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News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Wed May 28, 2014 1:36 pm

How is Unicron not in the HoF yet? Besides him, I picked Rodimus, Arcee, Cyclonus, and Scorponok.

Like MadnessMechanic on Facebook · by **MadnessMechanic** » Wed May 28, 2014 2:11 pm

Whirl
Arcee
Devastator
Lockdown
Blitzwing

News Credits: 1 · by **bluecatcinema** » Wed May 28, 2014 2:15 pm

Cyclonus, Lockdown, Omega Supreme, Rodimus and Sky-Byte.

News Credits: 3 · by **Samsonator** » Wed May 28, 2014 2:20 pm

Devastator - What's not Hall of Fame material about the first combiner the franchise had?
Prowl - A classic 1984 character, totally worth a spot.
Lockdown - One of the best characters from Animated, so much so that he's made the jump to other media, including a spot in the new movie.
Bulkhead - Honestly this was a random choice... no reason other than I like him...
Swerve - Because Swerve.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed May 28, 2014 2:31 pm

They're doing the Hall of Fame voting this year? Well, better late than never.

I know who I want to vote for!

*reads the instructions*

Hrm. :-|

None of them are in the poll.

I get the process that went into making these choices, but... it just... feels a bit limited. Sorta restricted.

News Credits: 3599 · by **Seibertron** » Wed May 28, 2014 2:58 pm

Sabrblade wrote:They're doing the Hall of Fame voting this year? Well, better late than never.

I know who I want to vote for!

*reads the instructions*

Hrm.

None of them are in the poll.

I get the process that went into making these choices, but... it just... feels a bit limited. Sorta restricted.

That's because it takes a lot of time to tally up the results when it's a free for all due to spelling errors and discrepancies (Skybyte vs Sky-Byte vs Sky Byte vs Sky-Bite), choices of over thousands of characters over the course of 30 years, and that many people don't follow the instructions about how to format answers, I decided it was best (and easiest) to do it this way going forward, especially since the Hall of Fame has been reduced from an extremely cool event to a brief mention at the end of the Hasbro panel. Without the Hall of Fame presentation which was really awesome the first couple of years, I don't see the point of continuing this any more from a time standpoint.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed May 28, 2014 3:04 pm

After some thought, I've gone with the following:

Blackarachnia
Overlord
Rattrap
Sky-Byte
Springer

by **sharkticonspawner56** » Wed May 28, 2014 3:33 pm

Unicron, Lockdown and Bludgeon

News Credits: 4 · by **MasterSoundBlaster** » Wed May 28, 2014 3:35 pm

Cyclonus
Devastator
Rodimus
Sixshot
Whirl

News Credits: 21 · by **dragons** » Wed May 28, 2014 3:53 pm

Devastator, unicron, trypticon

News Credits: 1 · by **QBKiller94** » Wed May 28, 2014 4:03 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:I understand Lockdown is popular right now, but he shouldn't go into the Hall of Fame before classic characters like Devastator, Prowl, Rodimus, etc.

I agree completely. Lockdown was great in Transformers animated, but I can't give him any extra points for being in the latest live action movie. For all we know Lockdown could end up in the "Michael Bay Hall of Shame" with Jetfire, Wheelie, etc.

Here's how I voted:

1) Devastator - The first combiner in the transformers universe and a great G1 toy. The only negative for this guy was the horrible treatment given to him by Michael Bay (See: giant balls). A hugely popular character who should have been put the HOF much earlier than this.
2) Prowl - I'm a sucker for the G1, season 1 cast, but Prowl also was reborn as a kick-ass ninja in Transformers Animated. He's got a lot of great toys from G1, to Animated to last year's Masterpiece. He's in.
3) Omega Supreme - Omega Supreme was the first giant character and paved the way for Metroplex, Trypticon, Fort Max and Scorponok. He's the Wilt Chamberlain of the Transformers world and was a coveted G1 toy back in the day. "Omega Supreme is invincible!" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1psVfPb6uA
4) Cyclonus - Galvatron's badass second in-command. Smart and loyal. If Megatron had Galvatron instead of Starscream, the Autobots would have been in trouble. Just a great character all-around who's held up well over time.
5) Rodimus - He edges out Arcee and Unicron, but it was a tough call for me. As a matter of principle, I can't go against the Matrix of Leadership.

by **empyre327** » Wed May 28, 2014 4:09 pm

Bulkhead
Rumble
Alpha Trion
Rhinox
Computron

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Wed May 28, 2014 4:19 pm

Putting Lockdown in now would be the equivalent of putting a pro athlete into their HoF while they're still actively competing, imo.

by **Con_Airforce** » Wed May 28, 2014 4:29 pm

Astrotrain

Blitzwing

Blurr

Cyclonus

Prowl

News Credits: 1 · by **Autobot_Benz** » Wed May 28, 2014 4:32 pm

Wish Cheetor or Rhinox was on the list but I understand why Rattrap was there.

by **G.B. Blackrock** » Wed May 28, 2014 4:45 pm

Even after the explanation for why this site is using the poll format (apparently as opposed to tallying up nominees from the lists in these comments), I see several posts that continue with the lists. Am I correct in assuming that those lists aren't getting folks anywhere on this site?

If so, I would still welcome discussion on this topic. We can all talk about why Swerve is the idol of millions!

News Credits: 3599 · by **Seibertron** » Wed May 28, 2014 4:57 pm

G.B. Blackrock wrote:Even after the explanation for why this site is using the poll format (apparently as opposed to tallying up nominees from the lists in these comments), I see several posts that continue with the lists. Am I correct in assuming that those lists aren't getting folks anywhere on this site?

If so, I would still welcome discussion on this topic. We can all talk about why Swerve is the idol of millions!

The poll is the only data I will be collecting on Monday. If people are posting their nominations but not making selections in the poll, then their "nominations" will NOT count. Hopefully the people who have posted their nomination in their post have also selected their choices in the poll.

by **Mudwire** » Wed May 28, 2014 5:16 pm

1. Swerve
2. Whirl
3. Tailgate
4. Sky-Byte
5. Thundercracker

News Credits: 1 · by **Searchlight** » Wed May 28, 2014 5:20 pm

Thundercracker ftw! Decided for Sideswipe, Blurr, Blitzwing and Prowl.

Would rather Bruticus over Devastator purely because Starscream's Brigade being my favourite episode.

Website · by **Fires_Of_Inferno** » Wed May 28, 2014 5:43 pm

Voted. Devastator, Unicron, Omega Supreme, Blitzwing, and Scorponok. I'd be happy if Blackarachnia was completely forgotten about.

by **SideswipeSkywarp** » Wed May 28, 2014 6:10 pm

I don't like when voting contests have you pick from a set list. This is who I want, Sideswipe, Skywarp, Windcharger, Prowl, and Cyclonus. All generation 1.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed May 28, 2014 6:16 pm

SideswipeSkywarp wrote:I don't like when voting contests have you pick from a set list. This is who I want, Sideswipe, Skywarp, Windcharger, Prowl, and Cyclonus. All generation 1.

Well, unless you vote in the poll, none of those will be counted.

None of my first choices were in the poll either, but I went with what was available.

News Credits: 1 · by **vegetacron** » Wed May 28, 2014 6:31 pm

Devastator
Omega Supreme
Thundercracker
Rattrap
Prowl

Like Michael Alex Kawa on Facebook · by **Michael Alex Kawa** » Wed May 28, 2014 7:59 pm

Bludgeon

Rodimus

Sky-Byte

Unicron

and....
Whirl

It does suck that I can't vote for T-AI from RID.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Pepsimus · by **Black Bumblebee** » Wed May 28, 2014 8:09 pm

It seems that when you put in Devastator, it "bumped" my choices to the next previous vote, such as Omega Supreme instead of Overlord, Ravage instead of Rodimus, Springer instead of Swerve. Odd...