I'm so glad I got that Chinese box set, it's in English and boasts all 97 episodes plus the movie. At about 2hrs every other day of watching, I barely finished the whole thing.
One of the original series writers - Flint Dille - apparently commented on that on the commentary track for TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE. They joked Prime's trailer was made of 'invisiblanion' or something like that which is why it always disappeared when he changed to robot form (so how come it always showed up wherever he was when he changed back?)
That's why I thought Ultra Magnus, who got released two years later, was a superior toy. Because his truck form combined with his trailer to make a bigger robot - maybe that's what Optimus should have done from the start. Wasn't until Powermaster Optimus Prime in 1988, that he had that ability.
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Hahaha, I remember a few years ago, I was on this TF site where people were commenting about G1, and this dude calling himself the Autobot Emo made a statement that read: "I wish I could go where Optimus Prime's trailer goes at times..." in all seriousness. I laughed. Hard.
Im not saying that it didnt have some gems...
Just the most aliens and stuff they started sticking in, and getting away from the earth thing, they ran too far from home in more ways than one.
Yeah, I agree, totally. It was hard to enjoy. I remember that episode about the hunt for Ultra Magnus' birthday, I was like: "They could be doing a million other kick ass things right now..."
Well Skywarp was really cool also, and he was a Megatron b*tch...
(Maybe that transferred as he was shown being rebuilt into if not Cyclonus, then one of his Sweep clones.)
Yeah, what was up with that? Did Skywarp turn into Cyclonus and Thundercracker to Scourge? I've always thought that since they shared colors. Skywarp/Cyclonus - Purple Thundercracker/Scourge - Blue. I'm not sure of that's true though. I haven't seen the animated film in months.
Yeah I think it was shown that Skywarp and one of the Insecticons are shown being rebuilt into Cyclonus and a clone.
Skywarp was in the background I think.
I prefer to believe its Skywarp, both for reasons of being loyal to Megatron such as he was, the familiarity with seeker/sweep like activities, even the colour scheme looks Skywarpish. (and also for my own reason of Skywarp being my first Decepticon as a kid.. )
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Jul 26th, 2009 03:25 AM
which is why it always disappeared when he changed to robot form (so how come it always showed up wherever he was when he changed back?)
