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Auto Bot wrote:Binaltech series is focused on real cars. Homage to G1 alt modes takes second priority.

Doesn't have to; alot of G1 alt modes were real cars.

I nominate this guy

Protoform Prime was so bad that I never even had the urge to cave in and buy him, like I have done with figures such as Armada Smokecreen and Cybertron Runamuck...

I'd have to say I really do hate my Cybertron Prime.
Yes, I really do.

spychangers prime FTL!!!

DorkimusPrime wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:Binaltech series is focused on real cars. Homage to G1 alt modes takes second priority.

Doesn't have to; alot of G1 alt modes were real cars.

Real cars of the 80s.

Binaltech focused on present cars.

Such as Prowl/Silverstreak from the Japanese Legend car Fairlady Z of the 70s-80s to the modern Subaru Impreza.

Hound, from Willys military GP of WWII era, to the modern Jeep Wrangler.

They were not G1 purist. None of the vehicles are from the G1 era.

Auto Bot wrote:Real cars of the 80s.

Binaltech focused on present cars.

Such as Prowl/Silverstreak from the Japanese Legend car Fairlady Z of the 70s-80s to the modern Subaru Impreza.

Too bad they didn't/couldn't make them 350Z -- would've been vastly preferable IMO.

Daxmajor wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:Real cars of the 80s.

Binaltech focused on present cars.

Such as Prowl/Silverstreak from the Japanese Legend car Fairlady Z of the 70s-80s to the modern Subaru Impreza.

Too bad they didn't/couldn't make them 350Z -- would've been vastly preferable IMO.

The first Binaltech using Subaru Impreza came out 2003. That means the design and development of the toy could be sometime in 2001 or 2002.

Did the 350Z came out at the time?

Auto Bot wrote:The first Binaltech using Subaru Impreza came out 2003. That means the design and development of the toy could be sometime in 2001 or 2002.

Did the 350Z came out at the time?

IIRC the 350Z came out in 2003, maybe 2002 at the earliest.

Daxmajor wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:The first Binaltech using Subaru Impreza came out 2003. That means the design and development of the toy could be sometime in 2001 or 2002.

Did the 350Z came out at the time?

IIRC the 350Z came out in 2003, maybe 2002 at the earliest.

That means there's no time to make Smokescreen into 350Z.
But Hasbro could have used 350Z later on other bots. There's no Nissan yet in the Binaltech line up.

Auto Bot wrote:Real cars of the 80s.

Well sure, but alot of those lines exist even today, or have "spiritual" successors, like in Cliffjumper's case.

A Volkswsagen bug would have been cool for Bumblebee, but I'm already aware that VW has objections. Too bad, though.

VW management should be changed.

For top 3 worst Primes:
1.)Tie - Machine Wars Prime & Alternaters/Binaltech Prime
2.)Energon Prime - I know beauty is skin deep, but when it comes this Prime I'm shallow.
3.)Cyper Stomper Prime - Trying make movie Prime, who made 2 year old cousin cry, cute just makes dust collectors in the toy isle. Dust collectors that sound like Peter Cullen.

Potato head Prime?

Auto Bot wrote:Potato head Prime?

nah, the potatoe head Optimus wasn't that bad, wonder if the make more

Worst figure with the name Optimus Prime is pretty easy:

http://www.tfu.info/1995/Autobot/OptimusPrimeGobot/optimusprime.htm

Super-lame repaint! They could have at least used Motormouth as a base(more commonly known as Spychanger Ironhide).

And Megatron had an equally lame repaint:

http://www.tfu.info/1995/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm

Transformation619 wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:Potato head Prime?

nah, the potatoe head Optimus wasn't that bad, wonder if the make more

I hope to see one of them in my lifetime.

Auto Bot wrote:

Transformation619 wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:Potato head Prime?

nah, the potatoe head Optimus wasn't that bad, wonder if the make more

I hope to see one of them in my lifetime.

Optimash Prime isn't that bad. Maybe i'm really desperate for my Transformer fix I'll get one. Or if the item is marked down.

Duke of Luns wrote:Worst figure with the name Optimus Prime is pretty easy:

http://www.tfu.info/1995/Autobot/OptimusPrimeGobot/optimusprime.htm

Super-lame repaint! They could have at least used Motormouth as a base(more commonly known as Spychanger Ironhide).

And Megatron had an equally lame repaint:

http://www.tfu.info/1995/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm

Yep thats a bad prime!

DorkimusPrime wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:Real cars of the 80s.

Well sure, but alot of those lines exist even today, or have "spiritual" successors, like in Cliffjumper's case.

A Volkswsagen bug would have been cool for Bumblebee, but I'm already aware that VW has objections. Too bad, though.

also, bay didn't want to have that herbie style

I can't believe someone called Protoform Prime the worst. That figure rocks! It has more articulation and detail than anything else in my whole collection.
As for worst


It just isn't Prime. From the lack of any resemblance of a Prime, to the neutered battle platform, the figure just isn't a good Prime.
I can't help but think it would make a great Ultra Magnus though

autobot commander wrote:

DorkimusPrime wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:Real cars of the 80s.

Well sure, but alot of those lines exist even today, or have "spiritual" successors, like in Cliffjumper's case.

A Volkswsagen bug would have been cool for Bumblebee, but I'm already aware that VW has objections. Too bad, though.

also, bay didn't want to have that herbie style

shame, we could have got Lohan in the film too. Her making out with Megan Fox on top of BB would have increased my love of the film A Whole Lot. Also, he could have given the VW flames!

yeah Machine Wars Prime takes the cake as worst Prime, the GoBots Prime only looks that way because of Hasbro's perception of what the Gobots toys were, crappy. But after reading Skywarp-2's thread on the subject of GoBots, I see that Hasbro has really done their best to make that name, Gobot, synonomis with crappy transformable robot toys, when in actuality the original lines, from Tonka, were nothing like that.

The Chaos Bringer wrote:I can't believe someone called Protoform Prime the worst. That figure rocks! It has more articulation and detail than anything else in my whole collection.
As for worst


It just isn't Prime. From the lack of any resemblance of a Prime, to the neutered battle platform, the figure just isn't a good Prime.
I can't help but think it would make a great Ultra Magnus though

The Chaos Bringer - WTF is that thing? What line, I mean....I've checked out a ton of galleries, but never stumbled across that monstrosity before. Makes the Classics Deluxe look like a goddamn Masterpiece Prime by comparison.