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Post by primenova on Sept 6, 2011 14:06:22 GMT
Have we had a thread like this before? If so this can be deleted & we can conitnue with that.
But this is toyline only - because it it the Transformers line that gets the most toys. the comic may have comic only character but the core cast still come from the toy line.
But what are your top daft/worst names for Transformers characters [not supporting cast].
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Post by Stomski on Sept 6, 2011 15:04:13 GMT
Megatron - NBE1 fits him so much better.
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Post by mellowshade on Sept 6, 2011 17:58:55 GMT
Axelorator Windbreaker
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 6, 2011 20:38:26 GMT
Drift.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 7, 2011 6:15:09 GMT
Any non-verb with "-or" tagged on the end.
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Post by primenova on Sept 7, 2011 7:26:41 GMT
I'm trying to think of all the -or names. We know Tankor - but he does fit his character, being a tank & the name not sounding very smart. sound like cannon fodder. Windbreaker sounds more llike a jet.
I also think Bludgeon is a daft name - but only due to the toy size. That the name fits more of a larger toy not a small tank.
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Post by blueshift on Sept 7, 2011 8:15:21 GMT
Bludgeon is a terrible name because he is a tank who is also a samurai robot. Neither of those involve bludgeoning weapons.
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Post by legios on Sept 7, 2011 12:10:21 GMT
Bludgeon is a terrible name because he is a tank who is also a samurai robot. Neither of those involve bludgeoning weapons. I see what you mean about Bludgeon, but I had always felt it was appropriate in terms of refering to bluntness - him being a Western-style movie samurai and a tank, neither of which are usually depicted as being particularly subtle. Mind you. Yari can be used as bludgeoning weapons (see Hidden Fortress for Mifune using the blunt end of a yari as much as the pointy end), and you could certainly bludgeon someone with the non-sharpened side of a katana if you didn't feel like cutting them with the sharp side..... Karl |
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Post by primenova on Sept 7, 2011 14:08:54 GMT
If Blugeon had been the same size as the first wave Pretenders then he would be ok. [Octopunch toy is amazing because you can do so much with his shell & inner robot] It would be like releasing a micromaster Unicron back in 89 - which Hasbro could have done [& why haven't they redone Deadend into Mini Unciron].
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 7, 2011 17:16:11 GMT
Cheetor is the name that sticks in my head as most gratuitous mangling of a real word by pointlessly changing the ending to "-or".
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 7, 2011 17:54:36 GMT
Optimus Primal!
It just irritates me.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2011 18:18:27 GMT
This is absolutely Spastic's award to lose.
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Post by The Huff on Sept 7, 2011 20:32:13 GMT
Leaf?
I think the daftest TF names are those used in the live action films like The Doctor, Dino, Que, Igor etc.
Not to mention Sideswipe, Skids and that thing in the films they call Megatron! Just plain madness!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2011 20:04:32 GMT
Rodimus prime, sounds like something from Anne Summers.
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 9, 2011 20:15:52 GMT
Rodimus prime, sounds like something from Anne Summers. HAHAHAAAA!!!! |
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Post by Hero on Sept 10, 2011 10:31:28 GMT
The first wave G2 Gobots. Except for Firecracker
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Post by Nigel on Sept 11, 2011 18:57:59 GMT
Joe. Kirk.
All of Team Bullet Train - and, indeed, Team Bullet Train is itself a daft name.
Dai Atlas sounds like a Welsh geography teacher.
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Post by The Huff on Sept 11, 2011 21:23:35 GMT
What's Unicron all about? Always sounded like a typo of Unicorn to me. Or does it mean something else I'm not familiar with?
A lot of the established names, I think we take for granted.
Cheetor wins this in my opinion btw.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 12, 2011 7:21:42 GMT
I have found that the name 'Ramjet' makes civilians fall about themselves giggling.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 12, 2011 8:00:42 GMT
Joe. Kirk. All of Team Bullet Train - and, indeed, Team Bullet Train is itself a daft name. Dai Atlas sounds like a Welsh geography teacher. Why ? It's a team .... mainly made of bullet trains Dai is a Japanese word for Big. Dai Atlas, Dai X...... |
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Post by primenova on Sept 12, 2011 8:36:18 GMT
This might get a few comments back - but the "Hercules - the final combined form of their unofficial Devastator" parts do [to me anyway] have better names than the originals. They sound more impressive.
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Post by Hero on Sept 12, 2011 10:16:02 GMT
I thought Dai meant metal in Japanese.
Snowcat is another daft name for the pile.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 12, 2011 11:50:23 GMT
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Post by Nigel on Sept 12, 2011 16:19:25 GMT
Joe. Kirk. All of Team Bullet Train - and, indeed, Team Bullet Train is itself a daft name. Dai Atlas sounds like a Welsh geography teacher. Why ? It's a team .... mainly made of bullet trains It might be accurate, but it still sounds daft. Gobot daft. (Now there's some daft names. Leader-1, Spay-C, Res-Q....) As for the individual names, Midnight Express? Really? Why not just call him Mail Train? Or Choo Choo? Other daft names, um, B.B., Dirgegun, Nexus Maximus (for one unfortunate reason). Hi-Test. |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 12, 2011 17:26:00 GMT
Midnight Express will never be beaten for most inappropriate name if the film of the same name has been seen.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 12, 2011 18:29:49 GMT
I'd forgotton the Nexus Maximus hilarity.
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Post by legios on Sept 12, 2011 19:13:25 GMT
All of Team Bullet Train - and, indeed, Team Bullet Train is itself a daft name. It is fairly daft in one respect. But it is probably better than translating the original Japanese name - "New Mainline Team" probably would be even less effective in English. I don't mind names like BB - that one especially sounds like a nickname that everyone uses rather than what his manufacturer/builder/matrixer/Biomorphic Parent called him. Karl |
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 13, 2011 15:04:24 GMT
What's Unicron all about? Always sounded like a typo of Unicorn to me. Or does it mean something else I'm not familiar with? Yes! When I pre-order my Armada Unicron years ago from Argos, the nice Lady's voice on the other end of the phone said "Transformers Armada: Unicorn!". I chuckled, so I did. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 13, 2011 15:06:13 GMT
I have found that the name 'Ramjet' makes civilians fall about themselves giggling. -Ralph Thrust as well. And Slag. "YOU SLAG!!!" |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 13, 2011 16:42:49 GMT
Liz amused that there are Dinobots called Slag and Slapper |
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