Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (15) ¬

1. 
   Sean Whitmore

   August 14, 2010 at 7:32 pm | # | Reply

   My lineup would include Universe Galvatron (Bob), Henkei Galvatron (Steve), and Henkei Cyclonus (Tony).

   I figure Unicron was kinda like Tom Carvel. He only had three molds to work from and he used them again and again.

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     David Willis

     August 14, 2010 at 8:34 pm | # | Reply

     There’s evidence for that.

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       Jason Canty

       August 16, 2010 at 1:33 am | # | Reply

       Yep Primus Creates, Unicron corrupts and has “templates”. The Dark god of Chaos lacks creativity.

       So what are you going to do when Generations Scourge comes out?
2. 
   FFN

   August 15, 2010 at 12:19 am | # | Reply

   Neat, you got the Challenge at Cybertron set.
3. 
   Victor Hernandez

   August 15, 2010 at 1:43 am | # | Reply

   Hey, you did the same as I thought! I used Universe Cyclonus as the Armada.
4. 
   Derik

   August 15, 2010 at 3:20 pm | # | Reply

   Logically, the extra guy would be a Reflector unit. (He was animated in the battle for Autobot City, albeit miscolored, as his last appearance.)
5. 
   Kasdarack

   August 15, 2010 at 4:14 pm | # | Reply

   Actually, I always just assumed that the Sweeps and the Armada were just clones due to them retaining that special Insecticon ability after the reformat. It explains nicely why so many of them could die yet always leave a surplus of reserves.

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     David Willis

     August 15, 2010 at 4:31 pm | # | Reply

     A popular theory, but I dunno if it fits how I view the Sweeps. Did the Insecticon clones have individual personalities or are they just mindless zombie drones? I think of the Sweeps as individual, sparked dudes, which doesn’t sound like how the Insecticon clones operated.

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       FirstReality

       August 16, 2010 at 2:05 am | # | Reply

       I kinda always figured that the insecticon clones explained how there could keep being so many sweeps despite a fair number of them dying in the movie. As for how they got sparks and stuff – well, hey, Unicron just upgraded the cloning process to replicate sparks, too. Dude is a god, after all.

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         Billy

         August 16, 2010 at 8:17 am | # | Reply

         If Unicron needed Sparks for the Sweeps, well, at the beginning of the movie he’d eaten a whole planet worth of Transformers. Considering how slowly he digests — Jazz, Cliffjumper, Bumblebee and Spike were still alive to be rescued at the end of the movie — there were probably a lot of Lithones available to use. Assuming they had Sparks like Cybertronians to begin with.
6. 
   turkishproverb

   August 15, 2010 at 5:32 pm | # | Reply

   Oh, come on. After the big post on Tuesday you didin’t label it Megatron/Straxus?

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     David Willis

     August 15, 2010 at 5:54 pm | # | Reply

     I figgered I was being subversive enough by daring to label Cyclonus as Bombshell.

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       turkishproverb

       August 15, 2010 at 6:42 pm | # | Reply

       Fair enough.
7. 
   FirstReality

   August 15, 2010 at 9:29 pm | # | Reply

   So, wait – who’s The Armada’s target master, then? Krunix?

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     David Willis

     August 15, 2010 at 9:31 pm | # | Reply

     Absolutely.