Im rusty on my Transformer talk, what are the abbreviations you guys are using for the toy series names, new animated names and so on?
AEC - Anything from Armada, Energon or Cybertron CHUG - Extremely shit abbreviation for anything from the Classics, Universe, Generations or Henkei lines. HtfD - Hunt for the Decepticons, what the new movie toys are generally getting called (even though they should correctly be labelled Autobot Alliance) FP - FansProject or Funpub.
Thanks. I see a LOT more that I dont understand, I cant understand a lot of conversations wihout knowing these.
MISB - Mint In Sealed Box (never opened at all) MOSC - Mint On Sealed Card (never opened at all) MIB - Mint In Box MOC - Mint On Card BW - Beast Wars BM - Beast Machines RiD - Robots in Disguise ... that's all I can think of for now?
ill add one more: AFA = Action Figure Authority, a toy rating service that for a fee will grade your figure and put it in a Plexiglas box. I Personally don't care for the AFA or figures graded by them but some collectors will pay big bucks for them. unfortunately there are fake AFAed figure out there so if you go after them be very careful.
Be easier if you, you know, tell us which acronyms you don't know instead of having is list all of them in the universe.
IMO= in my opinion LMK= let me know IDK= I dont know Those confused me in the beginning. rotf= revenge of the fallen LDR= leader class DLX= deluxe class WTF= what the F#@k! I think you can start to come to your own conclusion from here on out.
The CHUG acronym has grown on me. A lot of people have adopted it when discussing the toys in question. It's at least better than typing out Classics/Henkei/Universe 2.0/Generations every fucking time.
BM = Beast machines TFA = Transformers Animated TFTM = Transformers the movie usually used in reference to the 1986 animated movie TF1= Transformers the live action movie. FTW = For the win
Grammar Trivia: Acronyms must form a word from their initial letters. For example, scuba is an acronym. It stands for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, but it also forms a pronounceable word. Something like FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation, of course) isn't an acronym because "fbi" isn't a word. In this case, FBI is simple an abbreviation. In Transformers terms, CHUG (Classics/Henkei/Universe 2.0/Generations) is an acronym, but ROTF (Revenge of the Fallen) is an abbreviation. The more you know!
In relation to toy lines you can also add to the list: MP: Masterpiece WFC: War for Cybertron TFAJ or JTFA: Japanese Transformers Animated G1: Generation 1 G2: Generation 2 MM: MicroMasters or Mighty Muggs (use your judgment) TFCC: Transformers Collector's Club Tit: Titaniums HM: Head Master LD: Lucky Draw RM: Robot Masters BT: Binaltech KP: Kiss Play SG: Shattered Glass WST: World's Smallest Transformers HoC: Heroes of Cybertron SWTF: Star Wars Transformers KO: Knock Off Repro: Reproduction TRU: Toy R Us (usually in relation to a store exclusive) WM: Wal-Mart (usually in relation to a store exclusive) BBTS: Big Bad Toy Store (usually refers to the store but with them getting their own exclusive it can also reference a toy now) SS: Starscream TC: Thundercracker SW: Skywarp RJ: Ramjet HA: Human Alliance TiK: Th0r4z1n3 is King That's all I can think of right now off the top of my head. I've noticed that our sister site ToyArk has sticky for just such things, albeit a bit more generalized, but maybe someone should take the time to make a one for the newer users on here that is more TF related. I would be more than happy to do it, but I don't have "sticky" power LOL General Reference Guide for Collectors Oh yea... TF: Transformer and OP usually stands for "Original Poster" not Optimus Prime, this used to throw me off LOL I must admit that the H in CHUG has thrown me until I read this
Glad I found this thread.... what's the difference between G1 and what you guys refer to as CHUGS? I'm an 80's Me-Generation guy and have always referred to the toys that I grew up with from the original cartoon as G1. Is that not the case now?
I actual lol'd And this is awesome , thanks for the english lesson. Learned what an Acronym is and that scuba stood for something
Good question to ask when starting out collecting again. G1 are all the original TFs from 1984 - early 90s that you remember in stores from your childhood. CHUG are the modern iterations of these beloved (mostly-)G1 characters made in the modern TF lines called (you guessed it): Classics, Universe, Henkei, and now Generations over the last 5? years that have the same aesthetic based on the G1(mostly, except BW Dinobot & Cheetor) cartoon... with lost of modern engineering help: great head sculpts, articulation, more complex transformations, etc...
i also like to think of another definition for AFA... as in any AFA figure costs A Fucking Assload... EDIT: yeah hey, what's with all the hate for CHUG? fits perfectly and it's easy to say...
