Name that Transformer

[GoktimusPrime]

Identify each of these incarnations/versions of Optimus Prime as quick as you can without looking anything up! :D
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/optimusprimess_zpsomftidbp.jpg

[FatalityPitt]

Challenge accepted.

All of these are left to right.

Top: Don't know, War Within (Just remembered), Don't Know, Fall of Cybertron, G1 Cartoon, G1 Marvel Comics, Not sure, Marvel Comics G2, Not sure, G2 Laser Prime.

Middle:G2 Go-Bot, Beast Wars Convo-bat, Machine Wars, RiD Car Robots, Don't know, Don't Know, G1 Star Convoy, Don't Know, Alternator Kiss Players, Don't Know.

Bottom: Movie!, Animated, Comic Adaptation of Animated, Binaltech??, Transformers Prime, Prime Beast Wars, ROTF, RiD 2015, Not Sure.

Yeah... I don't know Prime like I thought I did.

[TAAUBlaster]

Top:
Orion Pax, War Within, War for Cybertron, Fall of Cybertron, G1, G1 comic, don't know, G2 comic, don't know, G2 Laser Prime
Middle:
Go-Bots, Beast Wars Convo-Bat, Machine Wars, RID (2001), Armada, Energon, Cybertron, Henkei? (Not sure), Alternators, I can't make out the picture
Bottom:
2007 movie, Animated, don't know (something Animated related :p ) GT Convoy, Prime series, season 2 of Prime series? (no idea), don't know, Revenge of the Fallen, new RiD, don't know - but looks familiar so I'll probably kick myself when I find out what it is :p

Took a guess on a few :o

[GoktimusPrime]

Nice effort, guys. :)

Here are the answers (spoiler tagged):
Top Row: Orion Pax, War Within, War For Cybertron, Fall of Cybertron, original G1, Powermaster, Action Master, original G2, G2 Combat Hero, G2 Laser
Middle Row: G2 Gobot, Convobat, MW, CR/RiD, Armada, Energon, Cybertron, Henkei (Classics), Alternator, Movie (Protoform)
Bottom Row: Movie, Animated (Cybertronian), Animated (Earth), Alternity, Prime (original), Prime (Beast Hunters), Go!, Age of Extinction, RiD (original), RiD (reformatted)

[TAAUBlaster]

Nice effort, guys. :)

Here are the answers (spoiler tagged):


Wow, I missed quite a few :o

[FatalityPitt]

Yeah, I need to re-enroll back to TF school. haha

[GoktimusPrime]

Round 2: Same rule as before, but now with Megatrons! :D
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/forum%20games/megatrons_zpsynuemgm7.jpg

[TAAUBlaster]

First Row:
Fall of Cybertron, War Within, G1, don't know, G1 Commerical?, Hearts of Steel comic? (Not sure)
Middle Row:
G2, G2 Hero, Go-Bot, Amazon Japan exclusive alligator Megatron, don't know, RID (2001)
Third Row:
Aramda, Energon, Cybertron, don't know, don't know, Classics 2-pack
Fourth Row:
2007 movie, Animated Cybertronian mode, Animated Earth mode, ROTF, don't know, DOTM
Last row:
Prime, don't know, don't know, AOE, IDW comic, Last Knight

See how I go this time. haha :p

[GoktimusPrime]

Your Score: 20/30 (67%) :)

ANSWERS
1: War for Cybertron 2: War Within 3: G1 Megatron 4: G1 Galvatron 5: Action Master 6: Super/Ultra Megatron
7: G2 8: Combat Hero 9: Gobot 10: Megalligator 11: Machine Wars 12: CR/RiD
13: Armada 14: Energon 15: Cybertron 16: Robot Masters Reverse Convoy 17: CHUGUR (Voyager) 18: Ultimate Battles
19: Movie 20: Animated (Cybertron) 21: Animated (Earth) 22: RotF 23: Alternity 24: DotM
25: Prime 26: Generations Bomber 27: Cloud 28: AoE 29: CW (Generations Tank) 30: tLK

1: I also accepted FoC - close enough
10: it's not an Amazon exclusive, it was a regular store release. But it was a Japanese exclusive, so half a point!
18: I accepted "Classics 2 pack" :)
23: Half a point because technically both #26 & #29 appeared in the IDW comics

[TAAUBlaster]

Your Score: 20/30 (67%) :)

ANSWERS

1: I also accepted FoC - close enough
10: it's not an Amazon exclusive, it was a regular store release. But it was a Japanese exclusive, so half a point!
18: I accepted "Classics 2 pack" :)
23: Half a point because technically both #26 & #29 appeared in the IDW comics

A Pass. I'll take it :p

A couple of the ones I didn't know smacked me square in the face when I saw the answers :o

I almost put that answer for First Row #4, but I didn't see any other "versions" of him in the other photos, so I thought it might have been a comic thing. Transformers comics are (regrettably) my biggest weak points in TF lore.
I didn't realise that about #10. Did we see that release here too? I only ever knew it as a JP exclusive. :o
Thanks for the answers!:D

[GoktimusPrime]

I didn't realise that about #10. Did we see that release here too? I only ever knew it as a JP exclusive. :o
I was living in Japan at the time so I can confirm that this toy was definitely a regular store release (although still hard to find). AFAIK we did get the regular coloured version here but in European packaging. The purple version pictured there is a Japanese exclusive, but not a store exclusive.

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ROUND 3 - you know the rules :)

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[FatalityPitt]

I wanted to do round 2, but I caught a glimpse of some of the answers as I was scrolling.. My bad. I'll have a crack at Round 3 (Bumblebee).

Top: WFC Bumblebee, Not sure, G1 Cartoon, G1 Goldbug boxart, G1 Marvel Comics.
2nd row down: Action Master Bumblebee, Not sure, G2 Go Bots, Henkei, First Movie.
3rd row down: ROTF, Animated, Binaltech, TF Prime, TF Prime Beast Hunters.
Bottom: IDW Goldbug, DOTM, AoE, (RiD 2015), Last Knight.

[GoktimusPrime]

Your score: 12.5/20 (63%)

Answers:
1: War for Cybertron, 2: The War Within, 3: G1, 4: Goldbug, 5: Pretender
6: Action Master, 7: G2, 8: Gobot, 9: Classics/Henkei, 10: Movie (1970s Camaro)
11: Movie (2009 Camaro), 12: Animated, 13: Alternity, 14: Prime, 15: Beast Hunters
16: IDW, 17: AoE (1960s Camaro), 18: AoE (new Camaro), 19: RiD, 20: The Last Knight

Feedback:
5: Couldn't accept this answer as almost every version of Bumblebee in G1 and G2 (except AM & Gobot) have appeared in the Marvel comics.
10: Half a point awarded. The first movie has 2 versions of Bumblebee and this was an image of the old Camaro Bumblebee. #11 is the new one which was also seen in ROTF so I awarded you a full point for your answer for #11. :)
13: Sorry, Alternity =/= Binaltech. Although I personally put 'em on the same shelves, but they are technically separate lines.
16: In the IDW comics Goldbug is a completely different/separate character from Bumblebee. So unfortunately I couldn't award you the point for it.

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New round!

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[FatalityPitt]

Your score: 12.5/20 (63%)

Answers:
1: War for Cybertron, 2: The War Within, 3: G1, 4: Goldbug, 5: Pretender
6: Action Master, 7: G2, 8: Gobot, 9: Classics/Henkei, 10: Movie (1970s Camaro)
11: Movie (2009 Camaro), 12: Animated, 13: Alternity, 14: Prime, 15: Beast Hunters
16: IDW, 17: AoE (1960s Camaro), 18: AoE (new Camaro), 19: RiD, 20: The Last Knight

Feedback:
5: Couldn't accept this answer as almost every version of Bumblebee in G1 and G2 (except AM & Gobot) have appeared in the Marvel comics.
10: Half a point awarded. The first movie has 2 versions of Bumblebee and this was an image of the old Camaro Bumblebee. #11 is the new one which was also seen in ROTF so I awarded you a full point for your answer for #11. :)
13: Sorry, Alternity =/= Binaltech. Although I personally put 'em on the same shelves, but they are technically separate lines.
16: In the IDW comics Goldbug is a completely different/separate character from Bumblebee. So unfortunately I couldn't award you the point for it.


Above 50%. I'll take it.

[FatalityPitt]

My crack at round 4 (Starscream):

Top: Fall of Cybertron, War Within, Ladybird Storybooks, G1 Cartoon, G1 Marvel comics (Underbase-powered Starscream).
2nd Row: No idea, G1 Pretender, G1 Action Master, G2 Marvel Comics, Don't know.
3rd Row: Waspinator possessed by Starscream in Beast Wars (I think the episode was called "Ghost in the Machine"), Machine Wars, Beast Wars II, BW II (Hellscream), Armada, Energon, Cybertron, Masterpiece Starscream??, ROTF, Animated,
Bottom: Alternity, Transformers Prime, IDW Starscream wearing his "Armada Costume", Cloud, RiD (2015).

These seem to follow a similar sequence, i.e. WFC/FOC is usually first, and RiD (2015) is usually last. Might be more a stronger test (and more challenging) if these were more randomly scattered. Just a thought.

[GoktimusPrime]

20/25 (80%) -- maybe I should randomise 'em to make it harder. ;)

Answers:
1: WFC/FOC, 2: War Within, 3: G1, 4: Ghost (G1), 5: Underbase
6: Zombie, 7: Pretender, 8: Action Master, 9: G2, 10: War World
11: Ghost (BW), 12: MW, 13: BWII Starscream, 14: Hellscream, 15: Armada
16: Energon, 17: Cybertron, 18: Classics, 19: Movie, 20: Animated
21: Alternity, 22: Prime, 23: Generations/IDW Armada, 24: Cloud, 25: RiD

[FatalityPitt]

20/25 (80%) -- maybe I should randomise 'em to make it harder. ;)


Up to you mate. Only a suggestion :)

But yeah, I confess; I only managed to get War Within Starscream (#2 of round 4) correct because the 2nd pic in previous rounds showed a War Within Transformer. I never followed War Within very keenly tbh, so I normally wouldn't have recognized WW Starscream..

[GoktimusPrime]

Randomised for your pleasure. ;)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/forum%20games/ironhides_zpsqxno20df.jpg

[FatalityPitt]

Ah, that's more like it :)

Top: Classics Ironhide, BWII - Magnaboss component, G2 Powermaster, Henkei, RiD Spychanger

Middle: No idea, Animated, G2 Go-Bot, Movie, Animated Armourhide

Bottom: Armada Armourhide, don't know, WFC, No idea, G1

Definitely more challenging this time. Had to guess a number of these, and some I did not know at all.

[GoktimusPrime]

9/15 = 60% :D

Answers:
Top row: Timelines/Descent Into Evil Ironhide, BW Ironhide, Power Master Ironhide, RiD Ironhide
Centre row: Energon Ironhide, Animated Ironhide, Gobot Ironhide, Movie Ironhide, Animated Ironhide (Japan - it's what Bulkhead was called)
Bottom row: Micron Legend Ironhide (JP name for Armada Demolishor), War Within Ironhide, War For Cybertron Ironhide, Armada Ironhide (Terrorsaur's Mini-Con), G1

[FatalityPitt]

That's a little better than expected..

I muck-up a little with #2 at the top when I said 'BWII'. I should have just said 'BW'. I recognized the character from the BWII anime and I knew he formed part of Magnaboss, but he was called something else (not Ironhide). I think the US/Western version named Ironhide might've been a toy-only character. Don't remember seeing him in any cartoons.

Ah, I got tricked with the animated ones. Lol. I never realised Bulkhead was called Ironhide in Japan. In Japan, the red Ironhide was Armourhide (I didn't know that either...).

Bottom 1st; I knew I'd seen him before. He was definitely a Decepticon in the Armada series, but he went by another name that I couldn't remember. I thought he might be Armourhide, because in RiD/Car Robots (I'm surprised how much I know about that series despite not being a fan), there was an Armourhide which formed one of Ruination's legs, and I figured the Armada character might have been based on that.

Yeah, besides those, not much surprises. :p

[GoktimusPrime]

I muck-up a little with #2 at the top when I said 'BWII'. I should have just said 'BW'. I recognized the character from the BWII anime and I knew he formed part of Magnaboss, but he was called something else (not Ironhide). I think the US/Western version named Ironhide might've been a toy-only character. Don't remember seeing him in any cartoons.
Heh, didn't even noticed that you'd typed "II", otherwise I wouldn't have awarded you the point for it (ah well, t'is only a game :p). The Japanese version is called Santon and there are some additional colours which Ironhide lacks. BW Ironhide never appeared in the cartoon but did appear briefly in the IDW comics.

[GoktimusPrime]

Next round!
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[FatalityPitt]

Ok, let's see now;

Top: War Within, Titans Return, Cybertron, Action Master, G1
Middle: G2 Go-bots, MP3 player, Machine Wars, WFC, Soundblaster (HM)
Bottom: TR Prime, Animated, Beast Wars, DOTM, ROTF

[GoktimusPrime]

Hunnert percent! :D

[GoktimusPrime]

Perhaps faces are too easy. Let's try BUTTS! :D

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/forum%20games/asses.jpg

[FatalityPitt]

Hunnert percent! :D


Perhaps faces are too easy. Let's try BUTTS! :D


Nah, I just know my Soundwave :)

Um.. I don't think I know any of these butts... I think E is Combiner Wars Megatron and C is some sort of Action Master... Yaah, I don't know the rest. I'm defeated

[GoktimusPrime]

Bummer. :p

Answers:
A: Optimus Prime (original G1)
B: Fortress Maximus (G1)
C: Treadshot (G1) (you were right about it being an Action Master ;))
D: Ravage (BWM X-9)
E: Strongarm (Energon)
F: Booster X10

[GoktimusPrime]

In memory of Stan Lee, name all of these characters who originated from the Marvel comics. :)
https://image.ibb.co/e67ukL/marvel.jpg

[TaZZerath]

Ok I'll give this a crack! NO TFWiki cheating and lets see how we go.

LEFT TO RIGHT
?, ?, The Last Autobot, Xaaron, the dalek transformer whose name escapes me, IMPACTOR! (love Impactor), Deaths Head yes?, ?, Flame, Marvelbot :D, Rack-n-Ruin, ?, Macabre, Macaddam, aint no Howlback girl, the fella from the Underbase saga whose name escapes me, ?, Sentinal Prime, Prima?, the little guy who transforms into a wheel and i cant BELIEVE i can't remember his name, Wipe-Out?, Straxus will not be dispensed here fools!, that deceitful transformer boss at the end of the G2 run (which I am AGAIN kicking myself over not remembering, i KNOW this stuff!), and Gee, Axe Us (Jhiaxus)

[GoktimusPrime]

Good effort! Btw, all players will have their names entered a random draw for a prize - one entry for every correct answer. Name will be drawn on the 20th. :) Correct answers will also be released then.

13 points for Gryffind--, TaZZerath! :D

[Paulbot]

In memory of Stan Lee, name all of these characters who originated from the Marvel comics. :)
https://image.ibb.co/e67ukL/marvel.jpg

Row 1: The first two: no idea, the very first one I don't recognise at all. The second I recognise the art style and think it might be the redshirt killed on the bridge in the There Shall Come A Leader story but I'm guessing. Then there's a bunch of easy ones: The Last Autobot, Emirate Xaaron, Impactor and Death's Head. I'm skipping whichever of the three Decepticon rulers because I never remember which was which but I know Sullivan's cheekbones anywhere.

Row 2: The Last Autobot, Flame, Rack'n'Ruin, Spanner

Row 3: Macabre, Maccadam, Nightsalker, (Combat Deck? are we supposed to guess that one), Boltax, The Keeper

Row 4: Sentinel Prime, Prima, Scrounge, Wipe-Out, Straxus, Leige Maximo and Jihaxus

[TaZZerath]

Good effort! Btw, all players will have their names entered a random draw for a prize - one entry for every correct answer. Name will be drawn on the 20th. :) Correct answers will also be released then.

13 points for Gryffind--, TaZZerath! :D

Thanks, Professor! :D

Afterwards I looked up a few and kicked myself and my failing memory!

[TaZZerath]

Hey Goktimus, were you joking re the prize etc? Cos the 20th has come and gone :)

I'm more curious to know all the other names regardless!

[GoktimusPrime]

Sorry! Been caught up with work stuff lately. Will draw a name tonight and also divulge answers. Thanks for your patience.

[TaZZerath]

No dramas, work comes first :)

[GoktimusPrime]

Answers! Prize winner will be contacted soon :)
https://i.ibb.co/qCN6mhn/marvelanswers.jpg

[TaZZerath]

Navigator and Spanner would be the only ones I hadn't actually heard of. I should've known the rest thats for sure!

[TaZZerath]

Goktimus was true to his word and since I won the competition I received my prize which I will value highly! Thanks so much! :D