The Greatest Non-G1 Legacy Transformers Ever.

[Sky Shadow]

I was just thinking this morning, that although most of the iconic, famous and memorable Transformers characters are from Generation 1 or are G1 'legacy' characters*, there are a good handful of Transformers who have made a huge mark on the franchise despite not being GeeWun. This year, Beast Wars Dinobot, who - despite being named after a G1 subgroup - was certainly a Beast-Wars-first character, earned a place in the Transformers Hall of Fame. Other huge 'original' characters who came to mind were G2 Jhiaxus, RID Sky-Byte, Armada Demolishor, Animated Bulkhead, Lockdown and Lugnut (of course ) and - yes - most of the cast of Beast Wars (Waspinator, Rattrap, Tarantulas, Blackarachnia, Rhinox, Cheetor etc.)

So who do you (and ultimately us as a forum) think are the greatest non-G1/non-G1 legacy Transformers?

*G1 legacy characters are characters conspicuously named after or based on G1 characters. (E.G. Beast Wars Optimus Primal, Movie Bumblebee, Energon Shockblast etc.)

[Bartrim]

Does Drift count? If not then Armada Hot Shot

[Sky Shadow]

Does Drift count? If not then Armada Hot Shot

Drift is ineligible as he is from G1. And not a great character. But yes I believe Hot Shot is his own original character despite his links to Bumblebee and Hot Rod.

[Verno]

Razorbeast. He was written a hero.

[Sky Shadow]

Razorbeast. He was written a hero.

True - IDW's star characterisation of Razorbeast was a worthy addition to the canon.

I found Strika from BM was a good baddie

And yes, I'd say the same of Beast Machines' Strika.

[griffin]

Vector Prime made a significant impact on the ongoing storyline.

Oh, and Dispensor too...

[GoktimusPrime]

Well, since we have a female PM atm, I'm gonna go with Blackarachnia. She (and Airazor) opened the door for female TFs in Hasbro markets and no other female TF has had as many toys as her.

[1orion2many]

I found Strika from BM was a good baddie

[griffin]

Drift is ineligible as he is from G1.

I thought you were just refering to Classic/Original Gen1 (1984-1992), not neo-Gen1 characters 'retroconned' into Gen1 20 years later. As such, I'd have said Drift as well, as it is a significant character that is portrayed to be 'great', but isn't necessarily seen that way by some fans (like Razorbeast, Stryka, and quite a few others already listed).

[Sky Shadow]

I thought you were just refering to Classic/Original Gen1 (1984-1992), not neo-Gen1 characters 'retroconned' into Gen1 20 years later. As such, I'd have said Drift as well, as it is a significant character that is portrayed to be 'great', but isn't necessarily seen that way by some fans (like Razorbeast, Stryka, and quite a few others already listed).

Yeah, I was kind of taking the piss about Drift being ineligible (as a parody of IDW shoehorning Drift into G1 as if he's always been there.) Sadly, I think Poochie counts.