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Post by Benn on Oct 2, 2024 9:03:10 GMT
What's wrong with number 2?
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 2, 2024 9:49:57 GMT
Section 2 does not exist.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 2, 2024 9:59:42 GMT
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Post by Benn on Oct 2, 2024 10:46:19 GMT
Ah, I remember now.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 2, 2024 11:17:41 GMT
What is the name of the animal that pops out square-shaped poo?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 2, 2024 11:47:28 GMT
The open trailer stood on it's end is generally known as Optimus Prime's repair bay.
Ultra Magnus has one too
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Post by legios on Oct 2, 2024 17:48:43 GMT
Section 2 does not exist. -Ralph Yes it does. It is Section 9 that doesn't exist. And Section One that is the important one, it is where the power is. Karl |
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 2, 2024 17:56:35 GMT
What is the name of the animal that pops out square-shaped poo? -Ralph Boris Johnson? |
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Post by The Huff on Oct 2, 2024 19:51:17 GMT
For one thing, anyone sitting in the little seats will fall straight out. And that's quite a drop.
(And yes, I know Dianauts have magnets in their arses to prevent this, but they don't exist in Transformersland).
Glad to hear it irks others too.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 3, 2024 5:22:44 GMT
Re. G1 Optimus Prime - or any Optimus Prime toy with the original style trailer- does it irk anyone else when you keep seeing the battle station stood up on its front or is it just me? I agree it looks silly. Everything about the trailer headquarters suggests it was designed to lie flat and nothing else, and standing it up on end was invented by the marketing/packaging people afterwards when taking photos of it. How/why would the trailer stand up on end when Optimus gets injured? Why does he need to stand up for his repairs anyway? How does he stand up for repairs if it's his legs that need repairing? Martin |
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Post by Llama God on Oct 3, 2024 7:05:34 GMT
Section 2 does not exist. Yes it does. It is Section 9 that doesn't exist. And Section One that is the important one, it is where the power is. YOU are Section One! |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 3, 2024 7:48:50 GMT
Optimus does not 'stand' in the repair bay. He is held in place by surgical fields while being fixed, before being able to be instantly re-deployed back to the battlefield.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Oct 3, 2024 14:48:42 GMT
It's like a Borg Alcove.
I like to think Prime can stand behind it and it's folded out heavy armour on the battlefield.
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Post by pulsar on Oct 6, 2024 17:01:33 GMT
The upended trailer reminds me of the non-TF Jetfire and Shockwave toys that claimed to be triple (or quad) changers by counting a jet or gun with legs as a distinct form.
Does Prime actually have a repair bay in the G1 storyline? The comic makes a point of showing Ratchet’s and Ironhide’s, but the crane in Prime’s looks more like part of the Ark.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Oct 6, 2024 17:32:00 GMT
A possible standard piece of Autobot battlefield or construction/medical tech, hence why Prime has one stored in his trailer?
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Post by chrisl on Oct 16, 2024 8:06:58 GMT
While I do like some of the "make up a new mode from the toy" attempts like the twin-headed dragon mode of Black Zarak, the "stand Prime's trailer on it's end as a repair bay" is just nonsense.
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Post by Nigel on Oct 16, 2024 10:42:15 GMT
The Studio '86 box pictures the repair bay mode on the front.
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Post by The Huff on Oct 16, 2024 15:38:22 GMT
Yes, it's one of the examples that led me to post a comment on it.
Don't know why - laying it down in the proper configuration makes it look much more impressive.
Of course, it shouldn't do either as it didn't happen I the movie.
And the axe he used for under a minute in that one episode can sod off too...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 16, 2024 16:15:27 GMT
one ICONIC minute though
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Post by legios on Oct 16, 2024 16:26:39 GMT
Yes, it's one of the examples that led me to post a comment on it. Don't know why - laying it down in the proper configuration makes it look much more impressive. Of course, it shouldn't do either as it didn't happen I the movie. And the axe he used for under a minute in that one episode can sod off too... But it was an in episode of G1, and so therefore is a thing from the original Transformers for which Transformers Toys Consumers are nostalgic. They have decided that the axe is an important part of your childhood and that you should therefore repurchase it repeatedly... ;-) Karl |
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Post by The Huff on Oct 16, 2024 19:46:03 GMT
Not as iconic as the basketball. |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 16, 2024 20:57:07 GMT
Which I never saw as a child but the bit in the comic (DECEPTICON DAMBUSTERS) made a big impression on me back in the day. So I tend to think of Prime having an axe, even though my childhood memory of it was just a few panels in one scene in one story! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 16, 2024 20:58:30 GMT
It's a very good minute. Adding an axe is extra play value so always gets my vote. It can be chucked in a corner if unwanted by a fan. -Ralph |
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Post by The Huff on Oct 17, 2024 10:46:01 GMT
To be fair, I do like the bit where he tries to stab Megatron with his axe.
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Post by Jim on Oct 17, 2024 11:30:48 GMT
The axe looms large in my imagination as well due solely to the comic, especially the cover of the Collected Comics edition of Decepticon Dambusters!.
Of course ,nothing like as much as that classic moment where we first saw the iconic Wreckers Hammer! Unforgettable stuff.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 17, 2024 11:54:53 GMT
To think we had to wait decades for the iconic Wreckers hammer to be made!
-Ralph
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