Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (61) ¬

1. 
   knowwonattawl

   April 15, 2011 at 12:02 am | # | Reply

   I would vote Waspinator no matter what he was nominated for.
2. 
   Ridureyu

   April 15, 2011 at 12:04 am | # | Reply

   I figure EmoRobin will continue to descend into the depths until she goes past the goth joke from a while ago, and then circles back into happy-happy-skittles.
3. 
   arjay2813

   April 15, 2011 at 12:05 am | # | Reply

   the searchlights illuminating Waspinator is a nice touch.
4. 
   David Herbert

   April 15, 2011 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

   I hope Ratrap is next year’s nominee, I love the little rat. Also Depth Charge.

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     David Willis

     April 15, 2011 at 12:07 am | # | Reply

     Rattrap wasn’t far from making the final five this year, if my website poll tallies were accurate.

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       calendarman27

       April 15, 2011 at 4:27 pm | # | Reply

       Rattrap/Trump ’12

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         turkishproverb

         April 15, 2011 at 4:56 pm | # | Reply

         Why would rattrap run with a predacon?

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           prozacman

           April 16, 2011 at 10:17 am | # | Reply

           I think we all know what the campaign posters are going to be

           “Rattrap 2012 We’re All Gonna Die.”
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     tiggerpete

     May 20, 2011 at 5:05 am | # | Reply

     I’m partial to Cheetor myself, Transmetal Cheetor was my first ever non-vehicle Transformer, and I spent a lot of time figuring out alternate modes, such as robot mode with a jetpack (depending on how you do it, you can flip out his jets in robot mode) that and much more, good times
5. 
   Ragnal

   April 15, 2011 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

   I voted for Jazz.

   …the dude seriously needs more love. V.V
6. 
   Doctor Who

   April 15, 2011 at 12:07 am | # | Reply

   Why universe hate Waspinator?

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     David Willis

     April 15, 2011 at 12:25 am | # | Reply

     For a short while, “Why universe hate Robin” was a bit of dialog in the last panel of this strip.

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       Zap

       April 15, 2011 at 6:39 am | # | Reply

       Should’ve been “why univerzzze hate Robin?”
7. 
   Stephen Bierce

   April 15, 2011 at 12:14 am | # | Reply

   http://www.blanklabelcomics.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9041
   If you want to Vote for something, check out my Passover Basket poll on the David Willis Forum!
8. 
   Brandon

   April 15, 2011 at 12:23 am | # | Reply

   ….Id vote for him.
9. 
   Kavonde

   April 15, 2011 at 12:34 am | # | Reply

   Dammit. I WANT to vote for Waspinator, but Classics Grimlock (and Willis’ damnable influence) are what started me collecting toys. Him, Grimlock, badass. But, I mean…it’s Waspinator! Argh.

   I guess I can vote for Grimlock one day and Waspy the next. Damn you, Willis.
10. 
    ZephyrX9

    April 15, 2011 at 12:36 am | # | Reply

    Erector. Just for his name.

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      Victor Hernandez

      April 15, 2011 at 12:42 am | # | Reply

      Yeah, I’ll do the same. I like that little guy. Next year, Waspy, next year.
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      Semysane

      April 15, 2011 at 1:27 am | # | Reply

      I actually have an Erector RIGHT NOW, so I plan to vote all OVER that guy.

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        T'Renn

        April 15, 2011 at 8:54 am | # | Reply

        TMI, man, TM–oh, you mean the TOY. Never mind.
11. 
    lifeless1

    April 15, 2011 at 12:39 am | # | Reply

    Sorry Willis, you could con me into for Dinobot, but Grimlock is still mad at me for not voting for him last year.
12. 
    Jetstream

    April 15, 2011 at 12:48 am | # | Reply

    Shock. Wave. Bitches.
13. 
    Myth the Great

    April 15, 2011 at 1:22 am | # | Reply

    Wait…so she wants him to win but she won’t campaign for him?

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      Someone

      April 15, 2011 at 3:32 am | # | Reply

      She wants to campaign for him for Ethan but she doesn’t want to burn the promotion while it can’t help her keep her congressional seat, natch.
14. 
    Shameless

    April 15, 2011 at 4:36 am | # | Reply

    Ooh does this mean she’s gearing up for a Congressional run next year? Ooooh, President DeSanto?
15. 
    GideonWells

    April 15, 2011 at 5:51 am | # | Reply

    Me: *sees “Plans” on RSS Feed* “Waspinator had plans!”
    Me: *loads page* O_O
16. 
    KevinSig

    April 15, 2011 at 6:09 am | # | Reply

    Nice picture for Waspy, but I wonder if it would look better in purple, green & blue instead of rwb, like all of the other posters of this type.
17. 
    Zap

    April 15, 2011 at 6:33 am | # | Reply

    And then a missile hit the poster randomly blowing it up.

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      Shameless

      April 15, 2011 at 2:09 pm | # | Reply

      Why universe hate Waspinator?
18. 
    Kelsey

    April 15, 2011 at 7:36 am | # | Reply

    That poster IS pretty cool. I’m glad you put it up on DA.
19. 
    Timemonkey

    April 15, 2011 at 7:48 am | # | Reply

    Wouldn’t it be more appropriate for the character of Waspinator to try and always fail to win?
20. 
    m121akuma

    April 15, 2011 at 7:59 am | # | Reply

    I love Waspinator, so my heart tells me to vote for him and him alone, but the troll in me desperately wants to vote Erector.
21. 
    ryan

    April 15, 2011 at 8:12 am | # | Reply

    so the bike aisle is the water cooler of the store?

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      ryan

      April 15, 2011 at 8:12 am | # | Reply

      i kid.
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      Doctor Who

      April 15, 2011 at 11:55 am | # | Reply

      Makes sense. You probably don’t get a lot of angry toy collectors there complaining about how the new Schwinns are inferior to the ones they had as kids, and how the paint job on this year’s Huffy makes it look like cheap plastic.
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      WaveRyder

      April 15, 2011 at 6:18 pm | # | Reply

      Are you kidding? The bike area is where EVERYONE hid in TRU…
22. 
    Adekii

    April 15, 2011 at 8:26 am | # | Reply

    I voted for Jazz!
23. 
    PaulW

    April 15, 2011 at 8:42 am | # | Reply

    Who do I have to bitchslap to get Grimlock in the Hall of Fame?!

    Why the hell is Grimlock AND Jazz not in the Hall already?! What’d they do, throw a World Series or something?!?!

    • 
      Rick Sivart

      April 15, 2011 at 9:43 am | # | Reply

      At least Hasbro’s treatment of Jazz is more humane than Bay’s.

      And Jazz should win for being one of the only pre-movie (’86) characters to survive the movie. That and he was always the FUNKIEST guy in the TF world.
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      KevinSig

      April 15, 2011 at 12:49 pm | # | Reply

      Grimlock has a number of awesome toys. Shockwave does not. Hence, he gets my vote. Its the logical choice.

      /Vulcan

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        David Willis

        April 15, 2011 at 1:47 pm | # | Reply

        It’s not logical, because if who won the Hall of Fame deluged us in toys of the winner, we’d be up to our armpits in new Beast Wars Dinobots by now. In fact, Hasbro has said explicitly that winning the Hall of Fame has nothing to do with what toys they’ll make in the future.

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          gwalla

          April 16, 2011 at 6:17 pm | # | Reply

          I thought Kevin was saying he’d vote for Grimlock because Grimlock has the awesome toys…

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            David Willis

            April 16, 2011 at 6:47 pm | # | Reply

            As he’s said on another board, he’s voting for Shockwave: http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=78315&st=400&p=1804816&#entry1804816

            That’s why he said his choice is “the logical choice.”
24. 
    tremor3258

    April 15, 2011 at 9:15 am | # | Reply

    As great as Waspy would be, I went with Jazz, the smooth choice for 2011.
25. 
    Cybersnark

    April 15, 2011 at 9:48 am | # | Reply

    Whether you like him or not, we need a poster of Erector titled “WHAT.”

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      Semysane

      April 15, 2011 at 6:05 pm | # | Reply

      Done and done http://bit.ly/hsZdhv
26. 
    JustsomeguyontheInternetz

    April 15, 2011 at 12:36 pm | # | Reply

    I’m a huge Grimlock fan (Even have a mini shrine dedicated to the bot) but I will be voting for Waspinator. Grimlock is getting a free pass into the Hall of Fame next year anyway, this is the year of the Waspinator bitches!
27. 
    James

    April 15, 2011 at 12:57 pm | # | Reply

    Wasperator is a poor man’s Starscrem.

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      David Willis

      April 15, 2011 at 1:45 pm | # | Reply

      …are you sure you’re not thinking of Terrorsaur? Waspinator wasn’t a schemer or a traitor. He was one of Megatron’s most loyal troops.

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        JustsomeguyontheInternetz

        April 16, 2011 at 11:37 am | # | Reply

        Except when he was possessed by Starscream. Even G1 characters can’t help but mess with Waspinator.
    • 
      gerardo

      April 15, 2011 at 1:58 pm | # | Reply

      I was so glad we got Dinobot into HoF, Hamlet rip offs are always awsome. But these year is about Shockwave, Waspinator dont have nothing to offer me
28. 
    James

    April 15, 2011 at 12:58 pm | # | Reply

    viva shockwave!
29. 
    MikeK

    April 15, 2011 at 3:13 pm | # | Reply

    I voted for Jazz. Scatman Crothers FTW!
30. 
    calendarman27

    April 15, 2011 at 4:31 pm | # | Reply

    Loved beastwars, Loved Waspinator, totally agreed with the whole Dinobot campaign…but i’m sorry i gotta go with my man Grimlock, him Grimlock am just too awesome
31. 
    Sum Gai

    April 15, 2011 at 5:33 pm | # | Reply

    WAAAWZZBINADERRRRR!!
32. 
    BlackoutCreature

    April 15, 2011 at 6:23 pm | # | Reply

    Grimlock, Waspinator blah blah blah… When’s Sky-Byte gonna get his chance to shine in the Hall of Fame?

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      Boy Blunder

      April 15, 2011 at 11:51 pm | # | Reply

      The campaign for Sky-Byte 2012 is already in the works.
33. 
    ColdFusion

    April 15, 2011 at 8:30 pm | # | Reply

    WAZZPINATOR STARTZZ SENTENCEZ WITH OWN NAME.
    IT’S A CAMPAIGN TECHNIQUE FROM HIS GOOD FRIEND BOB DOLE!

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      calendarman27

      April 16, 2011 at 12:46 pm | # | Reply

      WHY UNIVERZZE HATE BOB DOLE?
34. 
    Westacular

    April 16, 2011 at 1:26 pm | # | Reply

    I hereby declare that henceforth, Waspinator must *always* be a finalist, but can *never* win. He should be the Susan Lucci of the Transformers Hall of Fame.

    It’s the most fitting, Waspinator-y outcome.
35. 
    lost_limey

    April 17, 2011 at 12:43 am | # | Reply

    I’m a gigantic Simon Furman fan, so of course I’m voting for Big Grim. Wazzpinator was my 2nd favorite BW character (after Rhinox) so I’d vote for him as VP to Grimlock if that were possible