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who cares about intergration, Grimlocks sword is a classic weapon that sums up grimlock, brute force.

I dunno. Often when I think of Grimlock I never think of the weapon. I think of his main forces of offence being his fists and his alt-mode - that's what sums up Grimlock. Sure, sometimes he might grab a sword or a gun if it works then and there; but he seems the type of guy who'd rather be right in there breathing fire or ripping apart 'cons with his teeth.

If anything I feel the sword almost demeans him. Oh yeah, he can turn into mecha godzilla, breathe fire and is pretty much one of the most powerful Transformers alive? But he apparently needs a sword to deal physical damage? Pffft. Gimme a break.
Grimlock don't need no weapon. He IS the weapon.

Megatron's Fusioun cannon
Primes's Blaster.
Galvatron's Particle Cannon.

Two very specific sounds!

So many interesting choices:
I can't touch 1 and 2. But the next 3:
3. Animated Ultra Magnus' hammer, it's now required in every UM toy.
4. G1 Shockwave's missing hand
5. I guess movie OP's swords

Honorable mentions: Can't really call the seeker weapons personalized since they all have them. Blaster's blaster. Soundwave's cannon

Still waiting for Top 5/10 best Transformers comic covers ;-;

Good list though, too bad Soundwave's weapon didn't get a spot at all (even in HM)

Maximal Rainmaker wrote:Still waiting for Top 5/10 best Transformers comic covers ;-;

The only problem with this one is that we all know that Marvel's Transformers #5 will rock the #1 spot.

Of course, I'm with you. I would be curious to see what will be #3-5. (#2 will be Casey Coller's The Killing Joke with Megatron and Reflector.).

Nice list, btw!

I think Scorponok's shield should be in the top 10, along with Mort Max's Master Sword.

And I just came up with another idea for a Top 5: Best Powers. Elita-1, Mirage, Hound, Whirl (madness), Minimus Ambus, Thundercracker, Mindwipe... there are a whole lot of cool individual powers to choose from.

Optimutt wrote:The only problem with this one is that we all know that Marvel's Transformers #5 will rock the #1 spot.

Of course, I'm with you. I would be curious to see what will be #3-5. (#2 will be Casey Coller's The Killing Joke with Megatron and Reflector.)

How about a top 5 for different eras then? Top 5 Covers from the Marvel Era and Top 5 Covers from the IDW era.

Nice list, btw!

Thanks!

And I just came up with another idea for a Top 5: Best Powers. Elita-1, Mirage, Hound, Whirl (madness), Minimus Ambus, Thundercracker, Mindwipe... there are a whole lot of cool individual powers to choose from.

Sure, it's yours if you want it. What would be a good title? What about "Top 5 Superpowers in Transformers Fiction"?

My favorites would have to be Movie Grimlock's dino-mace, Prime Bumblebee's arm cannons, and Movie Snarl's axe. They just capture the characters so well.

Springer's sword is such a good idea, i think all helicopter transformers should use it. Unless you are Movie Drift or Movie Skyhammer, then you can slide. Speaking of Drift, where's comic book Drift and his sword? I wonder if he got it from either Bud K or Home Shopping Channel lol

I'm surprised STarscream's null rays aren't on the list!

I think all the weapons mentioned here (comment section included!)are awesome. But for me, G1 Galvatron's orange protrusion of DEATH takes the pie. C'MON! Any weapon that can disintegrate Starscream entirely with a single blast on his coronation day has to mean something!

True, this awesomeness was almost never repeated, but we all know Galvatron is nigh invincible...

william-james88 wrote:If anyone cares, I was going to put Optimus' Ion Blaster here but I changed my mind. Even though I have my fair share of Optimus toys, which include his blaster, I never really liked it with Optimus. It feels so impersonal and partly uncharacteristic, and it was never a great looking or distinctive gun. It's just a big black gun that this wise and honourable emissary of peace (which is what he's been portrayed as in recent attempts to carry on G1 fiction) carries around with him. Would he really use a big gun to just blast someone's head off?

I don't know about those "Post-G1" continuities, but Optimus Prime was never a pacifist.

Would he like peace? Sure. But sometimes your enemies don't leave you a choice.

Remember the events that lead to his creation, Megatron and the Decepticons slaughtered the Autobots like lambs. Alpha Trion created Prime to be the ultimate warrior/leader.

If you're going up against the likes of Megatron and Devastator you're gonna need a powerful gun.

Optimus Prime rules and the ion blaster is definitely memorable, it's on my top five for sure.

How about a somewhat related list, Top 5 Minicon weapons/with weapon modes, from Armada, Prime/Arms Micron, RiD 2015, etc.

Kyleor wrote:How about a somewhat related list, Top 5 Minicon weapons/with weapon modes, from Armada, Prime/Arms Micron, RiD 2015, etc.

I have a top 5 post G1 targetmasters list coming which includes all of those. I wont be using the word minicon as the description since from experience with these lists, people can get quite confused. There will be lists for best Unicron trilogy Minicon molds, best RID Minicons (maybe) and best Post G1 targetmasters (where the criteria is that its a robot that turns into a gun for a bot to use).

william-james88 wrote:

Kyleor wrote:How about a somewhat related list, Top 5 Minicon weapons/with weapon modes, from Armada, Prime/Arms Micron, RiD 2015, etc.

I have a top 5 post G1 targetmasters list coming which includes all of those. I wont be using the word minicon as the description since from experience with these lists, people can get quite confused. There will be lists for best Unicron trilogy Minicon molds, best RID Minicons (maybe) and best Post G1 targetmasters (where the criteria is that its a robot that turns into a gun for a bot to use).

What about the mini-cons with Melee weapon modes? Or do you consider all of those so bad they can't make the list?

william-james88 wrote:

Kyleor wrote:How about a somewhat related list, Top 5 Minicon weapons/with weapon modes, from Armada, Prime/Arms Micron, RiD 2015, etc.

I have a top 5 post G1 targetmasters list coming which includes all of those. I wont be using the word minicon as the description since from experience with these lists, people can get quite confused. There will be lists for best Unicron trilogy Minicon molds, best RID Minicons (maybe) and best Post G1 targetmasters (where the criteria is that its a robot that turns into a gun for a bot to use).

I'm guessing Generations Scoop's target masters won't be on there.

Kurona wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Kyleor wrote:How about a somewhat related list, Top 5 Minicon weapons/with weapon modes, from Armada, Prime/Arms Micron, RiD 2015, etc.

I have a top 5 post G1 targetmasters list coming which includes all of those. I wont be using the word minicon as the description since from experience with these lists, people can get quite confused. There will be lists for best Unicron trilogy Minicon molds, best RID Minicons (maybe) and best Post G1 targetmasters (where the criteria is that its a robot that turns into a gun for a bot to use).

What about the mini-cons with Melee weapon modes? Or do you consider all of those so bad they can't make the list?

Any weapon counts. For instance, one on the list is the Bulkhead Micron who turns into a Knuckle:



Thats all I will reveal though

kurthy wrote:I'm guessing Generations Scoop's target masters won't be on there.

You guessed right

Cyberpath wrote:

william-james88 wrote:If anyone cares, I was going to put Optimus' Ion Blaster here but I changed my mind. Even though I have my fair share of Optimus toys, which include his blaster, I never really liked it with Optimus. It feels so impersonal and partly uncharacteristic, and it was never a great looking or distinctive gun. It's just a big black gun that this wise and honourable emissary of peace (which is what he's been portrayed as in recent attempts to carry on G1 fiction) carries around with him. Would he really use a big gun to just blast someone's head off?

I don't know about those "Post-G1" continuities, but Optimus Prime was never a pacifist.

Would he like peace? Sure. But sometimes your enemies don't leave you a choice.

Remember the events that lead to his creation, Megatron and the Decepticons slaughtered the Autobots like lambs. Alpha Trion created Prime to be the ultimate warrior/leader.

If you're going up against the likes of Megatron and Devastator you're gonna need a powerful gun.

Optimus Prime rules and the ion blaster is definitely memorable, it's on my top five for sure.

Agreed. I'd take Springer's sword off and add Optimus' ion blaster/laser rifle. very iconic. A lot more than Springer's sword, IMHO.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Agreed. I'd take Springer's sword off and add Optimus' ion blaster/laser rifle. very iconic. A lot more than Springer's sword, IMHO.

Its not just about being Iconic though. The huge amount of greese on a philly cheese steak sub is iconic, but its not great. Tommy Wiseau is an icon, but not a great one. You need a mix and I really never found Optimus's black gun to look great or interesting. It looks like any other big gun at a glance. So much so that for the G1 toy, I had an incomplete optimus so I just gave him one of the Predacon weapons and it works perfectly fine as a substitute. A propeller that turns into a sword is pretty awesome and smart as a design and I love how that idea evolved into the latest version we got with Thrilling 30 springer. Just opinions of course, glad to know your list would be so close to mine, Striker

Wow, someone really likes swords for their TF's!

The problem with Armada SS's sword is it's so thick. It's more a cudgel or club than a sword. Nicely corrected with the Gen Armada SS, though.

I really think the lack of OP's gun is a misstep. That thing is iconic. I read your reasons, but simply don't agree.

Optimum Supreme wrote:I really think the lack of OP's gun is a misstep. That thing is iconic. I read your reasons, but simply don't agree.

You dont have to agree, we all have different opinions, and hence why there can be no misteps. This isn't a list about most iconic weapons (that will be for another time), for now its just an opinion piece about cool and fun weapons throughout the franchise's history in both toys and fiction. And in an opinion piece the only mistep is going againt one's opinion

Cool list!

I would somewhat mention Animated Prowl's shuriken.

Not his traffic light?

Those are awesome, I am sad they were tooled out of the samurai retool.

william-james88 wrote:Not his traffic light?

Those are awesome, I am sad they were tooled out of the samurai retool.

Actually the wheel arm sword in samurai mode is kind of cool. Too bad mine suffered from serious quality issues and I had to get rid of him.

Finally got to the list, and it was a good one. But when I hear "weapon for a Transformer", there are a few different ones that come to mind, I think all of which had been mentioned already:

The Magnus Hammer. Animated has made it a thing where every Magnus wields it at least once and the toy has to come with it or make a hammer.

Prime's Axe. When I think of Optimus, the axe comes out. G1 had it in one episode and it has stuck for so long. Animated made it his signature weapon, and then the movies included it, along with the RiD toy. Plus, an axe is a very unique weapon.

Bruticus' Back Cannons. The whole deal with Bruticus is that to have a proper one, you need massive, legendary back cannons. G1 had it, Fall of Cybertron had them and used them in the game, There have been 3rd party kits to give toys better backcannons like his FoC toy, even his combiner wars toy sacrificed any personal weapons to give him proper back cannons. His back cannons are his weapon.

Rodimus' Arm Cannons and Saw. Every Rodimus/Hot Rod toy needs his pipes on his forearms, and they always are meant to be used as guns. they are a staple of his design, needed to be identifiable, and always part of his arsenal. Same goes for his saw. The MP includes it, Shattered glass gave him a saw instead of a hand, It was used for one of the iconic parts of the 86 movie, etc.

Megatron's fusion cannon. enough said about it already.