DOTM Bumblebee looks like he is sucking a pacifier
Gustavo Wombat
am reminded of Maggie from the Simpsons, sucking on her pacifier.
Nitro looks worse, since they gave him the bright blue eyes, and the
darker gunmetal color catches the shadows better.
By the way, Nitro Bumblebee is a pretty nice toy. Entirely different
mold than the other Bumblebee (which is not a bad mold itself), with a
fun meched-out styline and lots of 5mm ports for adding weapons.
I wish the hands were better shaped, so he could grip 5mm weapons, but
the forearms have ports, so that's good enough. (Not good enough to
wield Star Saber or anyone else's sword, but Cyclonus's Targetmaster
looks pretty good on the forearm)
TigerMegatron
Most TF on-line fans say that Movie verse Starscream's mouth is shaped/
designed like a pussy/vagina.
I think that movie-verse bumblebee's mouth is shaped like a @$$-hole
TigerMegatron
bumblebee.
Primus
> Most TF on-line fans say that Movie verse Starscream's mouth is shaped/
> designed like a pussy/vagina.
Did we need to go there?
Zobovor
> Every time I see the head for Deluxe Nitro or non-Nitro Bumblebee, I
> am reminded of Maggie from the Simpsons, sucking on her pacifier.
(Yes, I realize that was totally pointless.)
Zob
Gustavo Wombat
Clearly, it is the people who voted for Erector that are the perverts.
Zobovor
> Clearly, it is the people who voted for Erector that are the perverts.
I just don't understand what the point of all that was. If he'd won,
what would that have proven? That we can turn any style of democracy
into a farce, just like with the Trannies awards? That the
Transformers fandom as a whole has the combined maturity level of a
six-year-old who also snickers uncontrollably whenever he hears the
words "pussycat" or "titmouse"?
Zob
Onslaught Six
> I just don't understand what the point of all that was. If he'd won,
> what would that have proven? That we can turn any style of democracy
> into a farce, just like with the Trannies awards?
Isn't that what we did anyway, since apparently we voted Waspinator
in?
Fuck Waspinator.
Zobovor
> > I just don't understand what the point of all that was. If he'd won,
> > what would that have proven? That we can turn any style of democracy
> > into a farce, just like with the Trannies awards?
>
> Isn't that what we did anyway, since apparently we voted Waspinator
> in?
To his credit, Waspinator was a really popular Beast Wars character
back in the day, second only to Dinobot. Also, Beast Wars is old
enough now that the kids who were, say, ten years old when the show
first aired are now old enough to be adult collectors and have an
immense fondness for the character from their childhood, just like the
way I feel about G1. (When G1 was 15 years old, it was 1999 and the
fan presence online was HUGE. It's getting to the point now where
people on message boards are saying things like, "You Geewunners need
to step aside, your time was only five years' worth of a 27-year-old
franchise, and now it's over" and I want to slap those little snot-
nosed punks and correct their spelling and arithmetic (G1 ran for
SEVEN years, thankyouverymuch) but then I realize that the kids who
grew up on Beast Wars aren't actually kids at all—they're, like, in
their mid-twenties and have a job at Hastings.
So, no, Waspinator really doesn't surprise me, and it doesn't strike
me that he got voted in as a joke. A patently obscure character like
Salt-Man Z or Big Daddy or, yes, Erector, now that would have been a
total joke.
With that said, can we now expect a show-accurate Voyager-class
Waspinator toy with spring-loaded flapping wings, individually
poseable insect legs, a sigil that changes from Predacon to
Decepticon, and electronic sound bytes recorded by Scott McNeil?
Whaddya say, Hasbro?
Zob
Gustavo Wombat
> On Jun 6, 8:41 am, Onslaught Six <onslaught...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I just don't understand what the point of all that was. If he'd won,
> > > what would that have proven? That we can turn any style of democracy
> > > into a farce, just like with the Trannies awards?
>
> > Isn't that what we did anyway, since apparently we voted Waspinator
> > in?
>
> To his credit, Waspinator was a really popular Beast Wars character
> back in the day, second only to Dinobot.
I'm not willing to say that -- BW Megatron had a huge following too.
Really, all of the screen characters had a following, other than
Airrazor.
> So, no, Waspinator really doesn't surprise me, and it doesn't strike
> me that he got voted in as a joke. A patently obscure character like
> Salt-Man Z or Big Daddy or, yes, Erector, now that would have been a
> total joke.
Except most of Transformers is the obscure characters. Including
Erector would have celebrated not just Erector, but all of the obscure
characters -- like Windbreaker and Scattor and Big Daddy and Discharge
and Flareup.
With Steven Speilberg being added, the bar has been lowered.
> With that said, can we now expect a show-accurate Voyager-class
> Waspinator toy with spring-loaded flapping wings, individually
> poseable insect legs, a sigil that changes from Predacon to
> Decepticon, and electronic sound bytes recorded by Scott McNeil?
> Whaddya say, Hasbro?
They did such a good job updating Cheetor and Dinobot, I'd want them
to try a few different organic mode transformers before going onto one
of our favorites.
That said, the sound chip needs "Wazzpinator has planzz"
Gustavo!
Irrellius Spamticon king of the Potato people
> On Jun 6, 11:08 am, Zobovor <zm...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 6, 8:41 am, Onslaught Six <onslaught...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I just don't understand what the point of all that was. If he'd won,
> > > > what would that have proven? That we can turn any style of democracy
> > > > into a farce, just like with the Trannies awards?
>
It doesn't always make it a farce, it just proves that the ultimate
decision is in the hands of idiots, just like with politics, get a
large enough group and you let some loud idiots in who will loudly
tout their views over everyone else and do what they can to drown out
any voices of opposition. It's not the quality of the argument, it's
the force and repetition of the argument.
> > > Isn't that what we did anyway, since apparently we voted Waspinator
> > > in?
>
> > To his credit, Waspinator was a really popular Beast Wars character
> > back in the day, second only to Dinobot.
>
> I'm not willing to say that -- BW Megatron had a huge following too.
> Really, all of the screen characters had a following, other than
> Airrazor.
BW Scorponok next year!
or G1 Shockwave, but I see DOTM shockwave ruining his chances
>
> > So, no, Waspinator really doesn't surprise me, and it doesn't strike
> > me that he got voted in as a joke. A patently obscure character like
> > Salt-Man Z or Big Daddy or, yes, Erector, now that would have been a
> > total joke.
>
> Except most of Transformers is the obscure characters. Including
> Erector would have celebrated not just Erector, but all of the obscure
> characters -- like Windbreaker and Scattor and Big Daddy and Discharge
> and Flareup.
>
I voted for a guy so obscure you've never heard of him, because I'm
that much of an ultracool hipster. And you're not enough of a true fan
to even know who I'm talking about.
> With Steven Speilberg being added, the bar has been lowered.
>
> > With that said, can we now expect a show-accurate Voyager-class
> > Waspinator toy with spring-loaded flapping wings, individually
> > poseable insect legs, a sigil that changes from Predacon to
> > Decepticon, and electronic sound bytes recorded by Scott McNeil?
> > Whaddya say, Hasbro?
>
> They did such a good job updating Cheetor and Dinobot, I'd want them
> to try a few different organic mode transformers before going onto one
> of our favorites.
I know the original Cheetor toy was nothing fancy or even show
accurate, but I liked it so much better than the more recent toy for
some reason. I guess it didn't have any kind of Beast Wars toy feel to
it. and I thought Dinobot was just awful.
>
> That said, the sound chip needs "Wazzpinator has planzz"
>
Does that mean we can get a BM Thrust toy if only to have the voice
chip talk to itself?
> Gustavo!
Irrellius Spamticon king of the Potato people
<Ob1ken...@att.net> wrote:
> Does that mean we can get a BM Thrust toy if only to have the voice
> chip talk to itself?
What am I saying, we need to put the ghost of starscream in Waspinator
and have that voice chip argue with itself.
Zobovor
<Ob1ken...@att.net> wrote:
Wait, I got it. A toy that transforms from Waspinator to Starscream
to Thrust. I'm sure TakaraTomy could do it. They gots mad skillz.
(Hasbro's version will cost less, but it will also be missing half of
Starscream's vehicle mode.)
Zob
Chad Rushing
>
> Wait, I got it. A toy that transforms from Waspinator to Starscream
> to Thrust. I'm sure TakaraTomy could do it. They gots mad skillz.
I would be impressed if they could just pull off a Waspinator/Thrust
one. Adding a Starscream mode would seem a bit forced due to the type
of relationship between the two characters. While they are at it,
they could do the same with the other Vehicon generals or even have
Maximal toys which switched between their BW and BM incarnations.
- Chad
Irrellius Spamticon king of the Potato people
> Starscream's vehicle mode.)
>
> Zob
It's not like Starscream needed his landing gear and second engine
anyway.
Autobus Prime
> Except most of Transformers is the obscure characters. Including
> Erector would have celebrated not just Erector, but all of the obscure
> characters -- like Windbreaker and Scattor and Big Daddy and Discharge
> and Flareup.
GW:
I'm from the home office. You are hereby ordered to cease all
fiendishly clever ironies for ninety days, so that the rest of us can
have a
chance to catch up. :D :D :D
Or you can just proceed, and the rest of us will have to sulk in a
corner. WITH HONOR.
Cordially yours:
Autobus Prime
w/minicon Farebox.
See the Blurry Robot Theater:
http://www.blurryrobot.com
Onslaught Six
> To his credit, Waspinator was a really popular Beast Wars character
> back in the day, second only to Dinobot. Also, Beast Wars is old
> enough now that the kids who were, say, ten years old when the show
> first aired are now old enough to be adult collectors and have an
> immense fondness for the character from their childhood, just like the
> way I feel about G1. (When G1 was 15 years old, it was 1999 and the
> fan presence online was HUGE. It's getting to the point now where
> people on message boards are saying things like, "You Geewunners need
> to step aside, your time was only five years' worth of a 27-year-old
> franchise, and now it's over" and I want to slap those little snot-
> nosed punks and correct their spelling and arithmetic (G1 ran for
> SEVEN years, thankyouverymuch) but then I realize that the kids who
> grew up on Beast Wars aren't actually kids at all—they're, like, in
> their mid-twenties and have a job at Hastings.
This is the paradox I have. I *did* grow up with Beast Wars! I *was*
ten! I liked it then but the fandom, man, the fandom gets on my nerves
more than anything else.
Mostly because I knew a guy who dated a major BW fangirl and I'm
pretty sure her and her horrible horrible frickin' fanfiction ruined
the series for me forever.
> So, no, Waspinator really doesn't surprise me, and it doesn't strike
> me that he got voted in as a joke. A patently obscure character like
> Salt-Man Z or Big Daddy or, yes, Erector, now that would have been a
> total joke.
Big Daddy is awesome; I hope he gets nominated next year.
Isn't Saltman Z a knockoff?
> With that said, can we now expect a show-accurate Voyager-class
> Waspinator toy with spring-loaded flapping wings, individually
> poseable insect legs, a sigil that changes from Predacon to
> Decepticon, and electronic sound bytes recorded by Scott McNeil?
> Whaddya say, Hasbro?
I hope not. There are far more deserving BW characters, even, like
Rhinox.