Cobotron wrote:I don't know which molds were chosen via the poles, but just looking at who is on my desk, I see a few who I would pass as female with no retooling/resculpting.
Dragstrip is nice and curvy. Off Road's torso could be feminine. Firefly and Alpha Bravo could easily pass as female too.
I don't know why fembots need boobs to be female. They're not nursing any robo babies. The star ship Enterprise has a female voice, but no boobs. Though she does have a nice set of nacelles.
For the sake of breaking down gender BS, maybe it's time we redefine what it means to be a fembot.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:But seriously why do you guys care about them looking feminine anyways outside of perverted reasons which I hope is not the case.
RiddlerJ wrote:I'm assuming these are going to be brand new characters. Shame as I would've liked to see some established characters in the combiner (Beta and Firestar never got toys, did they? Elita-1 could use a new toy, Minerva too)
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Probably going to be called sexist for this but its not like I hate female transformers or anything I'm just annoyed that the fan made ones are always female it reminds me of awful Deviantart OCs.
Seibertron wrote:mirageandjazz1197 wrote:But seriously why do you guys care about them looking feminine anyways outside of perverted reasons which I hope is not the case.
There's nothing "perverted" about wanting female characters to have a more traditional looking female form. Variety is great too.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Core-1 wrote:Did Hasbro get the all-clear from Takara to use the name "Victorion"?
My apologies if this information bothers you in any way; for some reason when I brought this up in 4chan I was accused of "trolling" for pointing out the existence of a previous character with the same name. I just thought it needed bringing up; not trying to cause trouble here.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Cobotron wrote:I don't know why fembots need boobs to be female. They're not nursing any robo babies.
Diem wrote:I won't say sexist. Just unaware.
Similarly, if you're a female Transformers fan, then you probably notice that the male to female ratio is absurd. The first official non-retcon, non-exclusive TF toy was Transmetals Airrazor. And even when female Transformers do appear they typically get shoehorned into a specific role; often the tough, sensible yet vulnerable character. Male Transformers can be weak, fat, stupid, old, or stubborn, but the female always has to be young, smart, and slim. There are exceptions (Strika) but those are rare in an already rare group. So again, if you're a female fan and you want to see people like you, you have to go to fanworks.
I'm jumping to the conclusion that you're a straight male, in which case representation has likely never been a issue, but try to remember that if fan made Transformers are always female it's because there's a lot of female fans out there who want to get a little taste of the same smorgasbord of choice you get.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Seibertron wrote:mirageandjazz1197 wrote:But seriously why do you guys care about them looking feminine anyways outside of perverted reasons which I hope is not the case.
There's nothing "perverted" about wanting female characters to have a more traditional looking female form. Variety is great too.
No thats not what I meant.
Nothing wrong with them being female I was just asking why the needed to be stereotypically feminine or curvy.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Diem wrote:I won't say sexist. Just unaware.
Similarly, if you're a female Transformers fan, then you probably notice that the male to female ratio is absurd. The first official non-retcon, non-exclusive TF toy was Transmetals Airrazor. And even when female Transformers do appear they typically get shoehorned into a specific role; often the tough, sensible yet vulnerable character. Male Transformers can be weak, fat, stupid, old, or stubborn, but the female always has to be young, smart, and slim. There are exceptions (Strika) but those are rare in an already rare group. So again, if you're a female fan and you want to see people like you, you have to go to fanworks.
I'm jumping to the conclusion that you're a straight male, in which case representation has likely never been a issue, but try to remember that if fan made Transformers are always female it's because there's a lot of female fans out there who want to get a little taste of the same smorgasbord of choice you get.
I have no problem with female Transformers themselves just how the voting turned out.
A reason why there are so few females is because that Transformers is meant to be a boys themed toyline and Boys don't really like buying females toys now this doesn't stop them from being in comics and tv shows but for the toys themselves female action figures have a hard time being sold.
That Bot wrote:I get what you're saying. Most female transformers have been slender and curvy, often with built-in high heels and proportioned like models. Some have had modest busts, some had gigantic bosoms, but with the exceptions of Strika and Strongarm, pretty much all fembots have had about the same body proportions. Meanwhile the male characters range from buff, like Optimus, squat, like Swerve and Fat Tankor, broad, like Bulkhead, lanky, like Cyclonus..... they run the gamut. What you and I want is women in all different body shapes like that. Am I interpreting you right?
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Diem wrote:I won't say sexist. Just unaware.
Similarly, if you're a female Transformers fan, then you probably notice that the male to female ratio is absurd. The first official non-retcon, non-exclusive TF toy was Transmetals Airrazor. And even when female Transformers do appear they typically get shoehorned into a specific role; often the tough, sensible yet vulnerable character. Male Transformers can be weak, fat, stupid, old, or stubborn, but the female always has to be young, smart, and slim. There are exceptions (Strika) but those are rare in an already rare group. So again, if you're a female fan and you want to see people like you, you have to go to fanworks.
I'm jumping to the conclusion that you're a straight male, in which case representation has likely never been a issue, but try to remember that if fan made Transformers are always female it's because there's a lot of female fans out there who want to get a little taste of the same smorgasbord of choice you get.
I have no problem with female Transformers themselves just how the voting turned out.
A reason why there are so few females is because that Transformers is meant to be a boys themed toyline and Boys don't really like buying females toys now this doesn't stop them from being in comics and tv shows but for the toys themselves female action figures have a hard time being sold.
That Bot wrote:mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Seibertron wrote:mirageandjazz1197 wrote:But seriously why do you guys care about them looking feminine anyways outside of perverted reasons which I hope is not the case.
There's nothing "perverted" about wanting female characters to have a more traditional looking female form. Variety is great too.
No thats not what I meant.
Nothing wrong with them being female I was just asking why the needed to be stereotypically feminine or curvy.
I get what you're saying. Most female transformers have been slender and curvy, often with built-in high heels and proportioned like models. Some have had modest busts, some had gigantic bosoms, but with the exceptions of Strika and Strongarm, pretty much all fembots have had about the same body proportions. Meanwhile the male characters range from buff, like Optimus, squat, like Swerve and Fat Tankor, broad, like Bulkhead, lanky, like Cyclonus..... they run the gamut. What you and I want is women in all different body shapes like that. Am I interpreting you right?
Sigmus Prime wrote:NO! NOOOOOOOO!! It was supposed to be SLAMMOTH!
RIP Slammoth 2015
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
MrBlack wrote:
I wish they'd made Fat Tankor female in the comics. I get a Crushinator vibe from that character.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Nice to see us finally get the second female combiner in TF history.
munkimus prime wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Nice to see us finally get the second female combiner in TF history.
I'm not trying to sound like a dunce here but who was the first?
Kyleor wrote:How great (awful) would it be if they went for some Japanese style ridiculous missile/gun/cannon boobs on the new fem-bot team.
There's nothing wrong with adding more variety in the Transformers universe. If you can't handle that, then maybe you should find something else to collect/be a fan of that's more in-line with your narrow-mindedness.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
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