That Bot wrote:Of all the reasons people bring up to not like Alpha Bravo, I can honestly sympathize, if not agree, with all of them.... except the speed one. That just doesn't make any sense to me, honestly. Yes, in real life, a helicopter would be much slower than a bunch of jets. But Transformers doesn't take place in real life. I understand the need to have consistent rules in your universe so the audience understands the setting, but as AB is a robot that only looks like a helicopter, he isn't bound by the same mechanical limitations of the real model, so he could probably configure himself to go mach 1 or however fast the other bots are going at cruising speed.
Rated X wrote:Genericon #378 wrote:Rated X wrote:It’s no secret I can’t stand Alpha Bravo. I hate the concept. I don’t care about IDW’s new wave storyline. Slingshot is alive and well in the minds of many G1 traditionalists. Obviously Takara seems to agree. And according to alleged TRU listings, Hasbro might be rethinking their decision and offering us a proper Slingshot and Wildrider too. So this thread is to spur a little debate about the character and his existence in the first place. This thread is not to talk about the quality or enjoyment of the toy. My whole beef with Alpha Bravo is the fact that he is replacing Slingshot. I would have no problem with him being introduced as a separate character. Hasbro could have saved Alpha Bravo, Offroad, Rook, etc. for their fan made combiner. But replacing the only Aerialbot that actually had a unique personality to accommodate a comic book storyline is a stupid move in my opinion. Every time Hasbro/designs a combiner, they always go one off with a limb just to piss off G1 fans. Last time for Bruticus we got puke and period blood colored Vortex. Even TF wiki doesn’t list which alleged IDW comic book the Alpha Bravo storyline can be found in. A few Alpha Bravo supporters list a particular issue, but flat out refuse to take some pictures of it or provide a link that show its contents. Why isn’t it in TF Wiki already ? If these Alpha Bravo fanboys love him so much, why don’t they add his back story and comic book pics to his bio ? Instead they try to legitimize Alpha Bravo by photoshopping him into G1 cartoon screenshots. WTF ?
So this is the place for Transformers fans to discuss how they feel about Alpha Bravo. Is he friend or foe ?
Seriously, all of your posts include some kind of rant. I was going to give you the benefit of the doubt, but this is **** ridiculous! Calm down! Can you try posting something that isn't a rant for once? Is this what you G1 fans are like? And when did Slingshot have a personality?
Well you're "anti-rant rant" is a first on here.
Watch "The Key to Vector Sigma" and you will see Slingshot is the only Aerialbot with an attitude which gave him personality. The other 3 limb bots were generic followers.
And this pic is for you...
shajaki wrote:I'll address all the Combiner Rookies..
I'm committed to Takara's G1 faithful Combiners, but I've also been buying Hasbo's as well since I have no issues with new members. But when it got down to Defensor I thought of just getting Rook, Gaurdia, and skipping the rest of Hasbro's. But now I'm thinking of having both, and maybe even displaying them side by side as I think it would be neat to show off the differences between the two.
It's likely what I'll end up doing mostly cause Gaurdia won't be released till... what? September or something? I simply can't wait that long
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Guardian, and it's November
shajaki wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Guardian, and it's November
Sounds like one happy sandwich... Gaurdi.. who?Burn wrote:There there, I'll get Va'al in here and he and I will give you a big hug ... together ... with you in the middle ... just relax ...shajaki wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Guardian, and it's November
shajaki wrote:Sounds like one happy sandwich... Gaurdi.. who?Burn wrote:There there, I'll get Va'al in here and he and I will give you a big hug ... together ... with you in the middle ... just relax ...shajaki wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Guardian, and it's November
shajaki wrote:Whoa whoa! A little privacy please!
shajaki wrote:Whoa whoa! A little privacy please!
My OPINION is Hasbro wanted to see how far they can push the bar to see exactly what type of fans buy Generations figures. Are they G1 traditionalists? Are they IDW fanatics? Do they care more about the playability of limb swapping OR the homage factor of the original characters the toys represent?
Dark Ops wrote:"Helicopters don't belong with fighter jets!"
Yeah? Neither does a concorde then.
"Off-Road doesn't belong with the Stunticons! They're cars!"
Yeah? And who's this Motormaster guy?
Grognards. All Grognards. I think I'll buy up a team of Alpha Bravos. Then I'll combine them with Cyclonus because he's not geewun canon either! *evil laughter*
Alpha Bravo!
Bravo Bravo!
Charlie Bravo!
Delta Bravo!
And they shall all combine into the mighty CHARLIE FOXTROT!
That Bot wrote:The combiner's name should be Foxtrot Uniform. It's all he says to his haters.
That Bot wrote:The combiner's name should be Foxtrot Uniform. It's all he says to his haters.
RhA wrote:And all in G2 colors, please.
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