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The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Lockdownhunter » Fri Nov 28, 2014 7:18 am

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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby OptimalOptimus2 » Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:21 am

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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Ginrai Minor » Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:57 am

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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Lockdownhunter » Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:58 am

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Ginrai Minor wrote:bayformers

Well They are as not as good asImage
At least BH OP LOOKS BETTER THAN BAYFORMERS..RIGHT?
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Ginrai Minor » Fri Nov 28, 2014 12:58 pm

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Lockdownhunter wrote:
Ginrai Minor wrote:bayformers

Well They are as not as good asImage
At least BH OP LOOKS BETTER THAN BAYFORMERS..RIGHT?



G1, IDW, WFC/FOC, Studio Ox, manga/anime are the designs I favor for Transformers and try to keep my classics collection along those lines.

I don't mind prime/animated designs...it's just not my thing. I really don't like bayformers though, aside from AOE emPrime(soon to be God Ginrai once I get the DX9 armor!)

I grew up in the beastwars-armada era and had alot of those f.h.e G1 Transformers VHS. So that helped shape what I thought TFs should kinda look like.
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Rodimus Prime » Fri Nov 28, 2014 8:06 pm

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G1 Omega Supreme. By a long shot. >:oP
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Sabrblade » Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:50 pm

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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Drop Bear » Sat Nov 29, 2014 1:17 am

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Rodimus Prime wrote:G1 Omega Supreme. By a long shot. >:oP

This. So this. >:oP
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Burn » Sat Nov 29, 2014 1:37 am

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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby ZeroWolf » Sat Nov 29, 2014 6:17 am

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Yeah I'm putting my vote behind omega supreme from G1, the transformers from the live action movies have nothing on that clunker.

Also consider computron, he is just a mess...The technobots really need a upgrade.
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Lockdownhunter » Sat Nov 29, 2014 7:17 am

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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby fenrir72 » Sun Nov 30, 2014 5:01 am

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Lockdownhunter wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Image
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:SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK:


What were they thinking when they designed "not" Arcee? :SICK:
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby ZeroWolf » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:28 am

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Wasn't movieverse arcee designed by the movie team as she was, at one point, supposed to be in the movie? If so then the toy designers are given some slack.

Though it shows how alien they wanted tfs to be in the movies.
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Sabrblade » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:34 am

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I do think her ROTF design looks cooler, though.
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Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby ZeroWolf » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:36 am

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Speaking of her, was there any pictures of what her combined mode looked like since we only ever got two of the three bike sisters (and the final one as a repaint)
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Sabrblade » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:39 am

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Can anyone identify the guy in the sixth pic I posted? ;)
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby ZeroWolf » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:43 am

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Isn't that megarachet (or Rachatron?)
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Sabrblade » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:45 am

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ZeroWolf wrote:Isn't that megarachet (or Rachatron?)
Whoops! I meant the sixth pic. :oops:
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby ZeroWolf » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:50 am

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Sabrblade wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Isn't that megarachet (or Rachatron?)
Whoops! I meant the sixth pic. :oops:

Ah in that case I'm guessing Megatron, there's certain features there that are similar.
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Lockdownhunter » Sun Nov 30, 2014 7:32 am

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fenrir72 wrote:
Lockdownhunter wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Image
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:SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK:


What were they thinking when they designed "not" Arcee? :SICK:


My guess is this:
Arcee,what about her?Why on Earth should we put a better design for Arcee?Fans will love her no matter what she looks like.

OR this
You know,fans do not criticize us enough.Let's design something ugly so we can get criticized even more by the fans.We need more Bay-Haters!!!!!Yesssss......
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Lockdownhunter » Sun Nov 30, 2014 7:33 am

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Sabrblade wrote:Can anyone identify the guy in the sixth pic I posted? ;)

Megatron maybe.Looks like a Quintesson though.Wonder if the Quints butchered Megatron and reanimated him.Still looks UGLY
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Jelze Bunnycat » Sun Nov 30, 2014 7:42 am

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Sabrblade wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Isn't that megarachet (or Rachatron?)
Whoops! I meant the sixth pic. :oops:


Knowing you, it's a trick question ;) It looks like Megatron (*sounds QI alert*), but it isn't. My guess is it's the hapless trooper that was remodeled into Megatron Clone by Straxus.
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby fenrir72 » Sun Nov 30, 2014 8:51 am

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Kup on the otherhand looks like one of the styles DonFig experimented upon combining G1 with Bayformers...........not a pretty sight.
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby fenrir72 » Sun Nov 30, 2014 8:54 am

Motto: "Power to the strong and the right!"
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Lockdownhunter wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
Lockdownhunter wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Image
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:SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK:


What were they thinking when they designed "not" Arcee? :SICK:


My guess is this:
Arcee,what about her?Why on Earth should we put a better design for Arcee?Fans will love her no matter what she looks like.

OR this
You know,fans do not criticize us enough.Let's design something ugly so we can get criticized even more by the fans.We need more Bay-Haters!!!!!Yesssss......


Or the designerts were high on too much "green" energon. You know it's effects on "sentient" beings. As JON aka Optimus Prime impersonator video demonstrated. 8-}
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Re: The UGLIEST transformer ever!!!

Postby Lockdownhunter » Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:22 am

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fenrir72 wrote:
Lockdownhunter wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
Lockdownhunter wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Image
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:SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK:


What were they thinking when they designed "not" Arcee? :SICK:


My guess is this:
Arcee,what about her?Why on Earth should we put a better design for Arcee?Fans will love her no matter what she looks like.

OR this
You know,fans do not criticize us enough.Let's design something ugly so we can get criticized even more by the fans.We need more Bay-Haters!!!!!Yesssss......


Or the designerts were high on too much "green" energon. You know it's effects on "sentient" beings. As JON aka Optimus Prime impersonator video demonstrated. 8-}

Toxic energon is deadly to transformers,forget about humans.Check out Bulkhead,Rafael.
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