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Transformer Names
« on: January 29, 2005, 06:12:56 PM »
Okay, this is a very random question.  

Did any of you play with transformers?

I need three cool transformer names, and I'm looking through the lists online, and some of them sound cool, but I don't know which ones were popular...if some of the cool names correspond to lame toys...because I don't know anything about them.  

So, cool transformer names, anyone?
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Re: Transformer Names
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2005, 06:19:34 PM »
I think we all deserve to be told...

why :o
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Re: Transformer Names
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2005, 06:25:45 PM »
My favorites were always Wheeljack and Soundwave.  2 coolest Transformers ever.
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Re: Transformer Names
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2005, 06:29:13 PM »
Umm, do I have to tell you why?  I feel dumb.


I was thinking about Starscream, Aquanaught, and Dreadwing.  I don't know though.
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Re: Transformer Names
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2005, 08:20:06 PM »
Megatron, shockwave, optimus prime, camshaft, Omega Supreme,

those just off the top of my head.
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Re: Transformer Names
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2005, 09:15:39 PM »
Starscream was a totally cool name, and not a bad toy, but on the TV show he was an amazingly annoying wimp.  I hated him.

Starscream, therefore, cannot be associated with the word 'cool' in any way.
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Re: Transformer Names
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2005, 10:31:30 PM »
prowl, ultra magnus and shockwave.
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Re: Transformer Names
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2005, 11:22:31 PM »
Ummm...

*looks at the entire room full of transformers and associated toys, calanders, TV box sets, etc etc etc.*

You've not met my husband yet, have you?
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Re: Transformer Names
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2005, 11:28:35 PM »
Bluestreak was way cool.


My husband says three coolest transformer names are: Starscream, Sunstreaker, and Jetfire.

Runners up, he says, are Jazz, Omega Supreme, Megatron, Windcharger, Cliffjumper.

Take his advice.  Straight from the horse's mouth of the biggest fan I know.
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Re: Transformer Names
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2005, 12:14:22 AM »
We've got a binary split on Starscream, which means it must be a good name.  Controversial is always good.  

I like Windcharger and Jetfire too, and they seem to work for what I'm going for.  

Yay.  

Umm, so I'm feeling less stupid now...in one of the stories I'm working on there's a guy who owns three boats, and I've decided to have him name them after transformers, because it's random.  And random is always good.  

So do those three names sound like boat names?


Although, I really wanted at least one of them to sound sort of evil.  And to stand out as strange.  And some of those sound painfully normal...too normal...
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Re: Transformer Names
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2005, 12:27:19 AM »
Starscream is WEAK.

Now, the coolest, is of course, Once and Future leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime.

Megatron was cool, but became cooler once he became Galvatron.

I always liked Unicron. Did he ever have a toy?

Oh, and jazz is just a legend.
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Re: Transformer Names
« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2005, 12:29:46 AM »
But Jazz is a VERY painfully normal name for a boat.  
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Re: Transformer Names
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2005, 12:31:30 AM »
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You've not met my husband yet, have you?


I have met your husband, but only like once, and transformers didn't come up.  

But that reminds me, do you still want to have a Rent party? ;D
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Re: Transformer Names
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2005, 12:31:58 AM »
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I always liked Unicron. Did he ever have a toy?


Husband got Unicron for christmas last year.  Freaking HUGE toy. I mean, he's a planet after all.
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Re: Transformer Names
« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2005, 12:59:26 AM »
My brothers played with Go-Bots, but had one little Transformer: a flying saucer named Pathfinder. Since my brothers were Leader-1 and Red Alert, respectively, I always got to play the flying saucer.

Then I got bored and broke out my She-Ra doll to terrorize the Go-Bots.

Boring name. Wierd bot.
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