How many Sweeps do you need?

[Mechbiter]

Assuming I can find any I'll probably grab 3. I don't like my chances of getting any of the Botcon/Japanese/etc versions.

[Defcon]

Just 1 Scourge is enough for me. I would be more inclined to army build Junkions or Sharkticons.

[heroic_decepticon]

I got the 8 I need. 02 x United Scourges ordered too....
I started on Junkions too... heh.

[Mechbiter]

Wow... that looks awesome. Cyclonus should be in the pic somewhere however.

[lcz128]

I think 7 is right for me - I have my 7 Generations Sweeps up top (one of them is holding 'targetmaster fracas' (lol - same mould, wrong colours) until my United Scourge comes in - but I think I'm pretty set with Scourges/Sweeps
(but my botcon ones are still below...)

[jaydisc]

We need a similar Junkion thread.

[liegeprime]

I think 7 is right for me - I have my 7 Generations Sweeps up top (one of them is holding 'targetmaster fracas' (lol - same mould, wrong colours) until my United Scourge comes in - but I think I'm pretty set with Scourges/Sweeps
(but my botcon ones are still below...)

I was actually thinking of doing the same thing since it IS the same mold for so much less and the bluish tinge matches Scourge better.

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah go for it. Fracas isn't all that and isn't worth paying a premium price for IMO.

But thanks for posting that pic of Scourge w/ Fracas, HD... I've had Fracas for quite a while now and still don't have Scourge - so I've been curious to see how that toy would look like with Scourge. Scourge doesn't have any Mini-Con ports in vehicle mode, does he?

[heroic_decepticon]

Scourge doesn't have any Mini-Con ports in vehicle mode, does he?

Nope. It's a smooth hovercraft, no ports...

[griffin]

Not sure where the number 7 is from, as the 3 BotCon Sweeps were just assigned random numbers, without suggesting that there were only 7. In fact, the first page of the comic has at least 23 Sweeps!

I felt that 3 Sweeps was the most commonly seen number in the original cartoon. And before I decided against having duplicates in my collection, I had a TM Scourge and 3 non-TM Scourges as his Sweeps, to reflect that.

Unfortunately, the actual number in official media has been all over the place, as noted by tfwiki.net.
- 2 were Created in the Movie, but more were seen seconds later, and throughout the Movie. (the more logical number would be 3 from the Insecticons, and Cyclonus & Scourge were from Skywarp & Thundercracker... but unfortunately the inconsistent animation of the Movie didn't reflect that - it would also explain how more Sweeps could appear if they had inherited the Insecticons' cloning ability)
- at least 7 existed during 'Call of the Primitives', due to two being called '6' and '7'... which is likely to be the source of BotCon naming two of their Sweeps as '6' and '7'.
- several still existed during the time of the Headmasters cartoon (the JP replacement for Rebirth).
- at least 10 existed in the Marvel Comic universe (Movie Adaptation), but none were seen in any post-movie stories.
- at least 5 Sweeps were created in AHM for the IDW universe (5 were seen, but an ambiguous number of outlines were seen in the 'fire').
- and an unknown number of Sweeps were used in Volumes 2 and 3 of DevilsDue GIJoe Vs the TFs comics, because we see in Volume 2 (issue 3) a skyline with dozens in the air, suggesting that there could be hundreds or even thousands patrolling the Earth.


And did someone say 'Army Building'?