Insecticon hatches- what's the deal?
S. Moriarity
All of the Insecticons had these weird transparent yellow hatches on
them. What were they for? You couldn't really put their weapons inside,
as the compartment was too small. Are these cockpits for human operators
or something?
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Take a close look at the other first and second year Transformers. All
the dinbots have cockpits, Ultra Magnus' chest shield has a pilot's seat,
the canopy on the seeker jets opens and most of the Autobots have
accessible passenger compartments. Originally part of the Diaclone model
line, all these toys were originally meant to represent human-piloted
mecha. Why anybody'd want to fly a giant grasshopper around is anybody's
guess though. :)
KKC, notes the Trainbots were Diaclone toys withheld until the
Headmasters series and wonders if THESE guys have pilot's seats...
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the net with a picture of him? I'm really curious as to just what this
compulsive decepticon leader looks like as a toy. Thanks!
Homer
Robert Edward Powers
: Hmmmm... I've never seen the Thunderwing toy.
Thunderwing!! Yay! One of my favorite 'cons, right up there with
Bludgeon and Shockwave.
Sorry, don't have a picture of him; in fact all I have of him is the
shell. I've never even SEEN the inner robot, in the comics or otherwise.
The shell transforms to a clunky-looking tech jet. It'd be pretty cool, if
1) something besides the arms moved, and 2) the head wasn't hollow and set
way too far forwards on his shoulders... oh yeah, and 3), the jet wasn't
so fat lookin'. One day I may try cutting through the plastic piece that
holds his legs together, so he'll at least be able to take a step...
While comparing this toy to the comics, I noticed something: Geoff Senior
and Andy Wildman both left off the "backpack" of T-wings's shell (all the
jet components hanging off of his back), but Jose Delbo included it. I
guess it just didn't fit into Senior's style -- can you see Thunderwing
beating up on Grimlock with that thing on his back? Yeah, me neither.
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Rodney Lambson
>
>Actually, I discovered that the fold-down cab on Optimus Prime was a great
>place to store his fists when I transformed him. Anybody else notice
>this?
>
yeah, i noticed it about 10 years ago when i had prime. put the fists in the
cab and throw the gun in the trailer (or fists AND gun in the trailer). i do
the same for the cab to ultra magnus. then there's the matter of his large
head, fists, and gun. i kinda wish that magnus was made so that you could take
off his fists if you wanted, but they could also retract inside his forearm.
i'm also thinking about removing the turret from rodimus' trailer to give him
some cargo space.
Bludgeon
>Actually, I discovered that the fold-down cab on Optimus Prime was a great
>place to store his fists when I transformed him. Anybody else notice
>this?
thing that launches roller in the trailer. Was this in the instructions?
I don't know -- I don't have the instructions.
Raksha
>,
S. Moriarity <span...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
>All of the Insecticons had these weird transparent yellow hatches on
>them. What were they for? You couldn't really put their weapons inside,
>as the compartment was too small. Are these cockpits for human operators
>or something?
Probably, in the original line. But I used to use them to store beads.....
--Raksha
Raksha
Kendrick Kerwin Chua <kend...@io.com> wrote:
>KKC, notes the Trainbots were Diaclone toys withheld until the
>Headmasters series and wonders if THESE guys have pilot's seats...
They don't. They'd almost be too small for this, in any case.
--Raksha
Dave Van Domelen
Raksha <jk...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>In article <Pine.A32.3.91j.960207...@homer22.u.washington.ed
>S. Moriarity <span...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>>All of the Insecticons had these weird transparent yellow hatches on
>>them. What were they for? You couldn't really put their weapons inside,
>>as the compartment was too small. Are these cockpits for human operators
>>or something?
>Probably, in the original line. But I used to use them to store beads.....
Same as the hatches in the Dinobots. All the Diaclone toys were vehicles
that carried human or alien invader (Waldalos, I believe) pilots. The insects
and dinos were part of the new improved second year's line.
Dave Van Domelen, see the BotCon 94 book for more....
Brian Ruh
Benson Gregory Yee <ye...@is.nyu.edu> wrote:
>S. Moriarity (span...@u.washington.edu) wrote:
>
>: All of the Insecticons had these weird transparent yellow hatches on
>: them. What were they for? You couldn't really put their weapons inside,
>: as the compartment was too small. Are these cockpits for human operators
>
>toys which came with small driver partners (look at the old Prime and
>Autobot cars, jets etc., note how they can all fit a figure inside them
>somewhere). The same principle held over to the Insecticons.
>Ben
>ye...@is2.nyu.edu
Actually, I discovered that the fold-down cab on Optimus Prime was a great
place to store his fists when I transformed him. Anybody else notice
this?
Peace & Energon,
Brian
Benjamin P. Harris
Yee) wrote:
> S. Moriarity (span...@u.washington.edu) wrote:
>
> : All of the Insecticons had these weird transparent yellow hatches on
> : them. What were they for? You couldn't really put their weapons inside,
> : as the compartment was too small. Are these cockpits for human operators
> : or something?
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Most of the original TF molds were based on the Diakron/Diaclone
> toys which came with small driver partners (look at the old Prime and
> Autobot cars, jets etc., note how they can all fit a figure inside them
> somewhere). The same principle held over to the Insecticons.
>
> Ben
> ye...@is2.nyu.edu
Hmm. I only really noticed a compartment on the Dinobots. Maybe I
should re-examine my old G1's.
Iggy Drougge
: Actually, I discovered that the fold-down cab on Optimus Prime was a great
: place to store his fists when I transformed him. Anybody else notice
: this?
Yes. Me too.
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jk...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Raksha) writes:
>Probably, in the original line. But I used to use them to store
beads.....
I put green marbles in the Decepticons's chests, and Blue in the Dinobots
and Autobots's.
"I want the toilet seat!"-Two Stupid Dogs
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figure in him. Did anyone see Horifumi Omichi's special little Matrix
casing which fit inside the Prime figure? Ain't it kewl?
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>
> liz...@dnai.com (Lizard) writes:
[snip]
> > Now, if only there was a convenient place to store "Combiner Kibble"
> > -- all the hands, feet, chestplates, etc, that go into making a
> > combiner...
>
> That's part of what makes Monstructor so cool. All of the combining
> parts save the head go somewhere on the monster bodies. Almost no
> loose parts!
> ----
Actually, the Monstructor head also stores away, although not too
firmly. It goes into a recess on Slog's back, upside-down and facing
towards the backplate (as far as I can recall, anyway; I don't have it
with me to check exactly).
Doug Dlin
Rodney Lambson
>On 9 Feb 1996 18:53:57 +0100, opt...@canit.se (Iggy Drougge) wrote:
>
>>Brian Ruh (be...@expert.cc.purdue.edu) wrote:
>>
>>: Actually, I discovered that the fold-down cab on Optimus Prime was a great
>>: place to store his fists when I transformed him. Anybody else notice
>>: this?
>>
>>Yes. Me too.
>
>
>Now, if only there was a convenient place to store "Combiner Kibble"
>-- all the hands, feet, chestplates, etc, that go into making a
>combiner...
those are the times you wish all that "shunting mass to subsbace" stuff worked!