Advent Calendar 16: it shrank because it's cold outside

 

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And not Playmates being cheap. But seriously, they should've gone bigger if they were going for a new mold. I'm talking about the Technodrome... let's kick shell! Sorry, got carried away. I finally possess a missing Grail from childhood... Disappointment doesn't even begin to describe it... 

Not only is it small but it has not one not two but three sheets of stickers that I have to put on. 

And mom's been dead for 10 years so I can't ask Her to put them for me. But this thing is so fucking tiny... At Least Toyguru gave us a big one, despite the shrinkage. 

But Playmates overdid the shrinkage so much that the ACTUAL FIGURES INTENDED TO USE THIS PLAYSET CAN'T USE IT!

A trip to Walgreens and Two episodes of Brooklyn nine nine later:

Fuck you Playmates and fuck your stickers! My sausage fingers suck at putting tiny stickers. Had to buy tweezers like I was Hideo Kojima looking to masturbate later. And what's worse, they STILL ENDED UP CROOKED!! 

Did I mention How much I hate the stickers on this reduced sized Technodrome?

Because I fucking hate them!  One of the stickers broke when putting it in. Fuck sticker number 40!!

I won't go into the whole torture Spinner doesn't work on actual Playmates TMNY toys.

Or how not even the 40th Krang can work properly on it.

The Utromic dildo works, but the workstation for his mech arms don't work as they fall off of you try to move them.

Or the hairtirgger on the Spy Eye Bomb thing...

But this was mostly meant to be a background piece.

Seriously Playmates, this should've been LARGER than the vintage set to fix the vintage shortcomings... not make these shortcomings even worse!!!

Do I recommend this playset? Not at all! Unless you want to make a Scout Minidrome out of it. It can fit up to 4 normal human sized Ultimates.

Now I fear Super7...