Seibertron.com's Transformers Hall of Fame Nominees!

When was this poll? I didn't hear about it.
Also, it's ADO, not ADIEU.

Blurrz wrote:Me and my french.. thanks EliteWarrior..

Glad to help, mate. So is the winner of this poll getting a Classics Universe figure, or something?

Blurrz wrote:

1337W422102 wrote:

Blurrz wrote:Me and my french.. thanks EliteWarrior..

Glad to help, mate. So is the winner of this poll getting a Classics Universe figure, or something?

Not entirely, it gets inducted into the Hall of Fame. But from the fact that this is gauging the fan's interest in Transformers, I wouldn't doubt that it would also lead to that. Hopefully it does...

Hurm. I see. Well, if it means I'll have a chance to retire my smeggy customized Titanium Soundwave with custom waist/thighs, I'm all for it.

I'm not really sure why we're going through the motions of what will be a popularity contest, anyway... and Soundwave has enough of an (entirely undeserved*) fan base to ensure his victory.

The event should, instead, be treated a lot like the Baseball Hall of Fame, IMHO - not an outright popularity contest for anyone who happens to log onto Hasbro.com, but a group of specially selected voters from across the fandom. For example, say, 2-3 representatives from each major fansite, a couple of members of the OTFCC, some Hasbro officials, some notable writers, artists, and/or designers from the comics or TV series.

I also feel, pretty strongly, that an absolute minimum of one non-"Class of '84" character make the cut every single year... non-G1 would be even better..

* Seriously, he did nothing of value other than follow someone else's orders. He never took initiative. He didn't accomplish anything outstanding, or unusual, or even uncommon. He had an army of cool characters at his bidding, but that reflects more on THEM than on HIM. That's like saying the coolest character on the A-Team is the van (which, let's face it, it's a pretty sick van, but that's just about it).

1337W422102 wrote:Did nothing? emerald, you're forgetting his badass voice as well as his army of minions which he stores inside of him. His speech patterns and voice made him feel more (I know this will sound ironic) robot, unlike most of the other characters who spoke like humans and whatnot.

And how is that supposed to refute the claim that Soundwave didn't do much?

Seriously, G1 Soundwave is one of the most overrated characters of all time.

Ah man! Dinobot got 4th?! I was hoping he'd at least get 3rd. Where's the Beast Wars love?

"Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest... is silence."

UltraPrimal wrote:Ah man! Dinobot got 4th?! I was hoping he'd at least get 3rd. Where's the Beast Wars love?

"Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest... is silence."

"He lived a warrior... and died a hero. Let his spark join the Matrix, the greatest of Cybertron."

vectorA3 wrote:Soundwave overrated? I don't see that. The iconic voice, the spy functions he and his minions carried out.

A character should not be judged solely by their voice or gimmicks.

vectorA3 wrote:Battles with Blaster - pretty cool character.

And there were only, what, two fights between the two? Three fights, maybe? For being rivals, these two sure didn't face off one-on-one very often.

vectorA3 wrote:I'm not as familiar with G2, armada, BW etc., but I agree there should've been a slot for at least one non-G1 character in all fairness. They should be inducting at least 3 figs per year. At this rate, it'll be 100 years before they get to the other continuities' characters!

Beast Wars Dinobot got fourth place ('tis a shame, really, as he probably far more character development and personality than all the others to choose from in that list. ).

Blurrz wrote:Whoopsie. Looks like it's our Top 5, not our Top 3.

Welcome Jazz and Dinobot!

That's better.

Sabrblade wrote:

vectorA3 wrote:Soundwave overrated? I don't see that. The iconic voice, the spy functions he and his minions carried out.

A character should not be judged solely by their voice or gimmicks.

vectorA3 wrote:Battles with Blaster - pretty cool character.

And there were only, what, two fights between the two? Three fights, maybe? For being rivals, these two sure didn't face off one-on-one very often.

vectorA3 wrote:I'm not as familiar with G2, armada, BW etc., but I agree there should've been a slot for at least one non-G1 character in all fairness. They should be inducting at least 3 figs per year. At this rate, it'll be 100 years before they get to the other continuities' characters!

Beast Wars Dinobot got fourth place ('tis a shame, really, as he probably far more character development and personality than all the others to choose from in that list. ).

i'm not going to sit here & defend SW --if you don't like him, you don't like him. I'm not judging him solely off his voice, but it is unique, very cool and memorable, next to Prime, Megs, & SS voices, probably the next most memorable. They really didn't give him any backstory in G1 --but that's not his fault, they didn't give many of the other decepticons any of that either.
I need to watch all of the BW, to know more about Dinobot. With the few episodes i saw, i don't remember much about him.