Collection Headcanons/"In my collection, he's actually..."
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:48 am
Whilst some of us prefer to collect strictly based on particular media (be it the cartoon, the Marvel comics, IDW or whatever) there are those of us who like to just collect toys that appeal to our particular sensibilities, and maybe even make up stories/headcanons to justify why Cybertron Downshift is standing next to ROTF Ratchet as if we were still 8 years old.
So in this thread, fellow Seibertronians, I invite you to share those headcanons and made-up stories, be they repurposings, relationships and rivalries, entire carefully-woven homebrew continuities that justify your collection, excuses for buying two different toys of the same character or whatever.
So with all that out of the way, let's get started. Here's some of mine to start us off.
>Movie Bonecrusher (whatever version I end up getting) will represent earth-mode Strika in my collection, as Strika was always fairly inhumanly proportioned anyway and the vehicle mode and overall design kinda gives me Strika vibes.
>Likewise, Movie Deluxe Brawl (specifically that version) will be granted a new head via Shapeways and will represent my Original Character Do Not Steal, Ironsides, a Decepticon fembot with a seriously bad attitude and an even worse German accent (think Animated Blitzwing's voice but female and cuter). As for why that figure in particular, Deluxe Brawl actually has arguably androgynous proportions with his wide hips, narrow waist and shoulders, and, um, prominent chest. Plus, tanks are cool.
>All Swindles represent different members of the Swindle family, a vast clan of interdimensional crooks who specialize in wangling money, weapons and other goods out of their "customers". Every single toy named Swindle is actually one of these scoundrels, and all are shrewd businessbots with a razor sharp mind and a penchant for fraud. This includes Movie Swindle, whose bio painting him as an explosives-obsessed moron is a cunningly written bluff (he even went so far as to give himself a lens-head to achieve the ultimate "poker face").
>Seeker squadrons in the Decepticon army are ordered into threes of similarly-designed jets; for example, Movie Dreadwing, Movie Overcast and ROTF Fearswoop/Hooligan form a squadron in this way (I must reacquire Dreadwing and get the other two while I'm at it).
Anyway, that's just a few. Fire away with your own!
So in this thread, fellow Seibertronians, I invite you to share those headcanons and made-up stories, be they repurposings, relationships and rivalries, entire carefully-woven homebrew continuities that justify your collection, excuses for buying two different toys of the same character or whatever.
So with all that out of the way, let's get started. Here's some of mine to start us off.
>Movie Bonecrusher (whatever version I end up getting) will represent earth-mode Strika in my collection, as Strika was always fairly inhumanly proportioned anyway and the vehicle mode and overall design kinda gives me Strika vibes.
>Likewise, Movie Deluxe Brawl (specifically that version) will be granted a new head via Shapeways and will represent my Original Character Do Not Steal, Ironsides, a Decepticon fembot with a seriously bad attitude and an even worse German accent (think Animated Blitzwing's voice but female and cuter). As for why that figure in particular, Deluxe Brawl actually has arguably androgynous proportions with his wide hips, narrow waist and shoulders, and, um, prominent chest. Plus, tanks are cool.
>All Swindles represent different members of the Swindle family, a vast clan of interdimensional crooks who specialize in wangling money, weapons and other goods out of their "customers". Every single toy named Swindle is actually one of these scoundrels, and all are shrewd businessbots with a razor sharp mind and a penchant for fraud. This includes Movie Swindle, whose bio painting him as an explosives-obsessed moron is a cunningly written bluff (he even went so far as to give himself a lens-head to achieve the ultimate "poker face").
>Seeker squadrons in the Decepticon army are ordered into threes of similarly-designed jets; for example, Movie Dreadwing, Movie Overcast and ROTF Fearswoop/Hooligan form a squadron in this way (I must reacquire Dreadwing and get the other two while I'm at it).
Anyway, that's just a few. Fire away with your own!