The Random Transformers Thoughts Thread

[Bladestorm]

Anyone ever wonder about which character designed the Autobot logo? ...
My money is on Ironhide. I'm pretty sure he left his initials in the design.
Does anyone else see what I mean?

[GoktimusPrime]

The general consensus among fans is that the Autobot insignia was based on G1 Prowl/Bluestreak's head, and the Decepticon logo was based on Soundwave's. Anyway, here's a quick comparison pic...


As far as canon is concerned, the Autobot insignia is based on the image of Primus, while the Decepticon logo is based on Megatronus, a.k.a. The Fallen.

[Bladestorm]

The general consensus among fans is that the Autobot insignia was based on G1 Prowl/Bluestreak's head, and the Decepticon logo was based on Soundwave's. Anyway, here's a quick comparison pic...


As far as canon is concerned, the Autobot insignia is based on the image of Primus, while the Decepticon logo is based on Megatronus, a.k.a. The Fallen.

I knew about the insignia being the image of Primus, but was thinking along the lines of who (in the fictional Transformers world, not humanity or real world) designed the logo... and I can't help thinking from a fictional point of view Ironhide had some hand in it because those initials are pretty damn prominent.
I'm sure someone could come up with some pretty witty storylines for how it that I and H just happened to be there.

[UltimateGalvatron]

I just had a thought where that scene in AoE when Crosshairs says some stuff at brainwashing, but instead of saying Optimus, Drift is like "no, that is Goktimus Prime" my mind is crazy weird

[Lord_Zed]

I knew about the insignia being the image of Primus, but was thinking along the lines of who (in the fictional Transformers world, not humanity or real world) designed the logo... and I can't help thinking from a fictional point of view Ironhide had some hand in it because those initials are pretty damn prominent.
I'm sure someone could come up with some pretty witty storylines for how it that I and H just happened to be there.

Interesting theory, but that would presume that Ironhide had a great command of English millions of years ago back before humans developed it. Or perhaps like the Rigellian language, Cybertronian is coincidentally identical to English.

Also Ironhide only has one name (like Prince) so his initial is just I. So according to this theory maybe Hoist or Hound also collaborated with Ironhide.

Or maybe they are just Cybertronian symbols that just look like English letters. H is probably the Cybertronian symbol for Superman.

[Demonac]

My money is on Ironhide. I'm pretty sure he left his initials in the design.

I can't un-see that now.

[Jaxius._]

why do the simpler easier to mold shelf warming rid warriors $4 more than the complex (sort of) CW deluxe class figures?

[griffin]

why do the simpler easier to mold shelf warming rid warriors COST $4 more than the complex (sort of) CW deluxe class figures?

No idea... but, the customer demographics are different.

(for those not knowing what Jaxius is talking about, these are the prices here of these two size-classes)
GEN Deluxe (US RRP - $17) - - 25 KM... 29 BW... 30 TW/TG/TRU/M...
RID Warrior (US RRP - $15) - - 29 KM/TG/BW... 30 TRU... 32-35 TW...

The RID toys are are like regular gimmick toys, they are aimed at parents and "gift" purchasing by those who most often buy random toys in a toyline (or even random toylines) and don't know that RID Warriors are cheaper than GEN Deluxes in America ($15 Vs $17). As such, they could be made to pay more for it, and not question it if it is in their budget.
The GEN toys are aimed at committed collectors (new or old) who are there to specifically buy certain toys, and are more likely to factor in pricing, because they buy often enough to be familiar, or they have been online about their hobby. As such, they would purchase from alternate sources, like importing, if it is cheaper.

I would like to think that Hasbro Australia have done this intentionally, so that the RID (and gimmick) toys are subsidising the Generations toys here, because they are aware of the two target demographics... knowing that if they have to raise prices due to the dropping AU$, the RID toys will still sell here at higher prices, but the GEN toys are less likely to.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Well yet again we are on our cross state drive. For the first two hours Orion has been sitting in the back in his TFPrime tshirt watching season 1 of Animated while I've been driving in my G1 shirt listening to the soundtrack to the 86 movie.

My daughter went to sleep and my wife's being playing in her iPad - both in self defence I think

[Jaxius._]

I saw an ad for hasbros star wars micro machines. this got me thinking wasn't micro machines the competition (of sorts) with the micro masters of the time at the tail end of g1. Did Hasbro gain the trademark all those years ago?