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Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:06 pm

That Bot wrote:I maintain that it should've been a hippo. Hippos are fierce, even if they're not technically predators.

Unlike Bulls and Rhinos.

Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:23 pm

Stormrider wrote:
That Bot wrote:
Gauntlet101010 wrote:Another tiger is kinda disappointing. And a sabertooth tiger kinda breaks the theme since it's a prehistoric predator. Although there's not much to do with official characetrs we have.

If it makes you feel better, there's technically no such thing as a saber-toothed tiger. Prehistoric saber-toothed cats aren't closely related to any modern species of cat, being instead a separate subfamily of Felidae along with the two subfamilies of cats that now exist. So a saber-toothed cat would be less related to either Razorclaw or Rampage than the two are to each other, as far as their relative locations in the animal kingdom. Granted, it's a retool of Rampage, so the biological differences between a saber-toothed cat and a modern tiger might not be well-reflected, but one can hope.

Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felidae#Ge ... he_Felidae

But they're all still robots right?

LOL

Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:25 pm

raccon wrote:
That Bot wrote:I maintain that it should've been a hippo. Hippos are fierce, even if they're not technically predators.

Unlike Bulls and Rhinos.

Ouch. Just fact slapped someone!

News Credits: 4 · Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:08 pm

GiveMeSkyfire wrote:
raccon wrote:
That Bot wrote:I maintain that it should've been a hippo. Hippos are fierce, even if they're not technically predators.

Unlike Bulls and Rhinos.

Ouch. Just fact slapped someone!

I deserved that! Somehow that little (rather important) detail slipped my mind when I made that post.

This strengthens the case for a hippo. Damn, now I'm going to be fantasizing about what could have been.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:03 pm

That Bot wrote:
GiveMeSkyfire wrote:
raccon wrote:
That Bot wrote:I maintain that it should've been a hippo. Hippos are fierce, even if they're not technically predators.

Unlike Bulls and Rhinos.

Ouch. Just fact slapped someone!

I deserved that! Somehow that little (rather important) detail slipped my mind when I made that post.

This strengthens the case for a hippo. Damn, now I'm going to be fantasizing about what could have been.

It probably wouldn't be too hard to sculpt a new hippo head for Tantrum. Of course, then Predaking might have 3 legs and one arm...

News Credits: 2 · Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:57 pm

Agamemnon wrote:
That Bot wrote:
GiveMeSkyfire wrote:
raccon wrote:
That Bot wrote:I maintain that it should've been a hippo. Hippos are fierce, even if they're not technically predators.

Unlike Bulls and Rhinos.

Ouch. Just fact slapped someone!

I deserved that! Somehow that little (rather important) detail slipped my mind when I made that post.

This strengthens the case for a hippo. Damn, now I'm going to be fantasizing about what could have been.

It probably wouldn't be too hard to sculpt a new hippo head for Tantrum. Of course, then Predaking might have 3 legs and one arm...

We will call him Tripod

News Credits: 4 · Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:25 am

Human-shaped gestalts are overrated anyway.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:47 pm

That Bot wrote:
Gauntlet101010 wrote:Another tiger is kinda disappointing. And a sabertooth tiger kinda breaks the theme since it's a prehistoric predator. Although there's not much to do with official characetrs we have.

If it makes you feel better, there's technically no such thing as a saber-toothed tiger. Prehistoric saber-toothed cats aren't closely related to any modern species of cat, being instead a separate subfamily of Felidae along with the two subfamilies of cats that now exist. So a saber-toothed cat would be less related to either Razorclaw or Rampage than the two are to each other, as far as their relative locations in the animal kingdom. Granted, it's a retool of Rampage, so the biological differences between a saber-toothed cat and a modern tiger might not be well-reflected, but one can hope.

Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felidae#Ge ... he_Felidae

WE KNOW THAT.... everyone knows that.......on opposite day

but it's not opposite day so i didn't know that, but now i do, thanks for the cool info

Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:52 pm

That Bot wrote:
GiveMeSkyfire wrote:
raccon wrote:
That Bot wrote:I maintain that it should've been a hippo. Hippos are fierce, even if they're not technically predators.

Unlike Bulls and Rhinos.

Ouch. Just fact slapped someone!

I deserved that! Somehow that little (rather important) detail slipped my mind when I made that post.

This strengthens the case for a hippo. Damn, now I'm going to be fantasizing about what could have been.

I agree with you on the Hippo idea. Those things are vicious. They may not be predators, but they will indiscriminately kill anything that enters there territory.

Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:53 pm

That Bot wrote:
GiveMeSkyfire wrote:
raccon wrote:
That Bot wrote:I maintain that it should've been a hippo. Hippos are fierce, even if they're not technically predators.

Unlike Bulls and Rhinos.

Ouch. Just fact slapped someone!

I deserved that! Somehow that little (rather important) detail slipped my mind when I made that post.

This strengthens the case for a hippo. Damn, now I'm going to be fantasizing about what could have been.

I agree with you on the Hippo idea. Those things are vicious. They may not be predators, but they will indiscriminately kill anything that enters there territory.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:16 pm

Raccon wrote:
That Bot wrote:
GiveMeSkyfire wrote:
raccon wrote:
That Bot wrote:I maintain that it should've been a hippo. Hippos are fierce, even if they're not technically predators.

Unlike Bulls and Rhinos.

Ouch. Just fact slapped someone!

I deserved that! Somehow that little (rather important) detail slipped my mind when I made that post.

This strengthens the case for a hippo. Damn, now I'm going to be fantasizing about what could have been.

I agree with you on the Hippo idea. Those things are vicious. They may not be predators, but they will indiscriminately kill anything that enters there territory.

Yep, I've heard they're so aggressive that they cause more deaths in Africa than lions, rhinos, snakes and elephants combined. I think a hippo would make an excellent Predacon, yeeessss.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:49 pm

xyl360 wrote:
Raccon wrote:
That Bot wrote:
GiveMeSkyfire wrote:
raccon wrote:
That Bot wrote:I maintain that it should've been a hippo. Hippos are fierce, even if they're not technically predators.

Unlike Bulls and Rhinos.

Ouch. Just fact slapped someone!

I deserved that! Somehow that little (rather important) detail slipped my mind when I made that post.

This strengthens the case for a hippo. Damn, now I'm going to be fantasizing about what could have been.

I agree with you on the Hippo idea. Those things are vicious. They may not be predators, but they will indiscriminately kill anything that enters there territory.

Yep, I've heard they're so aggressive that they cause more deaths in Africa than lions, rhinos, snakes and elephants combined. I think a hippo would make an excellent Predacon, yeeessss.

hippos also mark their territory by launching explosive **** out and then spinning their tail thus resulting in a wide area being covered in hippo ****. this would make a great weapon gimmick ala armada megatron's ultimate weapon attack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UEM541IenE

like that except picture lasers instead of poo

News Credits: 4 · Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:30 pm

What a delightful mental image.

News Credits: 461 · Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:44 pm

mbd88prime wrote:
xyl360 wrote:
Raccon wrote:
That Bot wrote:
GiveMeSkyfire wrote:
raccon wrote:
That Bot wrote:I maintain that it should've been a hippo. Hippos are fierce, even if they're not technically predators.

Unlike Bulls and Rhinos.

Ouch. Just fact slapped someone!

I deserved that! Somehow that little (rather important) detail slipped my mind when I made that post.

This strengthens the case for a hippo. Damn, now I'm going to be fantasizing about what could have been.

I agree with you on the Hippo idea. Those things are vicious. They may not be predators, but they will indiscriminately kill anything that enters there territory.

Yep, I've heard they're so aggressive that they cause more deaths in Africa than lions, rhinos, snakes and elephants combined. I think a hippo would make an excellent Predacon, yeeessss.

hippos also mark their territory by launching explosive **** out and then spinning their tail thus resulting in a wide area being covered in hippo ****. this would make a great weapon gimmick ala armada megatron's ultimate weapon attack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UEM541IenE

like that except picture lasers instead of poo

I've also seen a Hippo steal a Zebra carcass from a Croc and ate it. Saw it on the Discovery Channel. Can't seem to find the clip but here is another clip form youtube. It's not as clear cause in the discovery I saw the Hippo swallow it whole...

Think HIPPO would be a great choice indeed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK9G-F519iE

News Credits: 1 · Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:33 pm

HA! watched ur link vid then followed another link and got rick rolled. been a while since that happened

News Credits: 461 · Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:38 pm

mbd88prime wrote:HA! watched ur link vid then followed another link and got rick rolled. been a while since that happened

haha sorry about that. I couldn't find the clip I was looking for but just wanted share the information

News Credits: 1 · Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:52 pm

oh it aint no thang. just funny. actually i let it play for a bit b 4 moving on with life haha if anyone should apologize to someone its me to the fandom for posting a link to a video of a shitting hippo. Isn't that worse than rick rolling?

News Credits: 461 · Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:18 pm

mbd88prime wrote:oh it aint no thang. just funny. actually i let it play for a bit b 4 moving on with life haha if anyone should apologize to someone its me to the fandom for posting a link to a video of a shitting hippo. Isn't that worse than rick rolling?

I'm sure someone enjoyed the knowledge.lol

News Credits: 119 · Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:10 pm

Interview with MMC. c/o TJDucket: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... -line.html

Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:59 pm

Okay... that's gorgeous. :shock:

Dammit, maybe I want two. One for Preadking, one for individual robot modes!

News Credits: 10 · Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:32 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Okay... that's gorgeous. Dammit, maybe I want two. One for Preadking, one for individual robot modes!

Don't forget a third as the alt modes. I agree that it is gorgeous. If it's true that TFC is trying to compete with Ares as the Predacons, then Primus help them...

Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:47 pm

Agamemnon wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Okay... that's gorgeous. Dammit, maybe I want two. One for Preadking, one for individual robot modes!

Don't forget a third as the alt modes. I agree that it is gorgeous. If it's true that TFC is trying to compete with Ares as the Predacons, then Primus help them...

Dang, good point. Are you with MCC and trying to convince me to buy a third set?

It might work.

And yeah, TFC is screwed if they try their own Predacon set.

News Credits: 4 · Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:58 pm

I think TFC's Ares is Bruticus. They wouldn't try to compete with MMC's Predaking. They'd have to put out a seriously stellar product just to get a decent market share and even then they'd probably split the sales pretty evenly, meaning less for each.

So, something about Divebomb's bird head seems off. Maybe I need to see it in color. I'm still sold, but....it's weird. The tail also doesn't look prominent enough from this angle. Ah well, I'm sure this will be fantastic regardless. BRING ON MORE!

News Credits: 33 · Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:25 am

To be honest if this was the first image i'd seen i would have said WTF is that. i cant make out a bird from that angle only the wings give it away and were's his tail? but i know how awesome the robot is so i don't care.