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ok weird topic I guess but I'm sure there are Transfomers fan here...So back in the 80's G1 contunity of Transfomers we had everyone's favorite Lambo twins Sunstreaker and Sideswipe also known as Sunny and Sides. Now with the new Transfomers series and games the twins were either cut out or replaced with or chars. ( Like Mudflap and Skids...gods why...)But in the new War for cybertron games, We've got Sideswipe and no Sunstreaker. So I'm wondering what happend to Sunny? Any therories?
Many possibilities. The most likely is the presence of Skids and Mudflap as the newest set of transformer twins. One set's enough.There's also the fact that Sunstreaker was always an egotistical jerk. That may have made him unpopular enough with the fans to get dropped.But I think what probably happened is that Sunstreaker, Sideswipe and all other G1 names were returned to Hasbro's Great Well of Names, from which they are carelessly retrieved and recycled whenever their toy design teams so choose.
A character called Sideswipe has appeared in Movies 2 and 3, but he was in no way the Sideswipe that fans would recognize. It is a new character who happens to have been given a classic G1 name - as were most of the movie characters with familiar names, but questionable onscreen characterizations (Bonecrusher, Jetfire, Topspin, et cetera).But fear not. Those responsible for the War for Cybertron game have demonstrated far greater devotion to existing fandom than Michael Bay can ever claim to. In the upcoming Fall of Cybertron, we will see more familiar faces. Jazz, for one, is confirmed. Sunstreaker? Maybe. We'll see. I'd hope for him to appear in Prime, but after seeing what they did to Wheeljack, I'm not sure I'd want him showing up there.
I've yet to watch Prime, but I'm actually somewhat curious about their Wheeljack. I know he's not at all like his original G1 incarnation but at least he sounded like a pretty okay character in general. (At least he's not a Decepticon like in Armada..... >> That confused the heck out of me back in the day.)
I always thought it was some silly censorship thing due to the fact that his name has "streaker" in it. Goodness knows they can't have naked robots running around!!!! Think of the children!!
Quote from: ponymonster on February 04, 2012, 04:05:06 AMI always thought it was some silly censorship thing due to the fact that his name has "streaker" in it. Goodness knows they can't have naked robots running around!!!! Think of the children!! Maybe that's also the reason I never saw Erectors name reused for a new toy? Or why the breast force robot team never made it out of Japan for as far as I know.We have quite a few unfortunately named robots in the bunch really. :p
Quote from: PandoraFox on February 03, 2012, 02:51:04 PMI've yet to watch Prime, but I'm actually somewhat curious about their Wheeljack. I know he's not at all like his original G1 incarnation but at least he sounded like a pretty okay character in general. (At least he's not a Decepticon like in Armada..... >> That confused the heck out of me back in the day.)PRIME!Wheeljack from what I've seen is actually a pretty awesome character.
Quote from: PandoraFox on February 04, 2012, 07:14:41 AMQuote from: ponymonster on February 04, 2012, 04:05:06 AMI always thought it was some silly censorship thing due to the fact that his name has "streaker" in it. Goodness knows they can't have naked robots running around!!!! Think of the children!! Maybe that's also the reason I never saw Erectors name reused for a new toy? Or why the breast force robot team never made it out of Japan for as far as I know.We have quite a few unfortunately named robots in the bunch really. :p Don't forget a certain Dinobot with a name (that at least here) has a bit of a rude connection
Quote from: starrypawz on February 04, 2012, 12:57:33 AMQuote from: PandoraFox on February 03, 2012, 02:51:04 PMI've yet to watch Prime, but I'm actually somewhat curious about their Wheeljack. I know he's not at all like his original G1 incarnation but at least he sounded like a pretty okay character in general. (At least he's not a Decepticon like in Armada..... >> That confused the heck out of me back in the day.)PRIME!Wheeljack from what I've seen is actually a pretty awesome character.yes I saw that episode with Wheeljack he was cool but not the Wheeljack I'm used to I kinda like the mad scientist l'et me see if this blows up' Wheeljack but warrior Wheeljack is cool to
Quote from: starrypawz on February 04, 2012, 08:31:54 AMQuote from: PandoraFox on February 04, 2012, 07:14:41 AMQuote from: ponymonster on February 04, 2012, 04:05:06 AMI always thought it was some silly censorship thing due to the fact that his name has "streaker" in it. Goodness knows they can't have naked robots running around!!!! Think of the children!! Maybe that's also the reason I never saw Erectors name reused for a new toy? Or why the breast force robot team never made it out of Japan for as far as I know.We have quite a few unfortunately named robots in the bunch really. :p Don't forget a certain Dinobot with a name (that at least here) has a bit of a rude connectionyes that certain Dinobot was renamed in the Transformers animated series I think
Quote from: PandoraFox on February 04, 2012, 07:14:41 AM Quote from: Summer-blade on February 04, 2012, 05:50:43 PM Quote from: starrypawz on February 04, 2012, 08:31:54 AMQuote from: PandoraFox on February 04, 2012, 07:14:41 AMQuote from: ponymonster on February 04, 2012, 04:05:06 AMI always thought it was some silly censorship thing due to the fact that his name has "streaker" in it. Goodness knows they can't have naked robots running around!!!! Think of the children!! Maybe that's also the reason I never saw Erectors name reused for a new toy? Or why the breast force robot team never made it out of Japan for as far as I know.We have quite a few unfortunately named robots in the bunch really. :p Don't forget a certain Dinobot with a name (that at least here) has a bit of a rude connectionyes that certain Dinobot was renamed in the Transformers animated series I think Actually, I suspect animated just didn't feature him? We only had 3 Dinobots in animated if I recall correctly. Swoop, Grimlock and, Snarl. Sludge and Slag (who I'm assuming is the "bad name" one, but since English isn't my first language I may be off) never did show up from what I recall.Funny thing, slag is, for as far as I know, generally also considered to be a cybertronian curse, so I'm not quite sure why the Autobots decided to name one of their number after it. Yes we were talking about Slag I think Ratchet and Wheeljack just got flustered and ran out of names when nameing the Dionobots. And it's funny that while animated only had three Dinobots in the show I think they made all the toys for them
Quote from: Summer-blade on February 04, 2012, 05:50:43 PM Quote from: starrypawz on February 04, 2012, 08:31:54 AMQuote from: PandoraFox on February 04, 2012, 07:14:41 AMQuote from: ponymonster on February 04, 2012, 04:05:06 AMI always thought it was some silly censorship thing due to the fact that his name has "streaker" in it. Goodness knows they can't have naked robots running around!!!! Think of the children!! Maybe that's also the reason I never saw Erectors name reused for a new toy? Or why the breast force robot team never made it out of Japan for as far as I know.We have quite a few unfortunately named robots in the bunch really. :p Don't forget a certain Dinobot with a name (that at least here) has a bit of a rude connectionyes that certain Dinobot was renamed in the Transformers animated series I think Actually, I suspect animated just didn't feature him? We only had 3 Dinobots in animated if I recall correctly. Swoop, Grimlock and, Snarl. Sludge and Slag (who I'm assuming is the "bad name" one, but since English isn't my first language I may be off) never did show up from what I recall.Funny thing, slag is, for as far as I know, generally also considered to be a cybertronian curse, so I'm not quite sure why the Autobots decided to name one of their number after it.