designers, etc. This is our chance to show fan appreciation for everyone who participated in bringing these toys to us, all in a simple click.
G.B. Blackrock
I'm not sure you've refuted my assertion as well as you seem to think you have….
"It gets reported every year" =/= "well-publicized"
WishfulThinking
It gets reported every year. Last year, Dungeons and Dragons fans got the lead out and won an induction. How no one remembers this is beyond me…
Smitty.1981
How the fuck is pez so far ahead? Fucking pez is not a toy.
Feralstorm
NO WE Are n… . . meh, screw it.
G.B. Blackrock
Not sure it's apathy, per se. I gather that this so-called "Hall of Fame" isn't well-publicized, and has had questionable inductions for years now.
ScientistMan
Candy Land was inducted before chess?
WishfulThinking
MLP is beating Transformers? People here really are THAT apathetic?
DeletedUser_119270
We must win!!!
Pun-3X
Also voted.
For ease, the vote is just on the main page: National Toy Hall of Fame |
It's way behind, but third place only has a bit over 4000 votes. If they consider three this year, that could be beatable if we push.
G.B. Blackrock
I have done so (again). Looks like an insurmountable gap, though.
On the plus side, Transformers is currently beating out sand 2-to-1!
WishfulThinking
Voted for Transformers again. c'mon, guys! If everyone here voted just one day, we'd be in first or second place!
Deonasis
Fuck sand. Sand gets in places it ought not go. And sand can make a good tomato sandwich crunchy.
– Billy Connolly
NeilJam
Judging by past inductees one slot will surely go to sand or paper airplanes. Current popularity doesn't really seem to be much of a factor for getting in, it's more about nostalgia. I'm surprised Matchbox is not in already, it might get a slot. Pez or Uno have a good chance too.
Hooper_X
Whoever the nominating committee for the Hall of Fame is, they're very much traditionalists – "the stick" was a first ballot draft pick, for instance.
I would not be surprised at all to see "sand" make the cut over Transformers, which has been on the ballot for… 2-3 years now.
All Halls of Fame are weird, but this one is VERY weird – the GameBoy is in, but the NES isn't. This one seems particularly Boomer-centric; D&D and the Fisher Price Little People JUST got in last year, and jesus christ D&D is in the goddamned DNA of modern pop culture – any time anyone talks about "leveling up", that's D&D talk.
Gallade
HIGH GROUND!
WishfulThinking
You may not. I may not. But perhaps it means something to the Diaclone design team…or the 80's Hasbro marketing team…or a number of writers/artists/producers who had even a pinky-toe dip into the franchise. Sometimes, it's okay to think about Transformers as more than "what's in it for me?".
seanlockyer
Yeah, ya' got me there, lol….
I should have said "since the first live action movie" came out 10 years ago…