OptiMagnus10 wrote:What I meant to say is that "GeeWunner" came from the fans who complained and "campaigned" against the change from machines to animals in the Beast Era. I understand that the "Trukk Not Munky" phrase itself came later. Sorry for the confusion, because I am unfortunately good at doing that.
I literally meant what I said about the term "Geewunner". I think you guys are confusing my statement about the use of the actual term "Geewunners" with the diehards who are just "g1" fans. I was literally referring to the term "Geewunners" which ultimately saw traction around 2006 as more and more of the movie's designs came about, though as you can see from the links I provided that there is evidence of its usage almost 3 years prior back in 2003. I wasn't questioning whether or not die-hard fans of some element of the Transformers brand, primarily G1, were stubborn and whether or not slang terms were used to describe groups of fans with opposing views.
I'm pretty sure one of the real big divides came about with the launch of G2 ... the first thing that wasn't part of "G1", but you could even argue that it came about once "gimmicks" such as anything that ended with "masters" at the end of it (i.e. Headmasters, Targetmasters, Action Masters, etc). Basically, any time the Transformers themselves "transformed" or evolved into something new, fans have been very divisive about any change introduced into our hobby. This holds true not just for the Transformers hobby but for many aspects of life in general.
I feel like fans are like this about the current Power Core Combiners line. It'll be interesting to see how this line is looked upon in future years.
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