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James Roberts

James Roberts

Former Australian rugby league player

Jul 25, 2026

44:27
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44:30
But because, you know, Transformers UK readers had grown up with the comic, or a lot of them had, and that's what ensured its longevity.
44:37
As they got older, they understood that, okay, we were reprinting American stuff.
44:41
And someone did the maths and wrote in and said, well, look, the American comic's finished now.
44:46
So I reckon you'll be done by whatever.
44:48
And the editorial said, yeah, well, we've got enough material to last till around 3.30, 3.30, 2.00. Who knows what will happen next? And so the readers knew that the end was near.
45:01
And running parallel with that, there was a few American fan clubs, but there was one in particular that had grown its network through the letters page in the American comic.

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62:38
But it was where you and I first met as well, wasn't it, James? Yes, exactly,
8:56
Actually, James Roberts had some interesting comments on this as well.
9:00
We've had quite a few of our members say about they've raised the question, either they've made formal complaints at work, or they've put a question on the internet, or they've brought it up with a senior manager.
9:09
Obviously, it can be risky depending on where you work.
9:11
And there's a fear of cancellation and repercussions.
9:15
But where stuff has changed, quite a few people have said about either myself or there's a group of us or people are challenging this and asking the question, either say directly complaining or just saying, have we considered the risk on this or have we actually looked into what this means? So I think that's a big thing.
9:32
The individual senior leadership making changes, or either because staff have changed or they've taken responsibility for.
9:42
So it's where there hasn't been oversight, they've stepped in, but where there's been a change of staff.

15 MINS LATER

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