Armada hotshot is the one. He's a start, from then, hotshot made his name.
Another one maybe jetfire? Though G1 figure, but his "second in command" role was not from G1. :cool:
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Armada hotshot is the one. He's a start, from then, hotshot made his name.
Another one maybe jetfire? Though G1 figure, but his "second in command" role was not from G1. :cool:
I realise people have said Beast Wars in general but, credit where it's Due-
MEGATRON! No Transformers character post G1 has had as many memorable lines as BW Megatron.
He's the catalyst for the entire series and came very close to to destroying the entire TF universe twice.
Every incarnation of Megatron since Beast Wars owes him a great deal.
Yesssss.
So at this point we have:
From retconned G1:
Drift and The Fallen.
From G2:
Jhiaxus.
From Beast Wars:
Dinobot, Waspinator, Rattrap, Tarantulas, Blackarachnia, Rhinox, Cheetor, Razorbeast, Airazor and Tigatron.
From Beast Machines:
Stryka.
From Robots In Disguise:
Sky-Byte and Side Burn
From the Unicron Trilogy:
Demolishor, Hot Shot and Vector Prime.
From Animated:
Bulkhead, Lockdown, Lugnut and Oil Slick.
And from the films:
um... we have Mudflap and Dispensor. :p
So is this it? From the past nearly-twenty years we have two dozen iconic characters who aren't G1 legacies? Or are there more that we've overlooked?
(N.B. Tallestblue: despite being one of the greatest Transformers characters full stop, I think it's hard to argue that Beast Wars Megatron isn't a G1 legacy character, since this is a character who named himself after G1 Megatron (and was even intended by Hasbro to be G1 Megatron.) Gutsman: since RID Scourge is a recolour of a G2 mould of a G1 character with a G1 name, I don't think I can add him either, as cool as he is. And sorry Tober, but Primus is totally a G1 dude from the eighties [as is Sunstorm, HD, but I very deeply suspect that was a joke suggestion anyway.];))
I think Oil Slick from animated is pretty iconic as he went against teh trend of animated toys and what little fiction he had I found quite interesting
That's true - his comic appearance was very well written, and he stood out on shelves as one of only four animated toy not to be a legacy character of some sort. (I guess he also stood out because he tended to shelfwarm ;).) I'll add him to the list. The one animated character who really could make the list, but doesn't because he has a G1 name is Sentinel Prime. That big-chinned jerk is one of the most iconic new Autobots we've seen in years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartrim
Damn your Logic and well thought out arguments Sky Shadow!!
Slipstream is "another seeker" but she's new to Animated and now WFC. I think she could be a winner going forward.
Conflicted Mudflap, evil but girly Thunderblast, hippie Lugnutz, Monster hunter Crosswise, doubleteam Ransack and Crumplezone and brave small Signal Lancer were all nice new nonlegacy characters to come put of the Cybertron series but none really grabbed the fandoms attention to be the greatest. I have a bias against the Beast Planet but Scourge (despite the name) and Backstop could also be considered.
True, but he's barely seen. It wasn't till the Unicron trilogy that he really had a form or was a proper transformer. But indisputably his origins and character are in Marvel G1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
What about Nemesis Prime and/or Black Convoy? :o There are about as many of them as there are Optimus/Convoys these days... Surely he must be the greatest. ;)
Ginrai is probably out...
OMG I forgot Leo Breaker. He was the first figure I bought when I started collecting again.
RID Scourge was the most (only?) interesting of the Black Prime repaints IMHO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tober