How can we gauge how much mental space is taken up by this no-budget, barely edited OpNet stream? Merchandising. Forget about toys. Toys are for kids. Kids are victims of giant marketing firms who know how to flip a toddlers "incessant begging" switch until their parents fork over a new action figure.
Let's look at t-shirts. Did you see the viral marketing campaign pushing a "limited number" of t-shirts patterned after the Sentinel armor? Of course you did. Everyone did.
Death Train DVDs are in production again. The animated series from the early '90s even got picked up by Netflix.
Let's look at how office drones, chained to a computer all day, pass their time. There are photos all over the OpNet of rapper Eminem wearing a seemingly perfect reproduction of Earl's "Endless Equation" lab coat.
Avery Cooper's medaling run at the '04 Olympics is the 6th most watched video on OpTube.
You want to see something crazy? Open a new tab and go to your search engine. Type in "Who is". Number one suggested search was "Who is Magic Cloud", wasn't it?
Train of Destiny is huge. It's growing (gaining steam?). It's what the American people are thinking about, and Congress won't be able to ignore President Sharib's call forever.
