Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

[GoktimusPrime]

what does S*T*A*R*S as in stars base, stand for ?

Secret Transformers Autobot Rescue Squad.

The idea was that by joining this club, you became an ally of the Autobots. If you spot Decepticon activity you were supposed to contact the Autobots to alert them! I seriously used to pretend to do this - I actually had a rotary-dial telephone on my desk and pretended to call the Autobots with it. It wasn't actually plugged in or anything - wasn't a working phone, but I would play make believe. Later when I had a dial-up modem and computer in my room (back in the pre-internet days of dial-up BBSes) I got a telephone extension cord so that the phone could actually work.

[roller]

Secret Transformers Autobot Rescue Squad.

The idea was that by joining this club, you became an ally of the Autobots. If you spot Decepticon activity you were supposed to contact the Autobots to alert them!

did they ever pick up?

What number were you supposed to call to inform them of 'Con activity?

[iceburn]

2255 87 28862687

[Pulse]

Supposedly Prime would call you back if you left a message in a sexy voice...

[Autocon]

why did they change the name aquasting? i think it was a better name

[roller]

why did they change the name aquasting? i think it was a better name

cause Injector sounds better

[Gutsman Heavy]

why did they change the name aquasting? i think it was a better name

At least it isn't Lartarartolarltorartlroar, Ratatata, Ratatouille? You know what I mean!

[GoktimusPrime]

You mean Raatoraata. And that name was never intended for the Anglophone market, so it's a rather unfair comparison. I'm far less forgiving when Hasbro gives us dodgy names which are intended for Anglophone markets... like "Scattorbrain." (-_-)

[roller]

Supposedly Prime would call you back if you left a message in a sexy voice...

was or still is, that phone message thing availible in Australlia?

[dirge]

I think Aquasting sounds much better than Injector. Hasbro's obsession with "or" for a couple of years there gave us some really stupid names (such as "Scattor"). I'm not really a fan of Aquasting, these "or" names just feel illiterate to me.