The Soapbox IV: Top 10 Characters of All Time

[Lord_Zed]

Well done, I agree with everyone on the list bar Hotshot. I don't know any non fans who like Armada etc. Nor have I seen a kid who can pick Hotshot from a crowd.

As for the rest of the list I think its pretty much what I'd say only a lot of the postions are interchangable. Starscream, Soundwave are both eligble for spot 4. likewise Grimlock and Devestator could swap spots with no problem either, but thats just nitpicking.

I think you have pretty much nailed it as far as G1 characters go, ask a non fan about transfromers and they'll often say how cool Optimus Prime and Megatron was, They'll probably remember the Volkswagon one even more so thanks to the movie, and maybe even Starscream.

Soundwave, Devestator and Grimlock are all well known becuase so many people loved the ideas behind them when they were kids. I'm not talking about thier personality (or lack of in the case of toon soundwave) or potrayal in the show or comic I just mean the idea or robots who merge together, or have little robots pop out of them, or are dinosaurs were all absolutely mezmorising to kids. I recently gave all my old transformers videos, and lent some of my old storybooks to a work friends 6 year old son. And aparently the ones he was most intrested in were the green ones who combine, and the tapedeck.

So well done STL I thought I'd find something to argue about on a list like this, but not this time. Although I'm not sure about Hot Shot more research or surveys needed there.

[Paulbot]

The focus is on characters as opposed to toys. Toys change and there are and will continue to be countess iterations of many Transformers characters. That’s why we’re looking at the characters that go to the core of the franchise. Characters that will always be relevant and identifiable.

I think the title is a bit misleading. See I thought it was a list of the top 10 characterisations, of which Devastator and Unicron wouldn't count and some of the others would be a questionable.

But Lord_Zed summed it up well:

I think you have pretty much nailed it as far as G1 characters go, ask a non fan about transformers and they'll often say how cool Optimus Prime and Megatron was...

Soundwave, Devestator and Grimlock are all well known because so many people loved the ideas behind them when they were kids. I'm not talking about their personality (or lack of in the case of toon soundwave)

[kup]

I agree with 9/10 of the list including Blackarachnia who is rather popular in many circles but I am sure that this could be contested as many other BW characters were equally as memorable or more so such as Dinobot.

However Hot Shot is such a crappy wannabee character that I have to totally disagree there based on his mere presence. He was just a head above wheelie.

[Paulbot]

Hot Shot was interesting in Armada growing up and rising up through the ranks to the point where he was commanding the Autobot forces. I think Hot Rod/Hot Shot are close enough in that regard to be versions of the same character.

[roller]

Um why wernt rapido, G2 Meanstreak or Thunderclash not mentioned?

Everyone over 45 even knows them

[Kyle]

Agreed mostly with 1 - 7,