protoform starscream has normal legs, but earth starscream has hind legs?!?! |
01-28-2008, 07:24 AM
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#11 | | Argumentative TF Wiki guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 6,158 Location: Sydney, Australia Collection Count: Some. News Credits: 4 | Because Protoform Starscream is obviously just a design Hasbro made to suit the purposes of a transforming toy. | 
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01-28-2008, 08:02 AM
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#12 | | Radicons Patron Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,602 News Credits: 1 | For the record, the proper term isn't "hind legs" but "digigrade legs" (I.e. walking-on-toes-legs). Humanoids only have hind/bottom legs 
As far as the leg-design goes, IMO it's another example of the movie making almost-convincing-but-not-really-"logical" choices about the robot designs to make them seem more legitimately "alien."
Somehow "F22 changes into trapezoidal chicken and back again" doesn't sound like a great box-blurb to me
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01-28-2008, 09:04 AM
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#13 | | Dutchman! Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,881 Location: Netherlands News Credits: 7 | Quote:
Originally Posted by EvaUnit13  In the novel, it said that the humans attacked him and fucked up his legs during an attack or something | Wait what?  | |
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01-28-2008, 12:32 PM
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#14 | | Mini-Con Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 33 | Quote:
Originally Posted by destrongerlupus For the record, the proper term isn't "hind legs" but "digigrade legs" (I.e. walking-on-toes-legs). Humanoids only have hind/bottom legs |
wow, i was wrong, well its better than "chicken legs" all the time, thanks though!
hey wait, s dinosaurs have the term "hind legs", and chickens i guess... | |
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01-28-2008, 12:42 PM
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#15 | | The Dark Knight Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,767 Location: Ottawa,Canada Collection Count: Too many to count News Credits: 1 | Damn you Michael Bay and Hasbro for raping all that I know about digigrade/hind legs!!!!!! Plot hole maybe? | |
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01-28-2008, 12:44 PM
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#16 | | Draconian Faction Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,226 Location: Moving at 90m/s, spinning at 18.6m/s! Collection Count: Lost count, have to stop buying >< | Quote:
Originally Posted by NGW He doesn't need them for his entry mode.
The legs he has for his earth mode make PERFECT sense.
He's a jet. Were he to transform in mid-flight (since he can't just have and transform and what not..since jets kinda don't hover) and land on the ground with normal legs, the impact would destroy them. With the way his legs are jointed, they can absorb the impact much much better. They are functional, they work, he even shows this in the movie. | That's one neat explanation! I'm thinking they work the same way a cat's hind legs work when they land after jumping or something now, but what do I know. Quote:
Originally Posted by Sso02V he had a really rough landing. | Best reply EVAR  Victim/ recruit no. #46 of Busou Shinki cult.
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01-28-2008, 01:02 PM
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#17 | | Animated tops it all! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 20,461 Location: Somewhere beyond the sea... Collection Count: ...Somewhere waiting for me... News Credits: 1 | Quote:
Originally Posted by BustaJesse Damn you Michael Bay and Hasbro for raping all that I know about digigrade/hind legs!!!!!! Plot hole maybe? | It's not a plot hole because Protoform SS never appeared in the movie.
It like what FFN said, they were just making him a protoform toy and didn't bother to think that far.
NGW's response pretty much sums up the canon version of it as far as how they work and why he has them. Quote:
Originally Posted by NGW He doesn't need them for his entry mode.
The legs he has for his earth mode make PERFECT sense.
He's a jet. Were he to transform in mid-flight (since he can't just have and transform and what not..since jets kinda don't hover) and land on the ground with normal legs, the impact would destroy them. With the way his legs are jointed, they can absorb the impact much much better. They are functional, they work, he even shows this in the movie. | Plus, like Poho said, they just look cool.
Also, I wish people would stop calling them chicken legs, when they look about as chicken as a dog's legs. Though the toed feet add somewhat to the look. But again, toed feet make sense if they have digits on their hands. (like most creatures) Gives them a sense that during reformatting they chose to keep their bodies looking more alien like how they might have looked on Cybertron.  XBL GT: SPLITTLIP
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Originally Posted by Valkysas NO ONE CAN EVER, EVER say that hasbro doesnt care again. This fucking seals it. that's a LOT of product to release for a "dead" line. | | |
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01-28-2008, 01:13 PM
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#18 | | The Dark Knight Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,767 Location: Ottawa,Canada Collection Count: Too many to count News Credits: 1 | Quote:
Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP It's not a plot hole because Protoform SS never appeared in the movie. | I was trying to come off as a sarcastic jerk. People are really stretching to find flaws nowadays with the movie. | |
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01-28-2008, 01:24 PM
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#19 | | Dirge121 = awesome <3 Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,196 Location: Boise, ID | Quote:
Originally Posted by NGW He doesn't need them for his entry mode.
The legs he has for his earth mode make PERFECT sense.
He's a jet. Were he to transform in mid-flight (since he can't just have and transform and what not..since jets kinda don't hover) and land on the ground with normal legs, the impact would destroy them. With the way his legs are jointed, they can absorb the impact much much better. They are functional, they work, he even shows this in the movie. | Makes sense to me!   Click my Digimon or ELSE. | |
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01-28-2008, 03:50 PM
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#20 | | The Crafty One Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 248 Location: Lancaster, California | I don't think the legs are a problem at all. That's least of my concern
However, I think there is a problem with having the TFs blink.  | |
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