2012 Hall of Fame awards has begun

[griffin]

The 3rd annual Hall of Fame awards voting has begun with preliminary nominations for the character to fill the fourth slot (3 have been nominated already by Hasbro, and one is voted on by the fans after a round of nominations generates a short-list).

The first three Awards recipients have been named as Gen1 Grimlock, Gen1 Jazz and Gen1 Shockwave. (yes, significant characters from the first year and from the current year - and were the other three serious short-list voting choices for both previous years, so we could see this year's nominees as future Hasbro-selected Inductees)

As usual, this "global" Fan vote is restricted to the American run Fansites, so if you are wanting to participate in this nominations phase, check out one of those sites if you are a member. Just be aware of the voting deadlines - Nominations are only up for a week (Hasbro wants the results by March 1st), and voting will take place sometime during March (in time for the late April Awards ceremony at BotCon).
That Voting phase in March "should" be open to all fans, as it has taken place on Hasbro's Transformers website in previous years.

Since we can't take part in the Nominations phase, POST HERE whom you think should be in the fourth spot, and I'll tally up the results on March 1st (and see how we compare with other sites... and the official short-list).

NOTE - the following characters are already in the Hall of Fame, so are now invalid:
2010 - (Gen1) Optimus Prime, (Gen1) Megatron, (Gen1) Bumblebee, (Gen1) Starscream, (BW) Dinobot (fan choice).
2011 - (Gen1) Ironhide, (Gen1) Soundwave, (Gen1) Ratchet, (BW) Waspinator (fan choice).

And for a bit of fun, whom do you think the "Human" HOF Inductee should be, and whom you think Hasbro will end up choosing this year?
Previous Human inductees have been:
2010 - Peter Cullen, Bob Budiansky, Kojin Ohno, Hideaki Yoke.
2011 - Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay.


(here's hoping the global fansites that were invited to participate in this one mature thing Hasbro has given fans of Transformers, take it more seriously than some sites did last year, so that we don't have joke characters included - perhaps any sites that submit joke characters this year shouldn't be invited next year)

[loophole]

well for one i think that Peter Welker should be one of the human inductees, and heres hoping for another BW character to be inducted

[Sky Shadow]

Who do we think those geniuses will come up with this year? Drill Nuts? Windbreaker?

well for one i think that Peter Welker should be one of the human inductees, and heres hoping for another BW character to be inducted

Certainly it should be either Peter or his lesser-known brother Frank.

At TFW2005 I voted for Lugnut, Demolishor, Sky-Byte, Botanica and Bulkhead.

My vote here is for Lugnut.

[1orion2many]

Bw Megs, Tarantulas, Rattrap or Blackarachnia, any of those would do Just noticed the mention of Skybyte, Class act that one

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I've put in Ravage or Blackarachnia for my picks. Both of them are pretty seminal and have had a number of incarnations over the years.

So far the favourites seem to be Wheeljack (I wonder why? ), Minerva, or Sky Byte. Much as I'd like to see Sky Byte he's not exactly 'famous' per se.

[Quickstrike]

It should totally be Sky-Byte. Simon Furman as well.

[Sky Shadow]

It should totally be Sky-Byte. Simon Furman as well.

Totally Furman.

[Hursticon]

Human Nominees should be:

• The Entire Beast Wars Voice Cast
• Simon Furman
• Bob Forward
• Larry DiTillio

Fan Favourite Character Nominees should be (In-Order):

1. Rattrap
2. BW Megatron
3. Optimus Primal
4. Blackarachnia
5. Sky-Byte (Only because he's a flying shark! )

I've voted for Rattrap over at TFW2005, I'll have to checkout Seibertron though; IMO, if the 5 nominees end up being comprised of all G1 characters I'll be really bloody annoyed - Scott McNeil deserves this trifecta!

[loophole]

well for one i think that Peter Welker should be one of the human inductees, and heres hoping for another BW character to be inducted

Certainly it should be either Peter or his lesser-known brother Frank. )

that was very silly of me but you know who i meant

[Hursticon]

Head to the various sites guys and cast your votes; if Hasbro wont recognise OTCA to have a voice, at least we can utilise elsewhere to have it heard!

Also, Vote #1 BW Megatron! - The candidate most deserving!
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