I was going to say it could have been before the continents seperated but those shots blow that up.
I'm still going to think thats how they got around so quickly though
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I was going to say it could have been before the continents seperated but those shots blow that up.
I'm still going to think thats how they got around so quickly though
Maybe we'll just chalk the quick movement up to good story telling :cool:
Though if you read some of the toy bio's, some 'bots are pretty light on their feet. And Megs quote about TM2 Cheetor 'someone is out for a little midnight stroll... at Mach 2'.
I'm not sure that second image is southern Africa and Madagascar. There appears to be another large land mass out in the water in what should be the empty Indian Ocean :confused:
That could be India, but I doubt that CG Globe model would be actually accurate to what the world looked like 70,000 years ago anyway. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Verno
O don't know wat the image is. And if you read my tag you'll understand why I'm ignoring I ever read it :)
Why do the BW characters have names based on their alt modes. What were there names before? Seems a bit conveniant
Yeah but when you think about it, names like "Hound," "Bumblebee" and "Jazz" make no sense for robots living on an alien world which has no animals even closely resembling dogs or bees... and some four million years before the advent of jazz music. Unless the Cybertronians invented their own kind of jazz and actually called it 'jazz,' which is somewhat unlikely. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by LordCyrusOmega
But anyway, in pre-Earth Beast Wars, a lot of Maximals who have names that describe their beast modes are actually never referred to by their names on Cybertron, meaning that it's possible that they didn't get their BW names until after contact with Earth (and acquisition of their beast modes). This would also coincide with the first episode of BW where the Beast Wars Transformers, especially the Maximals, introduce themselves to each other after awakening from the R-chambers with their new beast modes ("Call me Cheetor/Rattrap/Rhinox" etc). I believe Optimus Primal was called Optimus Primal on Cybertron, but that's okay because it doesn't describe his beast mode. Megatron originally had a different name until around the time of the theft of the golden disk when he learnt about G1 Megatron and decided to name himself after the legendary Decepticon leader.
But yeah, quite a few characters are only referred to by their designation codes or role descriptors rather than names, e.g. Tigatron was "Unit 2" (as part of the Maximal Command Security Force) and Airazor was "Chromia 10 Pilot." Although "Airazor" would have worked for her too considering that her Cybertronian alt mode was a jet - but of course, both Tigatron and Airazor completely lost their memories so... yeah. :)
Another interesting thing with Beast Wars that G1 didn't do is that their Cybertronian robot modes lack their Earthen alt mode kibble. In G1 you have characters like Bumblebee walking around with Volkswagen Beetle kibble millions of years before he would ever transform into one. In "More Than Meets The Eye Part 1" it's even more ridiculous because he would have VW kibble but transform into that hovercar! :eek: In Beast Wars their pre-Earth robot forms are stripped of their beast mode kibble and shrouded in darkness to obscure their images (and also to save money ;)).
Look at:
+ Beast Wars ep 1, the opening scene when the Axalon and Darksyde are fighting above Earth before crashing -- everyone's shrouded in darkness. We also clearly see Megatron in his pre-Earth robot form (here!)
+ In a flashback we see Rampage (aka Protoform X) on Cybertron (see here) -- shrouded in stark darkness.
+ When Depth Charge arrives we see him piloting a Starhopper and his Cybertronian robot mode is stripped of beast mode kibble.
+ Every member of the Tripredacus Council appear in their Cybertronian forms in the cartoon, and thus look nothing like their toys.
+ Both the Maximals and Predacons in Beast Wars II are drawn with pre-Gaea Cybertronian robot forms and the Preds actually use them for quite some time before they acquire Gaea alt modes. e.g. Lio Convoy, Apache, BB, Starscream, Scuba etc etc.
I completely forfot about that Gok, you're right. They renamed themselves after aquiring their beast forms.
G1 did have interesting robot modes pre-earth, never made a whole lot of sense.
Don Figueroa's Cybertronian Robot Mode of Magmatron is delicious! It was on one of the comic covers if memory serves and featured a little in the comic. Don also worked backwards on Magmatron's little band of 'bots, as we get to see Cybertronian Manterror and Drill Bit amongst others, and their forms are similar to those when they take on beast forms.
Cybertronian Lio Convoy is shown in Issue 1 of the Gathering, and still has some large resemblance to his earth lion form later in the series too.
So as much as they are 'kibble'less on Cybertron, they really have to take on suitable forms when they are reformatted into their new skins, forms that are reminiscent of their original ones.
I see no gigantic rocket thing mounted on Megatron's shoulder in that picture. Stupid BotCon '06 toys, full of lies.
I believe that's because BotCon Cybertronian BW Megatron is him inside some kind of armour which he can remove and underneath he looks like the way he did in the BW cartoon pilot. Reference imageQuote:
Originally Posted by Verno
Well they just thought of everything then, didn't they :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Ok, here's a good one.
When was the last time we saw the Quintessens in any of the miriad of G1 universes?
In the Transformers: Exodus novel released last year. Also the Shattered Glass Quintessons have been around lately.Quote:
Originally Posted by Verno