Question about Bludgeon

[Lord Madhammer]

so whats the whole fandome obsession with bludgeon then?

(and what did he turn into when not a pretender?)

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the little nondescript robot inside him turned into a tank... of sorts

[Hunter Rose]

You are kidding me right?? This guy is rediculous!

[Rawhide]

You are kidding me right?? This guy is rediculous!

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In the comic he was kind of kick ass (a lot of "kind of" btw) and even made Decepticon leader -- although honestly, I don't know why. In the DW Armada series he was also great.

 

The toy was, however, absolutely ridiculous! The tank isn't bad looking and it might scare a micromaster. (I do like the colors of the robot, though. Probably my most favorite part of this figure  :tflaugh .) The pretender shell really isn't anything special.

 

Most pretenders were lame IMO. The monsters and the transport/combiners (like Thunderwing) were alright as far as disguises go. But those humans? Nah.

 

I always wondered why they didn't pretend to be other TF's, with the shell resembling another TF (maybe even one from the opposing side), but on the inside a completely different TF. (e.g. Grimlock could get a shell that looked like Bumblebee).

[Hunter Rose]

You are kidding me right?? This guy is rediculous!

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In the comic he was kind of kick ass (a lot of "kind of" btw) and even made Decepticon leader -- although honestly, I don't know why. In the DW Armada series he was also great.

 

The toy was, however, absolutely ridiculous! The tank isn't bad looking and it might scare a micromaster. (I do like the colors of the robot, though. Probably my most favorite part of this figure  :tflaugh .) The pretender shell really isn't anything special.

 

Most pretenders were lame IMO. The monsters and the transport/combiners (like Thunderwing) were alright as far as disguises go. But those humans? Nah.

 

I always wondered why they didn't pretend to be other TF's, with the shell resembling another TF (maybe even one from the opposing side), but on the inside a completely different TF. (e.g. Grimlock could get a shell that looked like Bumblebee).

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I am not sure how a giant Robot disguising himself as a giant monster is much of a disguise....

 

Godzilla kind of attracts attention to himself.

 

Just saying is all.

and story wise - i totally agree with your thoughts on pretending to be other bots.

but i guess that idea didnt sell happy meals.

 

along those lines - the idea of rubsigns didnt make sense either.  Rub his leg to see his true allegience.

As if figures like prime or megatron were ambiguous in anyway.

[Lord Madhammer]

Any discussion on the coolness of Pretenders comes to a screeching halt at this point:

[Rawhide]

I am not sure how a giant Robot disguising himself as a giant monster is much of a disguise....

 

Godzilla kind of attracts attention to himself.

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True, but I'm not thinking along those lines.

 

If you're an Autobot (on Earth) and you see a giant monster, you think it's a giant monsters...and suddenly a TF pops out. That would work (like, once). If you're Decepticon and you see a giant human (on Earth or elsewhere), you just know that's something fishy...

[trench]

along those lines - the idea of rubsigns didnt make sense either.

The rub signs were a tactic that HasTak adopted to fight the rampant TF bootlegging that was occuring back them.  The thought was they were too expensive for the bootleggers to bother reproducting and a way to know if you were getting an "authentic" Transformer.

[Lord Madhammer]

along those lines - the idea of rubsigns didnt make sense either.

The rub signs were a tactic that HasTak adopted to fight the rampant TF bootlegging that was occuring back them.  The thought was they were too expensive for the bootleggers to bother reproducting and a way to know if you were getting an "authentic" Transformer.

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I thought it was there b/c of Gobots..... which would be kind of ballsy since Gobots came out first.

[Teh INTERNETS ^_^]

Thunderwing is by far the best pretender IMO

[Hunter Rose]

I am not sure how a giant Robot disguising himself as a giant monster is much of a disguise....

 

Godzilla kind of attracts attention to himself.

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True, but I'm not thinking along those lines.

 

If you're an Autobot (on Earth) and you see a giant monster, you think it's a giant monsters...and suddenly a TF pops out. That would work (like, once). If you're Decepticon and you see a giant human (on Earth or elsewhere), you just know that's something fishy...

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But if an autobot saw a giant skeleton samurai destroying a city - he wouldnt stand back and say "well its not a decepticon - carry on - Oh HOLEY SH*** - thats a decepticon?!?!?!?"

 

along those lines - the idea of rubsigns didnt make sense either.

The rub signs were a tactic that HasTak adopted to fight the rampant TF bootlegging that was occuring back them.  The thought was they were too expensive for the bootleggers to bother reproducting and a way to know if you were getting an "authentic" Transformer.

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I know WHY they did it. but the reasoning they gave the "characters" was lame.

 

Hunter