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Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:26 am

Primetoy-VehiconDeluxe.jpg

I just had a small thought after looking at the two different Eradicon toy molds.
As you can see one is thick and bulky, the other thin and sleek...

What if what we have here is actually evidence of genders amongst the Decepticon ranks?
I mean the thinner one looks very feminine to me. Its kind of a long shot but maybe Hasbro wants to show that the troopers aren't "Drones" but the whole Vehicon thing is actually the same as a military uniform>

Just want to see what everyone else thinks.

News Credits: 12 · Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:18 pm

I don't think the second one is meant to be "female". Yes, it's more slender, but in the same way as, say, Animated Blurr. The wide shoulders and narrow hips are very masculine. When they do a female figure, it's usually very obviously female, like Prime Arcee, 2007 Movie Arcee, or Animated Blackarachnia.

News Credits: 4 · Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:24 am

Maybe.. but I think it's just a different mold. Honestly until the cartoon shows it, I'm sticking to vehicons just having 1 gender.

Sun Jan 29, 2012 12:25 pm

i dont think that was the intention.

Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:07 pm

robot genders are pretty ill-defined and pointless

News Credits: 4 · Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:27 pm

hey it's a plausible idea. As yet there's not a single thing anywhere in anything official that we've seen that indicates it, but also, nothing that disproves it either. I've a sneaking suspicion that the Vehicons won't get any kind of development to change those fact any time soon, so if it works for you, fine, if it doesn't, then fine too.

Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:13 am

While I'm with everyone else here in saying that it definitely was not Hasbro's intention, I find myself really digging the idea.

I can picture it...Megatron, believing that all freedom, even individuality, is a danger to the safety of Cybertronian civilization (aka his empire), requires of his soldiers an exoskeletal uniform that transforms along with the wearer...it would certainly be cooler than the standard "Vehicons are mindless drones" explanation, imo.

Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:47 am

Given Megatron is a Supreme Commander of an ARMY, you could say the slimmer Vehicons are for tactical purposes. Slimmer usually means more agile, faster. Mix up quick agile strike units with heavy units and you got yourself a good tactical blend.

News Credits: 17 · Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:58 am

I wouldn't call it evidence, I mean, the Vehicons are always that slender in the show, it's just that the first mold's, well, the first mold! and they had time to improve the toy design after that one.

News Credits: 17 · Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:01 am

craggy wrote:hey it's a plausible idea. As yet there's not a single thing anywhere in anything official that we've seen that indicates it, but also, nothing that disproves it either.

Well, everytime we've heard a Vehicon talk and grunt and stuff, it's in a male voice, so that sorta disproves of it.

News Credits: 12 · Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:35 am

Screamfleet wrote:robot genders are pretty ill-defined and pointless

Genders are no more pointless than personalities, humanoid forms, human-like faces, and human-like voices that speak in English, but they serve the same purpose: giving the robots more character. Otherwise, you've got a cartoon about industrial robots beeping at each other.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:02 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:I don't think the second one is meant to be "female". Yes, it's more slender, but in the same way as, say, Animated Blurr. The wide shoulders and narrow hips are very masculine. When they do a female figure, it's usually very obviously female, like Prime Arcee, 2007 Movie Arcee, or Animated Blackarachnia.

Or Strika.

News Credits: 4 · Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:10 pm

cannonfodder4000 wrote:
craggy wrote:hey it's a plausible idea. As yet there's not a single thing anywhere in anything official that we've seen that indicates it, but also, nothing that disproves it either.

Well, everytime we've heard a Vehicon talk and grunt and stuff, it's in a male voice, so that sorta disproves of it.

not at all. maybe the girly-bots just like sounding tough, or maybe the EVIL Decepticons don't let the females speak. oooh, subtext! :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 2 · Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:33 pm

RhA wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:I don't think the second one is meant to be "female". Yes, it's more slender, but in the same way as, say, Animated Blurr. The wide shoulders and narrow hips are very masculine. When they do a female figure, it's usually very obviously female, like Prime Arcee, 2007 Movie Arcee, or Animated Blackarachnia.

Or Strika.

Extremely well-played.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:25 pm

While I agree that in the show there are no genders, I can see the OP's point. The new one does look to have very feminine hips and thighs. I could see it as a potential future Botcon exclusive. New head, done up in pink and white, and we finally have our car Arcee.