quote:Originally posted by Future: Ironhide was such a fun character. The funny thing about his toy (as well as Ratchet's) is that they were vastly different from the cartoon counterpart when it came to visuals.
Like many of the middle-sized "Autobot cars", Ironhide had unique abilities other Autobots didn't in the cartoon. From his hands he could fire any type of liquid. From weedkiller to sticky glue to, mainly, liquid nitrogen. Though many Transformers have weapons or powers they shoot from their hands as well, Ironhide's was so consistently shown & unique that I'd classify it as his special thing. Like Mirage's invisibility or Skywarp's teleportation.
Future, this is a GREAT shot of Ironhide doin' his thing! What episode is it from?
You know, one of the things that was so great about the first season Transformers was that almost all of them had their unique power (Ironhide's chemicals, Starscream's null ray, Hound's holograms) as well as being an awesome transforming robot. They kind of put the kibosh on the special powers further on down the line.
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"The Search for Alpha Trion" is the episode, Kippers! The one with the female autobots..who deserve some entries too. Had some pretty good animation like most of the season.
Yeah, I loved all the original powers each character had. They tried to continue this a bit in Season Two (Smokescreen's smog, Track's shadow blasts, Blaster's sonics) but things tend to get blurred and not everyone really got featured with a power since now the cast had almost doubled. The Decepticons, more than the Autobots, got the shaft when it came to powers. The Triple-Changers and other Season Two additions didn't really have anything going for them.
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Drake is ever going to be sorry he's in New Zealand when he hears he missed the next Autobot who's up (yeah right)! He's cool, logical, and the long arm of the law...
Prowl!
He may not have any unique abilities, but he's a master strategist and doesn't put up with any riff-raff. He also invented the Internet. NO JOKE! Back in 1984, he overrode a phoneline and connected his computer mind with Autobot ally Chip Chase's computer. When it comes to security, Prowl space-rawks alongside Cobie!
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Now, it's time to feature some Decepticons! Who better than the evil second-in-command, the traitor who every time Megatron looks away to sneeze he declares himself the new leader (until Megatron threatens to kill him and he goes begging back into Meg's favor). The king of the air himself... Starscream!
Not only does Screamer have quite an arsenal of weapons, his arm-mounted lasers can also fire his special ability: the null ray! Any Autobot hit by Starscream's null ray tends to go limp & numb as their circuits are disabled.
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It occurred to me that many of you visiting Kid Prime's room for the first time or were not here last year may have missed his AWESOME profiles he wrote up for each of the Transformers character's I've already featured. Since they definitely deserve to be highlighted for any interested, I'll link to the profiles of the six Transformers we've already featured.
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I was SO getting ready to do that, but minus the links. Future, you ROCK! I'll try to link to the others, myself (but I dunno if I'll have the cool pics.)
And the Insecticons are coming on Monday!!!
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I'll get back to posting beautiful screen captures of the Transformer characters Jeff has already profiled tomorrow.
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Bah! Might as well start now! Next is the second of the three Decepticon jets: Thundercracker. He was a balance of everyone it seemed. Mildly traitorous like Starscream and cocky & powerful like Skywarp. He was the one with the deep voice that usually was more muscle than anything in the show. He was rumored to be have an awesome sonic boom power, which never made it into the cartoon...though TC definitely has his share of firepower. Flamethrowers, lasers, missiles...the works!
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Surely KP can find it in his hear to share a couch, of all things!
And if not, come talk to me STU and I'll let you in at nights! As you can tell, I've practically moved in here and perhaps a roommate is what Kippers will need to make sure he doesn't overload from his new responsibilites.
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Hyperpath: Email this page to someone!
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Had some pretty good animation like most of the season.
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