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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 22, 2024 16:59:31 GMT
Now Trailbreaker has some interesting numbers. A rank of 7, that's 5 of the original Autobots with that rank. I was always surprised by an intelligence if only 6. Sideswipe's 7 bears him, and he's a strategist. And he's described as "very slow", yet a 4 isn't completely terrible, only Ironhide is slower, but he's equal to the likes of Brawn, Ratchet, and Megatron. And endurance 10! Woaw! I never really got a good sense of who Trailbreaker is from his bio. But I like him.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 22, 2024 17:26:42 GMT
Only Benn cares about Trailbreaker. And me. Great toy. Superb vehicle mode, and multiple hand attachments three years before Death's Head copied his gimmick. As a character, he was badly done by in the comic (blasted before he could activate his force-field in 'Man of Iron' and 'Target: 2006'), but overpowered in the cartoon (able to protect all the Autobots from the heat of a trip through the Sun itself). Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 22, 2024 17:27:04 GMT
No one cares about Trailbreaker. -Ralph Phil LOVES Trailbreaker
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Post by that_bluestreak on Apr 22, 2024 18:22:34 GMT
I also care about Trailbreaker. He was the last Autobot Car I ever managed to get, picking him up a few years ago. Somehow I had never had one previously, despite being onto my fourth round of collecting! In fact, I had only ever seen one Trailbreaker in my life, at a car boot in Milton Keynes as a teenager, after I had stopped collecting Transformers. I didn;t buy it and regreted it regularly over the years. I missed out on the Japanese reissues during my second collection because it hadn't really started properly. Missed out on the Encore version because I was mostly partying. Would like that one a lot, the blue eyes really add something. Underused in the comic, like most characters! Great showing in IDW though, a character I could really identify with. Then pow! Oh the feels. So yeah, great toy, lots of play value. Lovely vehicle mode, fun transformation, the lauchers on mine are great, really send those fists flying. I just remembered that I made a lego Trailbreaker when I was a kid because I wanted one so much. It wouldn't have been any good.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 22, 2024 21:02:22 GMT
Everyone cares about Trailbreaker.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 22, 2024 21:31:19 GMT
I care about Trailbreaker and so does my wife.
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Post by Llama God on Apr 23, 2024 7:22:39 GMT
I don't care about Trailbreaker. As a character, he was badly done by in the comic (blasted before he could activate his force-field in 'Man of Iron' and 'Target: 2006'), But that's probably because, having only started Transformers at UK issue 7, I was mostly introduced to Trailbreaker as "the one that's on fire on the motorway". Which, whilst certainly being some vivid imagery and a prescient satire on the state of our roads and the automotive industry, didn't enthuse me to buy his toy as a kid. Having not read his tech specs in years though I am surprised by how closely his characterisation in MTMTE matches it. Nice job from Roberts there.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 23, 2024 16:54:50 GMT
I wish he'd been in the 1990 Classic Heroes line instead of Ironhide, and been in the Earthforce line-up.
Martin
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 23, 2024 21:17:44 GMT
I care about Trailbreaker and so does my wife. Your wife? Really? My wife wouldn't know a Trailbreaker from a Thunderhoof.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 23, 2024 22:00:21 GMT
Well in that instance, only one of them is going to give you the horn.
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Post by pulsar on Apr 24, 2024 4:02:37 GMT
Trailbreaker was one of those mysterious characters that UK toy sops didn't have in1984. For a while, everything I knew about him was from #2’s double-page spread of the Autobots, much better as a poster on my wall than in-story dialog. He’s the last to introduce himself, which fits his personality and does make him memorable. Trouble is, he’s standing next to the equally unattainable Wheeljack, and a mad scientist sounded a lot more exciting than a gas guzzler.
When they did finally release him in 1985, there were again other toys I cared about more. So many new TFs came at once and his subgroup was particularly crowded: I'd only managed to collect 1 of the first 6, then suddenly there were 17! My desire to play with the toy was mostly satisfied when a friend got Hoist, who looked basically the same but with a slightly more interesting vehicle mode.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 24, 2024 6:48:49 GMT
Trailbreaker is the only one of the "Out in the US in 84 but UK in 85" Five Autobot Cars that didn't get a classics release.
Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, Prowl & Ironhide all got another go in Classics
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 29, 2024 6:36:20 GMT
1984's Transformers Are Forty: Week 5 - CliffjumperFunction: Autobot Warrior Japan: 13 Cliff tfwiki.net/wiki/Cliffjumper_(G1)/toyswww.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Cliffjumper/cliffjumper.htmCliffjumper (Yellow) Autobot Warrior www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/YellowCliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm"Strike first, strike fast, strike hard." "Let me at 'em," is Cliffjumper's motto. His eagerness and daring have no equal. He's driven by a desire to win the battle against the Decepticons. Finds Earth terrain a hindrance. One of the fastest Autobots. Often uses his speed to draw fire away from others. Shoots 'glass gas' which makes metal as brittle as glass. His recklessness often leads to actual blow-outs and situations too dangerous for him to handle. Strength 4 Intelligence 4 Speed 7 Endurance 4 Rank 5 Courage 10 Firepower 7 Skill 5
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 29, 2024 16:34:21 GMT
I like it how it states:
'"Let me at 'em," is Cliffjumper's motto.'
Yet his actual Moto is: "Strike first, strike fast, strike hard." !
Great character. The tough-guy who's tiny.
Always struck me how he has such lower numbers! Strength:4, fine. But Intelligence: 4? Skill: 5? Ouch, Bob.
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 29, 2024 16:50:40 GMT
Trailbreaker is the only one of the "Out in the US in 84 but UK in 85" Five Autobot Cars that didn't get a classics release. Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, Prowl & Ironhide all got another go in Classics Did he get a Chinese reisue? I assume so, but Im not sure Ive ever seen a complete list.
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Post by that_bluestreak on Apr 29, 2024 17:47:46 GMT
I have a theory that Cliffjumper was more commonly yellow in the UK. I base this on following ebay auctions for Cliffs for a couple of years and the majority that came up from UK sellers were yellow. I think that most of the yellow stock came to the UK whereas in the US they got very few yellows. Sell your reds in the UK and yellows in the US!
I never had a Cliffjumper when I was a kid, got a yellow one during collection number 2, and finally a red one a couple of years ago. It's a lovely toy, the red really pops and is somehow more pleasing having had a yellow (and a Bumblebee and a Hubcap) for years. I didn't really see the cartoon much as a kid so beyond his appearances in Arrival and TFTM my Cliffjumper is pure Marvel, and he doesnt get much there either. The only wave 1 minibot not to ever get a starring role I think... the only time we saw a flash of personality was Dinobot Hunt and that didn't end well for him...
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Post by legios on Apr 29, 2024 20:28:08 GMT
Cliffjumper, first Autobot I had. Only surviving Autobot from my original collection... He'll probably be last 'bot standing from my current collection as well.
My Cliffjumper is yellow, and to this day my immediate mental image when anyone says Cliffjumper is "Yellow Penny Racer porsche...
Karl
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 29, 2024 21:09:53 GMT
Same for me.
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