Jeep! wrote:Why do I imagine Dead Metal sounding exactly like Arnie?
Intah-wib-buls?
Blurrz wrote:10/10
Leave it to Dead Metal to have the word 'Pronz' in his signature.
Dead Metal wrote:I don't know, Gundam worked and stuff like that and Gundam is still a top player.
But I wouldn't be interested in it, cos it was this sentient alien robot that changes into something them that interested me in this franchise.
If all the robots were piloted and the Humans were the "real"Transformers I would not read, watch or buy any.
shortround wrote:They sort of did that with the whole headmasters, targetmasters, breastmasters, brainmasters, powermasters concept. So what would be the difference between this idea the other series of toys.
Duke of Luns wrote: So kinda like G.I. Joe or M.A.S.K., but with giant transforming robots.
Duke of Luns wrote:Gundam is a different beast all together, cause it is first and foremost a Mech series, and deals only somewhat in transforming mecha(which usually have more functional alt modes rather than realistic), and I love Gundam for that.
However, I really don't collect Gundam, cause they are just mobile suits, and each suit doesn't have much of a "personality" when you pick it up, whereas even the most generic Transformer does, because unlike a mobile suit, you can create a whole backstory for a character just by transforming it and studying its features.
Or a slightly more popular RobotixDragonoth wrote:Duke of Luns wrote:Gundam is a different beast all together, cause it is first and foremost a Mech series, and deals only somewhat in transforming mecha(which usually have more functional alt modes rather than realistic), and I love Gundam for that.
However, I really don't collect Gundam, cause they are just mobile suits, and each suit doesn't have much of a "personality" when you pick it up, whereas even the most generic Transformer does, because unlike a mobile suit, you can create a whole backstory for a character just by transforming it and studying its features.
Maybe "Diaclone" would have gone the way of the Go-Bots. A good show, but characters lacking in background (no tech specs or bios on the Go-Bot packages). I liked Transformers originally because the Autobots were a team, helping each other and stopping the villians heroically. I guess the Go-Bots had that, too, and I probably would have liked Diaclones like I liked M.A.S.K. and G.I.Joe. Maybe I didn't keep up with those lines just because their shows stopped (except for G.I.Joe, but the first remakes in the late 90s had poor quality toys, and then they switched to larger sized toys or ones with less articulation, so I gave up on it). Basically, I liked each show and collected toys for each, but the ones that remained on air were the ones that continued to be interesting. The others are only good memories, revisited rarely. What makes a lasting fan base anyway?
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