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post Feb 25 2012, 11:45 PM
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Everyone has a favorite obscure Transformer who they really love. Some of these guys ended up becoming so popular, in fact, they became equal to the heavy hitters in newer fiction or toylines. Nightbeat, Straxus, Bludgeon, and Sunstorm are examples of this.

Of course, there are some who haven't recieved such good luck yet. And my favorite obscure TF has gotta be Flatline.

What can I say about Flatline? Up until Knock Out was created, he was probably the most fan-loved Decepticon medic. Scalpel and Hook may have been the most well-known, and Glit was repurpsoed into SG Ravage, but Flatline? Well, he's pretty much what I think a 'Con medic should be. A twisted, sadistic monster, Flatline delights in performing horrific experiments on his patients. He's one of the most utterly evil Decepticons in the franchise history, rivalled only by Lockdown, Tarantulas, and Airachnid, and that's one of the reasons he's so great. He goes about his evil business with a cold, scientific detachment. He's absolutely horrifying in character, and that's what makes him what I think of when I imagine Decepticon medic - someone who's more mad scientist than actual doctor - and my favorite obscure TF.


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post Feb 27 2012, 06:02 PM
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I will support any Repugnus fiction based on his MTMTE profile from Dreamwave.

Sparkstalker too. Plus his name sounds like the TF Grim Reaper.
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post Feb 29 2012, 11:14 AM
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QUOTE(windsweeper @ Feb 28 2012, 12:02 AM) *
I will support any Repugnus fiction based on his MTMTE profile from Dreamwave.

Sparkstalker too. Plus his name sounds like the TF Grim Reaper.


That's typical for a dimintuive geek whose armament is capable of lightly boiling an egg. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) They tend to exaggerate.

Repugnus got his quasi-spotlight, but I'd like to see more of him. Maybe the Lost Light can run into the three mercenaries...

MTMTE made a lot of nobodies interesting. Blackout and Spaceshot for example, or Knockout - who often passes out from excitement. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) Also, I'd like to see Bomb-Burst explored more as some demented serial killer drafted into the Con ranks, who really believes that he can steal other people's life-force...
Oh and Bugly. We saw a little of him in Dark Ages, but he has potential.
Roadblock would make the perfect angry, always-belligerent drill sergeant based on his bio - it'd add to the comical factor that his sans-shell robot form is tiny. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif)
From the bots, I hope James tackles Rollout, the inept loudmouth spy, and I would also like to see Hosehead get some characterisation apart from "the third guy who hangs out with Nightbeat and Siren".
Oh and Catilla. So far, he is essentially Gwen Stacy.


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Spin Out   Who's your favorite Obscure Transformer?   Feb 25 2012, 11:45 PM
Boltax   Crosscut. Crosscut was in fact the spur that made ...   Feb 26 2012, 12:46 AM
Tindalos   Megadeath. I mean, I was just a kid, it was prett...   Feb 26 2012, 12:57 AM
Saker   QUOTE(Tindalos @ Feb 26 2012, 12:57 AM) M...   Mar 2 2012, 11:19 AM
Axaday   Is Sixknight obscure?   Feb 26 2012, 01:00 AM
Fishbug   In the age of TFWiki, is anybody obscure anymore?   Feb 26 2012, 01:02 AM
abates   Octus, though I admit that's primarily because...   Feb 26 2012, 01:04 AM
Boltax   QUOTE(abates @ Feb 26 2012, 01:04 AM) Oct...   Feb 26 2012, 01:09 AM
Gunrage   Macabre. Don't know why, but I have a little l...   Feb 26 2012, 01:05 AM
Detour   TGTLSSTCTDAH. The Guy That Looks Suspiciously Sim...   Feb 26 2012, 01:08 AM
The Doctor Who   QUOTE(abates @ Feb 26 2012, 01:04 AM) Oct...   Feb 26 2012, 01:12 AM
Kalidor   I always liked Scrounge. People talk about how da...   Feb 26 2012, 01:23 AM
^0^CORVUS^o^   QUOTE(Kalidor @ Feb 26 2012, 01:23 AM) I ...   Feb 26 2012, 07:20 PM
Cat   Jackpot. Love the design.   Feb 26 2012, 01:40 AM
tec   Sunrunner Gunrunner gets little to no love in fic...   Feb 26 2012, 04:50 AM
Cybersnark   Sunspot, the incompetent but good-natured Deceptic...   Feb 26 2012, 09:19 AM
Spark   Countdown. He's the Autobots' greatest le...   Feb 26 2012, 02:33 PM
Destron D-69   Eagle eye   Feb 26 2012, 02:38 PM
Sharpfinger   Scrounge All "Smelting Pool" arc seems ...   Feb 26 2012, 02:51 PM
Mako Crab   The unnamed crab Decepticon in "RotF: The Vei...   Feb 26 2012, 07:14 PM
Esser-Z   Scarem. I just love the little guy. I want an army...   Feb 26 2012, 07:29 PM
Goblez   All of the Euro 90s Transformers. I just love the ...   Feb 26 2012, 07:32 PM
Cabooceratops   Beast Wars Razorclaw Beast Wars Transmetal II Igua...   Feb 26 2012, 07:38 PM
Thunderhead   Megaplex, the clone of Megatron from Machine Wars....   Feb 26 2012, 09:24 PM
BB Shockwave   Sparkstalker. Come on IDW, give us a Spotlight: Sp...   Feb 27 2012, 12:09 PM
windsweeper   Before Last Stand of the Wreckers, I'd have sa...   Feb 27 2012, 05:52 PM
Master Fwiffo   Does Repgunus have enough fiction to no longer be ...   Feb 27 2012, 05:58 PM
windsweeper   I will support any Repugnus fiction based on his M...   Feb 27 2012, 06:02 PM
BB Shockwave   QUOTE(windsweeper @ Feb 28 2012, 12:02 AM...   Feb 29 2012, 11:14 AM
Fishbug   Mainframe's always been a favorite of mine. He...   Feb 27 2012, 06:47 PM
Spark   The Stormtroopers need some love. I don't car...   Feb 27 2012, 08:21 PM
Spin Out   QUOTE(Spark @ Feb 27 2012, 08:21 PM) The ...   Feb 27 2012, 10:02 PM
Wingus   Emirate Xaaron, by far. Dude had no weapons in rob...   Feb 27 2012, 11:00 PM
Spark   That's what happens when you're just a gol...   Feb 28 2012, 12:12 AM
ZacWilliam1   Add me to the Scrounge pile. (He needs a toy Hasbr...   Feb 28 2012, 05:56 AM
BeltlineYYC   I always liked Skullgrin. 'Monstercon from Mar...   Feb 29 2012, 11:51 AM
^0^CORVUS^o^   QUOTE(BeltlineYYC @ Feb 29 2012, 11:51 AM...   Feb 29 2012, 02:44 PM
BB Shockwave   Don't forget the triumvirate! I would love...   Mar 7 2012, 03:23 AM
Starfield   We need a Scrounge toy. He's just neat. How ma...   Feb 29 2012, 02:39 PM
Fear or Courage   The Beast Machines Dinobots in general. The idea t...   Feb 29 2012, 03:23 PM
Warewullf   I always loved Groundshaker. His toy was just ten ...   Feb 29 2012, 04:54 PM
windsweeper   It was Iguanus that gave Skullgrin grief. I hated ...   Feb 29 2012, 04:59 PM
ZacWilliam1   QUOTE(windsweeper @ Feb 29 2012, 04:59 PM...   Feb 29 2012, 07:14 PM
Exillion   Top 5: 1. Rung 2. Scrounge 3. Mainframe 4. Rollou...   Mar 2 2012, 12:08 AM


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