 Who's your favorite Obscure Transformer? |
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 Feb 26 2012, 07:32 PM
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  Group: Supporter Posts: 11,006 Joined: 26-October 03 Member No.: 3,787  |
All of the Euro 90s Transformers. I just love the colours and molds.
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Feb 26 2012, 07:38 PM
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 Local Dinosaur Enthusiast Group: Citizen Posts: 6,308 Joined: 24-October 07 From: Dinotopia Member No.: 10,981 Faction: Autobot |
Beast Wars Razorclaw
Beast Wars Transmetal II Iguanus Beast Machines Scavenger Movie Landmine HftD Sunspot I can't really pick a favourite from those guys, I love them all too much. -------------------- QUOTE I'm bad at puns and not much good at anything else! |
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Feb 26 2012, 09:24 PM
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 That's "COMMANDER" to YOU... Group: Citizen Posts: 2,773 Joined: 14-January 02 From: Raleigh, NC Member No.: 340 Faction: Free Agent |
Megaplex, the clone of Megatron from Machine Wars. It was my original username. Until it/he/I got banned/replaced/unused and I forgot the password to it, so I made another account/it got lost in the transition from ezboard to here and I changed it to Galvaplex, which is of course would be the "upgraded" version of Megaplex.
Anyway I always liked him because no one else was paying attention to him at the time. Hmm.... That's a very hipster answer, but it's the truth. :'( --------------------  Why? Because it's racist. |
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Feb 27 2012, 12:09 PM
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 "Are you pony enough for this mission?" Group: Citizen Posts: 7,788 Joined: 23-June 10 From: Hungary Member No.: 13,398 Faction: Decepticon |
Sparkstalker. Come on IDW, give us a Spotlight: Sparkstalker where he and his two bumbling/psychotic/pyromaniac associates pull the crime of the century! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif)
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Feb 27 2012, 05:52 PM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 1,153 Joined: 2-December 05 From: Waterford, Ireland Member No.: 7,609 Faction: Decepticon |
Before Last Stand of the Wreckers, I'd have said Kick Off but given the popularity of that series, he may have graduated from obscure. Looks like Swerve may get the same treatment.
My favourites: Top Heavy. Coolest TF rhino and transforms into an awesome looking gun. Pity he got partnered with that loser Skyfall. It should have been Kick Off. The G2 Stormtroopers The Robotmasters' new characters, as in Wrecker Hook, Air Hunter and Wingstun ( who I could easily see as pre Beast/G1 Waspinator). |
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Feb 27 2012, 05:58 PM
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 Group: Retired Staff Posts: 16,876 Joined: 23-February 04 From: Chilling on Velocitron Member No.: 4,279 Faction: RIBFIR |
Does Repgunus have enough fiction to no longer be considered obscure yet?
Other then that, I have a particular fondness for the Decepticon Micromaster Constructor Squad as portrayed by their DW MTMTE bios. They're like the Constructicons, but actually have interesting personalities and motivations. I'd love to see some fiction about them. Also, they're not quite obscure because they starred in one of the biggest action scenes in the 3d movie, but I reaaaaaaaaalllllllly want some more fictions featuring The Dreads. --------------------  |
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Feb 27 2012, 06:02 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 1,153 Joined: 2-December 05 From: Waterford, Ireland Member No.: 7,609 Faction: Decepticon |
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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Feb 27 2012, 06:47 PM
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 Check the pecs! Group: Citizen Posts: 8,269 Joined: 17-May 06 From: Galveston, TX Member No.: 8,292 Faction: Predacon |
Mainframe's always been a favorite of mine. He was one of the first non-show TFs I could remember by name back then.
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Feb 27 2012, 08:21 PM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 23,773 Joined: 8-February 03 Member No.: 2,246 |
The Stormtroopers need some love. I don't care if it's in a story or something, I just want a Generations repaint/retool that uses them. Drench and Rage had very neat head designs.
Not to mention that going by their stats, they ought to be unstoppable. -------------------- Fall of Cybertron will blow your mind. That is all.
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Feb 27 2012, 10:02 PM
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 Friend to all bugs! Group: Citizen Posts: 11,927 Joined: 8-September 08 Member No.: 11,979 Faction: Maximal |
QUOTE(Spark @ Feb 27 2012, 08:21 PM)  The Stormtroopers need some love. I don't care if it's in a story or something, I just want a Generations repaint/retool that uses them. Drench and Rage had very neat head designs. Not to mention that going by their stats, they ought to be unstoppable. Too bad they wouldn't be able to actually hit anything they shoot at. |
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Feb 27 2012, 11:00 PM
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 But can I weaponize it? That's the important thing. Group: Supporter Posts: 17,230 Joined: 3-May 05 From: In my pants! Member No.: 6,473 Faction: Cannonball's Pirate Crew |
Emirate Xaaron, by far. Dude had no weapons in robot mode, couldn't transform without risking death, and still stood up to friggin' Galvatron. And not just any Galvatron, but batjive crazy, obnoxiously overpowered Furman Galvatron.
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Feb 28 2012, 12:12 AM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 23,773 Joined: 8-February 03 Member No.: 2,246 |
That's what happens when you're just a gold-toned G1 Megatron toy.
-------------------- Fall of Cybertron will blow your mind. That is all.
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Feb 28 2012, 05:56 AM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 7,904 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Ct. USA Member No.: 4,093 Faction: RIRFIB |
Add me to the Scrounge pile. (He needs a toy Hasbro!)
And Spanner. Love Grotusque. Tote! Phaser and Blast Master Waverider Pretender Sky High ZacWilliam, they're more B-list than truely obscure but I love Skydive, Lightspeed, Bluestreak... This post has been edited by ZacWilliam1: Feb 28 2012, 05:57 AM -------------------- Ever wonder about the speed of Turbofoxes?
Or the proverbial ailerons of Titanium Moosebots? *Visit the one and only Cybertronic Bestiary. For a mechazoologic tour of the mechanimals of Cybertron. |
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Feb 29 2012, 11:14 AM
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"Are you pony enough for this mission?" Group: Citizen Posts: 7,788 Joined: 23-June 10 From: Hungary Member No.: 13,398 Faction: Decepticon |
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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Feb 29 2012, 11:51 AM
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 formerly chris parasyte Group: Citizen Posts: 8,591 Joined: 25-November 02 From: Calgary, AB - Canada Member No.: 1,754 |
I always liked Skullgrin. 'Monstercon from Mars' was one of the few stories (in any fiction) to really focus on a Decepticon's interactions with humans, and while the B-movie monster plot was kinda silly, his character arc in that story was great. I think one of the other Pretenders gave him a hard time for befriending humans in a later story, too.
-------------------- QUOTE(Fender Bender @ Jan 7 2013, 11:04 PM) QUOTE(Liege @ Jan 7 2013, 11:55 PM) What happens at Botcon... ......gets put into Shortpacked? |
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Feb 29 2012, 02:39 PM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 1,142 Joined: 6-January 10 From: Michigan Member No.: 13,020 Faction: Autobot |
We need a Scrounge toy. He's just neat. How many Transformers have the guts to go with a simple, featureless robotic head? Not many. The ones we do have originate from pre-Transformers. Let's see, Shockwave, Whirl, Omega Supreme.
Transforming into a wheel would be a real challenge, though. Tell you what, I wouldn't even care if he needed big chunks of add-on kibble to pull it off. |
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Feb 29 2012, 02:44 PM
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 Yes, me. Me, me, me. Me too! Group: Supporter Posts: 25,142 Joined: 22-December 04 From: Huntington, WV Member No.: 5,666 Faction: Autobot |
QUOTE(BeltlineYYC @ Feb 29 2012, 11:51 AM) I always liked Skullgrin. 'Monstercon from Mars' was one of the few stories (in any fiction) to really focus on a Decepticon's interactions with humans, and while the B-movie monster plot was kinda silly, his character arc in that story was great. I think one of the other Pretenders gave him a hard time for befriending humans in a later story, too. Agreed. It gave some nice depth to some Decepticon characters. But then Marvel did quite a bit of that: fleshing out characters you didn't expect to get such treatment. --------------------  |
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Feb 29 2012, 03:23 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 828 Joined: 14-June 08 Member No.: 11,729 |
The Beast Machines Dinobots in general. The idea that there's this squad who specializes in destruction on a planet full of drones to destroy just feels fun. It's like they're in Valhalla.
More specifically, two of the three I had: Airraptor and Dinotron. Airraptor's robot design with his flip-out gun made me think of him as a conceited hot-shot sniper. His character could be fun. Dinotron's bio hinted at an interesting character arc for him: He actually hates his techno-organic body. He's only fighting with the Maximals because he hates Megatron slightly more. There's a unique angle in there, that of a warrior who doesn't really believe in what he's fighting for (techno-organic Cybertron), he just hates the other guys more, sort of like an anti-Movie-Bonecrusher. |
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Feb 29 2012, 04:54 PM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 516 Joined: 16-September 08 From: Northern Ireland Member No.: 11,991 Faction: Autobot |
I always loved Groundshaker. His toy was just ten tons of fun.
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Feb 29 2012, 04:59 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 1,153 Joined: 2-December 05 From: Waterford, Ireland Member No.: 7,609 Faction: Decepticon |
It was Iguanus that gave Skullgrin grief. I hated him for that.
I second MTMTE Rollout. Glitch is actually the masterspy, kind of R2D2 like. Some great comedy potential. Could see Rollout as the G1 version of Animated Sentinel. Picture him breaking some prisoners from a Con prison. He sneaks ahead to take down any guards. The escapees look on in horror. One turns to the others, "he's actually singing his own danger music!" Meanwhile Glitch is in the background doing all the work like bypassing alarms, shutting down power systems, etc. Which Autobot Pretender actually lived in a fantasy world incorporating his missions into the fantasies? Was it Sky High? That could be fun. Barrage and Heave sounded like they'd be fun. The quiet scientist and the battle hungry brawler. Always love that line in MTMTE where the Astro Squad laugh unintentinally as Barrage drags Heave across a battlefield with Barrage's battlecrys drowning out Heave's yelps of protest. |
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