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chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#3876: Dec 30th 2020 at 2:51:55 PM

Dinobot has teeth in his robot mode.

In fact, a lot of characters from the Beast-era have teeth in their robot modes. It'd probably be easier to list characters who don't.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#3877: Dec 30th 2020 at 3:55:40 PM

Well, I'm guessing Classic Optimus doesn't considering his lack of mouth.[lol]

Warpath too.

Also, I was watching the G1 Season 3 episode Only Human (with Cobra Commander OLD SNAKE) and it made me realize something:

All these years, I thought that the fact that GI Joe and Transformers shared a lot of their OST was just the classic studios reusing music from other shows thing, but now it dawns on me that it may have been a way to show the connection (loose though it was since there was never a full on crossover) between the two shows.

....or it really was just them being lazy, but I like my explanation better.

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J79 Since: Jan, 2015
#3878: Dec 30th 2020 at 4:53:55 PM

Oh there are a lot of characters who fit that description in G1, Wheeljack, Seaspray, Grimlock, Powerglide, Soundwave, Shockwave, probably lots more. I'm pretty sure that the Beast-era and up though all have mouths.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#3879: Dec 30th 2020 at 5:17:26 PM

Beast era was where Optimus first got a mouth if you recall.

Then Cybertron Galaxy Force brought it back nearly ten years later, and since then Mouth-imus Prime has been a thing that keeps coming back.

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ChicoTheParakeet Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#3880: Dec 31st 2020 at 3:51:56 PM

I finished the latest season of Cybervese and Netflix rated it "TV-Y7" despite the decapitation and gushing body fluids?! Still has the same flaws; the narrative is aimless, the animation lacks weight, the dialogue delivery is weird. I enjoyed myself but it's more of the same.Was that Lizard Lips? I know it's not the same character but I'm curious what their incarnation will be like.

Regardless of Polygon Pictures' laziness and mediocrity, I'm still glad I loved their work on Prime. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have found Ajin (one of my favourite anime).

XMenMutant22 The Feline Follies of Felix the Cat Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#3881: Dec 31st 2020 at 4:50:40 PM

[up] If the characters are non-human, then it's presumingly fine enough in the United States for a TV-Y7-FV ratingnote . Keep in mind that Transformers: Prime and Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015) share the same rating, with the former show having much more explicit acts of mutilation and bleeding.

Also, Polygon Pictures didn't animate Cyberverse; that would be the India-based Xentrix Studios via the production studio Boulder Media.

Edited by XMenMutant22 on Dec 31st 2020 at 7:50:58 AM

Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#3882: Dec 31st 2020 at 5:23:52 PM

Why is it that recent transformers series have been using nonunion voice actors? Is Hasbro having financial difficulties or did they get new executives?

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#3883: Dec 31st 2020 at 7:12:03 PM

[up][up][up]Yes, Cheese breath, that was indeed that character.

As for the rest of the season, certain characters showed up that I didn't expect. And yeah, the narrative seems to be trying to do more than it has time to, but also keeps retreading some of the same story beats.

[up]My problem is that 80% of the time, Optimus sounds like Christian Bale's Batman.

Edited by wanderlustwarrior on Dec 31st 2020 at 9:13:00 AM

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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#3884: Jan 1st 2021 at 10:41:27 AM

Masterpiece Skids is incoming!

What's remarkable is how Masterpiece Skids looks to be bringing back the initial MP aesthetic of mashing cartoon, toy, and real-life vehicle elements together as conceived by toy designer Shogo Hasui, who had a hand in designing MP-10 through MP-21.

Here, Skids has a head based on what we saw in the G1 cartoon, while his shoulders and thighs are lifted from the shoulders and thighs seen in his G1 toy. You can also make out small details from his Honda City Turbo altmode like the trunk bits in the back of his lower legs.

Based on translations of Takara's tweets, this appears to be the first in a line of Hybrid Masterpiece? It's probably a good call since you'd have to be crazy to conjure a plastic toy that's 1:1 with Skids' animation model... Besides, Skids has only ever appeared twice in the G1 cartoon.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jan 1st 2021 at 10:45:53 AM

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#3885: Jan 1st 2021 at 10:43:39 AM

Wait.

Skids was in the cartoon?

I thought he never actually made it in?

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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#3886: Jan 1st 2021 at 10:47:01 AM

[up] On the contrary. He was in literally two episodes: "Quest for Survival" and "Triple Takeover".

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jan 1st 2021 at 10:47:23 AM

chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#3887: Jan 1st 2021 at 10:47:33 AM

[nja]

Edited by chasemaddigan on Jan 1st 2021 at 1:47:44 PM

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#3888: Jan 1st 2021 at 12:14:37 PM

Will reserve judgement on how Skids goes back to MP's roots for when we see a colored version

That said, mildly annoyed that Skids is getting an MP, when there's far more prominent characters than him who have not had MP figures. Even if we limit to season 1 and 2 (Mirage? Jazz? Insecticons? Any non-Grimlock Dinobot. Any non-bumblebee Minicars? A Grimlock in scale with modern M Ps).

But no, it's literally the show's Z-lister autobot.

Edited by Ghilz on Jan 1st 2021 at 3:15:14 PM

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#3889: Jan 1st 2021 at 12:57:01 PM

Yeah, there's some characters I'd rather see done, instead, who would be in higher demand (like Waspinator, Team Bullet Train, Jetfire, or Rhinox).

The sad, REAL American dichotomy
Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#3890: Jan 1st 2021 at 2:01:17 PM

Heck yeah, if we're counting non-g1, the list gets longer.

I was just sticking for G1 to point out that even there, Skids is a weird pick.

Heck none of the post movie Decepticons have had an MP figure. Ditto Kup, Blurr and Springer.

Fucking Skids gets a figure before Galvatron? Before Cliffjumper? Before Perceptor?

Heck with extra irony, one of Skids' only two appearances is in the episode Triple Takeover. None of the major characters of that episode have MP figures. Even the one who crushes him in said episode.

Edited by Ghilz on Jan 1st 2021 at 5:05:35 AM

ArcanGenth Since: Aug, 2009
#3891: Jan 1st 2021 at 2:08:10 PM

Ooooh, you just made me think of, and deeply desire, a masterpiece Blitzwing...

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#3892: Jan 1st 2021 at 2:12:25 PM

Well you're gonna have to make due with Skids.

ArcanGenth Since: Aug, 2009
#3893: Jan 1st 2021 at 2:35:16 PM

Wow. That's... That's just...

I was not expecting this level of swift, brutal disappointment today.

...at least it's not movie Skids, right?

Edited by ArcanGenth on Jan 1st 2021 at 3:35:47 AM

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#3894: Jan 1st 2021 at 2:37:27 PM

Small mercies.....

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#3895: Jan 1st 2021 at 2:44:36 PM

You say that, but I'd almost say it's worst. For all his flaws, and the racism, at least Film!Skids is memorable, in a horrifying way. Like he's in the movie. He's got lines. He's an awful character but he's in the movie enough that him having a figure would make some sense.

G1 Skids is basically a background character that's getting a figure way ahead several main characters.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#3896: Jan 1st 2021 at 2:47:18 PM

But no, it's literally the show's Z-lister autobot.

With respect, I will have you know that Skids was quite the bomb in IDW's More Than Meets the Eye.

The guy could bust a move, knew his way with a nudge gun, and was quite literally the only person to remember Rung.

Never underestimate a theoretician's capabilities.

Will reserve judgement on how Skids goes back to MP's roots for when we see a colored version

Someone did a coloring of the schematics themselves. Not official, but it's something to work with.

As for potential characters who deserve the MP treatment like Jazz, apparently Porsche is still being fickle about having their cars involved in something regarding war.

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#3897: Jan 1st 2021 at 2:50:35 PM

With respect, I will have you know that Skids was quite the bomb in IDW's More Than Meets the Eye.

A) Did you not notice that my avatar is Rung

B) Noticing that you still felt the need to "have me know" MTME plot lines? :-P

C) It's not an MP of IDW Skids, so that entire argument line is irrelevant. The quote youre replying to said show's Z-lister. Not comic or franchise. If this was an MP of MTME Skids, I'd be happy.

RE: Fan colors. Means nothing. Very often fan colors are more interesting than what TT puts out. Like I said, I'll reserve judgement when we see colored version of the irrelevant background character. (Also one should remember that a big part of MTME Skids' entire reason to be is as an in-joke to the original one being such a minor character, but that's neither here nor there).

As for potential characters who deserve the MP treatment like Jazz, apparently Porsche is still being fickle about having their cars involved in something regarding war.

Aware of that, but that doesn't explain the non license-bound characters like Cartoon!Jetfire, Any of the post-movie cons, Insecticons, Minicars. There's several more important characters not stuck in licensing hell.

Edited by Ghilz on Jan 1st 2021 at 5:55:19 AM

chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#3898: Jan 1st 2021 at 3:01:44 PM

It could be worse.

They could've done Hauler.

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#3899: Jan 1st 2021 at 3:03:54 PM

They did make Grapple, and considering Show!Hauler uses Grapple's color scheme, one can say they sorta did? Get MP Grapple and call him Hauler erroneously, and there, MP Hauler.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#3900: Jan 1st 2021 at 3:12:18 PM

....ok man, this is a lot of shade to throw at Skids.

Like I can get it, but you seem to just really resent him.

Like, the guy only has two episodes. Yes, there are probably others who deserve the figures more, but why not let him have this?

It's just...is he really worth that level of scorn? The dude is lucky he gets anything at all, while the characters you've mentioned have gotten some figures at times.

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