ATB Megatron Question
Robert A. Jung
In article <4trjjk$o...@gnews2.voicenet.com> John Theurer <jthe...@voicenet.com> writes:
>Who is the little jet that came with ATB Megatron. I'm am just
>curious.
Starscream. Scary, isn't it? The idea of Starscream, Megatron's eternal
nemesis, being stuck in Megatron's ATB rear-end makes me shudder...
--R.J.
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DanM405
I had a thought on this thing, if it had ever been a reality. Megatron
and Starscream could have combined to form the superjet - Megascream or
Startron. Personally, Megascream would've been the best name. And
imagine the personality!
Protecting life is the most unselfish act of all.
John Theurer
Who is the little jet that came with ATB Megatron. I'm am just
curious.
Brian Theurer
Slick
dan...@aol.com (DanM405) wrote:
Funny as this is, I thought that the Dreadwing ATB was more of A
docking station for the Smokescreen toy, not that they merged into one
super jet. From the way it is made, it doesn't look like the little
jet would offer anything to the bigger one in plane mode, but he could
do alot for him as aerial support while he is in tanks mode.
Slick
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Drogn
> dan...@aol.com (DanM405) wrote:
>
> >I had a thought on this thing, if it had ever been a reality. Megatron
> >and Starscream could have combined to form the superjet - Megascream or
> >Startron. Personally, Megascream would've been the best name. And
> >imagine the personality!
> >Protecting life is the most unselfish act of all.
>
> Funny as this is, I thought that the Dreadwing ATB was more of A
> docking station for the Smokescreen toy, not that they merged into one
> super jet. From the way it is made, it doesn't look like the little
> jet would offer anything to the bigger one in plane mode, but he could
> do alot for him as aerial support while he is in tanks mode.
>
>
> Slick
That was how I thought it worked too, as a matter of fact, but
without any corroboration I didn't want to say so. The other consideration
in this is that they're both supposed to be stealth aircraft, but Dudwing
looks more effective at it (lame is he is in either other mode) so it
would make sense to have Smoky be hidden inside his lack-of-signature than
separate. After all, it's surely easier to spot two weak radar returns
than one.
-Drogn, who thinks Smokescreen was
worth the $9.95 he paid for the two of them, which is good since Dudski
was such a dissapointment
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DanM405
I didn't say that Smokescreen merged with Dreadwing. It had just occurred
to me that maybe the two could've been merged to form a superjet that
would've combined the best of the two.
Dan
Mark Legault
>dan...@aol.com (DanM405) wrote:
>>I had a thought on this thing, if it had ever been a reality. Megatron
>>and Starscream could have combined to form the superjet - Megascream or
>>Startron. Personally, Megascream would've been the best name. And
>>imagine the personality!
>>Protecting life is the most unselfish act of all.
Funny thing here... there IS such a thing as a Megatron ATB,
unfortunately there's only one, and someone bought it at botcon for
something like $800, from what I heard.
SkyJammer
In article <4u2mas$j...@news-e2b.gnn.com>, RSch...@gnn.com (Andrius Schmid) writes:
[snip]
>Actually, I believe there are ten Meg ATBs.
If memory serves me correctly, at the BotCon 96 Toys-For-Tots Auction, it
was said that the Megatron ATB at the con was one of 12 confirmed, with a
possibility of a 13th somewhere.
Course, this still means that if we ever see one again it'll have a pretty
hefty price tag attached to it, most likely.
-SkyJammer
[Unless of course, atters buy those $10 Dreadwings at Kay-Bee and have a
repaint-fest. =-)]
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Actually, I believe there are ten Meg ATBs.
Correctingly yours,
Andrius
Robert A. Jung
In article <4u24ik$8...@beacon.worldlink.ca> mir...@worldlink.ca (Mark Legault) writes:
>Funny thing here... there IS such a thing as a Megatron ATB,
>unfortunately there's only one, and someone bought it at botcon for
>something like $800, from what I heard.
Actually, it was mentioned during the charity auction that there were only
10 or 12 Megatron ATB toys in existence. And the one at BC'96 went for $950.
Mike Binkley
In article <rjungDv...@netcom.com>, rj...@netcom.com (Robert A. Jung)
wrote:
> In article <4trjjk$o...@gnews2.voicenet.com> John Theurer
<jthe...@voicenet.com> writes:
> >Who is the little jet that came with ATB Megatron. I'm am just
> >curious.
>
> Starscream. Scary, isn't it? The idea of Starscream, Megatron's eternal
> nemesis, being stuck in Megatron's ATB rear-end makes me shudder...
>
> --R.J.
hmmm...brings new meaning to Megatron calling Starscream a pain in the
ass, though.
Goliath
Mark Legault wrote:
>
> >dan...@aol.com (DanM405) wrote:
>
> >>I had a thought on this thing, if it had ever been a reality. Megatron
> >>and Starscream could have combined to form the superjet - Megascream or
> >>Startron. Personally, Megascream would've been the best name. And
> >>imagine the personality!
> >>Protecting life is the most unselfish act of all.
>
> unfortunately there's only one, and someone bought it at botcon for
> something like $800, from what I heard.
actually, i saw the toys r us wish list from last year, and it had mega
tron atb in it for around $24. i really don't think there were only ten
of them, and toys r us happened to be selling them at wholesale prices.
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Robert A. Jung
In article <320A8F...@villagenet.com> Goliath <gol...@villagenet.com> writes:
>Mark Legault wrote:
>> Funny thing here... there IS such a thing as a Megatron ATB,
>> unfortunately there's only one, and someone bought it at botcon for
>> something like $800, from what I heard.
There are 12 or 13, and the one at BotCon sold for $950.
>actually, i saw the toys r us wish list from last year, and it had mega
>tron atb in it for around $24. i really don't think there were only ten
>of them, and toys r us happened to be selling them at wholesale prices.
Toys R Us never got them -- the toy was pulled after the catalog was
printed. Though if you ask me, the Megatron ATB doesn't do him justice.
Norman G. Sippel
In article <ThomaJA-0408...@magmysmac.lfc.edu>, Tho...@LFC.EDU
says...
Hahahahaha! :)
What does the ATB stand for? Why wasn't Megatron ATB released? What did
he look like?
Thanks,
Norman
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Robert A. Jung
In article <4ul7b4$5...@news1.infinet.com> ngsi...@infinet.com (Norman G. Sippel) writes:
>What does the ATB stand for?
Advanced Tactical Bomber. A.k.a. the Stealth Bomber.
>Why wasn't Megatron ATB released?
Pick one:
(1) Hasbro stopped handling Transformers and popped it over to Kenner, who
promptly killed all of Hasbro's "recolors ad infinitum" projects (good!).
(2) Hasbro wised up and realized Megatron ATB looked like a dork.
(3) Hasbro wised up and realized too many people would make jokes about
Starscream's new relationship with Megatron.
(4) Megatron threatened to vaporize the responsible Hasbro employees for
making him into a bullet-head ATB dork.
(5) Megatron vaporized the responsible Hasbro employees for making him into a
bullet-head ATB dork. But not before 12 toys were made and sold at outrageous
prices to dealers...
>What did he look like?
The Dreadwind ATB toy (which was available at Kay Bee toys on clearance)
in different colors. I've got a photo, but I don't know whether that's a good
thing or not... B-)
Mike
> What does the ATB stand for? Why wasn't Megatron ATB released? What did
> he look like?
He was a recoloration of the G2 Dreadwing. The places where Dreadwing
is red are yellow on Megatron ATB. Where Dreadwing is black, Megatron
ATB is grey. Megatron ATB is black every where else.