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News Credits: 7 · by **shortround** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:00 pm

After reading an interview with one of the writers for orignal g1 cartoon. Finding out that both wheelie and daniel were supposed to be teenagers. But some dumb ass over hasbro over ruled the idea and said we need a more kid friendly marketing stratage. I thought to myself man just think about how the toy could have turned out and the whole new set of story ideas that would have opened up for season three. So why do think hasbro made wheelie the way he was.

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:25 pm

Because they figured Blaster rhyming wasn't enough?

by **Sportimus Prime** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:50 pm

Sportimus say, why won't Wheelie just go away?

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:40 pm

i_amtrunks wrote:Because they figured Blaster rhyming wasn't enough?

I believe Jazz did some rhyming first... :-?

by **Nujevad** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:42 pm

Jazz's voice was cool, Wheelie's was just plain annoying.

News Credits: 7 · by **shortround** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:43 pm

It really makes wonder how many good ideas hasbro turns down and how my stupid ones they except when it comes transformers.

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:26 pm

tigertracks 24 wrote:
i_amtrunks wrote:Because they figured Blaster rhyming wasn't enough?

I believe Jazz did some rhyming first...

But Jazz was probably slated to die in a movie draft or three, I mean he was pre 1986 and all :roll:

News Credits: 7 · by **shortround** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:12 pm

In one of movie drafts plant cybertron was supposed to transform into primus and battle unicron but that didn't happen either. Although that would have been a really cool ending to movie, and would have explained what vector sigma was. Then we could have avoid the whole quint subplot from the third season of the show which end up going no where.

by **Tramp** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:34 pm

Personally, I like Wheelie. I like his personality and that he's basically a little kid. His actions in the DW comic War and Peace are quite funny, especially biting Prime and then getting scolded.

by **Bonger** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:11 am

Tramp wrote:Personally, I like Wheelie. I like his personality and that he's basically a little kid. His actions in the DW comic War and Peace are quite funny, especially biting Prime and then getting scolded.

Blasphemy!!!! You are a Transfan. Addmittance to this club is dependent on hating Wheelie.

Now shape up and lets get to the Wheelie hating! :-x

by **Auto Bot** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:28 am

Wheelie toy is really bad.

I wonder if this is Hasbro original design, or another import from some old unkonwn Japanese toy.

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:39 pm

shortround wrote:In one of movie drafts plant cybertron was supposed to transform into primus and battle unicron but that didn't happen either. Although that would have been a really cool ending to movie, and would have explained what vector sigma was. Then we could have avoid the whole quint subplot from the third season of the show which end up going no where.

Not sure where you've picked up this titbit but if that's acurate I don't think that it would have been 'Primus'. To the best of my knowledge Primus originated in Simon Furman's Legacy of Unicron in the Marvel UK comics, post movie. The concept of Cybertron as a Transformer showed up in early versions of The War Within but wasn't actually realised until Cybertron. Now I'm not saying that this 86 movie draft doesn't exist, but as far as I'm concerned the movie predated Primus as a concept.

by **Tramp** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:08 pm

Bonger wrote:
Tramp wrote:Personally, I like Wheelie. I like his personality and that he's basically a little kid. His actions in the DW comic War and Peace are quite funny, especially biting Prime and then getting scolded.

Blasphemy!!!! You are a Transfan. Addmittance to this club is dependent on hating Wheelie.

Now shape up and lets get to the Wheelie hating!

ROFLMAO

by **Fred2012** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:46 pm

Nujevad wrote:Jazz's voice was cool, Wheelie's was just plain annoying.

"wheelie's my name, wanna play a game?"

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:00 pm

Into the ocean, let's be daring! The last one in is a rusty herring!

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:05 pm

Ok, ok...

Let's get this straight here about Wheelie.

When Galvatron attacks, what do most Transformers do?

They run. They run away like little girls.

What does Wheelie do when Galvatron attacks him in "The Five Faces of Darkness"?

He shoots Galvatron in the face.

That, my friends is harsh.

F' with Wheelie, get shot in the face Dick Cheney style.

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:18 pm

Hang on. When Galvatron attacks, don't the rest of the Autobots normally... er, counter-attack? I'm pretty sure the series would have been a lot different if each 'Con attack was met by the Autobots screaming "Run away! Run away!" and fleeing.

Possibly followed by servants banging coconut shells together.

by **slycherrychunks** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:23 pm

Teenagers are every bit as annoying as kids. If not more.

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:01 pm

Counterpunch wrote:Ok, ok...

Let's get this straight here about Wheelie.

When Galvatron attacks, what do most Transformers do?

They run. They run away like little girls.

What does Wheelie do when Galvatron attacks him in "The Five Faces of Darkness"?

He shoots Galvatron in the face.

That, my friends is harsh.

F' with Wheelie, get shot in the face Dick Cheney style.

Too true! I posted my opinions on Wheelie earlier this week in the "Wheelimus" thread:

I never understand the general hatred for Wheelie. I like him! As a concept anyway. Think about it...

He's the only person he knows living in the wilds of Quinntessa, dodging Sharkticons and Allicons all day but clearly unafraid. After all, the first thing he does is look for a opening to attack Grimlock and take over the Dinobot "pack". That's like a 10 year old picking a fight with MechaGodzilla. By his actions, he is accepted by the most xenophobic group of Autobots and even gets them to follow him! Before that? Who knows where he even came from? I always figured he was a Junkion kid or at least TV taught like them...

He's not the lame retarded kid they depicted in Season 3.

He's Mowgli from the Jungle Book!

An I stick to my view on this. Wheelie had way more potential than anyone has ever admitted!
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News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:12 pm

Yeah, and Rodimus Prime had the potential to be the greatest Autobot leader. Shame things didn't pan out that way. Rodney became a whiney wuss, and Wheely was irritating beyond belief.

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:21 pm

Wheelie is yet another broken character. So close but so far than down the toilet he went! Oh and there were plenty of "Galvatron just showed up, RUN!" battles under Rodimus and Magnus. Wheelie had the touch, the power, the heart, the motion and all that crap.