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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 27, 2015 17:29:02 GMT
Also available by itself in toy stores!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 27, 2015 17:33:20 GMT
I remember using combiner back in the eighties as a kid. I think it's just a logical term that's always existed. Careful, round these parts if you don't say 'Special Team' you'll be hung up and burned alive. ITS OKAY PHIL WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SPECIAL TEAMS, NOTHING TO SEE HERE (Yeah, combiners is a better word)No we don't mind Combiner here. It's Ralph who gets rabid about Special Teams! |
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 27, 2015 18:38:40 GMT
The Special Teams were truly a marvel back them. And still are.
"Take him out, Dead End!"
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 27, 2015 18:46:25 GMT
Where'd you guys get "special team" from anyway? They're called Sub-groups, as per Marvel's run. The toys were heavily promoted as 'Special Teams' back in the day, especially in the comic. Hence why I was confused why online fandom called them gestalts for many years! -Ralph |
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 27, 2015 18:47:27 GMT
WAIT! YOU'RE NOT DEAD END! YOU'RE DRAGSTRIP!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 27, 2015 18:49:31 GMT
YOU'RE LATE, BLAST OFF, FIFTH MEMBER OF THE COMBATICONS.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 27, 2015 18:50:50 GMT
Where'd you guys get "special team" from anyway? They're called Sub-groups, as per Marvel's run. The toys were heavily promoted as 'Special Teams' back in the day, especially in the comic. Hence why I was confused why online fandom called them gestalts for many years! -Ralph It's odd for us to discover that "special teams" wasn't used in the US! |
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 27, 2015 18:54:00 GMT
Hey, you're right! That is weird! Poor Americans!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 27, 2015 18:53:53 GMT
Yeah I had no idea until I started browsing ATT.
It actually annoys me that COMBINER WARS isn't called SPECIAL TEAMS WARS.
I'll get my coat.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 27, 2015 18:56:05 GMT
At least it isn't Gestalt Wars!
There again most people wouldn't know what the word means.
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 27, 2015 19:01:39 GMT
.......I don't know what the word means.......
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 27, 2015 19:19:15 GMT
www.thefreedictionary.com/gestaltA physical, biological, psychological, or symbolic configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that its properties cannot be derived from a simple summation of its parts.
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Post by Toph on Sept 27, 2015 19:25:27 GMT
Gestalt is a german word that basically means combiner.
A group that operates as one, or something.
I've never heard anyone call them Special Teams until here. Makes them sound like they're mentally handicapped, the way the word "special" gets used stateside.
I tend to get annoyed at "combiner" as a group name.
Marvel introduced the term Subgroup for all thematic teams. Dinobots, protectobots, headmasters, actionmasters.
"Subgroup wars" sounds silly as a title, as does "Special Teams Wars," but Subgroup sounds considerably more official and technical than combiners or special teams.
To me, "combiner" is a thing, what a particular group does, not a viable title like Targetmaster or Protectobot.
I'm not sure what I'm trying to say anymore. But I never heard anyone use the term Special Team in this manner, before I came here.
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 27, 2015 19:33:56 GMT
I assume its inspired by the special operation teams in the military.
I dont use the term often, but I have always liked it, it just seems to fit.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 27, 2015 19:36:08 GMT
I'm not sure what I'm trying to say anymore. But I never heard anyone use the term Special Team in this manner, before I came here. It is a UK thing, but given the evidence above you can see why we use it? |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 27, 2015 19:39:02 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 27, 2015 19:44:08 GMT
GASP! Narrated by Gavrok of the Bannermen!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 27, 2015 20:06:47 GMT
Ahhhh the special tape! I can't recall how it could obtained.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 27, 2015 20:13:43 GMT
It was a mail away. I've got one in my special Transformers tape box!
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Post by blueshift on Sept 27, 2015 20:19:35 GMT
GASP! Narrated by Gavrok of the Bannermen! I assume they would have been very costcutting here, so it is Gavrok singing the opening song too??? |
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 27, 2015 20:49:29 GMT
www.thefreedictionary.com/gestaltA physical, biological, psychological, or symbolic configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that its properties cannot be derived from a simple summation of its parts. ....Sounds like the noise you make when you trap your scrotum in your zipper. |
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Post by blueshift on Sept 27, 2015 20:52:49 GMT
This sounds like a dark episode of Rainbow  |
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 27, 2015 21:12:12 GMT
Bungle....
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Post by Jaymz on Sept 28, 2015 1:51:20 GMT
That reminds me. When did Combiner start being used all the time in fan circles over gestalt. It used to be gestalt this, gestalt that... Probably after RiD Ruination. Toys had a Combiner logo and everything. Before that, Combiner would be more likely to refer to the Micromaster fellas. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 19, 2015 11:51:24 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 19, 2015 14:35:21 GMT
Combined that would look awesome  |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 20, 2015 22:31:28 GMT
SPECIAL TEAMS!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 20, 2015 23:24:09 GMT
"Special indeed," muttered Onslaught as he dragged a 30 metre right arm behind him.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 2, 2016 15:07:46 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 3, 2016 15:51:09 GMT
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