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<div>[[Transformer]]s toys are often partly or wholly painted. [[Die-cast]] metal must always be painted if a tarnished gray finish is not wanted; plastic parts, commonly molded in color, can also be painted to highlight detail or add visual interest.<br />
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These painted areas, or '''paint applications''', on mass-produced Transformers toys, are applied by spraying through a [[paint mask]], in cases where total paint coverage is not wanted.<br />
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==Paint limits==<br />
There are limitations to what can be painted on a toy. Some plastics used in the Transformers' construction [[unpaintable plastic|cannot hold paint]] properly, so they must remain wholly the color they were cast.<br />
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Also, the number of paint applications is often given a maximum "do not exceed" number to keep costs within a certain range. And it may take more paint applications to cover a part than at first thought: simply painting the outer surface of a cylinder may take two to four applications, and then another for the ends, if desired.<br />
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<div>[[Image:Lazarusdurr.jpg|thumb|right|This is supposed to be "shock and horror" as a supposedly-under-control [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] looms menacingly over [[Lazarus]], but in reality... '''DULL SURPRISE!''']]<br />
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'''Dull surprise''' has become a popular term in the ''Transformers'' fandom to sum up the expression range of a character when drawn by [[Pat Lee]] (or people who ape his style, like [[Rob Ruffolo]]).<br />
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The expression in question is a vapid, kind of empty look where you can just ''hear'' the character in question just going "Guuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" while waiting for the next neuron to fire.<br />
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The term originated in a [[wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mystery Science Theater 3000]] skit, where Mike Nelson was playing the "[[wikipedia:Kathy Ireland|Kathy Ireland]] Fabulous Range Of Emotions Acting Guessing Game by [[Hasbro]]-bro-bro!", in which he had to guess the emotion the supermodel and attempted-actress was portraying in a scene... and the correct answer was invariably "''Dull surprise!!''".<br />
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While the MST3K episode that had the skit in question originally aired in November of 1993, and there's certainly a sizable Transformers/MST3K audience/fan crossover (speaking of ''dull surprise!!''), the term didn't really become a catchphrase in Transformers fandom until the era of [[Dreamwave]] comics began in 2002.<br />
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