GoBots really loved to put unnecessary spaces in names, even if the name with no space was a real word.Van Guard - Guardian - www.tfu.info
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It might even be...Gobot-y!
Van Guard, sounds like someone that guards vans. It lowkey bugs me. Vanguard is, as you say, a real word with an actual meaning. The space, for me, changes the whole feel of the word.
So is Jazz, Sideswipe, Ratchet, Gears...
Gears, ratchet, jazz: as nouns; they're pretty generic.
Isn't it "Autobot" gears, ratchet and jazz these days anyway?
Isn't it "Autobot" gears, ratchet and jazz these days anyway?
"Geez, my shifts nearly over and I haven't figured out a good name for the toy tarantulas yet..."
It was the '80's, there was a lot less concern about the trademarkability of character names. (Hence the *blasts and the characters with their factions added in front of their names in recent years) I'd guess that the space was just added to emphasize the pun. Hyphens in GoBot names seemed to be reserved for when one or more syllables were replaced with 'alternate' spellings (Cy-kil, Cop-tur, Spay-C, etc.), with Man-O-War being the notable exception (since it's an actual old naval term).
Stylize it. "Iron Clawed Van-Guarde." But just "Vanguard" to his friends.
Hang on, here's a thought... The Infernac Universe figures... They're basically TransTech, but rock-based vehicles instead of animal-based vehicles?
(I half wonder if TransTech characters would've been appearing in Legacy next year were Legacy not being replaced by the Swapticons range. Possibly.)
(I half wonder if TransTech characters would've been appearing in Legacy next year were Legacy not being replaced by the Swapticons range. Possibly.)
I doult it, as Transtech didn't get very far in the production process, so it more likely we would of seen them tackle Beast Machines more along with Energon & Cybertron, Energon hasn't gotten much love in general, the show was terrible in terms of story and animation, but it had a few good figures in the toyline along with the combining gimmick for the Autobots, but then, they haven't given much love to Beast Machines either, much of the focus has been on the G1 and only more resently, Beast Wars but they are mostly over looking those two shows, but then we can also say they are over looking Beast Wars 2 & Neo for the most part
Legacy's replacement is "Generations Prime".
Which seems to be roughly similar in character choices to Legacy, aside from a focus on having the Thirteen Primes.
Swapticons are presumably some type of gimmick line, primarily sold in 2-packs. We don't even know if they transform or not.
Looks great. The colors turned out way nicer than initially shown.
The texture on that plesiosaur neck, my gawd.
Super excited for his arrival. My only exposure to the character is The Gathering, which I can't remember how I own? But he just looks like an absolute amazing toy.
Looks pretty good, especially the improvements to Landsaur. I think I preferred some of the color choices on the original though. A more silver-y robot face instead of green (even though I guess the latter is show-accurate?). And the new one's wings look like ham slices.
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While I never had the original, I do currently have the legacy verison in hand and I put him into Magmasaurus mode, which looks weird, sort of a three way, sex game with creatures unrelated to one another and it makes me wonder, what the heck was going through the mind of the original desginer, he got to be about the strangest Transformer in existance! Anyway, he is certainly worth the cost and the most complex commander class to date