Skyfire's ordeal might have been the catalyst that led to the Deluxe Autobots and Deluxe Insecticons not appearing in the show, as even though Skyfire made it in after having had his look and name changed, the episodes he appeared in were held back until the very end of the series when the show was dubbed and released over in Japan (which in turn enabled the Japanese to use "The Ultimate Doom" as a formal series finale story for the Japanese version).o.supreme wrote:I know about the toy license issues, but there were many characters that were not Takara toys that got represented in the animated series- Jetfire (Skyfire), Omega Supreme, Skylynx, etc...I realize they were not sold as toys in Japan originally, but they did appear in the Marvel/Sunbow animated series, I don't see what would have stopped Marvel/Sunbow on the American side from animating the others. Also I knew about Dorvak for Roadbuster/Whirl. But Skyfire was obviously from Macross...didn't stop them there, they could have altered the characters appearance enough to make it less obvious like with skyfire.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Carnivius_Prime wrote:So many of those Titan Masters that don't have large bodies have really dorky large faces.
Also I'm getting really confused about the whole Target Master thing. The jumpstarters and the TM gun partners look fine on their own but the combinations don't work at all even just from colour scheme perspective.
Delta Magnus wrote:This is because you are a hamhanded idiot.
kurthy wrote:Who are the characters those targetmasters are actually supposed to go with?
At the same time, Firebolt and Recoil are revealed to not be Cyberdroids or Nebulans of their own identity, but instead are Shao Shao Li and Sue (Marissa Faireborn's daughter) in Masterforce suits.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:kurthy wrote:Who are the characters those targetmasters are actually supposed to go with?
Firebolt, Recoil, Blowpipe, Aimless and Caliburst already come with their original partners, Hot Rod, Kup, Triggerhappy, Misfire and Slugsinger respectively. The rest:
- Haywire (Doublecross): Blurr
- Pinpointer (Windblade): Crosshairs (no release)
- Spoilsport (Twin Twist): Sureshot (no release)
- Peacemaker (Topspin): Pointblank (no release)
And with that, I can finally remember which name goes with which partner! Yet I can't ID the actual toys on first sight. Derp
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:At the same time, Firebolt and Recoil are revealed to not be Cyberdroids or Nebulans of their own identity, but instead are Shao Shao Li and Sue (Marissa Faireborn's daughter) in Masterforce suits.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:kurthy wrote:Who are the characters those targetmasters are actually supposed to go with?
Firebolt, Recoil, Blowpipe, Aimless and Caliburst already come with their original partners, Hot Rod, Kup, Triggerhappy, Misfire and Slugsinger respectively. The rest:
- Haywire (Doublecross): Blurr
- Pinpointer (Windblade): Crosshairs (no release)
- Spoilsport (Twin Twist): Sureshot (no release)
- Peacemaker (Topspin): Pointblank (no release)
And with that, I can finally remember which name goes with which partner! Yet I can't ID the actual toys on first sight. Derp
It remains to be seen what, if any, preexisting female human character Haywire will turn out to be.
You could say the same about the Western fiction made for these Targetmasters back in 1987.Kurona wrote:Eh, the accompanying fiction doesn't really matter. It's clear as day to anyone that these are meant to be representations of Firebolt and co., no matter what ridiculous comic made after the fact the toy comes with.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:You could say the same about the Western fiction made for these Targetmasters back in 1987.Kurona wrote:Eh, the accompanying fiction doesn't really matter. It's clear as day to anyone that these are meant to be representations of Firebolt and co., no matter what ridiculous comic made after the fact the toy comes with.
Kurona wrote:Sabrblade wrote:You could say the same about the Western fiction made for these Targetmasters back in 1987.Kurona wrote:Eh, the accompanying fiction doesn't really matter. It's clear as day to anyone that these are meant to be representations of Firebolt and co., no matter what ridiculous comic made after the fact the toy comes with.
Which was that they were individuals called Firebolt, Recoil and Haywire
The manga does still call them "Firebolt-type" and "Recoil-type" Targetmaster armor suits, though.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Kurona wrote:Sabrblade wrote:You could say the same about the Western fiction made for these Targetmasters back in 1987.Kurona wrote:Eh, the accompanying fiction doesn't really matter. It's clear as day to anyone that these are meant to be representations of Firebolt and co., no matter what ridiculous comic made after the fact the toy comes with.
Which was that they were individuals called Firebolt, Recoil and Haywire
... who do not exist in Japanese G1 proper, aside from The Rebirth dub.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
There are roughly 16 versions of Nightstick that have come out since 2008. I just threw that number out there, but it's surely not far off from reality!Kurona wrote:And thus, Nightstick and Fracas were ever consigned to the hell between universes; never to return.
ScottyP wrote:There are roughly 16 versions of Nightstick that have come out since 2008. I just threw that number out there, but it's surely not far off from reality!Kurona wrote:And thus, Nightstick and Fracas were ever consigned to the hell between universes; never to return.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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