Galvatron Cannon Position

[Jinto]

Is there a cannon (haha) reference as to whether G1 Galvatron's arm mounted cannon is attached to his forearm or upper arm?
From what I've seen even the people making the original show seemed to change it up at random.

I've seen drawings and screen-shots of both, I'm just wondering if there's a consensus.

Cheers. :)

[BigTransformerTrev]

On the toys (G1, Generations, TR, RH) the cannon was mainly just below the shoulder.

In the comics it was mainly just above the elbow.

As you pointed out, it varied in the G1 cartoon with either being upper-upper arm, lower-upper arm and forearm.

I reckon just above the elbow works. Gives him the option of either moving his cannon or not when he moves his forearm, and without having to move his whole arm when he wants to use it. Makes the most sense for consistency.

[UltraMarginal]

I certainly consider the most practical position to be on the outside of the arm just above the elbow.

that's where the shapeways connector I bought places it for Titan wars galvatron. .

[SharkyMcShark]

I came in here to make a canon cannon joke but you took care of it in the first post :(

FWIW I've always seen it above the elbow

[GoktimusPrime]

I came in here to make a canon cannon joke but you took care of it in the first post :(
Yours is superior.

And yeah, I've only ever seen it mounted on Galvatron's right bicep.

[DELTAprime]

Yours is superior.

And yeah, I've only ever seen it mounted on Galvatron's right bicep.

Take a look at the pictures on TFwiki. Some screencaps it's on his forearm, others it's on his bicep. Might be another Akom animation error.:rolleyes:

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)/Generation_1_cartoon_continuity

Can someone quote me so Gok can see this?

[UltraMarginal]

Take a look at the pictures on TFwiki. Some screencaps it's on his forearm, others it's on his bicep. Might be another Akom animation error.:rolleyes:

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)/Generation_1_cartoon_continuity

Can someone quote me so Gok can see this?

okay:rolleyes:

[UltraMarginal]

looking at those, most seem to make it look like the gun is mounted to his forearm. there are very few shots where the cannon isn't pointing in the same direction as his forearm.

[Jinto]

Yeah I was just going though scenes from the 86 movie on youtube and there are several scenes where it's unambiguously on both his upper arm and forearm in different instances. Including moments only seconds apart. :p

Seems like the position changes depending on what he's doing with his arm and whether the cannon will get in the way, lol.

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/sean4all/G-cannon%201.png (http://s244.photobucket.com/user/sean4all/media/G-cannon%201.png.html)

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/sean4all/G-cannon%202.png (http://s244.photobucket.com/user/sean4all/media/G-cannon%202.png.html)

[Dan]

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/sean4all/G-cannon%201.png (http://s244.photobucket.com/user/sean4all/media/G-cannon%201.png.html)


I saw that image and the phrase 'will anyone else attempt to fill his shoes' came unbidden to me. Watched that movie way too much. :)

So, is there anything to say that the cannon cannot move around, as an attachment?

[Jinto]

So, is there anything to say that the cannon cannot move around, as an attachment?

No, that had crossed my mind too. It just seems like remarkably dynamic functionality compared to the average bot mode.

The benefits of being rebuilt by a dark super-entity? :p