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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 12, 2018 22:11:59 GMT
His mind's... eye? Burns you fool! You make it worse!
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 12, 2018 22:12:36 GMT
Seaspray has blown his competition out of the water! Suck on that, Fortmax2002! You don't exist. Your vote is negated! |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 12, 2018 22:49:37 GMT
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! You fool, you wrote it down. Now it will live FOREVER!!!!!!! The people had to know! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 12, 2018 22:50:41 GMT
His mind's... eye? Burns you fool! You make it worse! AGH!!! -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 13, 2018 3:23:30 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 13, 2018 3:25:51 GMT
Week 8: What is the best Insecticon on the UK 1985 catalogue?
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 13, 2018 4:40:35 GMT
They're all great, but I'm going Kickback for a number of reasons, even though I acquired him last.
- Insects have six independent legs. Kickback has six independent legs, the other two have four wheels.
- His head turns.
- He has a Tommy gun.
- He has the best name, with a quadruple meaning. (He has a powerful backward kick, his Tommy gun also has a powerful backward kick when he fires it, he's a charming guy who likes to kick back and relax, and he's a con man who takes kickbacks.)
- He has four arms in robot mode, which can optionally combine into two claw arms. I liked to clip the Tommy gun on his lower arm and rest the upper arm on top of it.
Edit: Also, Transformers whose function is espionage have higher ranks than those who are warriors. Kickback is a spy, the other two are warriors. Therefore Kickback has a higher rank than the other two and is technically leader. But he's a charming, laid-back guy, so in the comics he lets Shrapnel suck up to Lord Straxus and act as boss.
Martin
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Post by blueshift on Apr 13, 2018 6:19:06 GMT
Bombshell because he did the cool mind thing and did more in the comics
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 13, 2018 6:57:24 GMT
Bombshell because he did the cool mind thing and did more in the comics If this poll wasn't in the toy forum I'd probably vote Bombshell for contributing the most to TF fiction - the adventure game book 'Peril from the Stars', 'Plague of the Insecticons', 'Aerialbots Over America', the original G.I. Joe crossover mini-series, right through to the Irwin Spoon saga that concludes the Earthforce story arc. If it weren't for Bombshell's cerebro shell tapping into the Creation Matrix, there would be no Decepticon Special Teams. Martin |
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 13, 2018 6:59:05 GMT
All three are so so good. Toy-wise, but also personality and ability-wise. Just so well thought out.
I need to think about this one. Again.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 13, 2018 7:13:43 GMT
Shrapnel all the way. Alien looking robot mode and cool insect. Looks good from every angle.
Kickback only has four robot arms because of his naffness in robot mood. Sorry Martin!
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Post by blueshift on Apr 13, 2018 7:14:24 GMT
Bombshell because he did the cool mind thing and did more in the comics If this poll wasn't in the toy forum I'd probably vote Bombshell for contributing the most to TF fiction - the adventure game book 'Peril from the Stars', 'Plague of the Insecticons', 'Aerialbots Over America', the original G.I. Joe crossover mini-series, right through to the Irwin Spoon saga that concludes the Earthforce story arc. If it weren't for Bombshell's cerebro shell tapping into the Creation Matrix, there would be no Decepticon Special Teams. Martin Ah see, I am voting on the catalogue pool based on my primal childhood urges where all you had was the catalogue and what snippets of the comic you'd seen at the time. For me, my entire knowledge of the Insecticons was that one tiny picture and Plague of the Insecticons |
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Post by The Huff on Apr 13, 2018 8:29:13 GMT
Absolutely Kickback. Pretty much for the same as Martin's reasons. he also has a very 'neat' looking robot mode and I wish Marvel hadn't given him hands - the claws work really well.
I've decided to vote on these polls on nostalgia and on what toy I wanted to spend my pocket money on when I first saw the new toys (ie the one that stood out to me).
All three Insecticons have a great dynamic between them.
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Post by Jim on Apr 13, 2018 8:52:07 GMT
Kickback, and I don't think I have anything to add to what Martin said.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 13, 2018 11:13:15 GMT
Kickback - again Martin nails why more eloquently than I could.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 13, 2018 11:14:59 GMT
Kickback is the shit Insecticon toy. He is the one that is bought due to completist urges. Pish. Martin is once again WRONG.
The best toy by far is BOMBSHELL. There is no other acceptable answer.
Second best is Shrapnel.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 13, 2018 11:15:53 GMT
Kickback also has a shit name. He is angering me even more by being in the lead.
BOMBSHELL is the coolest by far!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Apr 13, 2018 11:16:17 GMT
You are correct in your second choice, at least.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 13, 2018 11:17:02 GMT
Kickback also does fuck all in media.
Shrapnel: ELECTRIC BEAMS OF DEATH.
Bombshell: TAKES OVER YOUR MIND.
Kickback: STANDS IN THE BACKGROUND.
-Ralph
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Post by tomwe on Apr 13, 2018 11:27:23 GMT
Always liked kickback’s Robot form. Alt less so. The most recent toy has the worst alt of the three I think. But I never owned Shrapnel until I bought the Generations figure earlier this year, and my son broke bombshell’s antennae last week so Kickback it is.
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Post by The Huff on Apr 13, 2018 11:54:33 GMT
Kickback also does fuck all in media. Shrapnel: ELECTRIC BEAMS OF DEATH. Bombshell: TAKES OVER YOUR MIND. Kickback: STANDS IN THE BACKGROUND. -Ralph Because he has the best toy so he doesn't need to. Although I do like the way Bombshells head is buried in his shoulders with his cerebro gun on top almost acting like a head. Sometimes it seems it's the weakest toys in a subgroup that are given the best characters: (Springer, Slingshot, Swoop, Wheelie come to mind) I'm sure Starscream was given the more prominent characterisation because his colours were not as 'cool' as his two brothers. (Although some of the toys I mention above are my favourites). |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 13, 2018 13:47:36 GMT
Even as a kid I thought Kickback was rubbish. Turns into a grasshopper. Grasshoppers are shit. They just sit there rubbing their legs together to make pish dance tunes.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 13, 2018 14:06:50 GMT
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Post by Kingoji on Apr 13, 2018 14:36:15 GMT
Shrapnel. First and only for years. His "I LIED!" moment from the comics. fun vocal tic in the cartoon. And last year I got to hear his actor speak lines I had written for an audience.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 13, 2018 17:28:55 GMT
In the next poll I am going to lie (or am I?) about what I think first of all, and then see what Ralph says... Then I'll reveal my True Thoughts! (Or will I?)
Shrapnel has the greatest potential for slapstick comedy routines involving trying to walk through doorways, or providing somewhere to hang the washing, etc.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 13, 2018 17:31:48 GMT
Shrapnel.
Bombshell's legs annoy me.
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Post by The Huff on Apr 13, 2018 18:12:15 GMT
Shrapnel has the greatest potential for slapstick comedy routines involving trying to walk through doorways, or providing somewhere to hang the washing, etc. Martin I was also going to ridicule Shrapnel's inability to get through doorways but then had second thoughts as some smart-arse would no doubt point out that the Insecticon leader simply shrinks to insect mode when such an obstacle confronts him. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 13, 2018 18:21:48 GMT
Yes, but if he shrinks to insect size all the laundry will end up on the floor.
Plus if someone calls Shrapnel's name (say, because they need somewhere to hang their hat and coat), and he turns around to see who's calling him, then he knocks over the guy standing behind him and pokes the guy in front of him in the eye.
Endless hilarity!
Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 13, 2018 18:32:13 GMT
So Phil, what's the deal with the red cockpit covers on the catalogue?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 13, 2018 18:41:44 GMT
No idea! Never noticed that before!
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