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Old 05-06-2012, 10:58 PM   #141
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Honestly, I just wish people would stop bumping this shit because all it does is remind our queen of the failure we've plagued upon him.
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Old 05-06-2012, 11:23 PM   #142
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As much as I wanted our Megatron in, Wheeljack just got the job done. We shouldn't blame it on a conspiracy, we need to be better than that. I'm sure none of us liked it when some were saying that about Dinobot and Waspinator getting in.

We just have to try again for 2013 and hope our leaders are locked into the Hall of Fame.
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Honestly, I just wish people would stop bumping this shit because all it does is remind our queen of the failure we've plagued upon him.
Sorry guys, I think I should've added: *Sarcasm* quotes to my post - As I was kidding and I imagine Verno was too.
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Old 05-06-2012, 11:51 PM   #143
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No, I'm serious. There's something really not right here.

G1 characters get a free pass into the HOF just because they're G1. Obviously some Geewunners higher up have gotten jack of the BW characters dominating the fan voting and have decided to take matters into their own hands.

I demand transparency!

Or (and I point the finger directly at Hasbro here) they interfered with the voting to plug a characters in the current TF franchise: Prime, so as to boost appeal. I wouldn't put it past Hasbro to do this.

If they'll paint a Wooly Mammoth blue, they'll do anything!

What a s#!t year for BW fans at BotCon this year.
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Old 05-06-2012, 11:55 PM   #144
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Sorry guys, I think I should've added: *Sarcasm* quotes to my post - As I was kidding and I imagine Verno was too.
Well, I was kind of shitting too, especially since my own post bumped the thread too. Uhh, that, and the whole "queen" thing haha
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Old 05-07-2012, 01:46 AM   #145
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Stop whining about it.

The shit is rigged any way you slice it. Just be happy you got characters in the first 2 years. That on it's own is pretty noteworthy...or would be if it wasn't rigged.
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Old 05-07-2012, 03:14 AM   #146
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Wait, who actually won?
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Old 05-07-2012, 04:14 AM   #147
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Wait, who actually won?
*facepalm* In addition to posts here (& many other [BotCon] threads), the Front Page said Wheeljack won (& dropped the bomb that Prime Shockwave was revealed).

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Old 05-07-2012, 04:22 AM   #148
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No, I'm serious. There's something really not right here.

G1 characters get a free pass into the HOF just because they're G1. Obviously some Geewunners higher up have gotten jack of the BW characters dominating the fan voting and have decided to take matters into their own hands.

I demand transparency!

Or (and I point the finger directly at Hasbro here) they interfered with the voting to plug a characters in the current TF franchise: Prime, so as to boost appeal. I wouldn't put it past Hasbro to do this.

If they'll paint a Wooly Mammoth blue, they'll do anything!

What a s#!t year for BW fans at BotCon this year.
I have to agree it does seem strange that Wheeljack won. If Megatron won, I'd be a bit surprised but happy and I'd understand as he's such a devious plotter and a big part of the ever popular BW. If Sky Bite won, I'd be angry but I'd understand that he's popular. A lot of people seem to like comic relief characters. But Wheeljack? I could understand after a few years but right now, there are several other characters I thought he'd chosen after.
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Old 05-07-2012, 04:29 AM   #149
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I can see Wheeljack drawing most of the G1 & non-Beast vote. Think about it. There aren't too many male fans who'd choose Arcee over a Mad Scientist & a lot of the fanbase is biased against the 'Bot who got Optimus killed (deservedly or not). That leaves Wheeljack to draw the votes from the average G1er.

But he didn't get all the G1 votes -- since, in addition to 2 G1 characters, Sky-byte syphoned off some G1 votes as well -- which is assumed to be required to dethrown a Beast Front Runner. I can see that there could've been some level of interference, but I can also see that Wheeljack could've just barely edged out Megatron (perhaps both, that it was so close, Hasbro just picked one). Hopefully, either way, Megs gets auto-inducted next year.

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Old 05-07-2012, 04:54 AM   #150
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Hopefully, either way, Megs gets auto-inducted next year.
This was the 3rd year of HOF, and of the 10 automatic inductees there have been, ALL have been G1 characters. There's a bias if ever I've seen one.
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