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Post by The Doctor on Jul 9, 2017 19:20:15 GMT
But his name is not Mega Octane,
You hurt my brain!
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Jul 9, 2017 19:21:08 GMT
Well he WAS Galvatron's henchman.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 9, 2017 19:38:13 GMT
But his name is not Mega Octane, You hurt my brain! -Ralph It should be. Tell me why The Combaticon leader in RiD should be Mega Octane then! Does the word Octane not say fuel and petrol tanker to you? So Mega Octane should be a big Petrol Tanker! |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 9, 2017 21:13:14 GMT
Phil this is your latest madness,
A crawling blackness.
You can't just make up fake names,
These are silly games.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 9, 2017 21:35:12 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jul 10, 2017 1:42:14 GMT
Mega-Octane is not a good name. It's not easy to say, nor is it memorable.
Scourge however is all these, plus it's really villainous sounding.
It's plausible early early on, they thought about naming him Octane. It's obvious now that was no longer available, hence the modifier Mega-Octane. Not that normal Octane was a great or intimidating name for the new series villain.
But with the new modifier, it was clunky, and even worse.
So if he ever was going to be Octane, the change was no accident, nor was it a mistake.
If it was another year or two later, he'd have been named Nemesis Prime.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 10, 2017 7:45:40 GMT
No, Phil, no. You must desist from this madness! -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 10, 2017 8:24:04 GMT
Stepper and Artfire
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Post by Benn on Jul 10, 2017 8:59:01 GMT
Jeez, gonna be another HUBWAR in here soon.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 10, 2017 13:35:10 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 10, 2017 14:38:17 GMT
Stepper should be the fire engine, you know the one with a ladder with steps. Artfre should be the black car with firebird drawn on it's bonnet. The error was implicitly acknowledged by Takara in 2000 with Spychanger Artfire tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Shot_(RID) |
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Post by Benn on Jul 10, 2017 16:08:54 GMT
But that dudes called Hot Shot.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 10, 2017 16:27:07 GMT
Was Artfire in Japan if you read the article
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 10, 2017 17:04:04 GMT
Stepper should be the fire engine, you know the one with a ladder with steps. Artfre should be the black car with firebird drawn on it's bonnet. The error was implicitly acknowledged by Takara in 2000 with Spychanger Artfire tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Shot_(RID)What fresh madness if this? Another INSANE theory! This is why we have to keep putting you on trial! -Ralph |
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Post by The Huff on Jul 11, 2017 10:15:16 GMT
But his name is not Mega Octane, You hurt my brain! -Ralph It should be. Tell me why The Combaticon leader in RiD should be Mega Octane then! Does the word Octane not say fuel and petrol tanker to you? So Mega Octane should be a big Petrol Tanker! Yep - this is something I've always thought too. This should join Stepper/Artfire as well as Flywheels/Battletrap in the confusing names boxset. Sideswipe/Sunstreaker could join too but that one is a little more complicated... |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 11, 2017 17:39:22 GMT
There are no confusing names! Madness! Madness!
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Jul 11, 2017 17:44:19 GMT
Okay I heard, see, one time I heard that megatron was gonna be named Sheryl.
And it's true.
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Post by Benn on Jul 11, 2017 18:18:38 GMT
Yeah, I can see that.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 11, 2017 18:19:47 GMT
What a toy was going to be called is a whole different ballgame!
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Post by Benn on Jul 11, 2017 18:22:20 GMT
Wait, no... cuz the intent was there to call Artfire Stepper and Stepper Artfire, so that is what they were going to be called until a mixup happened somewhere.
It's totally the same thing. Right?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 11, 2017 19:04:13 GMT
Not quite.
Still waiting for Burns' explanation as to why Mega Octane is an appropriate name for the RiD Combaticon leader.....
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 11, 2017 20:01:18 GMT
Because I am not mad!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 11, 2017 20:54:54 GMT
That post makes no sense as a response to the previous one!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 11, 2017 20:58:57 GMT
It does. You are frothing at the mouth with naming madness!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 11, 2017 21:12:40 GMT
Justify Mega Octane's name then from a position of sanity then
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 11, 2017 21:19:45 GMT
Mega Octane is called... Mega Octane!
Truly having too many toys has made you mad. I insist you distribute them to your Hub chums immediately.
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Post by Toph on Jul 12, 2017 3:01:56 GMT
Okay see, okay see, one time... okay see, one time i herd that optimus prime... okay see i herd one time taht optimus prine? See? I heard optimus prime was one time going to be called Steve.
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Post by primenova on Jul 12, 2017 6:43:40 GMT
Why couldn't they use the name Onslaught at the time? Mega -Octane doesn't fit the character at all - but they didn't use Dark Convoy.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2017 6:55:03 GMT
Why couldn't they use the name Onslaught at the time? Because they've changed the names on all the Combaticons for CR & RID. But the Onslaught name works well for the toy, big guns on it's back Mega -Octane doesn't fit the character at all *which* character do you mean Pete? - but they didn't use Dark Convoy. Dark Convoy only works in Japan where your Autobot leader is called Convoy. I can see some good reasons why they might have avoided the name Dark/Black convoy in the US and they were a year away from the first Nemesis Prime. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 12, 2017 7:07:31 GMT
Mega Octane is called... Mega Octane! Truly having too many toys has made you mad. I insist you distribute them to your Hub chums immediately. I concur with my esteemed colleague. -Ralph |
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