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Post by blueshift on Mar 24, 2018 20:30:38 GMT
To be fair, if you've never owned the toys there's no reason you'd know that, as they were toy-only features.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 24, 2018 20:40:31 GMT
Burns has owned Ops and Soundwaves though!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 24, 2018 20:41:15 GMT
Do G2 minibars contain pink energon drinks? And what colour would the Swerve be who is serving? |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 24, 2018 20:41:48 GMT
And common knowledge.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 24, 2018 20:42:49 GMT
Do G2 minibars contain pink energon drinks? And what colour would the Swerve be who is serving? There was no Swerve. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 24, 2018 20:56:17 GMT
To be fair, if you've never owned the toys there's no reason you'd know that, as they were toy-only features. Big Phil's confirmed he's own 'em both, Blue'. That means Doc's yanking our chains. He's yanking our chains hard and whistling dixie. |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 24, 2018 23:33:19 GMT
Is Doc', like, being serious here? Or is just yanking our chain? No Transformers fan can not know the stuff he seems to not know. Soundwave's belt clip he can get away with, but not knowing what the square hole is for and that minibots can ride in Prime's trailer...?! My Godfathers... HE'S WORSE THAN ME!!! I am being sincere!!! Mini Autobots do not go in Prime's trailer. The big Autobot cars do this. A Japanese ad confirms this. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 24, 2018 23:34:12 GMT
Do G2 minibars contain pink energon drinks? Only when Andu is disobeying Rule One. -Ralph |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 24, 2018 23:35:27 GMT
Hence Prime's later G2 forms being 'missile trailers'??
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 24, 2018 23:39:12 GMT
Enough of Phil's mad conspiracies. I must now make my vote. I did not have any of the 3 as a nipper. A few kids had Megatron but I thought he was rubbish and every copy I saw was broken not long after they were acquired. Only as an adult did I learn to appreciate it though I would say it's not a great toy for kids.
Optimus is of course iconic and would not be out of place on toy shelves even today. I am glad the toy is still re-issued every few years. I have owned various versions (I regret moving on the G2 one) but have retained the New Year Convoy 2002 release. I only came to Optimus as an adult. He was too expensive and hard to find for anyone I knew to have him back in the day. I only knew the cab robot as 'the ghost of Optimus Prime' ie the white version that came with Ultra Magnus. As great as this mould is I think the Laser Rod Prime mould is just slightly better.
I must give my vote to Soundwave. The original toy has never been bettered.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 25, 2018 6:06:11 GMT
Is Doc', like, being serious here? Or is just yanking our chain? I had been wondering that myself... If so, it's justified in light of the entertainment value he has provided. To be fair, if you've never owned the toys there's no reason you'd know that, as they were toy-only features. Pretty sure Prime did the square hole trick in G2 US #1. Martin |
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Post by The Huff on Mar 25, 2018 8:38:36 GMT
He did - I think it was issue 6:  |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 25, 2018 12:26:34 GMT
He did - I think it was issue 6: Did he not do it in issue #1 as well, just before meeting Grimlock? My memory is admittedly hazy. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 25, 2018 15:33:04 GMT
Going by past polls, at least 5-7 votes still to be cast! Cassette Man could still win!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 25, 2018 16:08:06 GMT
He did - I think it was issue 6: Did he not do it in issue #1 as well, just before meeting Grimlock? My memory is admittedly hazy. Martin I think he did... or was he just ramming folk? Either way what a trophy he'll make! |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 25, 2018 16:13:36 GMT
Cassette Man could still win!!! Not likely.   Martin |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 25, 2018 16:16:31 GMT
I recall Gears defeating Soundwave with a single punch.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 25, 2018 16:24:01 GMT
Let's hope Martin remembers Gears when his time comes.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 27, 2018 20:19:04 GMT
COME ON, CASSETTE MAN!!!
-Ralph
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Post by tomwe on Mar 27, 2018 20:31:26 GMT
Cassette Man could still win!!! Not likely. Martin Oh man those pages are superb. Who’s the artist? John Stokes? |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 27, 2018 20:53:21 GMT
Herb Trimpe for the first page and John Stokes from the second.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 27, 2018 20:55:53 GMT
I am shocked, SHOCKED, that Andu has not posted his favourite TKUK cover image in support of Leader Truck. How can I play Hub Bingo now???
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Mar 27, 2018 21:12:19 GMT
Gah! If I'd thought some of the previous ones were difficult, this one was a real brain bender. Everyone has really good criteria to win out:-
Soundwave/Cassette Man has the mystique of being the original Decepticon leader on the first Transformers catalogue I got. He has underlings who clearly have a close relationship to him - and I like the "villain with loyal henchmen" trope a lot. He rather brilliantly turns into something that is actual size - his altmode is literally a real object that he is disguised as, which is a lot of fun. He also has a great character going by his original box bio - devious blackmailer who is watching what everyone is thinking... A truly vile villain!
But he didn't get my vote.
Megatron - is The Maniacal Megatron! His bio establishes him as an iron-fisted tyrant determined to bring the universe to heal. He turns into a gun - a device that has only two purposes, killing something or threatening it. Such a good alt-mode for a villain who is painted in such starkly fascist tones. (The fact that it is a Walther P-38 just makes it all the more fitting. I encountered Megatron long before I encountered the Men from U.N.C.L.E and their wartime surplus P-38s, so my associations were much more with WWII than with jokey comedy spies when I was a kid.). Megatron has great play-value - he is a decent compromise between being accurately scaled and fitting a child's hands - heck, I still think he is more comfortable to wield than at least one of my modern NERF blasters. For an evil space tyrant he has good ergonomics.
But he didn't win either.
Optimus Prime/Leader Truck: The winner, by a nose. If we are talking about play-value then this has it in spades. Three main components - a truck cab that turns into a humanoid form, Roller the nippy scout, and the fantastic mobile base that is Combat Deck. I love the way everything packs away neatly into the vehicle mode, but is all there ready to spring into action when needed. Combat Deck is still one of the great base modes in Transforming Robots, it is just so fun - really nailed the play pattern. And he benefits from the fact that he is something that I might see screaming down the bypass across the bottom of St Athan, sending good Welsh spray flying up into the air. I was far more likely to see a truck that looked like Prime than I was to see a P-38 (*) that looked like Megatron in real-life.
Karl
(*) - specificity intended, as I did know someone who brought a .45 caliber automatic pistol to Junior School one day to impress me so "less likely than seeing a gun" would be technically inaccurate. The absolute %$&$&$&ing he got from his father as a result of this was perhaps not the outcome that he was expecting mind you...
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 27, 2018 21:16:42 GMT
I am shocked, SHOCKED, that Andu has not posted his favourite TKUK cover image in support of Leader Truck. How can I play Hub Bingo now??? -Ralph I didn't need to. The vote was only ever going to go one way. Andy |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 27, 2018 21:19:12 GMT
But as you've mentioned it.  |
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 27, 2018 21:30:39 GMT
Woah, that's a tremendously clean scan.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 28, 2018 4:37:13 GMT
Who's the crazy person who voted for Megatron? Have they seen his robot mode?
Martin
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 28, 2018 6:41:39 GMT
It wasn't me, but ya gotta give Megatron a break. It was the early 80's and they turned a handgun into a robot! Amazing! He's got a lovely big arm canon, his stock makes that even larger canon. Megatron's cool! #MegatronLove
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 28, 2018 9:42:51 GMT
Woah, that's a tremendously clean scan. Nicked from Inflatable Dalek's blog (sorry Stuart)! |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 28, 2018 9:44:25 GMT
Who's the crazy person who voted for Megatron? Have they seen his robot mode? Martin I think Megatron is an interesting feat of engineering, but I think a tad flimsy for full play value in robot mode, so I can see why someone voted for him. Andy |
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