Burn wrote:Starscream GaGa wrote:Powered Convoy wrote:I gotta say that front page What Could Have Been image is in very poor taste and rather disrespectful to everyone involved in the BotCon set. Not liking what they do is one thing, but directly bashing it on the front page is another thing. I'm disappointed.
I really like BotCon 2011 Motormaster.
Randy
I completely agree. They could have just NOT given us a retooled head, besides Motormaster has always had the same alt-mode as Optimus, so this makes sense. It's being a total baby to have "What could have been" on the front page of one of the most visited Transformers site and it's insulting to the people behind BotCon who are allowing us to have such a great set. We know that we are an Unpleasable Fanbase but this is really just driving the point to the mazimum and making it seem like there's no point in anybody doing anything to make the Fanbase happy because we will always try and find a flaw about it and whine. Be happy, please, otherwise its making it seem like were not a Fanbase worth trying to make happy.
Besides, it's not REALLY "what could have been" because that was clearly never their intention. Almanac showed Motormaster with Optimus' mold how long ago?
So basically what you're saying is that the site owner isn't allowed to express his opinion and that the rest of us should shut up and accept what we're given and not once dare speak out against anything the companies behind Transformers do?
Sorry, Starscream GaGa, I kept quiet for the past 3 BotCons despite being sorely disappointed (especially with the 2009 set and the incorrectly named G2 set last year). I know that the BotCon folks are more talented and creative than giving us yet another black Optimus Prime of which we've already had a black TFA Optimus Prime from Japan and I have enough black Optimus Primes. I certainly didn't need one with an out-of-place block shaped head. I don't have a problem with the head, I have a problem with that head on Optimus Prime's body.
I agree that we are an unpleasable fanbase -- but that doesn't mean that those who think there is room for improvement should sit quietly in the background and not speak their mind. And for any of you who think that I shouldn't use Seibertron.com to speak my mind once a year or so, you must not have been around that long because I have a long tradition dating back to the beginning of this site of speaking my mind when I feel it's appropriate. It's happened only a few times, to be honest, but I have no qualms with speaking up when needed. And it's not like the big real world news companies don't do the same thing with sensationalizing news.
My well known little Transformers 101 stint more-or-less started the internet shitstorm that followed which lead to the movie folks changing Megatron's face thankfully.
Seibertron.com isn't NPR. I can use it once in a great while to let people know when there's a large group of us disappointed in something. And I'm a passionate enough fan that I'm not ashamed to let my voice be heard once in a great while when needed.