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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 15, 2018 23:12:50 GMT
Poll closes in the the morning, this is your reminder to vote Andy K!
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Post by Jaymz on Mar 15, 2018 23:15:05 GMT
But Andy K isn't an option...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 15, 2018 23:29:44 GMT
He complained he didn't get to vote the other week so I have reminded him!
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 15, 2018 23:38:20 GMT
Yes vote me!
Wait, what.. No thats not right.
I'm voting, I've remembered to vote and.... oh. My vote wont be a title decider this week. Thats a bit of an anticlimax.
Well I guess it drags him out of joint last place at least.
Poor Bluestreak. I don't think theres any question its a better engineered version of the same style of transformation as Jazz.
I vote Hound, he and Ratchet were the only two Autobot cars I got new prior to the 1990 classics, though I dont think thats the main factor. Hounds green, thats important. And it just has a different feel from the rest.
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 15, 2018 23:38:35 GMT
Results for What is the best Spy Cassette on the 1984 UK catalogue? | Ravage | 1st | 6 votes | 35.29% | | Rumble | 4th | 2 votes | 11.76% | | Frenzy | 5th | 0 votes | 0% | | Laserbeak | 2nd | 5 votes | 29.41% | | Buzzsaw | 3rd | 4 votes | 23.53% |
Oh no! Not again. Forgive me Laserbeak. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 16, 2018 5:35:18 GMT
Poor Bluestreak. I don't think theres any question its a better engineered version of the same style of transformation as Jazz. There's no question he's the best toy in the picture, yet only I voted for him...  Martin |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 16, 2018 6:56:19 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 16, 2018 7:01:33 GMT
Week 4: What is the best Strike Plane on the 1984 UK catalogue?
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 16, 2018 7:06:53 GMT
You could have skipped this one, Phil, as it's obviously Skywarp.
Martin
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 16, 2018 7:43:43 GMT
STRIKE PLANES!!!!!!
OH MY GODFATHERS, HOW I LOVED AND STUDIED THIS PICTURE!!!
But how to choose....
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 16, 2018 8:12:16 GMT
Thunder. Thunder. Thunder. Thundercracker Ho!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 16, 2018 8:14:45 GMT
SOMEONE who posts here once told me the Strike Planes are not good toys!!!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 16, 2018 8:15:54 GMT
Results for What is the best Spy Cassette on the 1984 UK catalogue? | Ravage | 1st | 6 votes | 35.29% | | Rumble | 4th | 2 votes | 11.76% | | Frenzy | 5th | 0 votes | 0% | | Laserbeak | 2nd | 5 votes | 29.41% | | Buzzsaw | 3rd | 4 votes | 23.53% |
Oh no! Not again. Forgive me Laserbeak. BAD ANDY K! BAD!!! PHIL! Re-instate Andy's K's right to vote in past polls!!! -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 16, 2018 8:28:43 GMT
Restart both week 1 and 2 polls????????
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 16, 2018 8:29:38 GMT
You could have skipped this one, Phil, as it's obviously Skywarp. Martin I know, but democracy must be seen to be done. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 16, 2018 8:30:10 GMT
SOMEONE who posts here once told me the Strike Planes are not good toys!!! -Ralph That's cos they aren't good toys! The hands and landing gear are immediately lost, and neither can be stored well in the other mode, the nose hangs behind the head, and all three are the same toy in different colours! Never been that fond of the jets |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 16, 2018 8:35:28 GMT
Thunder. Thunder. Thunder. Thundercracker Ho! It's not the G2 version, you don't have to vote for it, but remember to vote! |
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Post by Kingoji on Mar 16, 2018 10:09:07 GMT
I thought I'd voted every time...
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Post by legios on Mar 16, 2018 12:41:25 GMT
SOMEONE who posts here once told me the Strike Planes are not good toys!!! -Ralph That's cos they aren't good toys! The hands and landing gear are immediately lost, and neither can be stored well in the other mode, the nose hangs behind the head, and all three are the same toy in different colours! Never been that fond of the jets One of the designers who worked on them was deeply disatisifed with the results of the toy and the unneccessary constraints that he had to work under that he set out on his next major project determined to prove that a lot of that stuff was unneccesary. Thus from the Diaclone jets we get the VF-1 Valkyrie, her child the original Jetfire and a whole family tree of descendants and cousins over the succeeding decades. I love the Diaclone jets despite their flaws, and in some respects because of them. They are also the toys that really caught my eye in Transformers, and without which I might never have been drawn to the line. Karl |
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Post by legios on Mar 16, 2018 12:47:04 GMT
And for the record, this was an agonizing choice between Skywarp and Thundercracker. In the end Thundercracker narrowly won out. I like both characters - one an enormous horrible jerk to his friends let alone enemies, the other a combination of a colossal knee-jerk snob and a peer-pressured tag-along - far more than Starscream (who _could_ be a good character, but so very rarely is). In the end what swung it was the tiny detail that Thundercracker's colour scheme, whilst not as sharp in contrasts as Skywarp's has the nice little touch of being a nod to real-life. (Not that anyone at Hasbro woukd have known that at the time much more than I did. But in retrospect it is a nice little touch - I like my Robot's in Disguise to be at least trying to blend in...)
Karl
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Post by The Huff on Mar 16, 2018 14:04:12 GMT
Easy one this week. Skywarp all the way!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 16, 2018 14:30:20 GMT
SOMEONE who posts here once told me the Strike Planes are not good toys!!! -Ralph That's cos they aren't good toys! The hands and landing gear are immediately lost, and neither can be stored well in the other mode, the nose hangs behind the head, and all three are the same toy in different colours! Never been that fond of the jets BAD PHIL! BAD!!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU???!!!! IT'S THE @*@&@ STRIKE PLANES!!! ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MOULDS!!!! PHIL!!!!!!! YOU HAVE FORFEITED YOUR GRAND GALVATRON!!! YOU CAN'T WANT IT AS THERE IS A STRIKE PLANE CHARACTER AS PART OF IT!!! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 16, 2018 14:33:02 GMT
Starscream the Mighty is the winner. It was the Strike Plane I had as a kid. It was on shop shelves for years so mine was bought a few years after it came out via gift money from a hospitalised family member. Therefore the memory of the toy has certain connotations for me.
-Ralph
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Post by The Huff on Mar 16, 2018 15:42:20 GMT
You can keep the landing gear in the robot's cockpit.
The hands are actually gloves which would be stored in the glove compartment when they are jets. (I assume jets have these).
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 16, 2018 15:44:57 GMT
Thunder. Thunder. Thunder. Thundercracker Ho! It's not the G2 version, you don't have to vote for it, but remember to vote! BAD PHIL! BAD!!! It's Action Master Thundercracker, Hasbro never bothered to release G2 Thundercracker. Why do you taunt me? My love of Thundercracker goes back beyond The Mighty AMTC. TC as he was simply known back then was the first Strike Plane I owned. I was given just the body along with a few other Transformers by a friend. I spent many months/years making cardboard wings for it and is the reason I was so excited to be able to buy AMTC. Even before that, it was always the shiney, lightly metallic blue plane that stood out in the catalogue pictures. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 16, 2018 16:14:41 GMT
That's cos they aren't good toys! Dear me, Phil, this almost makes me tempted to vote for you in the Hub's Greatest Fiend poll! Almost. Martin |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 16, 2018 16:51:40 GMT
Restart both week 1 and 2 polls?? ?? ?? ?? Absolutely not. The country is tired of voting. |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 16, 2018 16:56:08 GMT
I hope there will be a week when we we will be voting for the best cardboard Strike Planes that came with a cereal.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 16, 2018 16:57:04 GMT
It's not the G2 version, you don't have to vote for it, but remember to vote! BAD PHIL! BAD!!! It's Action Master Thundercracker, Hasbro never bothered to release G2 Thundercracker. Why do you taunt me? My love of Thundercracker goes back beyond The Mighty AMTC. TC as he was simply known back then was the first Strike Plane I owned. I was given just the body along with a few other Transformers by a friend. I spent many months/years making cardboard wings for it and is the reason I was so excited to be able to buy AMTC. Even before that, it was always the shiney, lightly metallic blue plane that stood out in the catalogue pictures. One apologises. It was early this morning and the shear weight of jobs to do confused me.` |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 16, 2018 17:01:34 GMT
Restart both week 1 and 2 polls?? ?? ?? ?? Absolutely not. The country is tired of voting. Ooops. Well we're going to be voting on these into the next decade! |
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