Apologies if this thread is ripping off a similar concept in another recent thread or something; feel free to merge if that’s the case.
Thread “rules” are simple: what are some concepts you felt could have or should have been incorporated into a Transformers-related story, fiction, or toys that would have exponentially enhanced the enjoyment of the specific story, toy, property etc..... but weren’t? How do you think it would have made the story/toy better?
I’ll go first.
The Matrix in the Shattered Glass Universe - I don’t think the Matrix was even a concept mentioned in any of the SG-related fiction we’ve gotten, though I could be mistaken. Still, I think an awesome idea for the Matrix in the SG-verse would have been that it functioned like The One Ring in the Lord of the Rings universe. Whoever possesses it basically gets driven insane with obsession and addiction for it and its power. And power they will get granted, including super strength, endurance, etc. I felt that this would have been a far cooler driver for SG Optimus instead of a “mysterious thing” that drove him insane cus reasons. It would have also been an interesting story element as a way to explain Optimus Prime as not just some rando evil dude with Reasons for his evil, but a way to explain an evil dude with supernaturally-enhanced powers that he should have had. I felt like it would have made him a much more formidable threat being something like a Sauron-enhanced baddie rather that just another generic villain with generic world domination goals for generic reasons. Also, the Matrix, being considered an object of power that bots want and how they want it; if it were portrayed like The One Ring, it turns the concept of a morality-operated coveted object of wisdom to an ambitious/ obsession-driven object of fear, which is on-theme for the whole mirror counterpart concept of Shattered Glass. And that’s no more of a ripoff or homage to other story elements in other properties than anything else in that universe.
Kingdom Waspinator as a Weaponizer - I mean COME ON. Don’t really have to get into why this woulda been THE dream version of Waspinator. If they can make janky skeletons and block battle ship/tank/building dingers into Weaponizers, I see no reason why they wouldn’t have the ability to do it with Waspinator. (Ya has ONE job Hasbro!
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Anyway, love to hear what other people think are concepts that should have made it into the TF lore or toys.... but didn’t.
Thread “rules” are simple: what are some concepts you felt could have or should have been incorporated into a Transformers-related story, fiction, or toys that would have exponentially enhanced the enjoyment of the specific story, toy, property etc..... but weren’t? How do you think it would have made the story/toy better?
I’ll go first.
The Matrix in the Shattered Glass Universe - I don’t think the Matrix was even a concept mentioned in any of the SG-related fiction we’ve gotten, though I could be mistaken. Still, I think an awesome idea for the Matrix in the SG-verse would have been that it functioned like The One Ring in the Lord of the Rings universe. Whoever possesses it basically gets driven insane with obsession and addiction for it and its power. And power they will get granted, including super strength, endurance, etc. I felt that this would have been a far cooler driver for SG Optimus instead of a “mysterious thing” that drove him insane cus reasons. It would have also been an interesting story element as a way to explain Optimus Prime as not just some rando evil dude with Reasons for his evil, but a way to explain an evil dude with supernaturally-enhanced powers that he should have had. I felt like it would have made him a much more formidable threat being something like a Sauron-enhanced baddie rather that just another generic villain with generic world domination goals for generic reasons. Also, the Matrix, being considered an object of power that bots want and how they want it; if it were portrayed like The One Ring, it turns the concept of a morality-operated coveted object of wisdom to an ambitious/ obsession-driven object of fear, which is on-theme for the whole mirror counterpart concept of Shattered Glass. And that’s no more of a ripoff or homage to other story elements in other properties than anything else in that universe.
Kingdom Waspinator as a Weaponizer - I mean COME ON. Don’t really have to get into why this woulda been THE dream version of Waspinator. If they can make janky skeletons and block battle ship/tank/building dingers into Weaponizers, I see no reason why they wouldn’t have the ability to do it with Waspinator. (Ya has ONE job Hasbro!
)Anyway, love to hear what other people think are concepts that should have made it into the TF lore or toys.... but didn’t.
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