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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2018 9:41:26 GMT
Black is too easy! Loads of black toys!
RUNAMUCK, YOU FOOLS! RUNAMUCK!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 3, 2018 15:32:03 GMT
Black is too easy! Loads of black toys! Eh? We've had Prowl, Jazz, Red Alert, Streetwise, Breakdown... loads of white cars. Can't think of any black cars prior to Runabout. Martin |
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Post by Benn on Sept 3, 2018 16:42:41 GMT
Wildrider or Dead End. I get them confused.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2018 16:50:19 GMT
Black is too easy! Loads of black toys! Eh? We've had Prowl, Jazz, Red Alert, Streetwise, Breakdown... loads of white cars. Can't think of any black cars prior to Runabout. Martin How quickly you forget K.A.R.R. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2018 16:51:01 GMT
Wildrider or Dead End. I get them confused. It doesn't matter unless you vote for RUNAMUCK. -Ralph |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 3, 2018 17:18:46 GMT
Wildrider's dark grey.
Martin
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 3, 2018 17:31:22 GMT
Huh, yeah, I can't think of a black car before Runabout....
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 3, 2018 18:39:03 GMT
Eh? We've had Prowl, Jazz, Red Alert, Streetwise, Breakdown... loads of white cars. Can't think of any black cars prior to Runabout. Martin How quickly you forget K.A.R.R. OK, I can't think of any black _transforming_ cars. Martin |
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Post by blueshift on Sept 3, 2018 18:41:54 GMT
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 3, 2018 18:42:57 GMT
Thought of one... Scamper.
Pretty sure Metroplex was out in the UK before the Battlechargers.
(But also two more white cars - Wheeljack and Tailgate.)
Martin
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Post by legios on Sept 3, 2018 20:01:46 GMT
Also, the TF Wiki reckons Runamuck's a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.  If that's true, then Runamuck's closer to Knight Rider than Runabout, despite the colour scheme. Martin Yep, apparently they are. These were not cars that I saw on the road much where I lived, and there was a particular model of Sirocco which had a similar silhouette to the Battlecharger's altmodes. With said car - in silver-grey- being one of the favourite cars of the Middle Middle and Upper Middle Class in Stirling at the time it became forever associated with Runamuck and Runabout in my mind. To the extent that there is still a bit of my mind which takes Runamuck as "light grey Sirocco" for some reason. It's cars - not my specialist subject really. I'm generally much better at Aerialbot and Decepticon Jet spotting. :-) Karl |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 3, 2018 20:06:56 GMT
Runabout, on the other hand, is apparently a Lotus Turbo Esprit, a completely different make of car to Runamuck.
Martin
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Post by legios on Sept 3, 2018 20:08:30 GMT
Despite being exactly the same toy, only in different colours... *head aches*
Karl
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 3, 2018 20:16:43 GMT
No, they are different toys, slightly different shapes (Runamuck has a more pointed front), and they have different heads too. The designers just chose two very similar real-world cars and made toys out of them that transform in exactly the same way.
Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 3, 2018 20:19:10 GMT
The instructions show the different shapes more clearly, after the colours have been stripped away:   Martin |
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Post by blueshift on Sept 3, 2018 20:19:28 GMT
No, they are different toys, slightly different shapes (Runamuck has a more pointed front), and they have different heads too. The designers just chose two very similar real-world cars and made toys out of them that transform in exactly the same way. Martin Which feels like a massive waste of time, doesn't it! |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 3, 2018 20:28:02 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2018 21:23:35 GMT
Huh, yeah, I can't think of a black car before Runabout.... ROLLER!!!! ROLLER!!! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2018 21:24:24 GMT
Huh, yeah, I can't think of a black car before Runabout.... THE EVIL BLACK SCOUT CAR THAT COMES WITH MOTORMASTER! THE EVIL BLACK SCOUT CAR THAT COMES WITH MOTORMASTER! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2018 21:25:42 GMT
No, they are different toys, slightly different shapes (Runamuck has a more pointed front), and they have different heads too. The designers just chose two very similar real-world cars and made toys out of them that transform in exactly the same way. Martin NO FUCKING WAY! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2018 21:27:22 GMT
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Post by The Huff on Sept 3, 2018 21:48:41 GMT
I've always thought there were waaayy too many white Autobot cars in the original line up.
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Post by Llama God on Sept 3, 2018 22:14:05 GMT
Black is too easy! Loads of black toys! RUNAMUCK, YOU FOOLS! RUNAMUCK!!! RUNAROUND!  |
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Post by Benn on Sept 4, 2018 10:14:33 GMT
Runaground!
Did we do that already?
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 4, 2018 16:02:17 GMT
Huh, yeah, I can't think of a black car before Runabout.... ROLLER!!!! ROLLER!!! -Ralph Roller was blue! |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 4, 2018 18:08:49 GMT
Not all the time!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 4, 2018 18:37:46 GMT
I've never seen a black roller!
My toy of him was blue, and in the cartoon he was grey!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 4, 2018 18:59:03 GMT
Shockprowl - Prime's Roller was blue or grey, but Motormaster's black scout car was also called Roller. Runaground! Did we do that already? No we didn't, that's a good one. Martin |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 4, 2018 19:01:15 GMT
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Post by legios on Sept 4, 2018 19:41:14 GMT
No, they are different toys, slightly different shapes (Runamuck has a more pointed front), and they have different heads too. The designers just chose two very similar real-world cars and made toys out of them that transform in exactly the same way. Martin Oh! I had no idea. I genuinely thought that they were identical. Thanks Martin - I didn't know what I didn't know there. Karl |
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