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Derrick J. Wyatt, the mastermind behind the Transformers Animated universe, has tweeted the character model for an Animated G2 Straxus. In addition to the neon color typically associated with G2 the evil Decepticon warlord also sports a fair amount of animal print. Are those leopard undies?

Groovy baby,yeah!

we need more G2 styled transformers. For instance, Universe 2.0 Onslaught. I DEMAND A YELLOW REDECO

So if Animated gets revived as Transformers Animated: Generation 2, Lord Straxus will be binary-bonded to Pimp-Daddy Destro. Ah, now the final piece clicks into place.

Now if Scrounge was revived for G2, a simple repaint wouldn't suffice. He'd have to turn into a cross between a monster truck tire and the Cobra Buzz Boar. Cause, you know, it's more extreme.

Somehow I see him being voiced by Dr. Roxo the Rock and Roll Clown from Metalocalypse.

"I do cocaine!"

Leopard Crotchplate ftw

Here's what the guy looks like when he's sober:

DJX Prime wrote:Somehow I see him being voiced by Dr. Roxo the Rock and Roll Clown from Metalocalypse.

Even in these colors, I still hear Kevin Michael Richardson as Straxus in my head.

After my first post, I had a flash back to a rather apropriate commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwlMHJE82Mk

Dr. Heavy B wrote:After my first post, I had a flash back to a rather apropriate commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwlMHJE82Mk

I remember those very well. There was one more where the boy wound up on the front lawn acting like a lawn sprinkler, to which the dog remarked "Say it, don't spray it!"

I'd buy that in a second if it actually existed! The leopard undies are a nice touch.

Dont do drugs kids

Looks like he's wearing bad Cheetah print Panties (gasp) Cheetor No!

My eyes caught fire.

I don't like anything about this.

this pic is two reasons why some fans prefer to make believe that both g-2 & animated never happened.

Tidalwavex wrote:this pic is two reasons why some fans prefer to make believe that both g-2 & animated never happened.

You're no fun.

*starts counting down the minutes till someone takes Generations Darkmount and repaints him like this*

Darth Bombshell wrote:*starts counting down the minutes till someone takes Generations Darkmount and repaints him like this*

i would buy that, and put it with shatered glass thundercracker. and then I will dance...

Dr. Heavy B wrote:i would buy that, and put it with shatered glass thundercracker. and then I will dance...

Hmm...This comment makes me think we've seen one of next year's Botcon toys. This could very well end up being repurposed as Shattered Glass Straxus.

Darth Bombshell wrote:

Dr. Heavy B wrote:i would buy that, and put it with shatered glass thundercracker. and then I will dance...

Hmm...This comment makes me think we've seen one of next year's Botcon toys. This could very well end up being repurposed as Shattered Glass Straxus.

Never pictured the Decepticon poet in these colors. I saw him as being more in Emirate Xaaron colors.

Ahh, G2... the Transformers' bad fashion era.

I'm trying to be a more positive person, especially online, but honestly? I can only quote James Lileks:

{This pic is} The visual equivalent of granulated glass in your eyes. Looking hurts. Blinking hurts. Rubbing hurts. Blindness, when it comes, is almost a comfort.

Sabrblade wrote:Never pictured the Decepticon poet in these colors. I saw him as being more in Emirate Xaaron colors.

Given Straxus' normal personality, I always saw SG Straxus as a '60's era hippie. And if those colors don't scream "'60's era hippie", what don't?

Darth Bombshell wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Never pictured the Decepticon poet in these colors. I saw him as being more in Emirate Xaaron colors.

Given Straxus' normal personality, I always saw SG Straxus as a '60's era hippie. And if those colors don't scream "'60's era hippie", what don't?

It's not that. It's just that I figured that since Straxus was a U.S. Marvel Decepticon carried over into the UK, it made sense to me that his negative counterpart would be colored like the UK Marvel Autobot carried over into the U.S.