Like the Transformers, These New Stamps Reveal More Than Meets The Eye

It’s no secret that regardless of the large boon in on-line purchasing and packages needing supply, conventional mail service is struggling. No one writes good letters to one another any extra, however that would quickly change because the Royal Mail within the UK is about to introduce some truly amazing postage stamps that includes heroes that pre-date electronic mail, texting, and Facetime.

Everything ‘80s is cool and lucrative again, and while companies like Hasbro are making another mass fortune by re-releasing Transformers toys, the Royal Mail is instead putting some of that iconic toy lines’ finest characters onto a brand new assortment of postage stamps in hopes of luring extra than simply stamp collectors.

For these sufficiently old to have bought (or begged your dad and mom to) Transformers toys the primary time round, the art work on these stamps is paying homage to the unbelievable collages featured on the again of the packaging. But the stamps all function utterly unique art work, created completely for the Royal Mail by three comedian e-book artists: Andrew Wildman, Stephen Baserville, and John-Paul Bove, who’ve all work on the long-running Transformers comics.

Like the Transformers themselves, who famously have secret alter-egos, eight of the stamps on this 13 stamp assortment are printed with an additional layer of particular ink that when uncovered to UV mild reveals extra particulars concerning the characters featured. Those eight stamps may also be acknowledged when scanned by the Royal Mail cell app revealing animations dropped at life by means of augmented actuality, in addition to clips of the precise character from the unique animated collection.

The assortment will probably be accessible beginning on September 1, and the most affordable strategy to seize all 13 is with the Transformers Presentation Pack which is able to promote for £17.50—or about $21.00 in US forex.

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