2012 Hall of Fame Fan Vote Winner: Wheeljack

[Hursticon]

Courtesy of TFW2005, Wheeljack won the 2012 Hall of Fame Fan Inductee vote...

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

That's...kinda surprising. Not that WJs a bad choice, but it really seemed like BW Megs had it in the bag.

[kup]

Beast Wars Megatron should have won.

[Hursticon]

I'm greatly disappointed for David Kaye, this was supposed to be his night and that's all I'll be saying on the matter.

[Robzy]

Cool! I love Wheeljack, so I'm happy!!

[optimus1]

I like Wheeljack, but I would have preferred Arcee or Rodimus....

[Sky Shadow]

Beast Wars Megatron should have won.

Whoever got the most votes should have won. Unless there's something dodgy going on, I'm going to assume that was Wheeljack.

[griffin]

It would be easy for someone or a forum to rig the result (just look at that whole Erector mess last year, or the 2007 competition to get a line in the Movie being hijacked by a non-TFs community). I don't see a reason why anyone at Hasbro would rig the results, because the result is meaningless to their brand's direction or publicity.
They choose most of the characters anyway, so I doubt that they would interfere with the one "olive branch" they have given us fans (in terms of having a say in some way).

Judging by the responses here and at the HOF Dinner, I go back to my first comment, about someone interfering. Arcee and Megatron sounded like the more popular choices, but the vocal responses at the dinner, and the amount of votes they got over Wheeljack in the nominations round.

[5FDP]

I gotta be honest, I didn't see that one coming. Great iconic character though especially considering he was the first to make an onscreen appearance in the G1 cartoon.

[Robzy]

Yeah, I agree... the first ever TF on screen and he was voiced by Chris Latta (who was posthumously inducted into the BotCon 2012 Hall of Fame).

Very fitting imo!