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News Credits: 1 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:05 pm

I love them both! I think Wreckgar is better looking than Junkheap, but I like the red and yellow on him.

By the way, isn´t Ratchet d... ddd... hummm... never mind.

News Credits: 6 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:10 pm

El Duque wrote:
Assembled and raised in the scrap pile, JUNKHEAP is a supremely resourceful bot. It was he who helped orchestrate the repair and reboot of the disabled ULTRA MAGNUS. The mighty AUTOBOT was so impressed with the talent of JUNKHEAP that he encouraged AUTOBOT RATCHET to spend extended leave on Planet Junkion to hone his repair skills.

As everyone above said...this can't be the 86 Movie continuity, because Ratchet was long dead at this point :-B

Maybe in a running package change, it'll be edited to "First Aid" 8-}

News Credits: 12 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:24 pm

"JUNKHEAP races into battle, armed with Happy Meals and his special yellow pinwheel, to battle the evil HAMBURGLER."

News Credits: 2 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:42 pm

DMSL wrote:Both Wreckgar and Junkheap should've come with a dang gun as well. I dislike melee weapons on TF's as their primary weapons.

El Duque wrote:
tigertracks 24 wrote:For some reason when I see Junk Heap's face, I think Weird Al. Oh the wicked circles that HASBRO weaves...

Great now I can't stop seeing Weird Al, thanks a lot!

Weird Al...really? Maybe I guess, I was thinking that if Lobo from DC had a Transforming bike this would be it. And I totally agree that they should have given Junkheap a gun at least for this mold. That's why iGears new weapons upgrade will be perfect...'nuff said! :VEHI:

News Credits: 462 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:53 pm

Pretender Skywarp wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Pretender Skywarp wrote:
waaaaghlord wrote:So Magnus sent Ratchet to Junk after a scene that occured after Ratchet bought the big one. Nice.

I'm glad it wasn't just me that noticed that, I thought I was being a massive continuity nerd

Hasbro, me-thinketh your continuity copy writer didn't do their homework

Well, while it may not work for the G1 movie, suppose these toy bios represent a world in which Ratchet did not die. After all, toy bios can be seen as their own continuity.

Far too much thinking required for me

Nuh uh. Just don't take the toy bios as gospel to the cartoons.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:03 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Pretender Skywarp wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Pretender Skywarp wrote:
waaaaghlord wrote:So Magnus sent Ratchet to Junk after a scene that occured after Ratchet bought the big one. Nice.

I'm glad it wasn't just me that noticed that, I thought I was being a massive continuity nerd

Hasbro, me-thinketh your continuity copy writer didn't do their homework

Well, while it may not work for the G1 movie, suppose these toy bios represent a world in which Ratchet did not die. After all, toy bios can be seen as their own continuity.

Far too much thinking required for me
Nuh uh. Just don't take the toy bios as gospel to the cartoons.

Especially when it comes to bio's from like the first wave of Beast Wars for example. Totaly not anything related tot he actual show.

Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:06 pm

Junk Heap looks great !!! And he will look even better with the custom Junkion armor in yellow I got coming. (like in the last picture and my sig)

Off topic: Why cant they just start a new thread every time ? Nobody cares about all the old comments from the previous thread. Especially when the Article is suppossed to be about Junkheap and the first 20 comments are about Sky Shadow.

News Credits: 3 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:08 pm

Dark Delight looks like a pretty sweet fig despite being a piece of crap mold...well done.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:12 pm

Rated X wrote:Junk Heap looks great !!! And he will look even better with the custom Junkion armor in yellow I got coming. (like in the last picture and my sig)

Off topic: Why cant they just start a new thread every time ? Nobody cares about all the old comments from the previous thread. Especially when the Article is suppossed to be about Junkheap and the first 20 comments are about Sky Shadow.

Because this article is about both of them, as it was originally. And talks of these two were already going on, so making a new topic would just be a duplicate of this topic.

BTW, you're a G1 cartoon fan, right? Junkheap in the cartoon's official name is "Junkyard". They're just calling the toy "Junkheap" since they can't use the "Junkyard" name for the toy.

News Credits: 217 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:35 pm

Rated X wrote:Junk Heap looks great !!! And he will look even better with the custom Junkion armor in yellow I got coming. (like in the last picture and my sig)

Off topic: Why cant they just start a new thread every time ? Nobody cares about all the old comments from the previous thread. Especially when the Article is suppossed to be about Junkheap and the first 20 comments are about Sky Shadow.

Helps stop the front page of the forum from becoming too full I guess.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:45 pm

RE: Junkheap's Bio

correct me if I'm wrong...but in the 1986 TF movie...wasn't Ratchet already dead by the time the Junkions put Ultra Magnus back together?

News Credits: 1 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:49 pm

mbosti01 wrote:RE: Junkheap's Bio

correct me if I'm wrong...but in the 1986 TF movie...wasn't Ratchet already dead by the time the Junkions put Ultra Magnus back together?

Yeah, but you should always take the Bio's with a grain of salt.

News Credits: 11 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:54 pm

Cobalt Prime wrote:I really like the Galactus-like head mold they used for Sky(dark?)Shadow. The alternate chest piece also serves to further distance him aesthetically from Thunderwing. THAT is how you do a repaint.

Agreed.

GuyIncognito wrote:"JUNKHEAP races into battle, armed with Happy Meals and his special yellow pinwheel, to battle the evil HAMBURGLER."

lol.

Both of these figures look sweet. Junkheap's robot mode less so, but I love the colors on the bike mode. Deliciously 80s.

The clear headlight is cool too. I'm pretty excited about these. I haven't been this excited for a Tfs since... probably Wheeljack.

News Credits: 1452 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:09 pm

Thought the Magnus reference would lead to a new toy, but I keep forgetting we got him in Classics back in `06. XD

News Credits: 1 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:13 pm

Lord Onixprime wrote:
mbosti01 wrote:RE: Junkheap's Bio

correct me if I'm wrong...but in the 1986 TF movie...wasn't Ratchet already dead by the time the Junkions put Ultra Magnus back together?

Yeah, but you should always take the Bio's with a grain of salt.

Other possibilities:

1.) A sentence was cut off the end:
"A second later, Ultra Magnus realized what he'd just said"

2.) This occurs in the story-/coloring book continuity where something like TF:TM seemed to be happening but Ratchet and Starscream were still alive. (See "The Battle for Oil Valley")

3.) Autobot Ratchet is someone different from plain ol' Ratchet. Maybe he's someone of Microchange lineage who actually turns into a ratchet.

I'd buy that this is another continuity, but it's clearly referencing TF:TM, so I call a minor foul on trying to have they're cake and eat it too; and after they did such a bang up job on Hot Shot's bio. Besides, they're trying to sell Perceptor toys too, and he was actually on Junk for Magnus to give the order to; we see him inside the Junkion ship later, so they could've even said he followed it.

As for the McDonald's thing, maybe Junkheap studied their commercials more than the other Junkions, fascinated by that lawsuit the Krofts leveled against McDonaldland.

And someone owes me 3 No-Prizes. And I'm falling asleep as I type this, so at the moment I actually believe Hasbro might pony up.........

Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:17 pm

damn that is a bad ass bio! :KREMZEEK:

im gonna trop build like a mo fo with this guy!

Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:18 pm

WHEN DO THESE COME OUT?!?!?!?!?!? :BOOM:

News Credits: 36 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:36 pm

Lord Onixprime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Pretender Skywarp wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Pretender Skywarp wrote:
waaaaghlord wrote:So Magnus sent Ratchet to Junk after a scene that occured after Ratchet bought the big one. Nice.

I'm glad it wasn't just me that noticed that, I thought I was being a massive continuity nerd

Hasbro, me-thinketh your continuity copy writer didn't do their homework

Well, while it may not work for the G1 movie, suppose these toy bios represent a world in which Ratchet did not die. After all, toy bios can be seen as their own continuity.

Far too much thinking required for me
Nuh uh. Just don't take the toy bios as gospel to the cartoons.

Especially when it comes to bio's from like the first wave of Beast Wars for example. Totaly not anything related tot he actual show.

At the risk of being *really* picky, the BW toy bios were done before the corresponding fiction was finalise and retconned as needed, it would appear that on this occasion they're a little muddled :-B

I do see where youre coming from tho, you can always make these things match up!!

News Credits: 462 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:48 pm

Pretender Skywarp wrote:
Lord Onixprime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Pretender Skywarp wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Pretender Skywarp wrote:
waaaaghlord wrote:So Magnus sent Ratchet to Junk after a scene that occured after Ratchet bought the big one. Nice.

I'm glad it wasn't just me that noticed that, I thought I was being a massive continuity nerd

Hasbro, me-thinketh your continuity copy writer didn't do their homework

Well, while it may not work for the G1 movie, suppose these toy bios represent a world in which Ratchet did not die. After all, toy bios can be seen as their own continuity.

Far too much thinking required for me
Nuh uh. Just don't take the toy bios as gospel to the cartoons.

Especially when it comes to bio's from like the first wave of Beast Wars for example. Totaly not anything related tot he actual show.

At the risk of being *really* picky, the BW toy bios were done before the corresponding fiction was finalise and retconned as needed, it would appear that on this occasion they're a little muddled

I do see where youre coming from tho, you can always make these things match up!!

The whole concept of the Universal Streams system makes this work. Any Universal stream ending with a "Beta" is set in a toy bio world or pack-in comic world. This bio is/could be a "Beta" stream in which Ultra Magnus sent Ratchet to Junkion.

If I knew the exact release date of the first Generations toys, I could calculate what Universal Stream this one would be.

News Credits: 3 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:01 pm

*hoping futilely that scrapheap's bio means we will be getting an official hasbro city commander style ultra magnus(nothing against fansproject excpet for price)*

News Credits: 332 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:18 pm

Is it just me or do his guns look remolded to include molded missiles?

News Credits: 1 · Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:33 pm

Is it just me, or would this mold make a SICK Galvatron?

Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:11 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Rated X wrote:Junk Heap looks great !!! And he will look even better with the custom Junkion armor in yellow I got coming. (like in the last picture and my sig)

Off topic: Why cant they just start a new thread every time ? Nobody cares about all the old comments from the previous thread. Especially when the Article is suppossed to be about Junkheap and the first 20 comments are about Sky Shadow.
Because this article is about both of them, as it was originally. And talks of these two were already going on, so making a new topic would just be a duplicate of this topic.

BTW, you're a G1 cartoon fan, right? Junkheap in the cartoon's official name is "Junkyard". They're just calling the toy "Junkheap" since they can't use the "Junkyard" name for the toy.

I cant say Im a fan of that system. Half the fun of leaving a comment is seeing when someone replies to it. Nobody reads the old 136 comments from 2 weeks ago so why should they be forced to scroll through them. Maybe they can fix the system so it starts bottom up with the most recent comment being on top of page 1.

I didnt know he had a real name ? When Wreck-Gar called his followers to fix Ultra Magnus, wasnt it a whole team that fixed him ? When did they call names (in the movie) I swear I missed it...

News Credits: 462 · Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:27 am

Rated X wrote:I cant say Im a fan of that system. Half the fun of leaving a comment is seeing when someone replies to it. Nobody reads the old 136 comments from 2 weeks ago so why should they be forced to scroll through them. Maybe they can fix the system so it starts bottom up with the most recent comment being on top of page 1.

Well, if you have this topic bookmarked (as I do), you shoudl get emails directing you to the lastest unread post, which skips over all the older posts if you keep up with the topic enough.

Rated X wrote:I didnt know he had a real name ? When Wreck-Gar called his followers to fix Ultra Magnus, wasnt it a whole team that fixed him ? When did they call names (in the movie) I swear I missed it...

You're right that he wasn't named in the movie. Nor were any of the other G1 Junkions. His name (and those the others) comes from the Complete Ark book, which compiles together animation models and production material from the G1 cartoon with newly-written information about it. The names given to each G1 Junkion were Junkyard, Scrapheap, Rubbish, Ashtray, Re-Cycle, HAZMAT, Trashbin, Wasteoid Gamma, and Greasestain.

Of these nine, only Junkyard and Scrapheap have been given toys.

Oh, and the ship which they launched form their planet to "destroy Unicron, kill the Grand Poobah, eliminate even the toughest stains" was given the name of the Minnow. :lol:

News Credits: 3 · Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:27 pm

^^ Or just use the 'first unread post' feature. It'll take you to, get this, the first post you haven't read in the thread! Works great...except the first time you try it in your visit session it just goes to the first page (then just click the link at the top of the thread and it'll work,) but every time after that it's aces. It's probably my favorite feature about this site. TFW has what's supposed to be a similar feature, but it doesn't work anywhere near as well. It brings you to the first post in that thread since you last logged off, but behaves as though you read the entire site on that visit...so if you didn't have time to get to a thread on your previous visit, it's going to skip over a bunch of posts you haven't read. Here, it keeps track of every thread individually...so it actually brings you to your first unread post. Good programming, Seibs. Unless it just comes with the site, then good provider choice.