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Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personae"

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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby ScottyP » Wed Oct 16, 2013 3:49 pm

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where was sunstreaker anywhere in the topic? and you ask a question that has been beat to death... but again, where do you see sunstreaker mentioned in any way in ths topic?


In his defense, it is brought up briefly (very briefly) in the show :D
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby Seibertron » Wed Oct 16, 2013 3:53 pm

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And to answer Mike's question ... Bulkhead.
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby ScottyP » Wed Oct 16, 2013 4:30 pm

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Seibertron wrote:And to answer Mike's question ... Bulkhead.


But we need to know why ;)
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby Seibertron » Wed Oct 16, 2013 4:37 pm

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Seibertron wrote:And to answer Mike's question ... Bulkhead.


But we need to know why ;)


Because I've really grown to like him over the past 5 years since his introduction to the fandom. I didn't really care much for Bulkhead at first (he was just a big dumb oaf) but because my wife liked him after being introduced to him in Animated way back in 2008 and at BotCon 2008, I gave him a second chance. I really started to like him by the end of Animated. Once Prime came around though and he was no longer the "dumb" guy, my liking of the Bulkhead character grew greatly. It's been a long time since Ironhide has had any spotlight in the main characters. I like Ironhide, he's one of my favorite all-time characters, but as far as characterization goes, Bulkhead wins for the moment.
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby Seibertron » Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:19 pm

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burning_sirius wrote:Everyone in Podcast hates on the G1 cartoon.

Then they say Prowl is awesome because 'it is like he walked off the cartoon'.


After having listened to the entire podcast, I think it was just Bob that made the real anti-G1 comment. He's entitled to his opinion. I think there are enough of us that give far more praise to G1 than it actually deserves. Considering how much he loves the Unicron Trilogy, I personally take his opinion of G1 with a grain of salt (no offense Bob). G1 is no Shakespeare but it will always have a special place in our hearts.

Unless of course I'm missing something???
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby Sabrblade » Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:48 pm

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ScottyP wrote:
Seibertron wrote:And to answer Mike's question ... Bulkhead.


But we need to know why ;)


Because I've really grown to like him over the past 5 years since his introduction to the fandom. I didn't really care much for Bulkhead at first (he was just a big dumb oaf) but because my wife liked him after being introduced to him in Animated way back in 2008 and at BotCon 2008, I gave him a second chance. I really started to like him by the end of Animated. Once Prime came around though and he was no longer the "dumb" guy, my liking of the Bulkhead character grew greatly. It's been a long time since Ironhide has had any spotlight in the main characters. I like Ironhide, he's one of my favorite all-time characters, but as far as characterization goes, Bulkhead wins for the moment.
I can agree with this, but I find that Animated Bulkhead's dumbness is part of his charm. Yes, he's dumb mostly for comedic purposes at first, but at the same time, he isn't Patrick Star levels of dumb (despite most perceptions of Bulkhead that stem from his being voiced by Patrick's actor) and comes to show his own breed of smarts. It's later even revealed that he's not only a technical genius, but Cybertron's most profound technician in space bridge construction. An unexpected revelation that really worked in the guy's favor. :D

Now, I honestly do wish I could give the same praise to Prime Bulkhead, but I just... can't. I know many were relieved to see that Prime Bulkhead didn't have the more simple mind of his Animated counterpart, but for that felt like a letdown, as I felt that was part of the original character's charm and appeal. Without it, though, he felt a bit more generic and less interesting. The most he had going for him now was his having once been a Wrecker, but that was only lightly touched upon and usually only in Wheeljack's presence. Most of the time, his fighting style didn't seem to differ between his Team Prime style and his Wrecker style. He was just "the big guy" now instead of "the lovable oaf w/ hidden geniusness". The latter just feels more interesting while the latter has been done many times over. :|
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby Lord Onixprime » Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:04 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
ScottyP wrote:
Seibertron wrote:And to answer Mike's question ... Bulkhead.


But we need to know why ;)


Because I've really grown to like him over the past 5 years since his introduction to the fandom. I didn't really care much for Bulkhead at first (he was just a big dumb oaf) but because my wife liked him after being introduced to him in Animated way back in 2008 and at BotCon 2008, I gave him a second chance. I really started to like him by the end of Animated. Once Prime came around though and he was no longer the "dumb" guy, my liking of the Bulkhead character grew greatly. It's been a long time since Ironhide has had any spotlight in the main characters. I like Ironhide, he's one of my favorite all-time characters, but as far as characterization goes, Bulkhead wins for the moment.
I can agree with this, but I find that Animated Bulkhead's dumbness is part of his charm. Yes, he's dumb mostly for comedic purposes at first, but at the same time, he isn't Patrick Star levels of dumb (despite most perceptions of Bulkhead that stem from his being voiced by Patrick's actor) and comes to show his own breed of smarts. It's later even revealed that he's not only a technical genius, but Cybertron's most profound technician in space bridge construction. An unexpected revelation that really worked in the guy's favor. :D

Now, I honestly do wish I could give the same praise to Prime Bulkhead, but I just... can't. I know many were relieved to see that Prime Bulkhead didn't have the more simple mind of his Animated counterpart, but for that felt like a letdown, as I felt that was part of the original character's charm and appeal. Without it, though, he felt a bit more generic and less interesting. The most he had going for him now was his having once been a Wrecker, but that was only lightly touched upon and usually only in Wheeljack's presence. Most of the time, his fighting style didn't seem to differ between his Team Prime style and his Wrecker style. He was just "the big guy" now instead of "the lovable oaf w/ hidden geniusness". The latter just feels more interesting while the latter has been done many times over. :|


I agree with you on Prime Bulkhead. It would be like making Lugnut, without his blind loyalty. Prime Bulkhead, while one of the better characters, was a lot more generic than the Animated Bulkhead I had come to love. Animated Bulkhead was his own character, while Prime Bulkhead was the Ironhide-alike.

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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby Ultra Markus » Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:21 pm

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im getting that those who dont like the G1 has never grew up with it as a kid and therefore has no appreciation and cant understand what the show ment to us that did watch it at the ages of 5-12 so i say to all the G1 haters they are not really true Transformers fans if they cant accept all the Transformers eras have a special place of there own to be appreciated, true G1 will be my favorite as others like me will say but i like things about every other line that was been out since, just as i dont like some things about G1 some toy designs and a couple episodes that were not good quality but i say that with all the other lines too
so G1 haters GET YOUR HEADS OUTTA YOUR ASS!!!!
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby Seibertron » Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:50 pm

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Hey Ryan! El Rio Grande is an awesome bar! Those Frozen margaritas are deadly. They're have one too many and you'll blackout. Great place for happy hour in the summer


No kidding! Man did those knock me unexpectedly on my ass that night. I knew it was coming too and drank a ton of water to no avail. Scary stuff how strong those are.

I have to stick up for myself a little after listening to the hard time the Podcast crew was giving me. I could hardly understand what they were saying to me on Skype on my phone because of all of the noise on the street. It's a miracle I was able to hear anything. There was a garbage truck literally right in front of me in front of Japas 38 on 38th. I kept think I'd duck around the corner to go in an alley like in Chicago but there's no escape from the noise on the streets in New York City. Cars going by, people talking, garbage trucks at all hours. I should have excused myself from the call but I wanted to spout off about AOE Optimus Prime, NYC, Matthew Reinhart's popup book and all of the other cool stuff that was happening in NYC.

I'm sure the margaritas at El Rio Grande didn't help much with the noise and doing a Skype podcast, but thanks for bearing with me everyone!

@mooncake623 ... do you live in NYC? Maybe I should plan a Seibertron.com bar outting at Toy Fair or next year when I'm back for NYC.
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby mooncake623 » Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:11 pm

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Hey Ryan! El Rio Grande is an awesome bar! Those Frozen margaritas are deadly. They're have one too many and you'll blackout. Great place for happy hour in the summer


No kidding! Man did those knock me unexpectedly on my ass that night. I knew it was coming too and drank a ton of water to no avail. Scary stuff how strong those are.

I have to stick up for myself a little after listening to the hard time the Podcast crew was giving me. I could hardly understand what they were saying to me on Skype on my phone because of all of the noise on the street. It's a miracle I was able to hear anything. There was a garbage truck literally right in front of me in front of Japas 38 on 38th. I kept think I'd duck around the corner to go in an alley like in Chicago but there's no escape from the noise on the streets in New York City. Cars going by, people talking, garbage trucks at all hours. I should have excused myself from the call but I wanted to spout off about AOE Optimus Prime, NYC, Matthew Reinhart's popup book and all of the other cool stuff that was happening in NYC.

I'm sure the margaritas at El Rio Grande didn't help much with the noise and doing a Skype podcast, but thanks for bearing with me everyone!

@mooncake623 ... do you live in NYC? Maybe I should plan a Seibertron.com bar outting at Toy Fair or next year when I'm back for NYC.


Hahaha it was all very entertaining! I live in Brooklyn but work around midtown. Seibertron.com bar outing @ toy fair sounds like a great idea! I'am definitely down for that.
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

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I don't hate G1 so much as I won't choose G1 if another alternative is available. It, like many early to mid 80's cartoons, is plagued with NAKED COMMERCIALISM and an infuriating amount of continuity errors. It's hard to watch because it grates on my sense of correctness. I loved it when younger but as an old man, G1 has not aged well for me.

Ryan, I never said I was a fan of the Unicron Trilogy fiction, just a fan of most of Armada. The current IDW fiction and Furman's -ion and Spotlight stuff is my favorite by leagues. I seek epic, interconnected stories and great character evolution. That stuff has it in spades.
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby megatronus » Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:26 pm

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Seibertron wrote:@mooncake623 ... do you live in NYC? Maybe I should plan a Seibertron.com bar outting at Toy Fair or next year when I'm back for NYC.


Hahaha it was all very entertaining! I live in Brooklyn but work around midtown. Seibertron.com bar outing @ toy fair sounds like a great idea! I'am definitely down for that.

I live on the Upper West Side. Can I invite myself to this Seibertron.com outing?

Connecting with some NYC TF fans would definitely make for a good time.
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby megatronus » Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:30 pm

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Seibertron wrote:I love the G1 cartoon. I know these guys do as well. But we do not just blindly love it. G1 has a TON of flaws. But I love it, flaws and all, and I imagine just about everyone on the podcast feels the same way. The flaws are part of its enduring and entertaining value to this day.

Honestly, I think this is all that needs to be said on the matter.
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby Samsonator » Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:30 pm

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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby Sabrblade » Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:43 pm

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Ultra Markus wrote:im getting that those who dont like the G1 has never grew up with it as a kid and therefore has no appreciation and cant understand what the show ment to us that did watch it at the ages of 5-12
There are plenty of folks on this site who did grow up with the G1 cartoon but don't hold it to the same standard now as they once did as children. There are many aspects of the show that have simply not aged well, such as the lack of character development, the obvious commercialism of the plots, and the numerous animation errors.

I liked the G1 cartoon as a preteen and still enjoy it to a point, but I accept that it was an imperfect product and contains many things that are more guilty pleasures than signs of legitimate quality.

Ultra Markus wrote:so i say to all the G1 haters they are not really true Transformers fans if they cant accept all the Transformers eras have a special place of there own to be appreciated,
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby burning_sirius » Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:43 pm

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Razorclaw0000 wrote:I don't hate G1 so much as I won't choose G1 if another alternative is available. It, like many early to mid 80's cartoons, is plagued with NAKED COMMERCIALISM and an infuriating amount of continuity errors. It's hard to watch because it grates on my sense of correctness. I loved it when younger but as an old man, G1 has not aged well for me.

Ryan, I never said I was a fan of the Unicron Trilogy fiction, just a fan of most of Armada. The current IDW fiction and Furman's -ion and Spotlight stuff is my favorite by leagues. I seek epic, interconnected stories and great character evolution. That stuff has it in spades.


And every other piece of TF fiction is NAKED COMMERCIALISM? With the new comics coming out and everyone getting new bodies to match with the toys and the comic book getting basically its own toyline (an idea whose time has come and needed to for a while) is COMMERCIALISM. Face it, this is Transformers.

I don't see it that much honestly, especially in season 2 when they had more episodes to work with different characters.

Anyway, I just take them as self contained episodes with a loose continuity. It was definitely one of the firsts shows to try to advance the plot (the TF Movie) and came up with nearly every essential part of Transformers lore... AND if that doesn't wet your beak, just pick up the comic and say that you were a G1 comic guy and not a cartoon guy. G1 has something for everyone to like. We are all inclusive.
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby megatronus » Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:46 pm

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burning_sirius wrote:Anyway, I just take them as self contained episodes with a loose continuity. It was definitely one of the firsts shows to try to advance the plot (the TF Movie) and came up with nearly every essential part of Transformers lore... AND if that doesn't wet your beak, just pick up the comic and say that you were a G1 comic guy and not a cartoon guy. G1 has something for everyone to like. We are all inclusive.


If you are all inclusive... by all means, please, let it go and accept others' preferences.
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby Sabrblade » Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:16 pm

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burning_sirius wrote:I don't see it that much honestly, especially in season 2 when they had more episodes to work with different characters.
But... but season 2 was the one with the most commercialism in it.

"Autobot Spike" - focused on Autobot X, who had no toy
"Changing Gears" - advertised Gears
"City of Steel" - advertised the Constructicons
"Attack of the Autobots" - advertised Optimus
"Traitor" - advertised Mirage and the Insecticons
"The Immobilizer" - advertised Ironhide
"The Autobot Run" - advertised the toys' transforming gimmick in general
"Atlantis, Arise!" - advertised the Dinobots
"Day of the Machines" - advertised Optimus
"Enter the Nightbird" - focused on Nightbird, who had no toy
"A Prime Problem" - advertised Optimus
"The Core" - advertised the Constructicons
"The Insecticon Syndrome" - advertised the Insecticons
"Dinobot Island, Part 1" - advertised the Dinobots and all the new 1985 toys in general
"Dinobot Island, Part 2" - advertised the Dinobots and all the new 1985 toys in general
"The Master Builders" - advertised Grapple and Hoist
"Auto Berserk" - advertised Red Alert and Inferno
"Microbots" - advertised Perceptor
"Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1" - advertised the 1984-1985 Decepticon toys
"Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2" - advertised the 1984-1985 Decepticons toys
"Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1" - advertised the Dinobots
"Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2" - advertised the Dinobots
"Blaster Blues" - advertised Blaster and Cosmos
"A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court" - focused on just the sheer fun of the episode
"The Golden Lagoon" - advertised Beachcomber
"The God Gambit" - advertised Astrotrain, Cosmos, and Omega Supreme
"Make Tracks" - advertised Tracks
"Child's Play" - advertised the toyline itself
"Quest for Survival" - advertised the Insecticons
"The Secret of Omega Supreme" - advertised Omega Supreme and the Constructicons
"The Gambler" - advertised Smokescreen
"Kremzeek!" - focused on Kremzeek, who had no toy at the time
"Sea Change" - advertised Seaspray
"Triple Takeover" - advertised Blitzwing and Astrotrain
"Prime Target" - advertised Optimus
"Auto-Bop" - advertised Tracks, Blaster, Soundwave, and the cassettes
"The Search for Alpha Trion" - focused on the female Autobots and Alpha Trion, who had no toys back then
"The Girl Who Loved Powerglide" - advertised Powerglide
"Hoist Goes Hollywood" - advertised Hoist
"The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1" - advertised the Stunticons
"The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2" - advertised the Stunticons and Aerialbots
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"War Dawn" - advertised the Aerialbots
"Trans-Europe Express" - advertised the Stunticons
"Cosmic Rust" - advertised Perceptor, the Aerialbots, and the Stunticons
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"The Revenge of Bruticus" - advertised the Combaticons
"Masquerade" - advertised the Stunticons
"B.O.T." - advertised the Protectobots and the Combaticons
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby Toralei_De_Nile » Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:16 pm

I've never been a very big fan of G1 and G1 fans can be extremely annoying and very single minded; prejudicial of series like Beast Wars, but I appreciate G1 for it is; the building blocks of what we have today.

Of course, I came from the Beast Wars era and learned all I could about G1 from watching the cameos including the Ark, Prime's head getting blown apart and Starscream's episode. Naturally to me G1 seemed to be this mythological, awesome series that Beast Wars was based off of.

Then I finally watched the Transformers movie; my first G1 experience and was like wtf... I was spoiled by Beast Wars animation and story telling, that I couldn't stand to watch it, now I can only watch G1 episodes when I'm feeling feverish, but will never hate it. G1 is the center of everything and all the original characters. Without Prime, there's no Primal.

That is why people can love MP Prowl for how much he looks like his generation one counterpart and hate the series. A lot of the G1 character designs are iconic, I had a couple of the figures passed down to me when I was little and whenever a more articulated one comes out, I want it. Even if it's one I've never had before.



The smaller cast and less gimmick-y shows are much more memorable. There are like, 150 or so Unicron triology episodes and it all blends together so terrible. Especially Energon/Superlink it seems like after the first 26 episodes it literally repeats itself.

Optimus always dies:

In Beast Wars when he exploded screaming his nemesis's name and it said; The End? That blew my mind and to this day, I still freeze frame my DVD to watch Optimus's severed head fly by.

When the Autobot base in Transformers Prime was blown apart by the Nemesis (ship) fusion cannon and you saw Prime's crippled arm, that was another iconic death scene. (Turned out he didn't die, but you left thinking he did)

In the Unicron triology when he dies, it's meh, it's part of the script guys. Last episodes are coming and we're just following one guy here. You knew it was coming.


The Unicron triology was so bad, it made me love Beast machines. When BM first came out it was painfully bad. Then after watching the gimmicks of Minicons/Energonstars/Cyberplanet keys and the ever expanding cast with absolutely no character tension or build up, the small deep seeded plots of Beast Machines really stood out. Though I guess that is anime, when anybody in anime builds character, it usually just means they're getting a new technique.

Some people who gave BM that one chance and never watched it again... Now that you're older and can appreciate darker themes, you might be able to get over the awful appearance of of those characters and like it for it's Biblical story telling, of Cybertron's garden of eden like past.

Also fans of the transformers movies and Beast wars who hate Beast Machines. BEAST MACHINES IS JUST BEAST WARS AS IF MICHAEL BAY WOULD MAKE IT. None of the character look like they should and there are so many, soooo many unnecessary explosions.



Movies... The worst thing about the movies is the toys. They are extremely flimsy. They've been getting thinner and thinner. 2007 they had all those moving panels that would grind together and snap right off. Then we had a great couple years of Transformers animated figures, nice solid pieces of plastic, that didn't feel delicate to the touch. Then ROTF came out. (My favorite movie) Toys still sucked though.

Didn't even bother with DOTM toys, they looked awful, no leader class megs, right? Lazerbeak was probably the best thing to come out of that.

This new Optimus shellformer thing... It looks like it has the potential to be an awesome figure. There will of course be many more renditions of it I'm sure. The weapon looks cool, without that back kibble he'd be a decent figure. The shoulders look weak, almost like he's naked and needs more armor on them. Ratchet should give him some steroid energon or something.
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby chuckdawg1999 » Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:21 pm

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I think the problem with giving definitive endings to cartoons is that it might kill the sales of any toys coming out since kids will think the story is over. Leaving things ambiguous, like in "Predacons Rising," allows the thought that things are still "happening."
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby burning_sirius » Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:31 pm

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Heh and MP Smokescreen's deco directly references 'Gambit'. It is so funny. Nah each of those has a nugget of what each of the characters should be. I bought MP Red Alert to go with a future MP Inferno.
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby Toralei_De_Nile » Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:48 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I think the problem with giving definitive endings to cartoons is that it might kill the sales of any toys coming out since kids will think the story is over. Leaving things ambiguous, like in "Predacons Rising," allows the thought that things are still "happening."


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I think the fact that only two or three of the Beast Hunters Figures only appeared in that series might also hurt the toy sales too. I really like the Predacon line. They're cool, solid toys. Not much transformation effort involved, which to somebody who disliked the complexity of some of the movie toys is really cool.

I suppose a definite ending really does hurt series sales though. When BW First ended those Transmetal 2 figures were shelf warmers even up to RID/Car robots came out.

Recently-ish when Animated ended two years after Rodimus and Arcee toys were still on Toy's r'us shelves too. The wal-mart I worked at still had that giant optimus prime, covered in a gross thick layer of dust in the back room and they put it out in the seasonal aisle during spring and summer time XD
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Re: Twincast / Podcast Episode #78 "Dramatis Personæ"

Postby Toralei_De_Nile » Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:51 pm

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burning_sirius wrote:I don't see it that much honestly, especially in season 2 when they had more episodes to work with different characters.
But... but season 2 was the one with the most commercialism in it.

"Autobot Spike" - focused on Autobot X, who had no toy
"Changing Gears" - advertised Gears
"City of Steel" - advertised the Constructicons
"Attack of the Autobots" - advertised Optimus
"Traitor" - advertised Mirage and the Insecticons
"The Immobilizer" - advertised Ironhide
"The Autobot Run" - advertised the toys' transforming gimmick in general
"Atlantis, Arise!" - advertised the Dinobots
"Day of the Machines" - advertised Optimus
"Enter the Nightbird" - focused on Nightbird, who had no toy
"A Prime Problem" - advertised Optimus
"The Core" - advertised the Constructicons
"The Insecticon Syndrome" - advertised the Insecticons
"Dinobot Island, Part 1" - advertised the Dinobots and all the new 1985 toys in general
"Dinobot Island, Part 2" - advertised the Dinobots and all the new 1985 toys in general
"The Master Builders" - advertised Grapple and Hoist
"Auto Berserk" - advertised Red Alert and Inferno
"Microbots" - advertised Perceptor
"Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1" - advertised the 1984-1985 Decepticon toys
"Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2" - advertised the 1984-1985 Decepticons toys
"Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1" - advertised the Dinobots
"Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2" - advertised the Dinobots
"Blaster Blues" - advertised Blaster and Cosmos
"A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court" - focused on just the sheer fun of the episode
"The Golden Lagoon" - advertised Beachcomber
"The God Gambit" - advertised Astrotrain, Cosmos, and Omega Supreme
"Make Tracks" - advertised Tracks
"Child's Play" - advertised the toyline itself
"Quest for Survival" - advertised the Insecticons
"The Secret of Omega Supreme" - advertised Omega Supreme and the Constructicons
"The Gambler" - advertised Smokescreen
"Kremzeek!" - focused on Kremzeek, who had no toy at the time
"Sea Change" - advertised Seaspray
"Triple Takeover" - advertised Blitzwing and Astrotrain
"Prime Target" - advertised Optimus
"Auto-Bop" - advertised Tracks, Blaster, Soundwave, and the cassettes
"The Search for Alpha Trion" - focused on the female Autobots and Alpha Trion, who had no toys back then
"The Girl Who Loved Powerglide" - advertised Powerglide
"Hoist Goes Hollywood" - advertised Hoist
"The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1" - advertised the Stunticons
"The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2" - advertised the Stunticons and Aerialbots
"Aerial Assault" - advertised the Aerialbots and Combaticons
"War Dawn" - advertised the Aerialbots
"Trans-Europe Express" - advertised the Stunticons
"Cosmic Rust" - advertised Perceptor, the Aerialbots, and the Stunticons
"Starscream's Brigade" - advertised the Combaticons
"The Revenge of Bruticus" - advertised the Combaticons
"Masquerade" - advertised the Stunticons
"B.O.T." - advertised the Protectobots and the Combaticons



When you say 'work with different characters' in the transformers-verse that just translates as 'advertise more products.' :HEADHURTS:
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