Dont have a lot to say for this show for some reason, but enjoyed listening to it. Always nice when you can wake from a nap anf have a notice from Google Music saying "You hsve a new Podcast"
PLLLAAAAAAYYYY SPORTSBALL!!!
For me, I think its more likely that Takara is holding 3.0 back for themselves first, ro get the maximum out of the new toy feel, and using MP10 because they paid off the mould a long time ago and are printing money for thrmselves.
SPORTSBALL!!!
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Definately, I want to hear a CHUG (not sorry) Retrospective. Because a lot has happened since the Bumblebee with Wave Crasher.
I will argue Scotty that Generations is too broad a term. CHUG more or less implies the Universe style where it was more or less grab bag characters getting toys. Then you have the later Generatiins that have become for lack of a better term seriealized. And by that I mean Combiner Wars, Titans Return, or now Siege, which ARE all a Generations line but arguably different from Classics which was not held together by a common theme, let alone a full out story.
But since you asked, Challenge Accepted:
My main cast if Autobots and the bots I use for head canon stories is as follows:
- Siege Optimus
- Siege Magnus
- rts Universe Jazz
- Generations Bumblebee(replaced the black striped version of Classics Bee, but I still keep going back to that Classics Mold)
- Universe Sideswipe
- Universe Sunstreaker (I have said it aroubd the boards a lot but I will say it again. I will not replace these two unless I can get both of them in the same asthetic. Siege Swipe needs a Siege Sunstreaker of some kind, or something apropo in the sequel)
- Universe Wheeljack
- Universe Tracks
- Timelines Ratchet
- Timelines Ironhide (I may end up replacing these two with the Siege figures, but I am not sold on siege alt modes,)(Thats right, I'm rockin a pair of ENERGON era molds. What chu gon say 'bout that?)
- FE Bulkhead
- Prime Legion class Arcee (because alt mode scale)
- GDO Cliffjumper
- Timelines Side Burn
- Siege Hound (replaced Universe because of heel support and a stress fracture on Universe Hound's shoulder cannon)
- TR Kup
- T30 Springer
- Cloud Ironhide as Crosshairs, with Pinpointer from Takara's headmaster Windblade
- AoS Rollbar (the Universe Skids mold)
- Universe Perceptor (always liked the alt mode, and I never saw TR Percy in stock)
- Universe Drift
- Generations Crosscut
- Timelines Road Rage
- One of the Nightbeat Minicons as Clutch
- TR Beachcomber
- T30 Universe Cosmos with Payload
- PoTP Dinobots
- Legends TR Windblade
- TR Metalhawk
I also include Takara Metroplex in that cast, but in my head I have a thing where the Autobots have come to the clonclusion that revlealing that their spceship is a BF Transformer would probably not endear them to the Humans, meanwhile theor Human allies have already figured it out but are appreciating the plausible deniability.
I tend to cut the Autobots down to Prime, Magnus, Jazz, bee, Ironhide, Ratchet, Bulkhead, Arcee, Cliff, Kup, Hound, Springer, Rollbar, Crosshairs, Drift, Wheeljack, and Perceptor just because a 35 member cast is just unwieldy and I doubt the humans would appreciate a force of refugees that big.
My Wreckers include Timelines Impactor, TR Top Spin and Tein Twist, Timelines Paradron Medic and Quickslinger (paired with TR Broadside for reasons) RTS SeaSpray, T30 Sandstorm, T30 Whirl, and T30 Roadbuster. Other old figures include Universe Countdown, Cyb Jetfire as Groundshaker, Timelines Flak, Cyb Defense Scattershot as Powerbomb, Universe Treadshot, TF1 Big Daddy, the DofFP Maximals using Cyb molds, Tomelines Depthcharge, Cyb Long Rack, the white Universe SR71 minicon as Stampy, Takara's redeco of Alpa Trion as Lio Convoy,and the yellow Landfill team, but those are Cameos at best.
My Decepticons are very much divided into two sections. I have a lineup of Mwgatron's inner sanctum, but I tend to prefer to not use them in stories. Not sure why. That list is
- Siege Megatron (replaced TR)
- Classics Starscream (the white redeco)
- Botcon Thundercracker
- Classics Skywarp
- Classics Acid Storm
- Botcon Dirge (calling him Fearscream)
- Botcon Ramjet
- Botcon Thrust
- TFSS Slipstream
- Universe Lugnut (in my head, Megatron decided it would be "funny" to assign the super loyal bomber to Starscream's Seeker battalion)
- Siege Shockwave (replaced Prime, the rubber tank tread hose rotted and broke)
- Prime Soundwave (loved the idea of him as a Spy Plane)
- GDO Universe Laserbeak
- Takara Legends class Rumble and Frenzy
- Classics Ravage
- Ehobby Magnificus
- Botcon Reflector Trio (I am getting the Siege figures, not sure they will replace these)
- Prime Legion Flamewar
- TR Astrotrain
- TR Blitzwing
- TR Octane
- TR Misfire
- TR Triggerhappy
- TR Slugslinger (yes I know, these three had zip to do w8th Megatr9n in canon)
- Universe Shrapnel with Reflector/Viewfinder
- Universe ChopShop with the little weapon Chop Shop that came with the little Megatron
- CW Bombshell
- TR Kickback
- Timelines Zaptrap
Now, for some reason I do t feel drawn to Megatron stories as I write, so for me my main Con Cast is
- TR Overlord
- Legends Black Convoy (Scourge)
- Unite Ruination
- Timelines Sky Byte (seeing a theme yet?)
- TR Wingspan and Pounce
- Energon Sixshot as Astro Magnum (in a character much like RotF Soundwave)
- Takara PCC constructicon guy
- Energon Demolishor as Dirtbag
- Takara Roadblock
- TR Tidalwave
- Timelines Bug Bite
- Timelines Runabout
- Timelines Runamuck
- Combiner Wars Stunticons, plus Timelines Toxitron, Timelines Counterpunch as Slice (because I also have the recent P/CP) the G2 Drag Strip as someone and the G2 red guy
In my head, Overlord has come to Earth to do what Megatron couldnt, believing Mwgatron's mistake was trying to deal with the Autobots AND trying to subvert the Planet. His game plan is to find and Decimelate the Autobots, then break the Humans. Meanwhile, the Stunticons have been marooned on Earth following Megatron's demise, recruiting other castaways and falling back on their RpadPirate roots to survive, thriving in America's Car Craze and being too hard to catch outside of highly populated areas. Bug Bite is also on his own, having recruited the Battlechargers, possibly against their will as no one trusts him, and is working with shady human organizations like the fallen MECH or Cobra or Hydra 8n exchange for resources. [/list]