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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 8, 2018 7:47:30 GMT
Hang on I thought mauve was a kind of beige...?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 8, 2018 8:38:43 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 8, 2018 8:40:18 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 8, 2018 8:45:59 GMT
Awww man... My whole world is falling apart...
This is like when I found out -as a grown man- that the yellow dandelion flower and the white fluffy things children blow are THE SAME PLANT.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 8, 2018 9:16:14 GMT
This thread makes no sense.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Nov 8, 2018 10:09:38 GMT
You say that like that's a new thing
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Post by Benn on Nov 8, 2018 13:30:13 GMT
Gods, that's beautiful. Wish I could find mine. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 8, 2018 16:43:40 GMT
This thread makes no sense. -Ralph The title says it all, Docktor. What colour SHOULD Hubcap have been! 'Cos he sure as muffins shouldn't have been YELLOW!!! |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 8, 2018 17:00:31 GMT
The title says it all, Docktor. What colour SHOULD Hubcap have been! 'Cos he sure as muffins shouldn't have been YELLOW!!! Yeah, the question isn't, "What colour was Hubcap?" Like the third colour the Microchange Minibots were available in? Yeah, like that. Martin |
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 8, 2018 17:02:01 GMT
YEAH! SO GO TO HELL, DOC'!!!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 8, 2018 17:17:06 GMT
Hm, that's a bit harsh...
*dissociates self from Shockers' Trump-like outburst*
Martin
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 8, 2018 17:33:26 GMT
Yeah, sorry, that was a bit harsh...
Hey, Doc', listen, I... I'm sorry I blew my stack there. I'm sorry I blew my stack all over you, Man.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 8, 2018 17:44:09 GMT
But Hub Cap was born yellow. It is what he is.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 8, 2018 17:46:58 GMT
Well, according to Phil's picture, Hubcap was born white, then MISS-COLOURED yellow!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 8, 2018 17:49:41 GMT
But Hub Cap was born yellow. It is what he is. 100% accurate statement, and 100% not an answer to the question being asked.  Martin |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 8, 2018 18:33:15 GMT
Put on file as it's a very good analogy I will extend for my SHOCKING REVELATION in a week or so! But Hub Cap was born yellow. It is what he is. -Ralph Well, according to Phil's picture, Hubcap was born white, then MISS-COLOURED yellow! |
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 8, 2018 19:11:01 GMT
Put on file as it's a very good analogy I will extend for my SHOCKING REVELATION in a week or so! Well, according to Phil's picture, Hubcap was born white, then MISS-COLOURED yellow! ...oh no... what have I done....? |
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 8, 2018 19:12:38 GMT
But Hub Cap was born yellow. It is what he is. -Ralph You do forgive me for blowing my stack all over you, don't you Doc'? |
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 8, 2018 19:15:05 GMT
And I've offically voted BLUE. But a lighter blue than Pipes, as Martin suggested.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 8, 2018 21:45:35 GMT
But Hub Cap was born yellow. It is what he is. 100% accurate statement, and 100% not an answer to the question being asked. Martin But the question makes no sense! It only makes sense if it can be applied to any other random Transformer! This is the most nonsensical and ludicrous thread in the history of the Hub. -Ralph |
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Post by Toph on Nov 8, 2018 23:22:55 GMT
Well, according to Phil's picture, Hubcap was born white, then MISS-COLOURED yellow! All hubcaps are actually white. He was due out in 84. but Hasbro accidentally left the entire run of them sit in the sun for two years, so Hubcap yellowed. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 9, 2018 6:37:46 GMT
But the question makes no sense! It only makes sense if it can be applied to any other random Transformer! 1. First of all, it can. 2. Second of all, I don't think the character selection for this poll is completely random. Hubcap attracts the question more than most characters because when he was released we had had very similar toys previously - Bumblebee (correct), yellow Cliffjumper (a mistake) and Bumper (a mistake), and so making Hubcap yellow was a boring choice of colour. Like making Tailgate red, which would make him too similar to Windcharger, or making Hoist black, which would make him too similar to Trailbreaker, or making Dirge's wings blue with red stripes, or making Ramjet all black, which would make them too similar to Thundercracker and Skywarp. Logically there is no reason why two different characters shouldn't look very similar, but from the point of view of a toy range aiming for variety, and children who want each new TF to be different from ones they've bought previously, it was arguably a perverse choice to make Hubcap the same colour as Bumblebee, yellow Cliffjumper and Bumper when there are so many other colours available. This colour criticism cannot be applied to Pipes, Outback, Swerve or Tailgate, so Hubcap is not a random Transformer for this poll. Whew! Martin |
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 9, 2018 7:12:13 GMT
Beautifully put, Grand Moff. Thank you.
So put that in your turbo-charger and smoke it, Docktor.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 9, 2018 9:05:32 GMT
YELLOW CLIFFJUMPER AND BUMPER ARE NOT MISTAKES!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 9, 2018 9:21:40 GMT
They're not what was intended, as that catalogue shows!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 9, 2018 13:36:50 GMT
Now we all know that catalogues have often used earlier versions of toys and there can be differences. What counts is what actually makes it to shops!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 9, 2018 14:55:12 GMT
Catalogues also frequently show information that was correct until a last minute cock up.
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Post by Toph on Nov 9, 2018 15:25:43 GMT
How are red Bumblebee, yellow Cliffjumper, and "Bumper" (who does not even have a name or character) not mistakes? Catalogues also frequently show information that was correct until a last minute cock up. But not always, as hasbro had a habit of using placeholders. Grabbing diaclones in early G1 (blue bluestreak, anyone?) or the flat out wrong toy in late G1 (using octopunch in place of Banzaitron's accessory) |
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 9, 2018 16:40:29 GMT
Now we all know that catalogues have often used earlier versions of toys and there can be differences. What counts is what actually makes it to shops! -Ralph Sometimes what comes to the shops is a mistake! This is obviously the case with Hubcap... BECAUSE HUBCAP BEING YELLOW IS A STUPID IDEA!!!!!! |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 9, 2018 17:23:38 GMT
YELLOW CLIFFJUMPER AND BUMPER ARE NOT MISTAKES!!! Then why was Cliffjumper always red from the start on his box art and tech-specs? And why was Bumper sold in Bumblebee or Cliffjumper packaging? Was that deliberate? OK, so Bluestreak's box art colour didn't match the toy, but 1985 Cliffjumpers were all red, while Bluestreak stayed silver. Martin |
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