All this would be worth it if Erector got a figure from all of this.

 

I want a third-party company to make an erector head for 2007 movie Mudflap. Also we need reprolabels. Stat.

 

Ok then, it's no problem! I am sorry if my rhetorical style offends or angers. I try to avoid attacking the person, rather than the argument, but I am naturally a bit brusque.

I certainly in no way condone outright flaming directed at you. I doubt anyone listens to me, but in case people do...voice your opinion on Erector, don't seek to hurt or intimidate. I can't even fathom a Hall-of-Fame-related circumstance in which that would be defensible.

As I said before, if you seriously want discussion about the candidate, pro and con, moved out of campaign threads I'll be happy to oblige. However, there's no other natural forum for such a discussion as yet. There is also discussion in other campaign threads. I think that discussion of one candidate in its campaign thread is appropriate; what I was upset about several days ago was trying to turn a campaign thread for one candidate into a cheerleading thread for ANOTHER candidate.

It may help to look at this another way. A few days ago, Erector was pretty much a nobody. Now, EVERYONE'S got an opinion on him, and people are writing full-blown essays pro or con. You should be proud of that!

The Erector phenomenon is being discussed because it's the most interesting thing to happen in this board's particular HoF nomination vote.

 

Classic. 

 

Trust me, I love that the character I am backing has stirred so much discussion. I am dismayed that it has driven some fans from these boards and some from the fandom. It is supposed to be fun. I am having a ton of fun with this whole HoF thing and I'm not even going to be able to make it to BotCon. Sadly, not everyone can say the same thing about having fun with it though.

 

At the end of the day, if we all disagree with each other or not, I've really gotten to know a few of you guys and have great respect for y'all. And all of it came from a little Erector.

I love TFW.

 

While I still think the majority of the Ejector support is BS, and all about a joke, I have to admit, that if all of this lead to a cool new toy of a very obscure character, it would make it all worth it for me too.

 

I concur.

 

QFT.

It's been great fun to watch this debate go back and forth the last couple of days.

 

Applause and cheers to what Kickback wrote (and jeers to tantrum-throwers...yeah, let's see how long you "abandon the fandom," crybabies). One thing I'm unsure of, however: in what way is the Erector, er, growth, not consistent with the phenomenon of an Internet meme?

 

Agreed!

 

You just can't let it go at all   I applaud you for sticking to your guns though, with your consistent hounding, you really put in the effort!

Just promise me, when the main vote rolls up on the Transformers.com site and Erector happens to be there, make sure you use the same fervor in accosting Hasbro as you gave us! it's only fair now!

 

Just curious, has anyone taking the time and counted all the votes up from other sites? At this point I think we know roughly what the top vote getters are and I'm assuming Erector made it into the finals.

 

Quick! To 4chan! The world must be informed!

 

Yeah, i'll be right behind ya.. yeah. right. no.  

 

Oh, sure, I agree with that! TFW2005 is ON the Internet, but the meme is pretty much restricted to this board. Thanks for the clarification.  

 

I don't mean for anyone to feel "hounded." I just don't roll over and admit defeat simply due to the number of people who disagree with me.

I am quirky in that I find it very therapeutic to have passionate arguments over nothing of real consequence. That's why this site is my intellectual crack cocaine.

What are you talking about? I would want and expect Hasbro to post the top five nominees based on the methodology that they claimed they would use prior to the commencement of fan nominations. If they did anything else, it would be dishonest.

If Erector qualifies, he should be included. In fact, if using Hasbro's pre-announced standards he DID qualify, and yet was NOT included, I would be MORE likely to send an e-mail to them asking wtf was going on.

However, since Hasbro's methodology HEAVILY weights websites over individual votes*, Erector is probably not going to qualify. For why this is so, check out recent posts in the voting thread.

You seem to bear a grudge against me because you have failed to convince me that a robot that I've never heard of before deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. This is regrettable. I have not claimed that votes for Erector are illegitimate as you seem to imply. I only find the various elucidated lines of reasoning behind them to be uncompelling.

* Actually, it's more like individual votes don't matter at all except in the context of deciding the top five and their order at each website.

 

We're losing guys! C'MON!!!!!