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[Onslaught Six]

Mentioned it vaguely in the other thread, but found more specific info now. From the Wiki:

In recent years, toys based on the Bluestreak character were renamed "Silverstreak" for trademark reasons, because a company named Gendron currently holds the trademark for "Toledo 'Blue Streak'" in the "toys" category.

[Shockwave]

Mentioned it vaguely in the other thread, but found more specific info now. From the Wiki:

In recent years, toys based on the Bluestreak character were renamed "Silverstreak" for trademark reasons, because a company named Gendron currently holds the trademark for "Toledo 'Blue Streak'" in the "toys" category.

Oh. Well I did say that I wasn't sure about that. I like using the Martin Lawrence explanation because I just generally hate Martin Lawrence. Knowing this now, Gendron has now made the list!! I still flat out refuse to call him anything other than Bluestreak.

[138 Scourge]

I do the same thing with Grimlock's triceratops buddy. The stegosaurus is Snarl, the flame-throwing triceratops is Slag. I honestly don't care if the name makes him sound like he's some sort of filthy whore, that's just how it is.

[Shockwave]

I do think they own the rights to Slag still though. I don't know whey the don't just use something similar but slightly different? Like if that other company has rights to Bluestreak, they could use Blue Streak or vice versa.

[Onslaught Six]

That's not "different" enough. I dunno. I suspect they're only using Silverstreak because it's the best they could get at the time (Hasbro was pretty adamant about not copping out with the "Autobot [x]" names early on in the reissues. See: Meister instead of Jazz. Also they had this big thing where they outright refused to do that in the mainline.) and they still have it.

I do think they own the rights to Slag still though. I don't know whey the don't just use something similar but slightly different?

Yeah, like Snarl.

[Dominic]

Agent Meister kind of worked for Jazz though. I admit to actually taking to that name pretty easily.

Dom
-can look right at a packaged TFU Tankor and say "Octane" without even realizing.

[Shockwave]

I think we accepted Meister because it was his Japanese name so it wasn't really that different. Snarl/Slag doesn't bother me too much (although I still call him Slag too), but Bluestreak just irks me to no frakkin' end.

[andersonh1]

I always call all of them by their original names. So yeah, they're still Bluestreak, Jazz, Hot Rod, Slag and Octane as far as I'm concerned. I notice the Insecticons got renamed, but I still call them Kickback, Shrapnel and Bombshell.

Slag's renaming is particularly annoying since there's already a dinobot named Snarl.

[Onslaught Six]

Slag's renaming is particularly annoying since there's already a dinobot named Snarl.

Not if you watch TFTM, there ain't.

[138 Scourge]

Yeah, exactly. What're we supposed to call the stegosaurus? Slash? Slice? Sabrina?