Things you never realised about Transformers (toys etc)

[GoktimusPrime]

Siege Lionizer is my first CHUG Transformer whose name begins with the letter L. I wonder if he is the first CHUG ever to do this. Are there any other CHUGformers whose name starts with L? (I don't claim to have a complete CHUG collection)

[Paulbot]

Siege Lionizer is my first CHUG Transformer whose name begins with the letter L. I wonder if he is the first CHUG ever to do this. Are there any other CHUGformers whose name starts with L? (I don't claim to have a complete CHUG collection)

Well let's see, do you have: Long Haul, Laserbeak, Lightsteed, Leo Prime (legend or voyager) or Lugnut?

[SuspectimusPrime]

Well let's see, do you have: Long Haul, Laserbeak, Lightsteed, Leo Prime (legend or voyager) or Lugnut?

I've completely forgotten about Lugnut. A great Animated toy and even better RTS toy. Really liked how he was one of the originals from the Animated cartoon that got enough character development and fanfare that they decided to carry over his signature elements (the single eyeball a la HAL from 2001 Space Odyssey, claws hands, giant bomber alt mode) to other lines - like Bulkhead and Lockdown.

[GoktimusPrime]

Siege Lionizer is my first CHUG Transformer whose name begins with the letter L. I wonder if he is the first CHUG ever to do this. Are there any other CHUGformers whose name starts with L? (I don't claim to have a complete CHUG collection)

Oh wait. I just realised that I have others alphabetised separately by faction and sub-group which is why it's not appearing alongside Lionizer on my spreadsheet.

[klystron]

Thanks to youtube autoplay, I accidentally saw part of a video review for ROTF Stratosphere the other day. Had no idea it had a teeny-weeny Optimus toy with a launching gimmick (just like in the movie). Actually thought that was pretty nifty.

[griffin]

I didn't realise that legendary Transformers writer Simon Furman was now doing Robotech comics (since 2017 by the looks of it)... which would be a good fit for him, but just feels weird seeing his name on one of the rivals to Transformers in the 80s.

[Sinnertwin]

If you turn POTP Snarl around, you end up with the base engineering model that became POTP Sinnertwin.

[klystron]

I didn't realise that legendary Transformers writer Simon Furman was now doing Robotech comics (since 2017 by the looks of it)... which would be a good fit for him, but just feels weird seeing his name on one of the rivals to Transformers in the 80s.

Wow, me either. Love a good Macross / Robotech comic... Quick! To the Internet!

[DELTAprime]

Just got my Leader Class Shockwave. I never realised WFC Leaders had shrunk so much from POTP.

This is disappointing.

[Sinnertwin]

Just got my Leader Class Shockwave. I never realised WFC Leaders had shrunk so much from POTP.

This is disappointing.

If only there was a way we could search for an image somewhere and compare...

All smarty bum comments from me aside, I hear ya & mentioned the same thing in the review thread.