Nigel
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Post by Nigel on Mar 7, 2014 8:57:56 GMT
Ah, Dreamwave, how they liked to pander to fanboys. That was actually the first time I saw him referred to as Bumper rather than Bumblejumper.
I can't remember where, but a few days ago, I saw a catalogue scan that showed Hubcap as white and Tailgate as yellow.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 7, 2014 9:28:27 GMT
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Post by Marc Graham on Mar 7, 2014 10:00:31 GMT
Was G2 Hubcap green? Nope - Red.
He and Tailgate - my first Transformers.
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Nigel
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Post by Nigel on Mar 7, 2014 16:35:12 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 8, 2014 13:12:21 GMT
Embarrassed about having to stand next to Wheelie?
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 8, 2014 14:04:36 GMT
Poor Hubcap. He is the forgotten minibot. I had even forgotten he existed until this thread!
-Ralph
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kayevcee
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The Weather Wizard
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Post by kayevcee on Mar 9, 2014 11:55:13 GMT
Tailgate's been sitting on the south-facing window sill I see.
-Nick
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Post by legios on Mar 9, 2014 12:39:11 GMT
I have always liked Hubcap. Something about his bio always made me think of him as a Signals Intelligence guy - forever eavesdropping on Decepticon communications to gather intelligence to put the Autobots one step ahead and that made him memorable for me. But then, the underdeveloped Intelligence Gathering/Special Operations ide of the Autobot army has always interested me.
Karl
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 9, 2014 17:41:35 GMT
I have always liked Hubcap. Something about his bio always made me think of him as a Signals Intelligence guy - forever eavesdropping on Decepticon communications to gather intelligence to put the Autobots one step ahead and that made him memorable for me. But then, the underdeveloped Intelligence Gathering/Special Operations ide of the Autobot army has always interested me. Karl You've taken thoughts right out my head there, Karlos, that's what I always thought about him. His bio was excellent. Like Beachcomber (& others) in a way, hidden depths. Must admit, though, similar to Doc', I haven't thought about him for years. A character who deserves some love me thinks. |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 9, 2014 20:08:17 GMT
He has a minor role in the novel 'Retribution' and does little of note.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 9, 2014 20:58:23 GMT
I'm starting to regret not paying Hubcap more attention. Just read his techspecs! This is a very intetesting character.
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The Huff
Thunderjet
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Post by The Huff on Feb 28, 2015 15:31:34 GMT
Huzzah! Welcome back Matt! Ordered your CW Huffer yet? No not yet - will probably wait till I see him in a shop. Disappointed that so many Huffer toys now lack the trademark hood. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Feb 28, 2015 19:23:33 GMT
Yes that's put me off the Legends version.
I recently got myself a 'Huff', Matt, what do you think of him?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 28, 2015 19:44:39 GMT
Huzzah! Welcome back Matt! Ordered your CW Huffer yet? No not yet - will probably wait till I see him in a shop. Disappointed that so many Huffer toys now lack the trademark hood. It's not a good Huffer representation at all, in fact I am struggling to think of a really good Huffer redo, I liked the Botcon one back in 2006/7 but other than that I am struggling. Shame, as I like the original Huffer toy. Andy |
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Post by Shockprowl on Feb 28, 2015 19:56:44 GMT
I must admit, I've recently acquired quite a love for Huffer. Partly from watching the Sunbow Cartoons (although he's not in it much), and partly from owning Cubex/Badcube's Masterpiece style representation of Huffer 'Huff'. He's a brilliant character. And yes, not many great toy versions of him recently.
Maybe Big Phil should Mod all this Huffer talk into a new Huffer Appreciation thread!
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Feb 28, 2015 20:05:37 GMT
I think you are all Mad HATters!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 28, 2015 21:28:59 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Feb 28, 2015 22:01:57 GMT
Damn, he loves Huffer!
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The Huff
Thunderjet
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Post by The Huff on Jun 13, 2015 21:21:04 GMT
Wow! A Huffer thread all for me! It was actually the Ladybird books that made me like him so much at first.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 13, 2015 21:23:44 GMT
Huffer is one of the true 'stand-out' characters of the '84 line-up.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 13, 2015 21:25:56 GMT
The Ladybird Books take on Huffer is indeed splendid. They are a much underrated strand of Transformers fiction and has the best rationale from Megatron as to why he spares Starscream's life instead of killing him the minute he steps out of line.
Andy
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 13, 2015 22:47:04 GMT
I love them. In fact by coincidence I was listening to a few of them last week. It's almost a running joke in the early ones that Huffer turns up to grumble about something. The engineers like him and Wheeljack get a good deal out of those stories because in the earlier ones they're always trying to build things.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 14, 2015 9:55:12 GMT
The Ladybird books and tapes are the one true continuity of Transformers.
-Ralh
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 21, 2015 11:05:55 GMT
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Post by Toph on Aug 21, 2015 20:46:47 GMT
Hmmm. Interesting. No new head. A Cliffjumper head wouldn't have been right. Didn't Bumblejumper have his own head? Bumblejumper, or Bumper as has largely been settles upon, had his own entire mold he shared with no one else. He was a mazda, I believe. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 21, 2015 20:49:01 GMT
His own mold?!?! I always thought he was just Red Bumblebee!
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 21, 2015 21:29:59 GMT
Heh, I used to think he was the yellow Cliffjumper but Phil sorted me out on that.
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 21, 2015 21:35:41 GMT
Okay! Okay! Shockprowl is Confused.com!
PPPHHHIIIIIIIIILLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 21, 2015 21:43:14 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 21, 2015 22:03:23 GMT
Well spank my arse....
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