{
"$type": "site.standard.document",
"bskyPostRef": {
"cid": "bafyreig22p2cqagvgt5yztpwkf6blbzy5fwrfy3kfvpw7agustbx4g5eoa",
"uri": "at://did:plc:n5akdvylqnm5e7joxzoqonf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf4cufb7bf42"
},
"coverImage": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreidldrft5vxgheooymq4nsf76wu2v4xfit7bslfkbwrtmnbuk7p6mq"
},
"mimeType": "image/webp",
"size": 98400
},
"path": "/no-apology-tour-necessary-hasbro-why-optimus-primes-death-was-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-the-transformers-the-movie/",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-17T15:32:41.000Z",
"site": "https://thatparkplace.com",
"tags": [
"Featured",
"Headline",
"Movies",
"Opinion",
"1986 Transformers Movie",
"Generation 1 Transformers",
"hasbro",
"Hasbro marketing",
"Hot Rod",
"Optimus Prime",
"Optimus Prime death",
"Rodimus Prime",
"Stan Bush The Touch",
"transformers",
"Transformers Apology Tour",
"Transformers controversy",
"Transformers legacy",
"Transformers The Movie",
"Unicron",
"No Apology Tour Necessary Hasbro: Why Optimus Prime’s Death Was the Best Thing to Happen to The Transformers: The Movie",
"That Park Place"
],
"textContent": "Hot Rod did nothing wrong. Yes, you heard me, I said it, darnit! By now you’ve likely seen the news that Hasbro is rolling out a tongue-in-cheek 1986 Apology Tour for the 40th anniversary of The Transformers: The Movie (1986). What are they apologizing for, you may ask? Why, killing off Optimus Prime of course, […]\n\nThe post No Apology Tour Necessary Hasbro: Why Optimus Prime’s Death Was the Best Thing to Happen to The Transformers: The Movie appeared first on That Park Place.",
"title": "No Apology Tour Necessary Hasbro: Why Optimus Prime’s Death Was the Best Thing to Happen to The Transformers: The Movie"
}