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Post by Benn on Jul 12, 2017 9:20:03 GMT
If Mega-Octane is a poor name for a Combaticon, it is a worse name for a Decepticon who is supposed to strike fear in to the very hearts of his enemies. Scourge fits that very well.
I dunno, Mega-Octane seems fine as a name for someone who is just there to form Ruination. Compared to Movor and the rest...
Come to think of it, maybe the only reason he's Mega- anything is because he's the bigger toy. He should just be Octane.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2017 9:41:38 GMT
But doesn't the name Octane, as in one of the chemicals in petrol, say fuel to you? And thus appropriate to a fuel truck, hence the triplechanger's name? Thus Mega Octane is a big Fuel Truck |
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Post by Kingoji on Jul 12, 2017 10:48:22 GMT
I thought Scourge was a milk truck?
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Post by Dezzeh on Jul 12, 2017 11:06:13 GMT
I always assumed Scourge was an oil tanker.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 12, 2017 11:10:19 GMT
He is.
Mega-Octane is a missile carrier.
Unless you're Phil.
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Post by primenova on Jul 12, 2017 11:48:01 GMT
Onslaught looks like someone that's been on a bad diet (or good one) the toy is so slim compared to the other leaders. Does feel Mega. Mega Octane fits Swindle more than Onslaguht
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 12, 2017 11:53:13 GMT
But doesn't the name Octane, as in one of the chemicals in petrol, say fuel to you? And thus appropriate to a fuel truck, hence the triplechanger's name? Thus Mega Octane is a big Fuel Truck Octane honetly does not say 'fuel' to me! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 12, 2017 11:54:04 GMT
I am sure we have had a Phil Madness thread before!!!
-Ralph
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Post by The Huff on Jul 12, 2017 12:06:13 GMT
I think fuel when I think of Octane - but that's probably because of the original Octane character although it does mean just that.
It can also mean 'Powerful & dynamic' - which works for RID Onslaught Recolour.
But I agree with Phil, it would work on two levels and works so much better for RID Laser Optimus Recolour.
There must have been a mix up somewhere.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2017 12:13:00 GMT
I am sure we have had a Phil Madness thread before!!! -Ralph I thought the same but could I find it yesterday ...... |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 12, 2017 12:22:34 GMT
Suspicious.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 12, 2017 14:35:44 GMT
I am sure we have had a Phil Madness thread before!!! -Ralph I thought the same but could I find it yesterday ...... I couldn't find it either! -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2017 15:27:06 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2017 15:30:33 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2017 15:32:58 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jul 12, 2017 15:41:47 GMT
i'm not so sure about this being hard proof. There's more deco changes going on than just a primary color swap between them, and everything else new in that catalogue is either grabbing the actual toys from the various lines they come from, or in the case of the coneheads, straight up using starscream, TC, and skywarp to showcase the new toolings.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 12, 2017 16:58:51 GMT
PHIL IS A BAD MAN!!! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 12, 2017 16:59:21 GMT
i'm not so sure about this being hard proof. There's more deco changes going on than just a primary color swap between them, and everything else new in that catalogue is either grabbing the actual toys from the various lines they come from, or in the case of the coneheads, straight up using starscream, TC, and skywarp to showcase the new toolings. Exactly! -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2017 22:13:33 GMT
But doesn't the name Octane, as in one of the chemicals in petrol, say fuel to you? And thus appropriate to a fuel truck, hence the triplechanger's name? Thus Mega Octane is a big Fuel Truck Octane honetly does not say 'fuel' to me! -Ralph This is like the puns then, there's a meaning to the name you've not got before. |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 12, 2017 22:30:30 GMT
I fully understand the pun but still think you are mad.
At this rate your Internet toy suppliers will be getting their Onslaughts and Octanes mixed up!!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 13, 2017 7:08:34 GMT
Octane does not mean fuel! Fuel means fuel!
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Jul 13, 2017 7:40:01 GMT
-noun Chemistry.
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 1 8 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 13, 2017 16:15:25 GMT
Big Phil's deffinately right about Sideswipe abd Sunstreaker. And Flywheels and Battletrap. I'm not familiar with Mega Octanes or Artfires or whomeverelses, but Phil makes a good case for being right about them. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 13, 2017 17:18:39 GMT
He does not. Tinfoil hat talk!
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jul 13, 2017 17:36:42 GMT
Yeah, I side with Ralph here. These are the names as they were always meant to be.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 13, 2017 17:47:55 GMT
Where are the steps on Stepper then?
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 13, 2017 17:54:19 GMT
His name is Stepper, Phil. It says so on his packaging. His name is Stepper. It's a daft name. It is nonsensical, but it is his name.
-Raleigh
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 13, 2017 17:56:50 GMT
THE NAMES MAKE MORE SENSE THE OTHER WAY ROUND!!!!!!
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Post by Toph on Jul 13, 2017 19:10:04 GMT
Japanese names are immune to this because we do not have an understanding of japanese language.
Artfire works just as well for a firetruck as it does a car.
And for Stepper, I always assumed Step as in Dance.
And japanese names rarely make any sense to western people anyway. They have called transformers Jackshot, Greejeeber, Star Upper, Roseanna, Glit, Angela, Joe, and Alan.
And no one can agree if it's translated as Dezarus or Deathsaurus, or Gelshark or Gershark.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 13, 2017 19:37:19 GMT
THE NAMES MAKE MORE SENSE THE OTHER WAY ROUND!!!!!! But it's not what they're called. -Ralph |
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