The Energon Pub

by **DTM** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:44 pm

well today I saw a G1 Ultra Magnus. The real white flat face truck from G1! NOT THE TOY!

Well did any of you guys see a vehicle that reminded you of a TF character? Post it now!!!

by **TM Mega-Prime** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:05 pm

Yeah now that you mention it , the Toyota Echo Hatchback kinda reminds of the Classics Bumblebee or Cliffjumper!

by **rhinox555** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:10 pm

I saw a nissan looking excactly like classics bumblebee-otch. (reference to seibertron.com)

by **Pyroclasm** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:54 pm

I did see Meister at the mall a couple of weeks ago, as well as Windcharger. Guess it's easier to see the Alternators, it's just neat when it's the same color scheme.
Oh, and I drive by an F-14 5 days out of the week. I think I'm going to paint a Starscream to resemble it.

by **TM Mega-Prime** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:46 pm

Pyroclasm, I think you should paint your F-14 to look like Starscream! Now that would be AWESOME!! :lol:

by **Ramrider** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:12 pm

I sat in Prowl at Transforce 2004...

by **LoC Soundwave** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:26 am

Pyroclasm wrote:I did see Meister at the mall a couple of weeks ago, as well as Windcharger. Guess it's easier to see the Alternators, it's just neat when it's the same color scheme.

Agreed! I've now seen a mustard yellow Jeep Wrangler twice! And both times I've just stopped and thought: Swindle?....

by **rhinox555** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:49 am

At the transformations convention here in hellhole-holland,there was a yellow VW Beetle with the text: transformers on the side,and the autobot symbol that appears in the corner of TF movie toy packaging was located on it's roof.

by **Tramp** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:13 pm

Pyroclasm wrote:I did see Meister at the mall a couple of weeks ago, as well as Windcharger. Guess it's easier to see the Alternators, it's just neat when it's the same color scheme.
Oh, and I drive by an F-14 5 days out of the week. I think I'm going to paint a Starscream to resemble it.

Pyroclasm, Starscream was an F-15 Eagle, not an F-14 Tomcat. F-14s have variable sweep wings and the thrusters are spread wider apart. They are also much larger than the F-15.
Here is the F-14—

Images found here: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-14.htm

This is the F-15—

Images from here:
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-15.htm

Notice the differences? Starscream was the F-15, not the now retired F-14.

by **keeblezak** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:18 pm

jetfire was based on an f14 correct, so he is a candidate no?

by **Tramp** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:35 pm

keeblezak wrote:jetfire was based on an f14 correct, so he is a candidate no?

Close. Jetfire was based upon the Veritech from Macross (aka Robotech series 1, which is loosely based off of the Tomcat. There are two major differences though: the lack of tail wings on the Veritech, and the differences in the thrusters. Veritechs had vectored thrusters which became the feet, while the thrusters on Tomcats aren't vectored.