The Energon Pub

News Credits: 273 · by **Delicon** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:43 pm

Nope, I'm not gonna give you a picture of a mysterious figure and ask you guys who it is...

I was just looking at some G1 figures and thinking about how they weren't very cartoon accurate at all. Soi my question here is which figure or figures (can be any line, not just G1) look the least like their TV counterparts? I mean, there are a lot of them that if the show had no sound, I'd have a hard time figuring outm especially if I was a kid.

Huffer is one that stands out for me, but there are so many. The faces in particular of a lot of them are just so very different.

News Credits: 1 · by **Scatterlung** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:58 pm

Delicon wrote:Nope, I'm not gonna give you a picture of a mysterious figure and ask you guys who it is...

I was just looking at some G1 figures and thinking about how they weren't very cartoon accurate at all. Soi my question here is which figure or figures (can be any line, not just G1) look the least like their TV counterparts? I mean, there are a lot of them that if the show had no sound, I'd have a hard time figuring outm especially if I was a kid.

Huffer is one that stands out for me, but there are so many. The faces in particular of a lot of them are just so very different.

Absolutely anything outta Beast Machines.

News Credits: 273 · by **Delicon** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:09 pm

Meverix wrote:Absolutely anything outta Beast Machines.

That Megatron figures comes to mind especially for me.

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:37 pm

... and no one's mentioned G1 Ironhide and Ratchet?

News Credits: 1 · by **SoundStang** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:41 pm

G1 Perceptor comes to mind... 3 guys who look and talk the same, I remember being suprised when I sent away for the toy... (Yes, I still have him)

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:04 pm

Do you perchance mean Reflector?

News Credits: 1 · by **SoundStang** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:14 pm

Sledge wrote::| Do you perchance mean Reflector?

DOH!!! Yes.... :oops:

News Credits: 273 · by **Delicon** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:24 pm

SoundStang wrote:
Sledge wrote::| Do you perchance mean Reflector?

DOH!!! Yes....

You probably got A/E/C Perceptor into the back of your head, you've obviously spent too much time around Counterpunch.

Sledge wrote:... and no one's mentioned G1 Ironhide and Ratchet?

Haha, yeah, that's a biggie.

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:29 pm

How about... Megatron (G1).

Then there was Galvatron (G1).

Perhaps the worst culprit...Wheelie (g1).

News Credits: 1 · by **Agent 007** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:39 pm

the first beast wars blackarachnia.

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:59 pm

G1 Brawn. I was always like "No! I WANTED BRAWN, NOT THIS LOSER" Direct quote from an early birthday video.

Any of the seekers.

Cyclonus

Trailbreaker

Mirage

90% of combiners.

News Credits: 3 · by **Name_Violation** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:20 pm

the reflector toy. it became a tank

News Credits: 2 · by **Star_ling** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:22 pm

I go for Beast Wars Terrorsaur. As far as G1 goes most of the minibots fit to me. If I can think of anything else...

by **ponycorn** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:46 am

The weird face covers on the original Beastwars toys confuse me. Those flip open masks. I don't know what to call them. :-(

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:17 am

And the biggest WTF in my opinion:

News Credits: 273 · by **Delicon** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:16 pm

At least they sorta had a reason for Jetfire/Skyfire...

Oh, and we forgot the ultimate one(s)...RUMBLE AND FRENZY!

by **Windsweeper** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:12 pm

The Seekers faces which leads me to ask how come World's Smallest Starscream gets a painted face and red eyes and the larger original doesn't. It strikes me that it would be easier to do.

Brainstorm in the Japanese Headmasters series

Hardhead

Optimus Prime, hated his toy head and those creepy yellow eyes

I know someone said the combiners but I have to stress Swindle, Dead End and Motormaster.

Scorponok

A lot of the ones I mentioned differed mainly in the heads.

I've just realised, this could be the first time the AEC trilogy got something right. Please forgive my blasphemy.