On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 8:10:37 AM UTC-6, Cappeca wrote:
> First time I saw a Prime that was smaller than Megatron was in Armada. That
> made an impact with me, because it felt right.
Oddly, it's always bothered me that Megatron towered over Optimus during G2. I mean, yeah, the two toys were approximately the right size (big tractor trailer equals big tank), but since three-quarters of Prime's truck mode isn't used for his robot mode, Megatron was gigantic by comparison.
> The Decepticons are monsters, war machines, brute force is their thing, while > the Autobots are civilians, day to day people. In my personal view (even
> though I'm a G1 guy) the best the Autobots could ever come up with as a
> leader wouldn't possibly be the same size as the Decepticon commander.
I can understand this viewpoint, but I don't share it. That's one of the things that I found impressive about Prime when I was a kid... so many of the Autobots were puny, but Prime could actually stand eye-to-eye with Megatron, Soundwave, Starscream, etc.
> Maybe if I have the money I'll buy these new versions. The problem is that
> when you have 2 wheels of your car stolen overnight and have to spend $600 to
> replace them, the last thing you're thinking about is buying new toys.
Ugh, that's terrible. Who would even do something like that? (Well, somebody who needs two wheels for their car, apparently. But still. My condolences.)
Zob