The Soapbox XI: Battle of the Cityformers

[GoktimusPrime]

Overlord destroyed the Autobots' base in city mode - although it was Ginrai himself who dealt the final blow. Overlord is the only toy I don't have out of the toys listed in this soapobox. Donations anyone?

[liegeprime]

Having been born in '84, ........
I still want me a proper Japanese release Fort Max with Mastersword and all... d;

GOd Im old... and yeah I still want that sword as well, even a KO one would sate me.

I always thought Omega represented the final stand for the Autobots in the G1 Cartoon and was always an imposing force, who instilled fear into many Decepticons (like Starscream!)

One inconsistent thing about Omega in the cartoons though is that he's supposed to be Armoured like a mountain thick plating yet he gets blown up in the toons after taking a measly drone's laser blast. So much for last line of defense even a coward like screamer could prolly take him on and win.

Trypticon was a big bugger in the cartoon. And not a very fuel efficient one either - he was recalled in mid-battle against the Dinobots because he had expended the mission's fuel budget!

You'd think with their advanced Tech they wouldve made him cost effective. ... meh.

The battle between Fortress Maximus and Galvatron in Canada is one of my all time favourite melee fights in G1... seeing Galvatron tearing Fort Max's circuitry out with his _bare teeth_... that's hardcore!

Nah he's just plain Crazy, wacko, looney, short a few bolts, WOHOOO, Boinkers

I wanted them all as a kid, but nowadays I wonder why, I couldn't even bring myself to buy Encore Omega Supreme.

Why so? ....

[GoktimusPrime]

Trypticon was a big bugger in the cartoon. And not a very fuel efficient one either - he was recalled in mid-battle against the Dinobots because he had expended the mission's fuel budget!

You'd think with their advanced Tech they wouldve made him cost effective. ... meh.

Gah! I can't believe I said "cartoon" when I was talking about the comics - post corrected!

As for fuel efficiency - that came along later with the advent of Micromasters, which of course evolved to become the Maximal/Predacon upgrade 300 years after the end of the Autobot-Decepticon war.

"Archaic Energon-guzzlers!" - Beast Wars Megatron (talking about G1 Transformers, "The Agenda Part 3")

[Sky Shadow]

One inconsistent thing about Omega in the cartoons though is that he's supposed to be Armoured like a mountain thick plating yet he gets blown up in the toons after taking a measly drone's laser blast. So much for last line of defense even a coward like screamer could prolly take him on and win.

Well in the comics, Omega Supreme could be pretty much be defeated by a blast from Buzzsaw.



And Screamer did actually kill him.

(Of course Starscream had been freebasing Underbase at the time.)

[Paulbot]

If you ignore the distorted rules of perspective, that version of Buzzsaw is frickin' huge!

[GoktimusPrime]

Mass shifting!

[Sky Shadow]

If you ignore the distorted rules of perspective, that version of Buzzsaw is frickin' huge!

Yes - you're right - he's gigantic and it's like some kind of Escher image or optical illusion isn't it? Maybe Buzzsaw had been nibbling some Underbase on the side.