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G1 Gnaw. Big, fat and ugly (literally! But still love the guy)

Aa for Godginrai lay off the criticism already! He's a brick, but a buttkickin'ly bad@ss brick! If anyone recalls the old catalog scans, the early mock up/prototype figures of him show a more proportional build (his cab didn't spill out like a beer gut and his head was a whole lot smaller)

http://www.botchthecrab.com/galleryImag ... &image=296

So a lot of revisions more or less lead to his less that proportional appearance (not to mention the loss of the proposed headmaster/ Roller gimmick)

Heck, not even mentioning the proposed Godbomber that looked waaaaaaaaaay better than the one now have.

A more recent pick-up for me, but it fits the bill. Pan-Handler:



The vehicle mode is awesome, no doubt. The robot mode is...hmph. But I enjoy it anyway .

fenrir72 wrote:Aa for Godginrai lay off the criticism already! He's a brick, but a buttkickin'ly bad@ss brick!

Agreed.

I really love Quickswitch, even though he is somewhere between ignored and reviled by many fans.

Also I don't know about love, but I do enjoy the ROTF deluxe helicopter mold used for Blazemaster.

fenrir72 wrote:G1 Gnaw. Big, fat and ugly (literally! But still love the guy)

Gnaw was one of my absolute favorites when I was a kid and, sadly, one of the few childhood TFs that I don't have anymore (probably sold at a grage sale after I movied out). I loved his cartoon accuracy, his imaginative design and his colors were hard to beat (and chrome teeth, too!). What could possibly be terrible about him?!

A lot of people hate the Fast Action Battlers, but I really liked some of them. Ratchet gets a lot of fanfare, but I really like Starscream, too. He sits in jet mode on top of my DVD shelf with his DotM Burger King cousin, underneath a framed piece of original art from Reign of Starscream.

Why did they change Powermaster Prime? The large bug eyed head is what I don't like. He looks badass on the rear boxart.

I agree with Armada Sideswipe. I only wish he was a Scout. I like Classics Galvatron and Energon Prime too.

My own picks for this thread:

Throttlebots. Rollbar in particular. His head mold just oozes character. Love the jeep mode too. Why hasn't some third party come up with new arms or accessories for these guys and the Battlchargers?

G1 Ironhide. Wouldn't touch him until I got the third party head set a few years ago as I had an old Ratchet. Once I saw how good Ratchet looked, I bought Encore Ironhide followed by a new Ratchet as my old one had faded badly. Some nicely articulated arms and the heads really let them blend nicely with the likes of Prowl and Sideswipe.

The Firecons. The botmodes are unique and the creature modes are just fun. Had great fun with them and the Triggercons and Actionmasters as a kid. They all seemed right together.

G1 Megatron. Got him after an 18 year wait. Pics always made his arms look stumpy but I took a chance and I love that toy. He was my sixth TF when I got back collecting but my second purchase as the first 5 were bought together.

Actionmasters. Cheap, cartoon accurate versions of old favourites. My first Megatron, Soundwave and Shockwave. Kick Off's ex gladiator bio was badass before he ever got mentioned in LSTOTW.

G1 Seekers

i was actually looking at a list earlier of similarly crap TF's.

1986 Rodimus Prime
Hate the character, hate the block of a toy, but I have an entire shelf dedicated to Rodimus. I hate myself more for liking him. I still hate him.

PM Optimus Prime
Say what you will, he's an awesome brickbot. One of my personal favourites.


I don't own him, yet, but...
Behold boys and girls, the new #1 on my want list:

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... inlad/165/

He's a Japanese Tanuki with a sake bottle and massive balls, that's right... balls, which double as drums. It's right there in the boss' gallery! Oh, and he has a working clock

breakdown99 wrote:(...)
I don't own him, yet, but...
Behold boys and girls, the new #1 on my want list:

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... inlad/165/

He's a Japanese Tanuki with a sake bottle and massive balls, that's right... balls, which double as drums. It's right there in the boss' gallery! Oh, and he has a working clock

Sorry, but you are mistaken: Heinlad is not at all terrible. Excellent figure in both modes, and a fun gimmick which works on many different levels (including the Tanuki as a figure in Japanese folklore). I don't actually even think the general TF fandom considers him as being terrible. BTW, if you do want to pick him up: he can still be found new, MISB, with quite a few internet retailers, for relatively little money (~$25.00)

A Transformer that IS generally regarded as a lame and terrible, but one which I love for just those reasons, is Staxx. Featureless, articulationless, characterless and in horrible colors; he really is just an ugly form wrapped around the idea of a gimmick... And for being the epitomy of a bad TF, I like him!

RAcast wrote:

Dean ML wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Dean ML wrote:RotF Leader Megatron. I really wish he had some articulation on his gun arm, but posed right he looks really cool. He's really accurate to his original cgi design, tall, nearly kibble free, and has a fun and easy transformation (especially for a leader). Also, I think he subconsciously reminds me of the Inhumanoids, another favorite of mine growing up.

The fact that he's selling for over 70$ broken and 200$ complete on Ebay disqualify him from being bad and unloved.

I thought the initial hate towards him is what led to him being so hard to come by.

Same for RotF leader Jetfire. Nobody wanted them at first, but now they're both difficult to come by.

I think ROTF Jetfire has the 2nd longest alt mode of all time, next to Fortress Maximus. I liked it when initial leaked boxart was released, and I still do.

alldarker wrote:

breakdown99 wrote:(...)
I don't own him, yet, but...
Behold boys and girls, the new #1 on my want list:

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... inlad/165/

He's a Japanese Tanuki with a sake bottle and massive balls, that's right... balls, which double as drums. It's right there in the boss' gallery! Oh, and he has a working clock

Sorry, but you are mistaken: Heinlad is not at all terrible. Excellent figure in both modes, and a fun gimmick which works on many different levels (including the Tanuki as a figure in Japanese folklore). I don't actually even think the general TF fandom considers him as being terrible. BTW, if you do want to pick him up: he can still be found new, MISB, with quite a few internet retailers, for relatively little money (~$25.00)[color=#004000]

$25 for my own stupid fox with big balls?! BOOYAH! I'm on it.
And thank you so very, very much, for highlighting what the "general fandom" and yourself consider my mistakes. So very kind of you to do so.