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ausbot wrote:I'd love to see armada tidal wave done in this style.

I was saying in another thread recently that I think that mold is under-appreciated and that it was about time it was resurrected for a repaint. With the theme being Pirates, I think it's a great fit!

GuyIncognito wrote:

ausbot wrote:I'd love to see armada tidal wave done in this style.

I was saying in another thread recently that I think that mold is under-appreciated and that it was about time it was resurrected for a repaint. With the theme being Pirates, I think it's a great fit!

Forget a redeco/retool, gimme a Generations toy already!

Seriously though, more Armada homages would be greatly appreciated.

Mindmaster wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:

ausbot wrote:I'd love to see armada tidal wave done in this style.

I was saying in another thread recently that I think that mold is under-appreciated and that it was about time it was resurrected for a repaint. With the theme being Pirates, I think it's a great fit!

Forget a redeco/retool, gimme a Generations toy already!

Seriously though, more Armada homages would be greatly appreciated.

In Titan Class size, now I'd by that!

I also suggested in another thread that Generations Metroplex could easily be retooled into a Titan-class Tidal Wave. It already has a mode that looks like an aircraft carrier on wheels. Just remove the wheels, maybe add some extra molding to make it looks slightly more boat-like, give it new colors and a new head, and BAM it's Tidal Wave.

GuyIncognito wrote:I also suggested in another thread that Generations Metroplex could easily be retooled into a Titan-class Tidal Wave. It already has a mode that looks like an aircraft carrier on wheels. Just remove the wheels, maybe add some extra molding to make it looks slightly more boat-like, give it new colors and a new head, and BAM it's Tidal Wave.

I dunno... I feel that that would be a cheap, dick move on their part. Maybe if if it was an actual thing that they're doing, and we saw something of a mock-up, I might change my mind.

Then again, new-mold Titan-class Tidal Wave based on Armada that could be Trypticon's replacement as Metroplex's rival. Please make my dream come true, Has/Tak.

Mindmaster wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:I also suggested in another thread that Generations Metroplex could easily be retooled into a Titan-class Tidal Wave. It already has a mode that looks like an aircraft carrier on wheels. Just remove the wheels, maybe add some extra molding to make it looks slightly more boat-like, give it new colors and a new head, and BAM it's Tidal Wave.

I dunno... I feel that that would be a cheap, dick move on their part. Maybe if if it was an actual thing that they're doing, and we saw something of a mock-up, I might change my mind.

I don't understand what you mean. They're doing a pirate theme, and I think a repaint/remold of Generations Metroplex as Tidal Wave would be a great fit. How would that be a cheap dick move? They don't make brand-new molds for BotCon; they're all remolds/repaints.

Well, let's be honest; the odds of them making a Titan-class Tidal Wave from a new mold are pretty low. Using the Metroplex mold would make more sense from a practical, logistical and economic perspective. I'd call it prudent and rational, not cheap and dickish. I'd rather have Generations Metroplex repainted as Tidal Wave in 2014 than no new Tidal Wave at all.

wait for botcon 2015 or tfss 3 for flywheels

Either Animated or HFTD Lockdown, repainted, and possibly with a new head, into Bludgeon from that episode where the samurai was a pirate instead.

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Maximo wrote:Either Animated or HFTD Lockdown, repainted, and possibly with a new head, into Bludgeon from that episode where the samurai was a pirate instead.

Say what, now?

Doing a little reading about Bludgeon, I came across this under the heading of G2 (U.S.):

By "solitary exile", what Bludgeon had actually meant was "build a slag-off big planet-like spacecraft called the Warworld and attack vessels for their cargo across the galaxy".

Sounds like a pirate!

Source: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bludgeon_%28G1%29

Megatron didn't have a sword though.

Sabrblade wrote: He wasn't "looting ships for their booty", he was raiding resources

That's exactly what pirates did. They raided other ships for their resources. Contrary to popular movies, pirates weren't seeking fortune; they were mostly seeking food and resources.

A Samurai, on the other hand, is a high-ranking military class that served nobility.

If Bludgeon was sailing around space in a ship raiding other ships for resources, he was acting like a pirate, not a samurai.

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

GuyIncognito wrote:

Sabrblade wrote: He wasn't "looting ships for their booty", he was raiding resources

That's exactly what pirates did. They raided other ships for their resources. Contrary to popular movies, pirates weren't seeking fortune; they were mostly seeking food and resources.

A Samurai, on the other hand, is a high-ranking military class that served nobility.

If Bludgeon was sailing around space in a ship raiding other ships for resources, he was acting like a pirate, not a samurai.

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

But is FunPub going for the Pop-Culture Pirate, or the more boring but historically accurate Pirate or Buccaneer?

Sabrblade wrote:

craggy wrote:Megatron didn't have a sword though.

Your point being what?

Yeah, he didn't have a parrot either. Unless you count Starscream.

I'm not sure the world could hold up if plastic robot toys suddenly underwent a paradigm shift of those proportions.

Sabrblade wrote:

craggy wrote:Megatron didn't have a sword though.

Your point being what?

if he didn't have a sword, he'd be without a point. pointless!

Sabrblade wrote:If we're going to get so pedantic about piracy, then every single Decepticon who's ever stolen something has been a pirate.

Are any of you really willing to go down that route?

since the Stunticons were made from stolen cars in the toon, does that make them booty?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:But is FunPub going for the Pop-Culture Pirate, or the more boring but historically accurate Pirate or Buccaneer?

In this case, it doesn't matter. The real question is whether or not they're going to use that G2 story (the suggestion of which is what prompted this discussion). If the storyline is that Bludgeon travels around in a ship raiding other ships and robbing them, then he is a pirate and not a samurai.

If he's a samurai, he would be nobly and loyally serving and protecting his leader (Megatron?), while living by a strict code of honor.