Which Transformer was your favorite?

[Kitsunexus]

Armada ruled. 

[Joe Redifer]

Too bad the Dinobots didn't merge.

[TR0N]

Armada ruled. 

It would have it didn't have those damn kids in it 

[Kitsunexus]

Armada ruled. 

It would have it didn't have those damn kids in it 

Yeah true, I was only being facetious anyway. But it's EASILY my favorite Starscream design:

[ParanoiaDragon]

Armada would've been a million times better without the kids.  Otherwise, atleast for me, it's unwatchable.  I own it, but, I just can't get myself to watch it.  The last several episodes, dealing with Unicron were the best, but, still, not a very good show.  All in all, of the Armada/Energon/Cybertron trilogy, IIRC, I seemed to enjoy Energon the most.  I do know it had the least amount of kids, which is always a plus in my book!  It only had 1 kid, & he wasn't real annoying like the others.  I wish they'd put out Robots in Disguis on DVD.  I know it had a kid, & it was kind of goofy, but, looking back, for some reason it seems like I really enjoyed it, atleast in comparison to the Armadaverse anyways.

And yeah, since I was a kid, I have always wished they would make a combiner of the Dinobots.  I always thought of the Predacons as kind of their Nememis's(if that's a word), & always wanted to see them go head to head with Predaking!  3 of the Dinobots atleast, will be in the new show.  I know I'm not keen on the designs, but, they're growing on me, & the show, might end up being well written, which is the most important thing.

As for favorite Starscream, deffinitly War Within Starscream, only picture I could find online at the moment

BTW, here's War Within Grimlock, they're making a toy of this, the Dinobots are all a bunch of crazy rompem stompem tanks in this series


Also, this is a great Megatron to pick up, fully transformable, & posable!

I do prefer Cybetron Starscream, over Titanium, I think the Cybertron just looks better, all in all

Here's another of Starscream..

[ceti alpha]

That's an awesome Megatron. He was just so terrible looking in the original toy.

As for the new Dinobots, I'm confused. If they're tanks now, where does the "dino" come in? 

[Joe Redifer]

Is there any continuity between each series, or is each one basically a "reboot" of the Transformers storyline.  I know the Michael Bay movie didn't have much to do with anything and the designs sucked.  Megatron as a plane?  Who comes up with this shit?

[ParanoiaDragon]

Alot of the different series, are considered alternate universes.  Like the movie, it's an alternate universe from everything else.  When it comes to G1(the original series), the series that are connected to the cartoon, are Beast Wars, Beast Machines, & War Within.  However, there are some things, mainly in War Within, that don't totally fit continuitywise with the original cartoon, mainly because I think Marvel owns the old cartoons & comics, so, there's some stuff they just can't do anymore.  Oh, back on Beast Wars, the new comics are also included with G1, which also go into other characters & their original Cybertronian vehicle modes(their only Beasts, because of the planet they are on, the only modes that would work well to blend in, is animals). 

Then Robots in Disguise is it's own series(though some have tried to fit it in with Armada, but, I don't think that works.  Armada, Energon, & Cybertron are all one universe. 

There's other series, like Evolutions, which so far, has only been one series of 6 comics, where, it's a "what if the Autobots & Decepticons awoke during the industrial revolution, instead of the 1980's".  There's also some Transformers vs. GI Joe, & GI Joe vs. Transformers, which are all pretty cool, but are again, seperate universes.  Basically, like super heroes, they have a multiverse.  I'd really like to see some kind of continuation of G1's universe in animated fashion......maybe they could right the wrongs that was Beast Machines(overall, it's kind of a cool series, but, Cybertron became techno-organic at the end
On Megs, yeah, he's great, I have him, but, Hasbro apparently won't be bringing him over, so, I had to import.  They did just release Masterpiece Starscream however, as a Walmart exclusive, I'm still looking for him.  Here's some pics 
Oh, the Dinobots.  The ones that are tanks, are from War Within, which as I stated before, happens before G1, when they still have their Cybertronian modes.  And to keep their group the same, they are called the Dynobots.  Kinda cheesy, but, oh well.  Oh, Swoop however is not a tank, but some kind of futuristic ship.

Here's a fanmade 3D rendering of the Dynobots alt modes(Here's the page I got these from http://10fingersdesigns.com/3d/autobots25.htm)  and robot modes

[ceti alpha]

Thanks for all the info.  Nice rendering of the Dinobots.

There's also some Transformers vs. GI Joe, & GI Joe vs. Transformers, which are all pretty cool, but are again, seperate universes.

I think there actually was a Transformers GI episode that linked GI Joe and Transformers. The bad guy in that episode was an "unnamed" terrorist that sounded like Starscream/Cobra Commander (same voice actor) and wore a glass helmet/mask. I believe at the end of the episode this unnamed terrorist yells out "Cooooobrrraaaaa!!!". hehe. So they didn't come right out and say it was him, but come on. For this I consider GI Joe and Transformers the same universe.

Here's a collection of clips of Cobra Commander in that episode: I guess his name was "Snake". hehe Cobra--->Snake 

[Joe Redifer]

The ones that are tanks, are from War Within, which as I stated before, happens before G1, when they still have their Cybertronian modes.

The Dinobots were built on Earth, homey.

[TR0N]

Thanks for all the info.  Nice rendering of the Dinobots.

There's also some Transformers vs. GI Joe, & GI Joe vs. Transformers, which are all pretty cool, but are again, seperate universes.

I think there actually was a Transformers GI episode that linked GI Joe and Transformers. The bad guy in that episode was an "unnamed" terrorist that sounded like Starscream/Cobra Commander (same voice actor) and wore a glass helmet/mask. I believe at the end of the episode this unnamed terrorist yells out "Cooooobrrraaaaa!!!". hehe. So they didn't come right out and say it was him, but come on. For this I consider GI Joe and Transformers the same universe.

Here's a collection of clips of Cobra Commander in that episode: I guess his name was "Snake". hehe Cobra--->Snake 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YDwTDndm4b8

I remember i see that done as a inside joke by the studio.

There was a transformer vs gi-joe comic though publish by marvel.

I use to have the issue for it as well.

[Joe Redifer]

There were 4 issues, and it was horribly drawn.  I have them all.

[nectarsis]

There is also a newer Dreamwave Joe/Tf crossover series....

[Joe Redifer]

Huh?  I have not crossed over into the TF world.

More Real Transformers vs Michael Bay:

In the cartoon (and toy) Bonecrusher is a bulldozer who transforms into a robot and along with 5 other construction vehicles that also transform into their own individual robots and merge together into a giant super robot called Devastator. There is no way Devastator could be running around on his own independently of Bonecrusher (who is actually Devastator's left arm).

[ceti alpha]

I remember i see that done as a inside joke by the studio.

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I don't know. His name was Snake and you could see his blue uniform sticking out from underneath his long trench coat. And he yells/coughs Cobra at the end. I'm sure it was just a joking nod by the writers, but it does establish Cobra in that universe. IMHO. hehe 

There was a transformer vs gi-joe comic though publish by marvel.

Yeah, I have some, if not all, of that miniseries. Crossovers are good fun no matter how you look at it.