Favorite Transfomer

[Aloysius]

My friend just received (via Ebay from China, apparently legally licensed) 20th Anniversary Edition of the Transformers on DVD, the 1st 4 seasons before the movie. 99 Episodes of awesome-ness. All he does now is IM me or talk to me about it. I'm so jealous.

Got me thinking - who is your favorite Transformer? Maybe because I had such a fondness for the toy - but I'm going Skyfire.

As a group, the Dinobots were awesome. As were those triple-changer guys.

Note: Starscream, in the Chinese, is translated as "Red Spider". Cool.

[B Dids]

Soundwave and it's not that close.

Bluestreak and Prowl were also favs.

Anybody who says Bumblebee probably voted a specific way in a specific poll.

edit- to fix his name...

[astroglide]

soundwave, not close

[Aloysius]

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Anybody who says Bumblebee probably voted a specific way in a specific poll.

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Bumblebee is not only the worst Transfomer ever, but possibly one of the worst things ever.

[IHateKeithSmart]

Soundwave is awesome and the best standalone (close second is megatron). To actually play with though, its the constructicons, teaming together to form devastator. And this one is not even remotely close.

http://www.tfracetrack.com/collection/decepticons/devastator3.jpg
linky (http://www.tfracetrack.com/collection/constructicons.htm)

[MrWookie47]

Definitely the Dinobots.

[InchoateHand]

Optimus Prime 'cause he's a jew.

[miajag81]

I always liked Starscream.

[B Dids]

As a kid I once convinced this dude to sell me Grimlock for like 2 bucks. My mom decided that I'd scammed the kid and made me give it back. I'm pretty sure my career as derivatives trader was crushed that day, and that's while I'll never be rich like Paluka.

[samjjones]

http://www.tfsource.com/Reissues/Insecticons/insecticons.jpg

My friend and I had the complete G1 collection between us back in the day (not to mention GI Joe). Good times.

Megatron is sexay. Hot Shot is pretty cool, too. I watch it every day with the kids.

How can one tell that Optimus Prime is Jewish?

[miajag81]

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How can one tell that Optimus Prime is Jewish?

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http://gummibearheads.com/ign/icons/jew_prime.gif

[Aloysius]

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Soundwave is awesome and the best standalone (close second is megatron). To actually play with though, its the constructicons, teaming together to form devastator. And this one is not even remotely close.

http://www.tfracetrack.com/collection/decepticons/devastator3.jpg
linky (http://www.tfracetrack.com/collection/constructicons.htm)

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The Constructacons! They are cool - but I never got the toy cause I already owned this -

http://www.robot-japan.com/Gallery/BandaiAmerica/Godaikin/GoLion/MVC-005S.jpg

[samjjones]

Damn, dude. Voltron was like $100. Your parents must have been RICH...

[bad beetz]

the dude that had the cassette tapes. He was the joint.

[bad beetz]

YES! that was his name. It's not close at all. He got like 20X playtime as the others.

[bad beetz]

Yo starscream was a [censored].

[samjjones]

Astrotrain and and other triple changer that turned from a tank to a jet to a robot were quite cool, too.

[B Dids]

The tapes where what: Ravage was the bird right, what were the panther and the other one?

The other really horrible Transformer was the Autobot answer to Shockwave, "MasterBlaster" or something, who was this retarded jive talking knockoff supposed to be a ghetto blaster.

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The other really horrible Transformer was the Autobot answer to Shockwave, "MasterBlaster" or something, who was this retarded jive talking knockoff supposed to be a ghetto blaster.

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Was that Jazz?

P.S. I wish you would put the horrible pecking bird back in your avatar!

[DeezNuts]

I owned Megatron and he was a pain to transform and to play with. The Constructicons were cool, but we were poor and I was only able to get two through my childhood. Always wondered what the completed guy looked like, thanks.

DN

[Aloysius]

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The tapes where what: Ravage was the bird right, what were the panther and the other one?


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I think Ravage was the panther? Laserbeak was the bird (a condor). Soundwave's cassette minions totally rule.

Did the toy come with more than those 2 tapes?

[samjjones]

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The tapes where what: Ravage was the bird right, what were the panther and the other one?

The other really horrible Transformer was the Autobot answer to Shockwave, "MasterBlaster" or something, who was this retarded jive talking knockoff supposed
to be a ghetto blaster.

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Ravage was the panther. Laserbeak and Buzzsaw were the birds. There were also two mini-robot ones...Rumble and something else.

Blaster was actually a cool toy, and other than Jazz, the only other stereotypical black Autobot.

[CrazyEyez]

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The tapes where what: Ravage was the bird right, what were the panther and the other one?


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I think Ravage was the panther? Laserbeak was the bird (a condor). Soundwave's cassette minions totally rule.

Did the toy come with more than those 2 tapes?

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Rumble was the robot dude that bashed the ground, yeah?

[samjjones]

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Did the toy come with more than those 2 tapes?

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IIRC, Soundwave did not come with ANY cassettes.

[B Dids]

Jazz was a race car.

http://www.reprolabels.com/images/stf_jazz.gif

Soundwave:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/poskonig/Transformers/Soundwave.jpg

(Shockwave was the Megatron replacement "turns into a gun" guy who wasn't as cool as Megatron, I'm kinda embarassed I made that brain fart).

Apparently the Autobot's name was just "Blaster"

http://transformers.winterchill.com/mycollection/loose/blaster.jpg

[samjjones]

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(Shockwave was the Megatron replacement "turns into a gun" guy who wasn't as cool as Megatron, I'm kinda embarassed I made that brain fart).


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This is not entirely accurate. Galvatron was the "newer" Megatron replacement. Shockwave came out as a toy very early on. I had both toys, and IMO Shockwave > Megatron (Shockwave made battery powered "laser" noises and had an LED thing going on, while you couldn't even put caps into Megatron.

[Guy Incognito]

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The tapes where what: Ravage was the bird right, what were the panther and the other one?

The other really horrible Transformer was the Autobot answer to Shockwave, "MasterBlaster" or something, who was this retarded jive talking knockoff supposed to be a ghetto blaster.

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I thought Ravage was the panther, and the bird was... Laserbeak?

I had Blaster, and something worse than Blaster: Perceptor, a robot that transformed into a deadly... microscope.

Jazz was a car, IIRC.

[SomethingClever]

Jetfire with Soundwave a close second.

http://www.opusgames.com/toys/pics/jetfire.jpg

[samjjones]

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The tapes where what: Ravage was the bird right, what were the panther and the other one?

The other really horrible Transformer was the Autobot answer to Shockwave, "MasterBlaster" or something, who was this retarded jive talking knockoff supposed to be a ghetto blaster.

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I thought Ravage was the panther, and the bird was... Laserbeak?

I had Blaster, and something worse than Blaster: Perceptor, a robot that transformed into a deadly... microscope.

Jazz was a car, IIRC.

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The only toy worse than Perceptor was Reflector...the Decepticon that transforms into...a cheesy camera!

[Aloysius]

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Jetfire with Soundwave a close second.

http://www.opusgames.com/toys/pics/jetfire.jpg

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Yeah Jetfire (why am I thinking Skyfire, was that his name only in the cartoon?) is awesome.

I think the Soundwave toy came bundled with at least 1 cassette tape, as I remember being pleasantly surprised by this...

[jedi]

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Did the toy come with more than those 2 tapes?

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IIRC, Soundwave did not come with ANY cassettes.

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Soundwave was my favorite because he was my first transformer. I'm pretty sure he came with Laserbeak at the least. But the others were sold separately.

[stigmata]

Someone do a poll for this, oh please!

[Lawrence Ng]

Starscream.

Lawrence

[B Dids]

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Someone do a poll for this, oh please!

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Why do we need a poll, is it really to hard to judge the clear winner just by reading the posts.

Discussion > numbers.

[Aloysius]

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Someone do a poll for this, oh please!

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Seriously? I hate the polls - here's a list of some big ones if this helps-

Starscream, Jetfire, Soundwave, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Jazz, Megatron/Galvatron, Shockwave, Grimlock/Dinobots, Shrapnel/Inseticons, Constructicons

Edit - yeah I agree with Dids. IHY Polls.

[samjjones]

Agree. No need for a poll...because everybody agrees that Soundwave was awesome. It really was a great toy design, and the character in the cartoon was equally cool.

[IndieMatty]

http://www.ggaub.com/tf/toys/photos/robotmasters/starscream_bot.jpg


http://members.wri.com/jeffb/transformers/Soundwave.jpg

http://www.phatkev.com/picturesmore/cars/grimlock.jpg

[Guy Incognito]

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Astrotrain and and other triple changer that turned from a tank to a jet to a robot were quite cool, too.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzwing

Nobody's mentioned Omega Supreme. That thing was huge.

[Rduke55]

Clearly it's Soundwave.
Followed by Starscream and Megatron.

[TheMainEvent]

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Starscream.

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[Aloysius]

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Clearly it's Soundwave.
Followed by Starscream and Megatron.

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Just had to get a plug in for Red Alert - as he wasn't mentioned anywhere in the thread...

http://cliffbee.com/reviews/images/redalert.jpg

[nolanfan34]

Let's just be honest guys, THEY ARE ALL GOOD!!!! It's like trying to pick a favorite G.I. Joe, just not possible.

So much better than the crap kids seem to have available to them these days.

Oh, and if you really want to feel depressed, just look at what this stuff goes for on eBay, original unopened material....

Soundwave (http://cgi.ebay.com/TRANSFORMERS-MISB-AFA-80-G1-SOUNDWAVE-BONUS_W0QQitemZ6012034212QQcategoryZ4696QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem)
Used Devastator (http://cgi.ebay.com/TRANSFORMERS-G1-VINTAGE-MIB-DEVASTATOR-RARE-GIFTSET-BOX_W0QQitemZ6010804634QQcategoryZ4696QQrdZ1QQcmdZ ViewItem)

[wonderwes]

I used to own so many of those.

My votes:
Megatron (he looks like a real pistol)
Soundwave (easy)

but by far the winner is the Aerielbots
http://transformers.haleph.com/MISC/Superioroff.JPG
http://transformers.haleph.com/MISC/AerialBots.JPG

[tolbiny]

Soundwave, ravage and laserbeak.

[tolbiny]

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Let's just be honest guys, THEY ARE ALL GOOD!!!! It's like trying to pick a favorite G.I. Joe, just not possible.

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BS- thats easy - Bazooka as a kid, now its Scarlet- if i ever meet a redhead who can fire a cross bow and handle explosices, hot damn.

[wonderwes]

http://www.absoluteanime.com/admin/favtoy/favtoy-transformers-omegasupreme.jpg

[gonores]

Per request, I submit my costume for Halloween 2005, taken along with Barry Greenstein at the Bellagio. I apologize for posting such a blurry pick, but I don't deal with pictures very often and I don't know how to doctor photos...apparently the photographer was drunk and using a not-so-great device to take the pic. Either way, I think you can figure out my favorite transformer, even if you can't figure out what I really look like.

And, yes, I did have appropriate leggings on my calves and going over my feet, to complete the Optimus Prime look.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/gonores/MeandBarry.jpg

[samjjones]

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It's like trying to pick a favorite G.I. Joe, just not possible.


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That's the next poll...

[gabbahh]

Wacko Jacko. More modes then any other transformer!!!!

Jacko as a kid!!
http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/2180/jacksonyoung7ox.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Jacko as an african american!!
http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/5964/jacksonbefore5hc.gif (http://imageshack.us)


Jacko as an alien!!!
http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/8562/jacksonafter4ju.png (http://imageshack.us)


Jacko as a werewulf!!!
http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/8763/jacksonwulf3js.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Jacko as a zombie!!!
http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/4113/jacksonzombie7ef.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[LAGmaniac]

Why do people keep saying soundwave? He was a freakin tapedeck!

I liked the http://www.toysnjoys.com/transformersenergon/decepticons.jpg jets, especially Skywarp.


http://transformers.winterchill.com/mycollection/loose/skywarp-t.jpg http://www.thaiinfonet.com/user/arose/admiraltianem/skywarp.jpg

[nolanfan34]

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Per request, I submit my costume for Halloween 2005, taken along with Barry Greenstein at the Bellagio. I apologize for posting such a blurry pick, but I don't deal with pictures very often and I don't know how to doctor photos...apparently the photographer was drunk and using a not-so-great device to take the pic. Either way, I think you can figure out my favorite transformer, even if you can't figure out what I really look like.

And, yes, I did have appropriate leggings on my calves and going over my feet, to complete the Optimus Prime look.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/gonores/MeandBarry.jpg

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Well, that's pretty much the most awesome thing I've seen today. Nice work.

[eviljeff]

screw transformers. go-bots, dude.

[Aloysius]

I'm glad someone bumped this, cause I didn't want to unnecessarily... but I really wanted to say -

"Gonores... sir... your costume is totally awesome although Optimus is somewhat douche-y and Greenstein looks alot better with a beard."