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Pleased to present for your consideration a portrait of a ''Transformers'' fan: [[you]]. Age: youthful. Income: slim. Your tastes lean towards toy robots, animation for children, and comic books. It is the latter that captures you now. You find yourself charmed by one of its ''dramatis personae'': a modern reinvention and reinvigoration of a character given little to do in the past. Inspired, you feverishly search online auction houses and dealer halls, but you find that the toy that no-one batted an eyelid at during its original shelf life has now risen in demand–and price–beyond your wildest imagination. | |||
You have just encountered '''the Bludgeon Effect'''. | |||
Revision as of 10:31, 15 December 2022
Pleased to present for your consideration a portrait of a Transformers fan: you. Age: youthful. Income: slim. Your tastes lean towards toy robots, animation for children, and comic books. It is the latter that captures you now. You find yourself charmed by one of its dramatis personae: a modern reinvention and reinvigoration of a character given little to do in the past. Inspired, you feverishly search online auction houses and dealer halls, but you find that the toy that no-one batted an eyelid at during its original shelf life has now risen in demand–and price–beyond your wildest imagination.
You have just encountered the Bludgeon Effect.
