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News Credits: 1 · by **Duke of Luns** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:39 am

Howdy guys, I recently picked up the Super Tuner Showdown on clearance, and I'm really enjoying the set. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Pipes is yet another chicken-legged Transformer. So I was wondering, what other molds possess this relatively new design choice?

Here's who I've found so far:

07 Movie Starscream: This includes the 07 Voyagers, FAB, Legend, and ROTF Voyager/Leader. The repaints are also included. Oddly enough the Protoform version has regular legs.

Sideways: Deluxe only, the Legends appears to have normal legs. Not sure about the FAB. Oh, and Deluxe Dead End as well.

ROTF Jetfire: All versions of course, and repaints.

Blazemaster: He's practically a transformers adaptation of a chicken :grin:

. Awsome fig.

Frenzy: Yep, they got chicken legs too.

Salvage(and repaints): Odd but welceme design choice. Fantastice figure.

Well that's all of them that I can think of. Any more?

Also, feel free to talk about the chicken leg design choice if you want to. Personally I think it's more appropriate for transformers with flying alt. modes, but Pipes and Sideways pull it off nicely.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:21 am

I think you pretty much nailed them all. Funnily enough I recently read an article about digitigrades, animals that walk on their toes only, instead of their soles like plantigrades do (including us). Digitigrades include chicken, cats, dogs, and rabbits (go figure >.>), and generally move quicker and more quietly than plantigrades.

And the style of leg is not really new btw. Beast Wars, especially Transmetals 2, had odd animalistic features in their robot modes. Behold; Scourge, the tracker. Given that, it's more of an insect thing, really...

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:45 pm

Too many of them have it in my opinion... not sure if I want to compile that collection of not.

by **Kaijutron** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:25 pm

Gotta give props to the original chicken-walker...

News Credits: 2 · by **Skyfire77** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:55 pm

Kaijutron wrote:Gotta give props to the original chicken-walker...

Much as I like the AT-ST, it's not the "original" chicken-walker...

by **Kaijutron** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:27 am

Skyfire77 wrote:
Kaijutron wrote:Gotta give props to the original chicken-walker...

Much as I like the AT-ST, it's not the "original" chicken-walker...

Does Baba Yaga count as the original mecha pilot?

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:52 am

I've only started collecting TF in 2007, but I notice from the all the pics of earlier released figures that the whole "chicken leg" look started with the Bayformers, Starscream being the most prominent one.

It also seems to me that those with chicken legs are either flight capable or Decepticons; the only exceptions are ROTF Sideswipe and ROTF Jetfire, but then the latter's essentially a defected Decepticon. Maybe this is to make the Decepticons look more aquiline and menacing.

I also notice that many of the "non-canon" movie toys (those that weren't shown in the movie but are part of the Bayverse line) tend to have chicken legs, too; in fact, more so that those that were featured in the movies.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:08 am

Yes, I agree with SKYWARPED_28.

I'd also like to add voyager and leader ROTF Megatron to the list.

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:51 am

After watching the latest video review of Lockdown, Peaugh also mentions about he can be a chicken walker as well and dont forget about Dropkick from the first Transformer movie 07!!

News Credits: 2 · by **Skyfire77** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:03 am

You can give ROTF Long Haul chicken legs too.

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:30 pm

Skyfire77 wrote:You can give ROTF Long Haul chicken legs too.

Shyfire77 this is not right man!! hooter shooters and breast weapons for Long Haul!! just kidding wit ya...

News Credits: 2 · by **Skyfire77** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:07 pm

Stockade wrote:
Skyfire77 wrote:You can give ROTF Long Haul chicken legs too.

Shyfire77 this is not right man!! hooter shooters and breast weapons for Long Haul!! just kidding wit ya...

Hey, don't mock the boobzukas man!

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:04 am

Skyfire77 wrote:
Stockade wrote:
Skyfire77 wrote:You can give ROTF Long Haul chicken legs too.

Shyfire77 this is not right man!! hooter shooters and breast weapons for Long Haul!! just kidding wit ya...

Hey, don't mock the boobzukas man!

Thanks Skyfire77, after seeing that pic, i'll be scar for life and look at Long Haul differently now :wink: