Transformers?

[dre1919]

Hey wyn, that's the original transformers series that's on DVD right? That would be sweet...I'll have to look for it. G.I. Joe the movie was awesome, but am I the only one who thinks Serpentor was a gimp? I mean, c'mon...(borrowing a phrase from the NBA's Hubie Brown) "here's a guy whose supposed to have tremendous upside." He's got the genetic makeup of the greatest and deadliest rulers in the world, and all he ever really does is just fly around on his sled and bark orders. That's nothing new or different than Cobra Commander would do, and CC had a cooler sounding voice. It's not like you saw the military campaigns of Cobra jump tremendously into the win column once he took over. Of course, I'm basing this on the cartoon...I've never really seen much of the comic. I think Ultra Magnus was the Serpentor of Transformers...he didn't live up to the hype and he just wasn't necissary. Although, to Serpentor's credit, the mini-series they did on his creation was hella cool...easily some of the best shows of the series.

[wyn1370]

Except for when srgt. slaughter kicked his rear. I mean common, he had slaughter's dna plus everybody elses. If Joe would have lost every once in a while it would have been good.
Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, now they made GI Joe.
If you like comics grab the new ones (cellarcomics.com has em pretty cheap). They are pretty darn good.
Ultra Magnus=white optimus with snap on armor
I'm pretty sure it's the original.

[The Frymarker]

Sgt. Slaughter was originally one of the WWF wrestlers

[dre1919]

Were you refering to the fight between Sgt. Slaughter and Nemesis Enforcer, or one that actually took place between Sarge and Serpentor? I couldn't remember a time when Sarge actually threw down with Serpentor, but you're probably more familiar with it than I am. He had Sarge's DNA? I thought they just put the DNA of the world's greatest rulers in him?

Yeah, it would have been better if Joe would have lost now and then. SS and SS were very cool characters, and I dug Destro too..just because he was smart enough to play both sides for the cash.

Ultra Magnus is the white Optimus. I've got his original toy self sitting in my closet right now. I wanted to get an Optimus Prime, but couldn't find any so I settled for Ultra. Apparantly, the re-release of Optimus and Ultra is supposed to be the same as the originals except they both have shorter smoke stacks. I'd really like to find an Optimus now.

[petefol]

gi joe is still on at 12:30 in the morning on cartoon network, i agree it would have been better if the joe's lost every now and then but its still a good show.

[wyn1370]

Originally posted by dre1919
Were you refering to the fight between Sgt. Slaughter and Nemesis Enforcer, or one that actually took place between Sarge and Serpentor? I couldn't remember a time when Sarge actually threw down with Serpentor, but you're probably more familiar with it than I am.

I was talking about the end of the serpentor series, him and srg. go at it and srg. beats him. And Nemesis should have squashed him flat, without breaking a sweat.

He had Sarge's DNA? I thought they just put the DNA of the world's greatest rulers in him?

Yeah, cobra lost either Gengis Khan or Sun Zue's Dna so Dr. Mindbender said they'd get the DNA from the greatest warrior of our time (load of bull).

Originally posted by The Frymarker
Sgt. Slaughter was originally one of the WWF wrestlers

Yep and now he's a ref. And yes I used to watch WWF when he was on there too. I know I'm a dork. They had a figure for the Fridge too.

[lopxtc]

Actually Ultra Magnus was the "Car Carrier" that wanted to take over for Optimus after he died in the Movie. Eventually that honor went to Rodimus Prime, the one who I believe originally didnt want to be the leader.

There was the one scene in the movie where Ultra Magnus was backed against a rock outcropping trying to force open the spark so that he could take it into himself. His line was one of the I think two or three lines in which the Transformers actually cursed LOL ...

"Open damnit, open."

Granted not much of a curse, but this was a G rated movie. There is also bumblebee with the human kid screaming "Oh [bleep] (starts with s) what do we do now!" As their ship is getting sucked into the planet destroying robot Unicron.

Aaron

Originally posted by wyn1370
Ultra Magnus=white optimus with snap on armor
I'm pretty sure it's the original.

[Sir Chopsalot]

who else has the transformers movie poster

[wyn1370]

Actually I was talking about the toy, who was a white optimus that you attached things to that made ultra.

Yep and you see what happens to transformers that curse, they get toast. Ultra got blown to bits right after that.
I wish I had that poster

[lopxtc]

Oh my bad ... sorry.

Aaron

Originally posted by wyn1370
Actually I was talking about the toy, who was a white optimus that you attached things to that made ultra.

[dre1919]

Oh man, I forgot the Sarge and Serpentor went at it at the end of that series...I really dropped the ball on that one! But, you're right though: 1. We had to have had a better warrior than Sgt. Slaughter to offer Mindbender (which is not to say he made the most sound choices to begin with) and 2. Nemesis Enforcer should have layed Sarge out no problem. I mean, NE picked up the front end of a Havoc and threw it aside...what's Sarge got to compare to that? I'll tell ya though, two of my favorite characters to come out of the movie were Chuckles and Tunnel Rat.

I liked Tunnel Rat because he was close to my size and you could tell he's down for whatever plan. It's like the part were he gets swallowed by the big worm thing and later you see him blast a hole in it's side. As he comes bounding out he's laughing maniacally, as if to say he's actually having fun. And Chuckles...well, what can you say? Here's a guy who yanks a missle off a Havoc and runs at a HISS tank with it. Then, during the battle he actually rides a Tomahawk helicopter on the roof wearing his Floridian shirt and firing only a .45! This to me was further proof Chuckles is completely insane. I've said it before and I'll say it again...I don't think he would have passed the psyche eval.

[FooTemps]

YAY! I FOUND MY BROKEN ULTRA MAGNUS TOY! lol...

[pbzmag]

I still have Omega Supreme, B-Wing from Star Wars, and SDF-1 Battle Fortress from Robotech. All with boxes.

pbzmag