Ultra Magnus wrote:Okay, That's the bit of info I didn't have; I did not know that Strongarm was a female character. Makes me wonder if she'll turn out to be a female counterpart to Prowl or something.
Anyway in my original statement, I was alluding to the fact that this has been a year rife with high-profile police brutality cases and a growing national outrage over it... I just thought that naming a Police vehicle "Strongarm" was a bad choice because it could be seen to support the overuse of force by police... but that's digging too deep and before I get severely flamed for this I'll retract the comment. I never meant to start anything...
I am glad that there's a solid Female character and that the character is an authority figure. The toys for this line keep getting more and more interesting...
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
Ultra Magnus wrote:Okay, That's the bit of info I didn't have; I did not know that Strongarm was a female character. Makes me wonder if she'll turn out to be a female counterpart to Prowl or something.
Anyway in my original statement, I was alluding to the fact that this has been a year rife with high-profile police brutality cases and a growing national outrage over it... I just thought that naming a Police vehicle "Strongarm" was a bad choice because it could be seen to support the overuse of force by police... but that's digging too deep and before I get severely flamed for this I'll retract the comment. I never meant to start anything...
I am glad that there's a solid Female character and that the character is an authority figure. The toys for this line keep getting more and more interesting...
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:She's not the first police car to be named "Strongarm":
This Classics Mini-Con from 2006 had the same name, that's why she's named that: Hasbro likes to reuse names between similarly themed characters. It could be argued that the name is used figuratively ("The strong arm of the law"), not literally.
Va'al wrote:I keep track of everyone. Backwards.
There are atandarfs to maintain.
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Shockwave7 wrote:Seeing the preview clips and all, I have some concerns about the series premise. So far we've been given no indication that the Decepticons have any core leader. And none of the usual Decepticons seem to be represented in the series at all. It says there's a 'prison ship' full of cons, and Bumblebee's team is just there to round them up like dogcatchers or something.
Without Megatron, or Galvatron, or heck even Starscream to lead them, then the cons won't seem like a significant or organized threat. It could be just episodes where a new con pops up, they run out and catch him, then go home for a beer or something.
I don't know about anyone else, but I watch Tformer shows to see the Decepticons as much as anything else.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:It could be argued that the name is used figuratively ("The strong arm of the law"), not literally.
Metro Prime wrote:Shockwave7 wrote:Seeing the preview clips and all, I have some concerns about the series premise. So far we've been given no indication that the Decepticons have any core leader. And none of the usual Decepticons seem to be represented in the series at all. It says there's a 'prison ship' full of cons, and Bumblebee's team is just there to round them up like dogcatchers or something.
Without Megatron, or Galvatron, or heck even Starscream to lead them, then the cons won't seem like a significant or organized threat. It could be just episodes where a new con pops up, they run out and catch him, then go home for a beer or something.
I don't know about anyone else, but I watch Tformer shows to see the Decepticons as much as anything else.
Considering how many toys Steeljaw seems to be getting, and the fact that only leaders (and Bumblebee) get that many figures, it's pretty likely that he'll be the big bad for this show.
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Shockwave7 wrote:Seeing the preview clips and all, I have some concerns about the series premise. So far we've been given no indication that the Decepticons have any core leader. And none of the usual Decepticons seem to be represented in the series at all. It says there's a 'prison ship' full of cons, and Bumblebee's team is just there to round them up like dogcatchers or something.
Without Megatron, or Galvatron, or heck even Starscream to lead them, then the cons won't seem like a significant or organized threat. It could be just episodes where a new con pops up, they run out and catch him, then go home for a beer or something.
I don't know about anyone else, but I watch Tformer shows to see the Decepticons as much as anything else.
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Already? I thought they were going to be released in March or something. Hasbro is just rushing into things.
Mindmaster wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:She's not the first police car to be named "Strongarm":
This Classics Mini-Con from 2006 had the same name, that's why she's named that: Hasbro likes to reuse names between similarly themed characters. It could be argued that the name is used figuratively ("The strong arm of the law"), not literally.
If we don't get a black redeco of Strongarm as this, it will be a massively missed opportunity.
Yeah, "R Strongarm" is what it seems to be called, and might possibly be based on some uber cop split-personality she might have that may or may not be named "Rip".JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Mindmaster wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:She's not the first police car to be named "Strongarm":
This Classics Mini-Con from 2006 had the same name, that's why she's named that: Hasbro likes to reuse names between similarly themed characters. It could be argued that the name is used figuratively ("The strong arm of the law"), not literally.
If we don't get a black redeco of Strongarm as this, it will be a massively missed opportunity.
A repaint of Strongarm is planned for the Japanese line.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
leokearon wrote:OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Already? I thought they were going to be released in March or something. Hasbro is just rushing into things.
Maybe it's to make up for all the bad Age of Extinction toys we got
Shockwave7 wrote:Seeing the preview clips and all, I have some concerns about the series premise. So far we've been given no indication that the Decepticons have any core leader. And none of the usual Decepticons seem to be represented in the series at all. It says there's a 'prison ship' full of cons, and Bumblebee's team is just there to round them up like dogcatchers or something.
Shockwave7 wrote: And none of the usual Decepticons seem to be represented in the series at all.
Heatave, Chase, Blades, and Boulder? They got their own show, even. Second-longest one behind G1.william-james88 wrote:Shockwave7 wrote: And none of the usual Decepticons seem to be represented in the series at all.
Am I the only one who finds that pretty cool? Now that I have a classics collection, I dont really need them to keep giving us the same characters in different styles. I can't think of any original character since Animated Bulkhead, so that's pretty refreshing.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Heatave, Chase, Blades, and Boulder? They got their own show, even. Second-longest one behind G1.william-james88 wrote:Shockwave7 wrote: And none of the usual Decepticons seem to be represented in the series at all.
Am I the only one who finds that pretty cool? Now that I have a classics collection, I dont really need them to keep giving us the same characters in different styles. I can't think of any original character since Animated Bulkhead, so that's pretty refreshing.
Sabrblade wrote:Heatave, Chase, Blades, and Boulder? They got their own show, even. Second-longest one behind G1.william-james88 wrote:Shockwave7 wrote: And none of the usual Decepticons seem to be represented in the series at all.
Am I the only one who finds that pretty cool? Now that I have a classics collection, I dont really need them to keep giving us the same characters in different styles. I can't think of any original character since Animated Bulkhead, so that's pretty refreshing.
Counterpunch wrote:I have seen nothing about this line so far that is even tempting me to consider buying any.
I'm not trying to be overly critical but I feel absolutely no excitement or curiosity about these toys.
hunh
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