BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator

Sunday, June 5th, 2011 12:14am CDT

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The votes have been tallied and the verdict cast. The newest inductee into the Transformers Hall of
Fame has been named.

Though many names were mentioned and, by all means deserve the coveted induction, only one can claim the title of Hall of Famer. Your winner, Seibertronians, is WASPINATOR.

Check out seibertron.com's galleries of Waspinator by clicking here.
Don't forget to repeatedly chant "Wazzzzzzzpinator" while doing so.

Credit(s): Botcon

This article was last modified on Sunday, June 5th, 2011 2:21am CDT

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Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234184)
Posted by Noideaforaname on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:15am CDT

Haha, Beast Wars wins again!

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234186)
Posted by It Is Him on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:18am CDT

Suck it, Erector.

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234187)
Posted by Starscream GaGa on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:19am CDT

Thank god it wasn't Erector.

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234189)
Posted by Jetstorm92210 on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:20am CDT

EPIC WIN, Avispanator deserved to win!! This is so freakin' cool!

Edit: To tell you the truth, I actually voted for Erector.

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234190)
Posted by TheDownshift on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:24am CDT

Sums it up nicely.

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234193)
Posted by Aluus on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:31am CDT

Wazzpinator finally get respect he deserves! Wazzpinator is happy!

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234194)
Posted by Counterpunch on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:33am CDT

I wasn't aware that anyone actually voted for Waspinator...

Good he won, sounds rigged though. Whatever.

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234195)
Posted by Lord Onixprime on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:37am CDT

Counterpunch wrote:I wasn't aware that anyone actually voted for Waspinator...

Good he won, sounds rigged though. Whatever.

Voted for him like 10 times.

(if it were rigged, Grimlock would have won)

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234196)
Posted by LiKwid on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:38am CDT

Counterpunch wrote:I wasn't aware that anyone actually voted for Waspinator...

Good he won, sounds rigged though. Whatever.

yeah this makes as much sense as bay getting into the HOF...

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234199)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:41am CDT

Doesn't this mean Erector gets in automatically next year?

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234201)
Posted by Noideaforaname on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:43am CDT

Lord Onixprime wrote:Voted for him like 10 times.

Same here.
Just because us Waspy voters weren't making such a big fuss doesn't at all mean we weren't voting.

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234202)
Posted by Kibble on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:43am CDT

Would rather Erector won...and I woulda thought him winning was kinda sad. I was pissed when they said Waspinator. They need to start putting more Beast Wars characters in the voting to start splitting those votes as well. You figure Jazz, Grimlock, and Shockwave are all splitting votes, then the Ross Perot votes going to Erector, meanwhile all the Least Wars fans are putting their collective voice to a single cause. And that's how an unworthy Waspinator gets voted in...

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234205)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:47am CDT

Kibble wrote:Would rather Erector won...and I woulda thought him winning was kinda sad. I was pissed when they said Waspinator. They need to start putting more Beast Wars characters in the voting to start splitting those votes as well. You figure Jazz, Grimlock, and Shockwave are all splitting votes, then the Ross Perot votes going to Erector, meanwhile all the Least Wars fans are putting their collective voice to a single cause. And that's how an unworthy Waspinator gets voted in...

This is really gonna stink when they 86 the HOF in another year or two when the movie hype dies down and we look back and see just WHO got in.

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234206)
Posted by Lord Onixprime on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:48am CDT

Geewuners be hatin'

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234207)
Posted by Mkall on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:48am CDT

I lol'd at Aaron Archer's quote afterwards "We at Hasbro take our Transformers very seriously, and we hope in the future you will too."

Good for Waspy, though I was hoping for Grimlock.

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234208)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:50am CDT

Mkall wrote:I lol'd at Aaron Archer's quote afterwards "We at Hasbro take our Transformers very seriously, and we hope in the future you will too."

Good for Waspy, though I was hoping for Grimlock.

Is that the exact quote? If it is it just made my eyebrow raise with the thought that something funny is going on. I think we need some transparency as to the number of votes and who counts them.

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234210)
Posted by El Duque on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:53am CDT

Awesome. Another Beast Wars character makes it in before three iconic G1 characters. Not to mention now we will have to endure fans campaigning for Erector every year until he wins. Kinda wish he would have won just to get it over with so we could move on.

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234211)
Posted by Black Bumblebee on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:53am CDT

I don't think it was rigged--I voted for Waspinator, personally, because I enjoyed the character the most out of those nominated, and Beast Wars was my favorite of the Transformer cartoon series.

And, just for reference, yes, I am someone who grew up with the original G1 cast.

That said... it's just for fun, guys. Grimlock, Jazz, Shockwave... they get lots of love already with multiple toys and homages. Let's not take things too seriously.

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234213)
Posted by Kibble on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:54am CDT

As for the HOF event itself...it was definitely entertaining, but there's really no reason I can see for them charging $45 bucks for it. Keep the stupid 3D masks and snacks and make it a free event (like it was last year when It included dinner.)

Re: BotCon 2011 Coverage - Hall of Fame Winner: Waspinator (1234215)
Posted by optimusfan on June 5th, 2011 @ 12:59am CDT

Kibble wrote:Would rather Erector won...and I woulda thought him winning was kinda sad. I was pissed when they said Waspinator. They need to start putting more Beast Wars characters in the voting to start splitting those votes as well. You figure Jazz, Grimlock, and Shockwave are all splitting votes, then the Ross Perot votes going to Erector, meanwhile all the Least Wars fans are putting their collective voice to a single cause. And that's how an unworthy Waspinator gets voted in...

"Least Wars"? You mean "Best Wars", right?

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