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Post by Benn on Apr 1, 2018 16:46:53 GMT
I dunno man, that does sound nice.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 1, 2018 18:09:27 GMT
Eh? He may have been omitted from the cartoon series, but from 'Showdown' to 'Survivors', he was more developed in the US and UK comics than any of the other 1985 Autobot cars. Martin He spent two years in limbo being tormented by mind eating parasites! I'd want more than having my bonnet scrubbed by a girl in a bikini for that! Which helps to make Skids a highly memorable character. -Ralph |
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 1, 2018 20:21:44 GMT
COME ON PROWL!!!
-It's so close!!!!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 1, 2018 20:53:48 GMT
Oh come on. Trailbreaker is not a good toy. I can accept my man Ironhide losing but anyone else would do. Even Sunstreaker...who isn't that good either if I am being honest.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 1, 2018 22:05:50 GMT
I have to admit, Prowl-obsessiveness aside, Trailbreaker's votes have surprised me. I thought Ironhide would just pip Prowl and Wheeljack. But then... well, just look at them all... they're all brilliant.
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Post by Benn on Apr 1, 2018 23:15:36 GMT
I cast my vote Sunstreaker-wards, but I am pleased at Trailbreakers success. A pox on anyone who says he was a rubbish toy!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 2, 2018 7:14:34 GMT
I say he is a rubbish toy!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 2, 2018 7:26:07 GMT
I say he is a rubbish toy! Your words cannot penetrate his force-field. Martin |
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Post by legios on Apr 2, 2018 8:32:13 GMT
My vote goes with Ironhide, as was already established by my prior post about the first Autobot Cars Assortment.
Karl
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Post by Benn on Apr 2, 2018 11:45:57 GMT
I say he is a rubbish toy! -Ralph At least we know who gave him his low self esteem. A POX ON THEE, SIR! |
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Post by The Huff on Apr 2, 2018 17:45:55 GMT
I have to vote Trailbreaker here too. For a long time (after the death of my original Mirage & Prowl toys) both he and Ratchet were my only three Autobot heroes in the battle against my many Decepticon toys! Why three? - because I gave Ratchets sled a personality too!)
It was a tough choice between him and Sunstreaker but Trailbreaker wins. Prowl was a contender too.
The only one that wasn't was Ironhide. I've never really aired this before, but I've never been a fan of him. The toy was just a boring recolour of Ratchet (who was an ambulance and so much more interesting than just a plain old van), his Marvel/Sunbow design was plain and simple - pretty much just a robot person with no vehicle bits giving him any distinctive look. And worst of all, he just had way too much screen time in the sunbow cartoon and his voice just really grated on me after a while.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 2, 2018 18:19:23 GMT
The only one that wasn't was Ironhide. I've never really aired this before, but I've never been a fan of him. The toy was just a boring recolour of Ratchet (who was an ambulance and so much more interesting than just a plain old van), his Marvel/Sunbow design was plain and simple - pretty much just a robot person with no vehicle bits giving him any distinctive look. And worst of all, he just had way too much screen time in the sunbow cartoon and his voice just really grated on me after a while. In Diaclone, Ironhide is the original www.diaclone.net/orid/dia037/index.htmlRatchet is the repaint www.diaclone.net/orid/dia039/index.htmlOf all the Emergency vehicles only Inferno is the Diaclone original! |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 3, 2018 7:54:40 GMT
Things this thread has made me do so far: 1. Source a left wing to complete Wheeljack. 2. Disassemble and remove stickers from Frenzy, give him a good scrub, retension his spring, touch up the silver paint on his chest* and apply a full set of reprolabels.  I'm under the impression Frenzy doesn't have silver paint, or that much of it. I thought it should be gold. I suspect that this Frenzy has been touched up in the past. I've had it for decades, but can't remember where it came from. Wheeljack is my own original and I've always been annoyed with myself that somewhere along the line I lost a wing. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 3, 2018 19:27:09 GMT
I'm under the impression Frenzy doesn't have silver paint, or that much of it. I thought it should be gold. A little research suggests both silver and gold paint versions exist: see the pics for the 1984 and 1986 versions here: tfwiki.net/wiki/Frenzy_(G1)/toysNow as to does this correlate with the 84/86 release.... who knows? I know the 86 version also has a silver/gold chrome version. In the cartoon blue tape has silver chest detail, red tape has gold. This is maintained on the MP versions. |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 3, 2018 19:57:18 GMT
Aha! Right, so as this one has silver weapons he probably was silver in the first place. Interesting. Thanks!
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Post by Benn on Apr 3, 2018 20:21:38 GMT
The gold does look nice
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 3, 2018 20:37:15 GMT
Aha! Right, so as this one has silver weapons he probably was silver in the first place. Interesting. Thanks! Not necessarily.... digging to see if this one has been looked into more thoroughly elsewhere.... All the catalogue shots have gold body detail for Frenzy |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 3, 2018 20:57:33 GMT
My Frenzy is in the loft, but I think he has silver detailing as well.
Will try and dig him out tomorrow night after work.
Andy
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Post by The Huff on Apr 3, 2018 21:09:30 GMT
Am I the only one who is disappointed that this weeks poll hasn't revealed some unknown feature in it's competitors that some one was completely oblivious to?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 3, 2018 21:25:02 GMT
Am I the only one who is disappointed that this weeks poll hasn't revealed some unknown feature in it's competitors that some one was completely oblivious to? I doubt any revelations will come close to Trailergate and Beltclipgate. Andy |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 3, 2018 21:47:04 GMT
I'm still reeling from the revelation that Ultra Magnus' chest flies around by itself.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 3, 2018 21:51:52 GMT
It's not on the same scale but there's an interesting question to be asked this coming week.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 3, 2018 22:02:54 GMT
Is that question do you vote on Devastator in the same group as the individual Constructicons?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 3, 2018 22:20:51 GMT
No. Constructicons are a few weeks away yet as they're US 85 not UK.
The combiner is separate to the group, and in the years with multiple combiners they face each other.
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Post by Benn on Apr 4, 2018 12:32:41 GMT
Am I the only one who is disappointed that this weeks poll hasn't revealed some unknown feature in it's competitors that some one was completely oblivious to? Didn't we discover fairly recently that Ironhide can store his gun peg under his van mode? |
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Post by The Huff on Apr 4, 2018 12:48:05 GMT
I'm still reeling from the revelation that Ultra Magnus' chest flies around by itself. I take it that every one knows that his head can also attach to this, giving the Chest-Jet cannons? |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 4, 2018 13:14:14 GMT
That also blew my mind!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 4, 2018 16:43:03 GMT
Am I the only one who is disappointed that this weeks poll hasn't revealed some unknown feature in it's competitors that some one was completely oblivious to? Didn't we discover fairly recently that Ironhide can store his gun peg under his van mode? WHAT. -Ralph |
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 4, 2018 16:47:20 GMT
I have to vote Trailbreaker here too. For a long time (after the death of my original Mirage & Prowl toys) both he and Ratchet were my only three Autobot heroes in the battle against my many Decepticon toys! Why three? - because I gave Ratchets sled a personality too! Yes I did that too! He was called 'Parts'. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 4, 2018 17:05:33 GMT
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