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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 6, 2016 12:03:10 GMT
We saw Legends Astrotrain this morning and, surprise surprise, he's grey.
This follows the same pattern as Classics vs Henkei.
But what colour do you think Astrotrain should be?
VOTE NOW!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 6, 2016 12:08:20 GMT
WHITE.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Sept 6, 2016 12:34:21 GMT
White, black, and purple with an open fin on his chest, like his toy.
Though the TR just screams wrong. Hasbro seems to think he was pure white, but he wasn't. He was a bit creamy, or off.
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Post by blueshift on Sept 6, 2016 13:22:20 GMT
As a non-cartoon person, clearly white.
But what about the Japanese G1 toy scheme? I liked that!
That said, the Henkei grey Astrotrain looks gorgeous and far nicer than the US white one. Sometimes white plastic can be really hard to pull off without looking cheap.
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Post by Benn on Sept 6, 2016 14:34:50 GMT
ORANGE.
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Post by blueshift on Sept 6, 2016 14:39:13 GMT
I guess we could get a searing orange G1 Astrotrain as Sentinel Prime now!! |
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Post by Llama God on Sept 6, 2016 16:09:33 GMT
Astrotrain. Hmmm. From what I remember... He was red and yellow and green and brown. And scarlet and black and ocher and peach. And ruby and olive and violet...
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 6, 2016 20:52:19 GMT
Original toy colours for the win!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 6, 2016 21:12:48 GMT
White shuttle, black train like the reissue
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 7, 2016 12:34:19 GMT
Hmmmmmm, my G1 toy, that I still own, is white... but I must say I prefer him in cartoon grey....
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Post by legios on Sept 7, 2016 15:31:57 GMT
Depends - different Astrotrain's are different colours. The one in the Sunbow series is grey and what might be purple, but the one in the Dreamwave comic is white. The US toy is grey and purple, whilst the Japanese one is black and white. The Henkei is purple, grey and white, the classics white, black and purple. Then there is the grey and purple version from the Fan Club. The translucent purple Mini-con Astrotrain...
Different Astrotrains are different colours, meaning their is no single answer to this question.
Karl
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Post by The Huff on Sept 7, 2016 16:00:24 GMT
Not white like the original Japanese toy, but a creamy very light grey white like the toy as we know it.
But I'm so used to Astrotrain in dark grey/purple no I've voted for that.
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Post by Dezzeh on Sept 7, 2016 19:21:19 GMT
Yay, I am no longer alone in preferring grey
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 7, 2016 20:41:48 GMT
I like the grey, in fact it probably works better as a colour scheme, but I am bound by original toy colours. Probably.
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 8, 2016 11:57:44 GMT
Yay, I am no longer alone in preferring grey I stand with you, brother. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 8, 2016 12:05:51 GMT
Grey.
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Post by Llama God on Sept 8, 2016 13:41:34 GMT
You are grey. You stand between the neon and the white.
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Post by legios on Sept 8, 2016 14:36:50 GMT
If you are The Grey at the moment... does that mean that should you fall with your mission incomplete you will be sent back to the world again as The White? As happened before to one of the Maiar in the time of old?
Karl
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 8, 2016 18:15:59 GMT
Huh?
OHH! OHH! That's a Lord of Rings reference, isn't it?!
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 8, 2016 20:20:47 GMT
Fly, you fools!
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 8, 2016 22:09:05 GMT
SHADOW-FAX!!!!!!
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Post by Llama God on Sept 8, 2016 22:42:00 GMT
He should really be using Shadowdropbox these days...
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 9, 2016 7:11:36 GMT
You will be True Friended. -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 9, 2016 7:20:43 GMT
Huh? OHH! OHH! That's a Lord of Rings reference, isn't it?! I don't believe so. You are grey. You stand between the neon and the white. We are all grey .... (Phil can't think of a way to complete that) |
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Post by Benn on Sept 9, 2016 10:44:55 GMT
Gandalf the Grey, who fell in battle with the Balrog of Morgoth, and reborn as Gandalf the White.
That's what I got from it, anyways...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 9, 2016 11:06:28 GMT
NopeBabylon 5, it's the greeting to complete the Minbari Grey Council
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Post by Benn on Sept 9, 2016 11:26:41 GMT
Ah, I stand wildly corrected.
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 9, 2016 12:43:00 GMT
Ahh! I feel like I've been sci-fi punked!
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Post by Llama God on Sept 9, 2016 12:51:14 GMT
Well done, big Phil. :-) Although, of course, JMS was, himself, referencing Tolkien's works in his own writing. So anyone who thought of Lord of the Rings isn't completely wrong.
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Post by legios on Sept 9, 2016 13:32:16 GMT
Huh? OHH! OHH! That's a Lord of Rings reference, isn't it?! Presuming that you were referencing my post, then yes it is - it was a reference to how the Maiar who mortal races knew as Gandalf the Grey was sent back to Middle Earth as Gandalf the White after he fell, as he was the last of the Maiar who remained true to their mission. Llama God's reference was, however, to Babylon 5 and the Minbari Grey Council. So it depends which one of us you were responding to. Karl |
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