Think of him as being more of a "pirate king" than a captain, and what animal is known for being the "king of beasts"?Sodan-1 wrote:I don't know why I'm only just thinking that a lion is an odd alt-mode for a pirate.
What's mroe refreshing is that, depsite being a pirate, he speech is that of a normal person, devoid of any and all pirate lingo like "Arrgh" or "shiver me timbers" or using "be" in place of "is" and "are".Noideaforaname wrote:Yeah, you'd expect a pirate TF to turn into a shark or octopus or a pirate (space)ship, but it's kinda refreshing that the only thing stereotypically "pirate" about him is the (optional) pegleg.
His known crew members thus far consist of Brimstone, Cannonball, Sandstorm, and ex-Decepticon Axer. Their ship is called the Tidal Wave.Noideaforaname wrote:Still, I'm hoping he gets a crew of more 'typical' beast-formers. In particular, a small parrot that can sit on his shoulder is a must.
At BotCon 2011, Hasbro showed us a few images from within the Binder, in which we saw Brimstone and maybe Cannonball (don't remember if we saw Sandstorm, but 'm pretty sure we didn't see Axer). From memory, Brimstone was based off of Cybertron Brimstone, he at least is known to turn into some bird-like beast. I don't remember what Cannonball looked like, if they did show him, that is. All I can remember is Brimstone.
I remembered him too, but the color scheme first reminded me of PCC Searchlight and then Cybertron Snarl.Midnight_Fox wrote:I see nothing wrong with a Pirate Lion.
I also can't be the only one who made that connection, especially after he turned out to be blue and white.