What’s the nerdiest thing you’ve done thread

Discussion in 'Transformers General Discussion' started by ReximusPrimal07, Jan 12, 2019.

  1. Fafnir72

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    I try/did some G1 bot optic color enhancing (sticking blue and red TF metallic decals on their optics) and adding detail decals (before reprolables and Ocean Designs became commercially available.
     
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    I was reading this thread, and remembered this news story I read a couple of years ago. Some guy in Sweden was selling his house. This gotta be the nerdiest thing ever...

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    The outside?

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    As for my nerdiest act, it could be visiting this place:
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  4. Dark Starscream

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    I respectfully disagree. Almost no one recognizes any TF from a Bay movie that isn't Optimus or Bumblebee.

    This is even true for the latest Bumblebee movie. Go ahead, ask people outside the fandom who the 3 main Decepticons were in the Bumblebee movie.
     
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    Watch Car Robots in Japanese. Onto Micron Legend! Thanks @kary
     
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  6. kary

    kary Karyuudo Fansubs

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    You're welcome! Enjoy!
     
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    It's my fave.

    So have you done anything nerdier than work with your people to painstakingly subtitle 4 different Transformers animes out of the good of your spark?
     
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    Have I mentioned that I designed my own Sith Lightsabers based on the weapons from Soul Calibur 2?
     
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    LOL well, I never really considered something like this nerdy at all. It's more so a labor of love to help others enjoy stories that haven't been completely understood before.
     
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    At the end of the day isn't being a nerd really about the love we share for this stuff?
     
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    Nerd tattoos probably. I have an Autobot tattoo with G1 cybertronian letters saying "til all are one" and a Triforce tattoo.
     
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    I used to record the opening/closing songs from Pokemon Indigo League and Johto Journeys on tape. I almost did that with the G1 cartoon theme as well.
     
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    And we greatly appreciate it.
     
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    I used to walk around with Soundwave hooked on my pants waist. Adults didn't really know what Transformers were yet and I'd flip-flop-BAM! "What the..? It's a robot?!"

    I used to sit with a Walkman and record the audio of Transformers episodes so I can listen to them over and over.
     
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    cd-roms with g1, headmasters, victory, mastforce, (be neo?) in an eBay auction because I couldnt find all the g1 episodes on mirc ftp sites. yes they had the bad English dubs. yes they were the bad VHS recordings.


    the nerdy-ier part is I still have the discs.
     
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    The Omni dubs are hilarious.
     
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    I have an Autobot symbol on my car. I also post here. That has to count, right?
     
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    Had a cake made that looked exactly like Optimus Prime.

    He was a glorious leader, inspiring to behold. And very tasty.
     
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    I sculpted an optimus prime head pot/vase out of clay in art class. Even had a handle on either side shaped like matrix handles.
     
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    I still have my original VHS copies of the Omni dub of Japanese G1.

    I also still have a VCD set of Headmasters that was done by a guy who took the video from the laser discs and used the audio from those crappy VHS copies of the Omni dub. There's a little bit of static but he did his best to clean the audio up. That was my definitive set of Headmasters for a long time.

    And I still have my VCD's of TV-Nihon's fansub of Masterforce and Victory. I know a lot of people are critical of these fansubs. But I was just stoked because it was the best video quality way to watch the series as an English speaker.

    I also have several DVD releases of the Omni dubs, some official, some not so official.
     
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