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Yeah, but what's to stop him getting back there? Or, apparently, back to Cybertron?

"Here, Starscream. You're exiled about a block away from home. Good luck, chump."

Some space tyrant Megatron was...

Yeah, I love the Combaticons' origins too. Onslaught is indeed my favourite design. EVerything from the faceplate to the gun to the back cannons and colour scheme. I should really make a shirt with his boxart on it.

Also immensely fond of Skyquake, for those who recall..

Dominic wrote:-still wonders what Onslaught could have done to land in a Decepticon prison.

My running theory is that It's Bruticus. They unleashed him on Cybertron and did some pretty nasty destruction, and that made Megs imprison them. Basically.

I've also got a more interesting theory where Bruty was who they were 'originally' and the Combaticons are actually just all of his personality split into individual components, but that's pure fanfic.

Keep in mind though, everybody was shocked to see the Combaticons merge. It was not even a "Starscream should not be able to engineer this", because he clearly had engineering skills.

I figured it might have been a mutiny attempt of come kind. Of course, those were so common, that I still have a hard time imaging the specific mutiny that would land a Decepticon in the cooler. Of course, that assume Decepticons have consistently enforced laws.

Dom
-maybe Megatron wanted to expand his backyard pool into Swindle's living room.

First off, let me say that the show NEVER impacted my love for these figures, it was toys first and foremost for me. Pretty much everything Takara did had "awesome" on it, and everything Hasbro designed was shitty.

Astrotrain - pretty much couldn't not like this guy, and the purple/black version, not the accurately-colored one.

Blitzwing - I actually only have a knockoff of this one, but it's a really nifty execution. I mean, I have Broadside as well but he sucks!

Blurr - I dug the alt mode really more than anything.

Bruticus - I prefer the scramble-city style gestalts, and this one just seemed to make the most sense at the time. I liked 'em all separately. The funny thing is, Onslaught is my least-favorite of the group merely because he's the least interesting vehicle and bot.

Bumblebee - may have been influenced by the show, but I had a thing for VW Beetles and Penny Racers at the time.

Buzzsaw - I didn't care about Laserbeak vs Buzzsaw, Buzzsaw came with Soundwave so I didn't need Laserbeak.

Cosmos - I liked that this existed at all.

Fortress Maximus - I don't even remember how I ended up with this one, but I dug the base mode.

Frenzy & Rumble - this may have been more about the show, but I liked the cassette to bot thing on its own as well.

Hot Rod - this was about alt mode, but I also found the bot mode satisfying at the time.

Huffer - I just dug this one, not sure why.

Mirage - I liked the way he transformed.

Omega Supreme - I had him as a kid and didn't really like the legoforming, but did like the base mode and rocket turning into a big thing.

Omnibots - I liked the concept of alt modes that transformed too.

Optimus Prime - natch. I think I actually liked him more for his gimmick trailer than himself, as I had already bought Ultra Magnus who to me was the same dude but could combine.

Overdrive - my favorite of the Omnibots, had the best of every mode, and it flew!

Powermaster Optimus Prime - I was a kid and it did cool stuff, what can I say? I even liked the base mode.

Ravage - not my favorite cassettebot, but a pretty neat concept.

Seaspray - I have a thing for hovercrafts.

Shockwave - I really liked the gun mode, and the bot mode was ok too so it was a win.

Soundwave - probably the ultimate Transformer, even his friggin' batteries transformed! And he had decent articulation at a time when they were bricks usually.

Tracks - a kickass alt mode and basically an Omnibot with the modified alt mode.

Ultra Magnus - I really liked this figure, probably a little more than Optimus at the time even, because he merged with his trailer and his trailer could hold other guys.

Wheeljack - mainly because of the alt mode.

Whirl - I think I was intrigued by both his modes, but never actually owned him.

Powermaster Optimus Prime - I was a kid and it did cool stuff, what can I say? I even liked the base mode.

Powermaster Prime is a figure that I almost consider the first one I bought as a 'collector' rather than a kid who played with the toys. I seem to remember buying him in the late 80s after I had consigned all my Transformers to storage, and even though I liked him quite a bit, even then I was unhappy with his lack of articulation. I remember trying to figure out if there was any way to make the legs move seperately by removing that strut that holds them together. I was also aware that the detail was not as good as it had been on my original Prime. But the Powermaster gimmick was fun, in much the same way that mini-cons would later be, and the way Prime combines with his trailer was great, despite the utter lack of anything other than shoulder articulation.

Hey now, be fair, his legs totally move to the sides!

Heh.

I still need a Godbomber to go with my Super Ginrai..

Well, do G2 re-releases count?
I only vaguely remember what I had.....Sideswipe, Prime, The Constructicons (and Hook broke like 3 freaking seconds out of the package), Thundercracker......I KNOW I had more, but that's it. As I recall, I think I favored the Constructicons. Particularly Bonecrusher.

First time post.

Skywarp's my very first. Other's that were quickly acquired were: Trailbreaker, Optimus Prime, Brawn, Snarl, Cliffjumper, Powerglide, Brawl, Gnaw, Downshift, Kickback ,Ransack, Skids and some others.

My Favorite's still are Skywarp, Trailbreaker, and Brawn.

I had to re buy a few.