From kendrick@io.com Mon Mar 20 18:35:40 1995
Article: 7235 of alt.toys.transformers
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From: kendrick@pentagon.io.com (Kendrick Kerwin Chua)
Newsgroups: alt.toys.transformers
Subject: Tf Weekday: Thursday 29 Sept
Date: 29 Sep 1994 08:20:41 -0500
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The Autobot Run, featuring the Constructicons (Sorry Tony, no Ultimate Doom)

THe Autobots decide to have a race and stunt show for charity. Megatron 
builds the latest Evil Invention/Alien Device, the transfixatron, which 
prevents a TF from becoming a robot. They Cons capture the Bots at the 
show. They threaten them with the second EI/AD, a garbage compactor. 
Wheeljack and a few other Bots who weren't a part of the show save the 
other Bots.

This is such a ludicrous episode to begin with that I won't even start 
the real nitpicks (Ironhide needs a muffler? Where did Skywarp keep the 
transfixatron in plane mode? Why isn't Chip in the stands with the rest 
of the audience?) A couple of colouring problems and voice processing 
errors keep this from being a tolerably stupid episode. For example, 
Skywarp is colored like Starscream in not one, or two, but three distinct 
scenes. Also, Michael Bell's performance as Scrapper is runined by the 
fact that the lack of flanging makes him sound exactly like Prowl.

Since I've seen this ep a billion times already (from Sat. Morn.) I took 
time out to read some of the old G1 comics while I was recording and I 
noticed something. For every TF, at least once while standing around 
talking or shooting a gun or whatever, he is standing in the same pose as 
in his Transformers Universe entry. For those of you not familiar with 
that, the Tf U was a Marvel anthology of all the tech spec entries and 
art in a comic book format. You get the feeling that this episode was a 
training vehicle for some budding new animators, perhaps some of Romita's 
Raiders by the look of the art. Stroke for stroke, they're the same pictures.

Does anyone like this new narrator Hal Raye? "Going ballistic to destroy 
the Autobots and conquer mankind..." I think he's way overplayed. I would 
prefer it if they got Vince Caroli to come back and do those 
commercial/intro spots again... "It is the year 2005." "We now return to 
the Transformers." You also wonder if he did any TF voices.

"Whatsa matter, got lead in your camshaft?"
"I don't see _you_ breaking the sound barrier..."

"Stifle it, Huffer, or I'll put my footeeo in your audio.."

"I'm transforming! I see my true beauty emerging!"

KKC, still waiting for Darkwing to make an appearance in NE FL toy 
stores. Paying the minimum balance on most everything these days.
-- 
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