TRANSFORM! - Page 2

Drax · 06-12-2007, 01:29 PM

I remember the first was Transformer I ever owned was Sunstreaker. It wasn't that great in robot mode. The back plate kept falling down, and the torso plate (windows in car mode) wouldn't stay down. Also, I couldn't get it to stand up.

It looked great in car mode though.

Drax · 06-12-2007, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

No, I won't.

Explain.

Drax · 06-12-2007, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

demographics, shemo . . . graphics. You just have to like science fiction.

And action movies! and cars! and robots and --stuff.

And Shia LaBeouf.

freshnesschronic · 06-12-2007, 03:38 PM

It looks so incredibly dumb. Give me a real action movie, heck Alien vs Predator will be 10x better than this.

Drax · 06-12-2007, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

It looks so incredibly dumb. Give me a real action movie, heck Alien vs Predator will be 10x better than this.

Well, you're certainly entitled to your opinion.

BTW, AVP was great too.

Nightsong · 06-12-2007, 11:39 PM

My first was Thundercracker. He was actually a surprise Christmas gift from my mom. Even at the age I kinda watch the news and knew how hard they were to get. Didn't even ask for one. Mom hide it till Christmas morning and actually surprised me with a gift for the first time in years. I keep thinkoing of buying the reissue.

DucksNuts · 06-12-2007, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

reh-oh-wee-oh-reh-eh !!!

Translation please?

jinx · 06-12-2007, 11:52 PM

It's the transforming sound.

lumberjim · 06-12-2007, 11:55 PM

i think it was more.....

kchreee--kooo-koh-kew-kolch

lumberjim · 06-13-2007, 12:03 AM

the transforming sound

(thing) by mblase (3.4 mon) (print)
? 1 C!Mon Aug 06 2001 at 18:57:58
I discovered in the Transformers FAQ that the fanfiction writers and newsgroup regulars have long debated exactly how the transforming sound is supposed to be spelled. At least half a dozen alternatives were listed, but none of them really "work" as onomatopoeias.
My own choice is something like: chick-chack-check-chock-chuck (or chuck-chock-check-chack-chick if they're going from vehicle to robot, of course). It sounds mostly like the cartoon/movie sound effect even if you just speak it aloud.
For the anal retentive fan, however, the Transformers FAQ has the technical details on how to recreate it:

The Transform sound begins as an 8 hz pulse repeated five times for 0.7 seconds each repeat whose pitch can be represented by the absolute value of a declining sine wave, with each zero-to-zero arc of the wave representing one of five cycles of the repetition. The actual value of the sine wave can be modified by factor N which is multiplied into the X value but divided into the Y value, which means that although the actual pitch is largely indefinite, in analog terms when the transform pitch is higher the length of each pulse is shorter, and conversely when the pitch is lower the length of each pulse is longer.

06-12-2007, 11:52 PM	#23
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	It's the transforming sound. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-12-2007, 11:55 PM	#24
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i think it was more..... kchreee--kooo-koh-kew-kolch __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-13-2007, 12:03 AM	#25
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	the transforming sound (thing) by mblase (3.4 mon) (print) ? 1 C!Mon Aug 06 2001 at 18:57:58 I discovered in the Transformers FAQ that the fanfiction writers and newsgroup regulars have long debated exactly how the transforming sound is supposed to be spelled. At least half a dozen alternatives were listed, but none of them really "work" as onomatopoeias. My own choice is something like: chick-chack-check-chock-chuck (or chuck-chock-check-chack-chick if they're going from vehicle to robot, of course). It sounds mostly like the cartoon/movie sound effect even if you just speak it aloud. For the anal retentive fan, however, the Transformers FAQ has the technical details on how to recreate it: The Transform sound begins as an 8 hz pulse repeated five times for 0.7 seconds each repeat whose pitch can be represented by the absolute value of a declining sine wave, with each zero-to-zero arc of the wave representing one of five cycles of the repetition. The actual value of the sine wave can be modified by factor N which is multiplied into the X value but divided into the Y value, which means that although the actual pitch is largely indefinite, in analog terms when the transform pitch is higher the length of each pulse is shorter, and conversely when the pitch is lower the length of each pulse is longer. See also Transform scratch. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-13-2007, 12:03 AM	#26
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-13-2007, 01:34 AM	#27
Drax Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gallman, MS, USA Posts: 1,933	20 days to go apparently. I just found out it open Jul 3rd, noit 4th.

06-12-2007, 01:29 PM	#16
Drax Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gallman, MS, USA Posts: 1,933	I remember the first was Transformer I ever owned was Sunstreaker. It wasn't that great in robot mode. The back plate kept falling down, and the torso plate (windows in car mode) wouldn't stay down. Also, I couldn't get it to stand up. It looked great in car mode though.

06-12-2007, 03:38 PM	#19
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	It looks so incredibly dumb. Give me a real action movie, heck Alien vs Predator will be 10x better than this.

06-12-2007, 11:39 PM	#21
Nightsong Wang Dude Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Carolina Posts: 177	My first was Thundercracker. He was actually a surprise Christmas gift from my mom. Even at the age I kinda watch the news and knew how hard they were to get. Didn't even ask for one. Mom hide it till Christmas morning and actually surprised me with a gift for the first time in years. I keep thinkoing of buying the reissue.

06-15-2007, 05:54 AM	#29
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	"You win. I'm gone...again." Whens that current from?

07-09-2007, 11:31 PM	#30
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Ohhh Ok - I have to admit I loved it!! I was definitely NOT a transformer fan....never have been....but was enthralled with the movie. Took the ferels to see it since the Monster Trucks were postponed due to 5 days of rain (woo hoo!!).

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