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by **Dai_Ceefax** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:21 pm

Hur Hur Hur Un-PC combiners, Hur Hur...

Boat Guy DOES look good, liking Skyhammer more and more and Heavytread ain't half lovable...

Blurrz wrote:Salvage with Bombburst, perhaps trying to salvage the mediocre Mudslinger figure with a new paint job.

Do we really need that kind of comment in a news post? Opinions are possibly more appropriate within the ensuing thread...

by **Hal7300** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:28 pm

Blurrz wrote:Salvage with Bombburst, perhaps trying to salvage the mediocre Mudslinger figure with a new paint job.

Ha, clever.

Dai_Ceefax wrote:Do we really need that kind of comment in a news post? Opinions are possibly more appropriate within the ensuing thread...

In your opinion...

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:55 pm

That's a little side effect for receiving the fastest Transformers news on the net.

News Credits: 4 · by **Neurie** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:11 pm

yes but go put any word in dictionary.com and you get the meaning of it, or wikipedia, or just google.

The names guys are just getting way too lazy or having a laught to see if any one notices these things.

Could well be the naming person did it as a joke and it never got caught, it happens.

Website · by **Fires_Of_Inferno** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:44 pm

Neurie wrote:yes but go put any word in dictionary.com and you get the meaning of it, or wikipedia, or just google.

The names guys are just getting way too lazy or having a laught to see if any one notices these things.

Could well be the naming person did it as a joke and it never got caught, it happens.

If we get a Hubcap repaint called Rimjob then we'll know for sure.

News Credits: 1 · by **Primacron's Little Helper** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:50 pm

Counterpunch wrote:I refuse to get all up in arms over a word that offends one group of people in one specific place in the world.

I refuse to do this

1. because I refuse to pander to political correctness
2. because I'm not a narrow minded idiot.

It's pretty clear that the character is called "Spastic" due to his race car alt and team affiliation.

I don't think anyone seems up in arms or indeed particularly offended, I'd just say that there's a few people quite surprised that a common UK playground insult is on the front of a transformers box.

Out of interest how does the word spastic imply race car!?

by **Dai_Ceefax** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:57 pm

Blurrz wrote:That's a little side effect for receiving the fastest Transformers news on the net.

Nah, it's cool, I do my best to champion the underdog that is the PCCs but everyone's got an opinion and, at the end of the day, it is fast news

And it wasn't a bad pun either

by **Hal7300** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:17 pm

kirbenvost wrote:Huh. Well it's not offensive to me, but it seems like a terrible name for a TF.

I wonder if it would be as funny if this guy was called 'Retard'?

Fair enough if some of you guys don't pander to political correctness, but spare a thought for those of us who find the name 'Spastic' incredibly offensive - and on the packaging of a kid's toy, no less.

Nice job, Hasbro...

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:52 pm

I heard Spastic will have a reissue as Handi Captain.
*dodges stones*

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:19 pm

-sigh- We have yet to see Undertow's combiner mode. Really looking forward to this wave. A lotta Classic renditions of favorite characters renamed. :lol:

by **OptiMagnus** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:13 pm

These look so awesome! I can barely contain myself! :grin:

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:20 pm

Heaven forbid if Hasbro doesn't check all the world's slang for 'offensive' terms while trying to name every one of their products. Hell, given how easily people can make anything sound dirty ("I'll Waterlog her Undertow, HUR HUR HUR" ...eww), it's a wonder ANY name is suitable for a kid's toy.

Anywaysss, Heavytread looks cool, and seems to lack an Autobot insignia (like Highbrow, what gives?). All the more reason to call him Brawl.
Spastic/Drag Strip certainly would go nice with Breakdown and Dead End as scout Stunticons. Here's hoping for a Wildrider next (uh oh, Double Clutch repaint?).
Salvage seems to be pulling a Megatron (peek-a-boo!)

by **Hal7300** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:35 pm

Noideaforaname wrote:Heaven forbid if Hasbro doesn't check all the world's slang for 'offensive' terms while trying to name every one of their products.

One word - Google.

by **PrimeGestalt** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:31 pm

I hope they rename 'Spastic' in Europe and over here in Australasia/Oceania/Whatever-the-Matrix-we're-called-nowadays, since to us, 'Spastic' is a really offensive name for people with a serious mental disorder or disability (even I've had more than my fair share of being called 'spastic' in Primary School, and I'm for-all-intents-and-purposes mentally healthy!). I could list a bunch of names he could be called here:

-Erratic

And so on. I really hope they rename him here, otherwise I'll be the one who cops it when he makes it into my fan-fiction! Sweet-looking PCCs though, especially Salvage, who kinda resembles Wheelie from ROTF...

News Credits: 1 · by **adamassc** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:34 pm

Jimmy Drift wrote:
kirbenvost wrote:Huh. Well it's not offensive to me, but it seems like a terrible name for a TF.

I wonder if it would be as funny if this guy was called 'Retard'?

Fair enough if some of you guys don't pander to political correctness, but spare a thought for those of us who find the name 'Spastic' incredibly offensive - and on the packaging of a kid's toy, no less.

Nice job, Hasbro...

re·tard /rɪˈtɑrd, for 1–3, 5; ˈritɑrd for 4/ Show Spelled
[ri-tahrd, for 1–3, 5; ree-tahrd for 4] Show IPA

–verb (used with object)
1. to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
–verb (used without object)
2. to be delayed.
–noun
3. a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
4. Slang: Disparaging .
a. a mentally retarded person.
b. a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way: a hopeless social retard.
5. Automotive, Machinery . an adjustment made in the setting of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine so that the spark for ignition in each cylinder is generated later in the cycle.

Seems to me that the word retard would actually make a fine base for a TF's name.

words are nothing without us. We have chosen to give them meanings that can wound. Don't curse the masses for using a word for its meaning instead of its perversion.

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:58 pm

Jimmy Drift wrote:One word - Google.

Two words - Urban Dictionary.

I said it before, it's a wonder ANY name is suitable for a kid's toy.

by **PrimeGestalt** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:03 pm

Well, if he's not renamed here, I guess I'll call him Cascade in my fan-fiction...I just found out that the Stunticons are called the Cascadicons in France. <3 Google

Renaming TF characters is simpler than meets the eye, pun not intended! I've already renamed the 'Destrons' as the 'Corrupticons' in my fan-fiction...they really do corrupt their tag-team partner into joining them!

News Credits: 1 · by **Searchlight** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:32 am

To all those who don't understand the furore over the name Spastic. It is actually a highly offensive term in Britain and Oceania. Over here it's right up there with the N word. I agree with others that PC has gone to far but in this particular it's the sheer strength of the word that causes the offense.

Whilst I appreciate that its not really a big deal in the US, Hasbro now caters to the world wide market and as such should be more world wise.

by **PrimeGestalt** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:04 am

Well, provided they rename him for a Europe and Down Under release, I still haven't lost faith in PCCs. It's the closest I can come to the old G1 Combiners/Powermasters/Targetmasters/Breastmasters...oh, and I was right about the Stunticons by the way! It is a repaint of Leadfoot with a mixture of Rallybot and Destructicon drones!

Here's hoping we see the Technobots, Terrorcons, Maximals and Predacons as combiner teams. My guess is the Maximals and Predacons would each have two Dinobots and two Terrorcons. I'd also like to see the Buildbots, Insecticons and Omnibots as combiner teams.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:59 am

Noideaforaname wrote:
Jimmy Drift wrote:One word - Google.

Two words - Urban Dictionary.

Three words - I don't know. :lol:

News Credits: 1 · by **mattyc1007** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:49 pm

Dosn't like Sp*****s name,

but WANTS that Tank :grin:

by **Windsweeper** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:57 pm

So why not call him Dragstrip when he's an obvious homage?

by **PrimeGestalt** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:31 pm

It's likely due to the fact that all the commanders of the homage combiner teams have a different name than the members of the original teams, but still containing a link with the original name/idea of that team. S****** was likely named because of the fact that the original Stunticons were considered insane (according to TFWiki), but I still prefer the commander to be named Cascade.

As a slightly off-topic sidenote, the Stunticons when combined with Skyhammer (who is allied with the Stunticons in my fan-fiction) are called Motormaster, since I have a tendency of having two different combinations for each drone team, with one named after the original combined form (So the Stunticons combined with 'Cascade' form Menasor) and the other named after the original team leader.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:56 pm

Windsweeper wrote:So why not call him Dragstrip when he's an obvious homage?

Most likely Hasbro lost the license to his name. It's the same with Crankcase, Bombshock, Skyburst, and the Protectobot Commander (I keep forgetting his name! #-o

); they probably lost the license to call them Motormaster/Menasor, Onslaught/Bruticus, Superion, and Hot Spot/Defensor. :-B

News Credits: 1 · by **adamassc** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:53 pm

well, we know they still have Onslaught, bruticus, and superion. We also know that they do not have Motormaster or Hot Spot, since the last figures meant to represeant them were named Menasor and Hot Zone.

More than likely, they give them unique names because they're meant to homage, not replace.

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