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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 7, 2018 19:50:36 GMT
GRAND MOFF MARTIN. Thank you. Thank you for TRYING to make some sense out of these RIDICULOUS Techspecs.
My Godfathers, they're utterly stupid, abominations, hurt the mind they do. And they're part of the reason why I just don't give a hoot about these figures or characters. I loved your post above, especially how you described Kup, echoes my own thoughts. These figures, to me, seem to begin a 'dumbing-down' of The Transformers, that The Movie excellerated. But maybe I'm being too harsh. I can only say that from my point of view, the idiotic and heretic techspecs of these three Autobots totally TURNS ME OFF them as toys and characters.
And I don't think there is an answer to their techspecs. I think...
I think we have to make up our own...
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 7, 2018 19:53:44 GMT
I think we have to make up our own... Go for it! Martin |
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 7, 2018 20:52:13 GMT
SO BEGINS...
HONEST TECHSPECS!
KUP
Strength 8
Intelligence 8
Speed 5
Endurance 7
Rank 7 or 8 (warrior commander?)
Courage 10
Firepower 5
Skill 8
BLURR
Strength 6
Intelligence 7
Speed 10
Endurance 5
Rank 6
Courage 7
Firepower 6
Skill 8
HOTROD
Strength 6
Inteligence 8
Speed 7
Endurance 7
Rank 5
Courage 10
Firepower 7
Skill 9
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Post by The Huff on Sept 7, 2018 21:49:35 GMT
Why is Hot Rod's function 'cavailer' anyway?
Does he help King Charles?
Is he a courtly gentleman helping the ladies?
Or is it his attitude? And why would that be a designated function? (unless the Decepticons gave it to him in order to assist in Optimus Primes death).
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 7, 2018 22:14:28 GMT
Two excellent pages of discussion! I love the idea Hot Rod is a cavalier because of his attitude. That is utterly brilliant.
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Post by legios on Sept 7, 2018 23:23:09 GMT
Why is Hot Rod's function 'cavailer' anyway? Does he help King Charles? Is he a courtly gentleman helping the ladies? Or is it his attitude? And why would that be a designated function? (unless the Decepticons gave it to him in order to assist in Optimus Primes death). This is purely dredged up from my own head (and from some dialogue in an uncompleted fan-fic series that lurks somewhere on my hard-drive), but I tend to assume that it is a miss-translation of a peculiarly Cybertronian term for a kind of "light cavalry" with a reputation for a "devil-may-care", grand-standing, approach to war and battle - with this attitude being likened to the popular image of Cavaliers as foppish nobles contrasted with a disciplined and professional "New Model Army". (The popular myth regarding the English Civil War when I were a lad). Thus like "Jazz" being an alias due to humans not being able to articulate his real name, "cavalier" is a "close-enough" translation of a term we just don't have in English. (Kind of like how there is no complete single-word translation for "Sempai" and "Kohai" into English, so we get either handwavy things like "big brother" or just skip the term entirely). [ I identified a few other TFs as (former) members of Cavaliers units in that story - notably Excellion and his best bro' Hotwire, on grounds of them seeming to fit that same kind of mould] Karl |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 8, 2018 5:34:07 GMT
Why is Hot Rod's function 'cavalier' anyway? Does he help King Charles? Ironically, he looks more like a Roundhead. Martin |
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 8, 2018 7:25:51 GMT
Why is Hot Rod's function 'cavailer' anyway? Does he help King Charles? HHHHAAAAA!!!!! |
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 8, 2018 7:26:20 GMT
Why is Hot Rod's function 'cavalier' anyway? Does he help King Charles? Ironically, he looks more like a Roundhead. Martin HHHHAAAAAA!!!!! |
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Post by Llama God on Sept 8, 2018 8:27:12 GMT
I always thought that it was because he shouted too much. But then I remembered that I'm not that good at French, and so that probably wasn't right...
Tech spec madness aside (because it's too early in the morning for this sort of thing) I'll just go buy how the toys looked in the catalogue, as I've tried to do before. For me, although I always really liked Blurr's vehicle mode, because it does scream "Speed!" I've never been impressed by his robot mode, because it screams "Brick!". Having never handled Kup properly, I was never confronted with the full disappointment of his robot mode, and as a consequence I actually like it - and mostly for the reasons that Phil hates it; the vehicle mode makes no sense, which works perfectly as an alien car. And then Hot Rod... nice, sleek, futuristic car, and an attractive looking robot mode. So clearly it's an obvious choice.
By which I mean I'm actually voting Hot Rod. As opposed to the usual "obvious" for me, which would be to do something utterly different.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 8, 2018 8:33:04 GMT
The vote is going the right way this time. Hot Rod cannot possibly lose!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 8, 2018 12:27:11 GMT
Bah. I hate Hot Rod.
I'm voting Kup. Mainly 'cos I hate Hot Rod, but also because I liked pressing the cold metal of his diecast against my lips. Surely I'm not the only one that used to do that?
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Post by Benn on Sept 8, 2018 13:09:29 GMT
I don't think anyone is going to confess to kissing Kup.
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Post by blueshift on Sept 8, 2018 15:08:40 GMT
I don't think anyone is going to confess to kissing Kup. Hi |
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Post by Benn on Sept 8, 2018 16:03:57 GMT
Ya know, I wish I was surprised.
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 8, 2018 17:33:34 GMT
It's not a kiss! It's just... it... It feels nice to press the cold metal against your lips!
I can't be THE ONLY ONE?!?!?!?!
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Post by tomwe on Sept 8, 2018 21:00:47 GMT
Today I learnt *my* Hot Rod has been lent to a lad friend of my boy’s. This story does not end well.
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Post by Benn on Sept 8, 2018 21:05:08 GMT
oopsie...
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Post by Jim on Sept 8, 2018 21:36:34 GMT
Hot Rod, easily, though I only saw Kup in-person when the TFC reissue came about and I've _never_ seen a Blurr. I still vividly remember the first time I saw stacks of those three on the shelves of our nearest ASDA in Derby, before I even knew anything about the film. Hot Rod definitely made the biggest impression.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 8, 2018 21:47:49 GMT
Has anyone here picked up the current Hot Rod reissue?
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 8, 2018 22:45:01 GMT
Yes.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 11, 2018 15:48:23 GMT
I'm a bit surprised Blurr is in third! Less surprised Hot Rod has run away with it so far....ll
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Post by legios on Sept 11, 2018 20:20:30 GMT
It is pretty academic at this point, but I am actually voting Blurr here. I actually have grown to quite like his GEV-styled vehicle mode, it feels far more high-tech and space alienish than the other two, and I quite like his humanoid mode as well.
Also he talks incredibly fast, like I used to do when I was anxious (so about 75% of the time then...).
Yeah, Blurr has it for me.
Karl
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Post by jonathan85 on Sept 13, 2018 13:07:45 GMT
Easy vote for Hot Rod. One of the best toys of the whole era.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 13, 2018 14:34:46 GMT
Poll finishes tomorrow morning!
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 13, 2018 20:52:37 GMT
Voted for Rodders because he's the best toy of the three, but I feel dirty for deserting Blurr and Kup. They deserve more.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 13, 2018 20:53:51 GMT
Poll finishes tomorrow morning! I am looking forward to the pie chart. -Ralph |
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Post by Benn on Sept 13, 2018 21:11:52 GMT
No pie for you!
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 13, 2018 21:37:38 GMT
Salad pie.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 14, 2018 6:42:08 GMT
No surprises here:  |
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