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So much good memories

I Armada was what officialized me as a Transformers fan.
I remenber liking Beast Wars BUT i didnt remenber as much as i would have liked,I watched Beast Machines,i liked it but remenber having some gripes with it,I watched RiD and though there some cool guys and concepts,i though they overdid the jokes.


So Armada came.its the first time i seen a full scale AutobotxDecepticon war.And it was so cool.The first time i seen Starscream.And it was cool.The fits time i saw Unicron and....you know where i going with this,no?

There so much cool about Armada that i could stay the entire day talking/writing.

Aramda is so cool.*manly tears*

Armada's cartoon is the one subpar Transformers cartoon I honestly feel had the most potential for greatness. It just had far too many factors that crippled it: Poor dub scripting, bad dub acting, a rushed production, lousy execution, repetitive storytelling, a weak plot outline, a jarring (and beneficial, but still jarring) switch to the Unicron Battles arc, and a very passive handling of Unicron's menace. And the kids being made annoying in leading roles.

If I could, I would honestly remake the show fro mthe ground up, keeping all the basic elements it's fondly remembered for, but reworking it to flow better and feel overall more worthwhile.

I never cared much for the Armada cartoon, but I watched it anyways since it was the only TF-related thing on at the time. I did, however collect the entire North American line, with the exception of supercon Nemesis Prime, I never could find him for a decent price back then. They were what got me into collecting seriously. Eventually I sold off most of the figures to clear my shelves for my new passion, the Classics-verse. I have very few regrets, mostly on the Beast Wars retools. I really should find them again...

It pains me now to say that after I finished Armada, I hit that "I'm 12 now so I can't like stuff I liked when I a 'kid' anymore" phase. I also never got a ton of toys from the line, though I did get a handful. Since I started collecting, and it really hasn't been very long, just over half a year I think, I've caught myself up with all that I've missed.

It really sucks what all I missed, haha. I love Armada, and I always will; I grew up on G1 reruns in the early 90s and Beast Wars through its run. My interest fell off during Beast Machines; to this day I still hate most of the designs, and I remember simply not knowing that RiD even really happened. The only toys I have from that line are a few Spy Changers. Armada brought back everything I'd love for sure, at least for awhile.

But back to why I regret that blasted phase the most, I missed out on Energon completely! Yeah...the cartoon leaves a little to be desired, but the entire toyline is combiners! The. Entire. Line. So recently I've been focusing a lot of my spending on picking up things that interest me from that line, especially the Gestalts. Thus far I've snagged Steamhammer and 3/4 Aerialbot limbs. I'd really like to shoot for at least one of each mold. Plus I snagged an Energon Road Block at a decent price. The Inferno mold is pretty nifty, but I can't stand the original head.

Armada,... wow,... I was a fan.

After G2, I shut the door and closed my eyes on TF. It was sad. I remember Marvel comics closing the door and I was getting older. Beast Wars was cool, but still didn't do it for me. RID came and I liked it enough to enjoy the cartoons somewhat. "Initiating battle protocal" -my favourite line Armada brought me back in! I loved it! It was G1 all over again Unicron was the 'icing on the cake'. I was shocked and in awe when it came to an end. It seemed sudden when Energon came. I immediatly lost interest and never went back till Classics came around.

Thank you Armada! It was fun and memorable

I found armada in the store one day. Though awsome new transformers, so i picked some up, If i remember right Demolisher, Cyclonus, Hotshot, and maybe one other one.

I remember really liking demolisher, cyclonus was ok, but alt mode was alot better with his minicon attached. and hot shot, well he just sucked so bad. And as i bought them the trnd continued. some really awsome, some ok, and some just horrible.

the cartoon when i seen it one one day made me laugh at how bad it was. Im not sure i was ever able to finish watching it.

Though to this day most of my armada collection ends up on the back of the shelf, there are some great figures to come that i still love. 'Bendy Prime" and Nemesis are some of my favorite figures from any line. Tidalwave is a ton of fun if both modes and still a favorite of mine to pull down and transform when im bored, Armada Gave us a Unicron finally.

In the end it had some high notes but the toy line fell short in most regards for me, the show was probably the worst (running close with energon, and Beast machines)and i never liked the pokemon like attitude regarding the minicons.

Personally speaking, Armada came at a period in my life when a lot was going on. I started attending university during wave one of it, which meant that I suddenly, simultaneously had independent finances, personal storage space and access to the internet. As such, I picked up a LOT of early Armada figures; especially Starscream.

It may seem bizarre to newer fans but at that time there hadn't been a Starscream figure of any kind for about 5-6 years at that point; in fact there hadn't been any figures with the DECEPTICON LOGO for the whole of Beast Wars and Beast Machines. It was literally the first time that we'd had a homage to G1 characters since G2 finished.

Anyway Armada kind of represented the end of my collecting for a while, by the time Energon came around I had discovered girls, beer and antics and I had a lot less time and money for toys. I don't regret getting any of the toys, but if I had had the benefit of hindsight I would've skipped Armada and waited for Classics.

Armada... what can I say about Armada... While my adult collecting started with R.I.D. Armada really was the series that brought me in full throttle. I had the income,, the space, and the friends to share it with.

I scoured and scavenged every store near me to get the figures.

I still say Armada has some of the coolest looking figures, even if they don't move that much.

To this day my favorite figure is still Overload. I just love the headmaster gimmick.

The franchise is great, but I'll stick with calling it at Micron Legend. Armada doesn't make it sound right.

XDMan wrote:The franchise is great, but I'll stick with calling it at Micron Legend. Armada doesn't make it sound right.

I use both.

American stuff = "Armada"
Japanese stuff = "Micron Densetsu"