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Retconning The Perfect Cast?

Postby BeastProwl » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:30 pm

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What's your idea of The Perfect Cast?
What I mean is, I have classics Optimus Prime, but he doesn't lead my group of Autobots. I have a generations Megatron, but he doesn't lead my Decepticons. Armada OP and Cybertron Megatron are my team leaders. RiD Ultra magnus is my teams Ultra magnus of choice, and Prime Cliffjumper breaks up the whole "Same mold as BB thing", While Prime Wheeljack is a different mold than Tracks, Who did you retcon to make the perfect cast?
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Re: Retconning The Perfect Cast?

Postby Yotsuyasan » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:21 pm

Motto: "No matter where you go, there you are."
Well, I don't do a lot of that sort of thing, although if you're talking crossing toylines in my mind, "Classics," "Universe 2.0," "Generations," and "Reveal the Shield," are all extensions of the same thing. If you look at it differently, then I do much more of this then I think!

If you're talking using one character to represent another, then in trying to put together a season one cast, I repurposed Grappel as Hauler. (Someone just needs to make me a good Classics style G1 Gears!)

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And for the Decepticons, Real Gear Booster X10 became my Lazerbeak.

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Finally, since Animated Arcee is a distinct character from G1 Arcee, her presence (with a new head and weapons) in my Classics collection would, I think, count.

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Re: Retconning The Perfect Cast?

Postby BeastProwl » Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:26 am

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Exactly what I mean, but I'm a little more extreme about it. Like, Movie Brawn is my Classics Brawn, because in my mind, it's my own TF universe, so why not? He doesnt look very movie-like. Same with Movie Lockdown. He's based off of a Classics Spotlight IDW Charachter design, so movie or no, he fights with Generations Drift.
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Re: Retconning The Perfect Cast?

Postby kirbenvost » Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:55 pm

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Excellent looking displays there. I do a lot of that too. My main focus is Neo G1, so if there isn't an official one already, whoever is the best (IMO) version of that character gets shoe-horned in, like the Music Label figures and Booster X10 as Laserbeak, etc. But beyond that I either display the figure with the line they belong with, or the line the mold originated in. For example, my SG Galvatron gets to be Cybertron Galvatron, because he looks more like Galvatron than actual Cybertron Galvatron, who gets to be Megatron for obvious reasons.
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Re: Retconning The Perfect Cast?

Postby TulioDude » Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:07 pm

Motto: "Never doubt the awesomess."
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For me its not about recreating a cast about one specific show.
Its about some coolest version of the characters.
Like using the iconic movie versions of Barricade and Blackout.
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Re: Retconning The Perfect Cast?

Postby zodconvoy » Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:02 am

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Re: Retconning The Perfect Cast?

Postby Delta Magnus » Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:29 am

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I've been a Transformers fan since I was a kid, and I still play with my Transformers, so this influences my collection.

To me, my Transformers aren't from different universe-they're all from my universe, so to speak. Thus, I buy whichever Transformers I happen to like which fills a hole in my collection for a particular character. Also, I still have almost all my childhood Transformers, and I try to keep them in one piece as much as possible. So my Ultra Magnus, Optimus Prime and Megatron are all Robots In Disguise (the line available in my childhood) my Arcee is the Animated toy, Starscream is an Armada release.
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Re: Retconning The Perfect Cast?

Postby Mkall » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:09 am

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My cast is pretty much what's been made available in the Classics/et al. lines. The only exception is my Galvatron is represented by Superlink Galvatron G.
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Re: Retconning The Perfect Cast?

Postby zodconvoy » Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:40 pm

Motto: "Freedom is the right to KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!"
Delta Magnus wrote:So my Ultra Magnus, Optimus Prime and Megatron are all Robots In Disguise (the line available in my childhood)


Jesus, Delta, way to make me feel old! :lol:

I've always been a bit more flexible with my collection. When Season 2 and the Marvel comic started introducing Transformers that didn't have toys, my child brain deduced that it must work both ways. A toy didn't have to be on the show or in the comic to have a character. So I've always had a very amorphous idea of the cast. Roadbuster, Whirl, the Powerdashers, and the Omnicons were elsewhere in the universe doing amazing stuff like a super robot A-Team. I was totally blown away by the idea of the Wreckers in the 90's because they were a UK only group so I didn't know they existed until the modern internet!

So HFTD Lugnut, Movie Barricade, Botcon Sky-Byte, Armada Demolisher, HFTD Lockdown, Custom Slipstream, Botcon Overlord, it's all the same Decepticon army to me! That said, I do want a First Edition Bulkhead for my Classics Autobots.
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Re: Retconning The Perfect Cast?

Postby kirbenvost » Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:49 pm

Motto: "Deal with it."
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Oh yeah, HFTD Lockdown and RTS Lugnut have totally been retconned into my G1 Decepticons. Lockdown gets to chill with the post-movie cast because he has that creepy post-apocalyptic vibe, whereas Lugnut is straight-up Decepticon military, perfect for filling out the pre-movie cast.

...y'see, my shelf isn't big enough so I have to split them up.

IF they did a classics Bulkhead, he would be on the shelf IMMEDIATELY.
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