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First of all, it's preferable to me because, given the choice, I find a new character more interesting to work with than the same character dressed differently. And that's preferable to me for the different storytelling possibilities it affords, rather than just because "that's what we got." I...

I did grow to like Silverstreak. Glad they brought it back and I hope it keeps getting use here and there. Now do Shockblast, Blastcharge, Blastwave, Decepticharge...

It really is like poetry, it rhymes. Once he introduced the world to Dark Vader, all bets were off.

This reminds me of that one fan contest a 3P company had to name their OSKO of Studio Series Blackout. As you do. The list of "top 10" entries was loaded with various combinations of Night and Shadow and Blade and Dark and Demon -- not even any fancy synonyms or wordplay, just literally those...

I think that really speaks to two things that we now know to be staples of how things were done then -- one, they weren't quite thinking of these storyworlds and characters as an enduring franchise yet, and two, relatedly, they were firmly set on clearing the roster and introducing a new cast...

I remember getting it just to have a Sky Lynx. It was unfortunate that he couldn't do the full two robot modes thing, but it was a good looking compromise. Earthrise Sky Lynx was a great flex of what the Commander class could do, and the handling on the show was very "of COURSE that's how this...

Lot of fun ideas to mull over in here so far. The whole "Magnus armor as life support" thing makes me think of a scenario where Optimus is written off as "dead" and the next arc debuts new leader Ultra Magnus, who is not shown to transform until much later and then not frequently. He's later...

Wall of text warning. I'll put it behind a spoiler... I needed a boost of positivity after being sick and just... the enormity of this week, and I realized I'd put off writing this response for a while, so here goes.

Just crossed my mind that it would be hilariously circuitous and oddly apt for Rung to turn into a Neuralizer.

And it's plausible too, in a "Clark Kent disappears in an emergency that Superman then shows up to save us from" kind of way. "We have some dockworkers unaccounted for! Dion, Orion P-" "Never mind that right now. Who's that red and blue beefcake jumping off those rooves"?" Maybe if he were...

But the Cybertronian alphabet goes from A-analogue to Z-analogue. ...Let's just call the whole thing off.

That's absolutely right. It's a useful distinction that really reflects in the execution within each. I will pass on both of them. Or Zed Prime, as the last letter of... one alphabet. Except instead of Alpha Prime, which doesn't seem to really be a thing outside that one Dreamwave mention...

Or, and hear me out. There's a newly-revealed Soundwave minion named Bananapeel...

I was going to say something about Titans Return, but ehh. I've been hoping for additional/alternate heads for Transformers forever, especially since they became commonplace for things like Marvel Legends and even WWE. These are largely on ball joints, give me a bunch of them already. And not...

I see they got a head start on the yellowing. Or a headLESS start.

The Arisen should be Thirteen, written like a temperamental thirteen-year-old human.

I always saw the gimmick as fun but not my thing. I did really like how they designed it to come together, with the panels flipping around and connecting as feet, and the way the roller served to move them. Clever and perfect for a kid's imagination. I passed on Scavenger but loved the colors...

I'd be perfectly happy if we never did the "Arisen" bit ever, except as a "one of many diverse religious beliefs" thing. I'd actually like for some worldbuilding to muddle that, so that the Thirteen (or the Guiding Hand) isn't such a central mythology. Give me a bunch of them and leave them...

I'm... Not seeing any response be so vitriolic, unless it's someone on ignore or whatever. I think you and these viewpoints are okay here. Getting a bit defensive (in a deferential sense?), if that? But no big. Man I love discussing things on The Allspark.

One idea I've long toyed with about a contemporary Hot Rod character is that he can be the Nightwing to Bumblebee's Robin (Tim Drake). Looked up to, like Energon Hot Shot was looked up to by Energon Ironhide; he could be the cooler big brother who comes home from college every now and then.