Comments on: BotCon 2010 FAQ

By: Bucketmouse

Bucketmouse — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:51:21 +0000

Honestly, I voted for Dinobot every day (twice on days I worked) because I wanted Amber to get reelected, and I wondered if he was voted in she would be too.

Also I figured why not.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:49:03 +0000

So, I’m not a big fan of Beastwars, because the animation style doesn’t do it for me — but I’m really glad that the fandom got a chance to speak and be part of the official records. You all sound like a great group of folks.

By: Undrave

Undrave — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:11:38 +0000

Sky-byte is just a memorable guy, a guy who’s a bad guy mostly because he wants Megatron’s aproval and that’s about it. He’d actually be more succesful as a hero. He’s also surprisingly popular with the human children IN the show!

And he’s a poet! Can’t go wrong with a shark who does haiku.

Vector Prime mostly because of his impact on the story. He’s the one who brought forth the Cyber Planet Key quest to save the universe and he sacrificed himself to allow the Autobots to exit the dimension Gigantion had fallen into.

‘course we’d have to induct all the worthwhile G1 and Beast Wars character before going into RID or the Cybertron trilogy or even TFA.

By: Dragonfire

Dragonfire — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:58:08 +0000

DINO NOT TRUKK

Yay for Dinobot! Beast Wars was the only TF franchise I really got into – played around with the G1 toys as a kid, but didn’t really care about the characters or media versions. BW was definitely something new and interesting and awesome, and goddamn if Chopperface doesn’t deserve his shiny new podium spot.

By: WorkbenchManiac

WorkbenchManiac — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:19:10 +0000

The Beast Wars show had quite a few worthy characters IMO.
Megatron, Black Arachnia, Rattrap, Primal and obviously Waspinator come to mind.

But for Sky-Byte and Vector Prime, I dunno. What about their characters would
qualify Sky-Byte and Vector Prime? I tried to but coud not bear to watch RiD, Armada, Energon and Cybertron. Normally I am all over the “so bad it´s good”-stuff, but those shows really tested my patience. What about their characters would qualify Sky-Byte and Vector Prime?

I am trying to come up with potential nominees from Transformers Animated, but while it was a great show (I´d rank it just a tiny bit below Beast Wars), I cannot think of a single character that I´d nominate.

Then there is the movie continuity, but those characters are too bland anyway.

By: Stormrunner

Stormrunner — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:04:01 +0000

Considering Scott was invited to Botcon at the absolute last minute. Yeah, don’t think it was in the bag.

By: Undrave

Undrave — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:47:55 +0000

Soundwave will get in there eventually. I bet all the Geewun nerdrage is hilarious.

So which non-G1 guys do you folks imagine will eventually end up in that Hall of Fame? Personally I’m banking on Optimus Primal, Megatron (BW/BM), Black Arachnia (BW), Sky-Byte and Vector Prime (Cybertron).

By: electricmulch

electricmulch — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:16:40 +0000

Dinobot does not need our approval.

By: Zap

Zap — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:11:33 +0000

First, Dinobot won. Then, he blew up Waspinator. And there was much rejoicing. -yay-

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:17:14 +0000

I’ve heard a few people saying that Dinobot was a lock from the beginning, as the lineup was one BW character and a 4-way G1 split.

I want to know where these people who thought Dinobot’s winning was such a given thing were when the lineup was announced and even the Dinobot voters were referring to it as “Grimlock vs. Soundwave.”