Like I said before... not completely sold on the Dinobots... but you're starting to convince me. There is a lot of construction where I live right now. All kinds of huge bad ass cranes, crazy looking diggers, etc. I'm sold on either Constucticons or Bruticus for sure and either Superion, or Defensor. Or maybe even... COMPUTRON. "Probablility of computron in any of the following filsm 5.9876 percent!"
It's just... what place will the dinobots really serve in the story? They could do so much more with the other characters without going off the deep end. I realy feel they need to concentrate on the machines. Scorpinoc was cool but how did he look on Cybertron... that's what I want to know damnit!
I love your triple changer idea though. Make Shockwave the "should be second in comand" "loyal to Megatron only type bas ass!" Then he should have two loyal to him, one capable of reaching far underwater depths. Have him and two others come down with Starscream... no.. no... have Showwave send the two down to revive megatron behind starscreams back.
In the end Megatron or Galvatron has to waste Starscream for sure. Whoa... getting off topic here.
Combiners are a must while Dinobots... would be tough.
Mattamus Prime
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