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Post by grahamthomson on Aug 15, 2008 7:31:10 GMT
What is the difference between a trampoline and a MOSC Longtooth toy?
You take your shoes off before jumping on a trampoline!
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 15, 2008 8:24:28 GMT
The best joke in the history of the universe.
-Ralph
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Post by Nigel on Aug 15, 2008 15:25:39 GMT
Aww, poor Longtooth.
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Post by The Huff on Aug 15, 2008 18:54:59 GMT
OK - what is the big joke with Longtooth?
He's a fine toy, had two nice (and sad) stories about him in the old comics and got to appear in animation in the Micromaster ads.
What's every one got against the poor guy?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2008 11:46:23 GMT
It might be because Gav's obsession with Longtooth has caused us all to despise him (Longtooth that is, not Gav).
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 16, 2008 15:01:39 GMT
It's more the case than my long-standing hatred of Longtooth over many incarnations of the Hub has polluted Gav.
-Ralph
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Post by Gav on Aug 16, 2008 17:41:29 GMT
It's odd. I had only heard of Longtooth from the 'More than meets the eye' profile books a few years ago.
When i came on here, Ralph mentioned his Longtooth hatred, and i had to check him out- see what the fuss was about. Being a sucker for crazy shite like that - i loved the character.
After reading his story in the Eye of the Storm thread, I'm even more inclined to enjoy the fellow.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2008 18:11:06 GMT
You enjoy him so much Gav that you have decapitated him and changed his skin colour in your avatar.
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Post by Gav on Aug 16, 2008 18:31:19 GMT
Haha, yeah I thought it was time for a wee change y'know?
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 16, 2008 20:47:21 GMT
DIE LONGTOOTH DIE!
-Ralph
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Post by Nigel on Aug 17, 2008 18:23:35 GMT
I have nothing at all against Longtooth. In fact, it's my favourite of the Autobot Pretender Shells. (Apart from, perhaps, the Beasts.) The other Autobot shells are rather ordinary and boring by comparison.
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Post by dyrl on Aug 30, 2008 19:30:32 GMT
Yeah - what's with this Longtooth bashing?
I immediately fell for the character after his Matrix Quest appearance.
Alongside Nightbeat, he's my favorite of the "third generation" from G1 - that is to say the new after-Underbase bots...
Nightbeat/Longtooth/Thunderwing - probably the three best...with Spinister, Needlenose, and that sparking airplane dude coming in close...
I wish Takara would reissue those later G1 toys - some of them were quite nice - the double targetmaster Decepticons were great - Quake was cool...
Longtooth was nifty.
His boat mode was nice - and indeed his pretender shell is a very cool thing - much better than the Autobot humanoids.
Pete
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 30, 2008 19:57:47 GMT
Longtooth is the most ludicrous character to ever appear in fiction. I hate him. I HATE HIM!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 3, 2008 21:55:16 GMT
Ralph loves Longtooth as much as he tries to deny it WE know.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2008 22:00:34 GMT
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHH! WHY WON'T HE ******* DIE?!!!!
-Ralph
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Post by longtooth on Sept 20, 2008 9:21:15 GMT
OK - what is the big joke with Longtooth? He's a fine toy, had two nice (and sad) stories about him in the old comics and got to appear in animation in the Micromaster ads. What's every one got against the poor guy? You sir are a legend! |
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Post by longtooth on Sept 20, 2008 9:22:01 GMT
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHH! WHY WON'T HE ******* DIE?!!!! -Ralph You know you want me! Check out my vital statistics:  |
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Post by Nigel on Sept 21, 2008 12:47:18 GMT
Certainly, Longtooth, there are plenty of people out there who love you. Just last week, I sold someone the shell from your Hasbro tribute.
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Post by blueshift on Oct 31, 2008 10:16:45 GMT
Hope you don't mind me posting this here, but I've rewritten my exploration of the Pretender Beasts, with plenty of pics here: www.redshirt.co.uk/toys/an-ode-to-carnivac/ God I loved Pretenders. In todays toy tech, they have a lot of potential, they should totally be brought back! |
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 31, 2008 12:17:09 GMT
I never owned any of these as a kid, but I to have a soft spot for Carnivac. It saddens me that other Furman nobody characters like Nightbeat and Thunderwing and Bludgeon have gone on to be major fan favourites because he wrote them in the US run while Carnivac seems very much forgotten.
As for updates I'd love to see them. Animated seem the best bet if it runs long enough. I've heard a couple of people suggest Sidecar Prowl as a good Bludgeon.
Andy
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Post by blueshift on Oct 31, 2008 12:19:51 GMT
No Sidecar Prowl is BULLETBIKE  |
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 31, 2008 12:29:32 GMT
My first though was Vroom. As one of the few pretenders I own I'd like to see an update. Plus it was one of the better inner robots.
Andy
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Post by blueshift on Oct 31, 2008 12:48:10 GMT
Touche!
Actually given the whole 'armouring up' gimmick of Prowl, that would work pretty well...
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 31, 2008 23:01:38 GMT
Animated Sidecar Prowl is Bulletbike to me. As I get older, my strange and terrible fondness for crap Transformer toys grows.
I mean, I had Catilla as a nipper and thought it was bobbins. But now I think it's great and want to own one again.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 31, 2008 23:50:01 GMT
I have a love of the Pretenders and just wish they'd been used better in the comics. A lot of fun to be had with the concept, sadly pretty much pissed away from the get go.
The toys do have a certain charm to them.
Andy
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Nov 1, 2008 1:47:12 GMT
Oh, Carnivac. You deserve more comics.
I second the desire for Pretenders to return, as:
a) IDW and Furman have made the Pretenders really cool and formidable as a concept.
b) Pretender Monsters/Beasts could give us a chance to have Beast Wars/Machines homages and characters! Screw G1, gimme BW nostalgia! (Also RID. Right Laser!)
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 1, 2008 10:44:33 GMT
I want a Skybyte Pretender!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Nov 1, 2008 13:31:16 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 1, 2008 17:19:49 GMT
That's not so bad an idea, actually.
-Ralph
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Post by grahamthomson on Nov 17, 2008 10:33:48 GMT
I am hoping one of the more knowledgeable patrons of the Internet can help me.
Am I right in thinking that the Pretender Monsters were not released in the UK until 1991 possibly as Woolworths' exclusives?
The gold/silver Pretenders/Micromasters catalogue we had in the UK omits the Pretender Monsters (and replaces them with the Triggerbots/cons) so I assume from that they weren't released in the UK in 1989 as they were in the US.
From my own hazy memory I remember seeing the PMs in Woollies around the time of the Action Masters... but since my brain is not what it was I can't be fully trusted.
Anyone else know of anything?
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