Transfans memories

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:24 pm

*pisses on the floor again*

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:13 pm

Best First wrote:Ha - i was going to post that as a high but thought you might not like it.

Well, it was all that wanker Sprunkner who did it...

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:23 pm

Highs:

Some really great discussions about the comic back in the day
That knock out whose the strongest TF competition (remember that? The Metroplex v Galvatron thread got pretty heated)
Emailing back and forth with some of my childhood heroes when sorting interviews
Having people to talk to when things got bad (tbh I didn't do this much - but always felt I could - but I remember when my dad died some of the kind messages on here literally seemed to warm my heart)

Lows:
Not having time to work on this site. Bit depressed about that really.
Meeting some great people from this board but never having got totally trolleyed with them (WHEN WILL THIS HAPPEN?)

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:33 pm

Highs

Transforce. Can't remember what year, but I remember Brend, BF, Snarlos, Crafty, Anglo, The Moonies, MV, Jetfire, Karl, Dylan & Eline and probably more all attending and then going to Wetherspoons after to play with our new toys

. I really miss those times.

General words of advice from people on here when I have been down in the dumps, breaking up with exes and coming out as a massive homo.

Angloconvoy. Phwoar.

It's a guilty pleasure of mine when we get a thread that kicks off, like some of those listed above. I just wish I was clever enough to participate!

BFS rendition of Pat Lee style Optimus Prime cracks me up everytime I see it.

Ultimately it was discovering Transfans which made me realise that it was ok to still be obsessed with Transformers toys and comics. As part of a bigger picture, it helped me to realise that it was ok to just be me.

Post by **Kaylee** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:05 pm

I remember that Transforce

Always seems to be a sunny summer day when I think back.

Grand times. Grand times.

Surely we could organise similar again, for old time's sake? I've never met Impy but I bet he's lovely (and MASSIVE, like the proverbial stonework outdoor privy)

Never met Rebis either, but I've often thought I'd like to

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:26 pm

Karl wrote:I remember that Transforce

Always seems to be a sunny summer day when I think back.

Grand times. Grand times.

Surely we could organise similar again, for old time's sake? I've never met Impy but I bet he's lovely (and MASSIVE, like the proverbial stonework outdoor privy)

Never met Rebis either, but I've often thought I'd like to

Wel, there is Auto Assembly. I went this year and it was pretty good...

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:39 pm

spiderfrommars wrote: Emailing back and forth with some of my childhood heroes when sorting interviews

That was awesome. Is there anybody from the old Marvel (US or UK) run who we didn't interview? Come to think of it, we must have had pretty much everyone from DW drop by for interviews, too.

Oh, remember when Simon Furman joined the board?

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:53 pm

Ah, i remember i signed up wanting to find out about Beast Wars on DVD because this placed seemed to have a lot of fellow Brits on it.
I didn't really realise at the time that they were mostly mentalist fellow Brits, but it kind of all worked out in the end!

Lots of fond memories (which is quite impressive for me seeing as I have a memory like a bloody sieve) some of which are;
1. Having to draw several diagrams (now lost the wilds of time probably) to explain how (in my mind at least) the whole timetravel thing in Marvel G1 actually worked, and people agreeing with me.
2. The whole trying to get up to a certain number of posts to get the top post-rank, ah, those were the days (i'm still impressed that i'm the 14th highest poster thesedays, despite being a bit more infrequent in recent times) i'm guessing the young'uns have better things to do with their time, or did we just scare them all away?
3. Meeting up with some of you guys for beverages and not remembering most people's real names, I still can't remember who's who properly... (see my memory comment earlier).
4. Didn't I end up with a catchphrase about 'just getting my coat' somehow? Not sure how that started exactly, but catchphrases are cool.
5. Molestanger!
6. As mentioned in someone else's comment, the 'Pat Lee's best artwork thread'.
7. The revelation that the whole board was infact just alt-aliases of Brend.

Infact, that whole fad of having alt-aliases was a bit wierd...

Sadly we do seem to have lost some people over the last ten years, understandably I suppose... Has anyone heard from Omega recently? Be interested to see what his take on the boards was these days! But at least we got Karl back - hooray for Karl!

Whatever happened to DrunkenMonkeyBot by the way?

Drunken Monkey Bot · Post by **Drunken Monkey Bot** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:16 am

Legion wrote:
Whatever happened to DrunkenMonkeyBot by the way?

Who disturbs our slumber?

Post by **Kaylee** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:02 am

Legion wrote:Snip

I agree!

I should write a Molestrangler G2 when I have time

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:34 pm

Karl wrote:
Legion wrote:Snip
I will write Molestrangler G2 immediately

This.

Woo Karl

Post by **Best First** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:25 pm

Yaroo!

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:39 pm

Highs

Comic and movie reviews and discussions with fellow posters who are far more intellectual and critical than the average TF or sci-fi/fantasy fan. The bar must be raised, and here on Transfans, it is.

Snarlz. I don't understand a word that dude says, but he's cool as ****. Who would have thought swearing could rival the greatest poetry.

Creating a "Clone Wars" thread that consisted of a multi-page conversation...with myself. Huh. I wonder what I'm doing there now. Better go check.

Sprunkabeemus. He is the human glue that holds a board consisting of bickering, snarling Muslims, Christians, atheists, Mormons, agnostics, etc. together. Anybody who thinks about the feelings of others before they type gets an "A" in my book.

The time I was going through that really rough patch, and you guys stepped up and..... wait. [composite word including 'f*ck'], you didn't do a damn thing.

Political and religious discussions amongst people who play with Transformers in the secrecy of their home.

Lows

The occasional low blows, hits below the belt, and lack of self restraint.

Political and religious discussions amongst people who play with Transformers in the secrecy of their home.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 4:02 am

Yaya wrote:Sprunkabeemus. He is the human glue that holds a board consisting of bickering, snarling Muslims, Christians, atheists, Mormons, agnostics, etc. together. Anybody who thinks about the feelings of others before they type gets an "A" in my book.

That guy? He's totally a child molester.

Seriously... that is the nicest compliment I have probably ever received. Thank you. Can we get this thread into Lying In The Gutters?

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:13 am

Highs?

Meeting all you lovely people and getting pissed up whether in London or the nether Netherlands
Transfest
Besty's substandard mode (there must be a picture of this somewhere)
Religious debating that's ultimately pointless but fun
Unique Ron winning newbie of the year
Being the cancer of the fandom

Lows?

Having to wipe down the upholstery after the Sprunkners' visit

Post by **Kaylee** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:21 am

I recall the substandard mode had a leg formed of a piece of drainpipe terminating in a stuffed moose's head?

Good thing I don't do drugs really or things might be much worse!

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:39 pm

Karl wrote:I recall the substandard mode had a leg formed of a piece of drainpipe terminating in a stuffed moose's head?

I think it was a girder...the moose's head went "Eh!" in a Canadian accent after everything he said, and I think the other leg was a mop and bucket on wheels...

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 2:36 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:Highs?

Meeting all you lovely people and getting pissed up whether in London or the nether Netherlands
Transfest
Besty's substandard mode (there must be a picture of this somewhere)
Religious debating that's ultimately pointless but fun
Unique Ron winning newbie of the year
Being the cancer of the fandom

Really High Highs?

Having to wipe down the upholstery after the Sprunkners' visit

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 5:13 pm

I remember Ultrasabre as a hardcore Nintendo fanboy. Is that about right?

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:04 pm

I think OPR beat me for newbie of the year. Bastard!!!

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:13 pm

Ultra thought the GC would be around for 20+ years... He was wrong about that but he did go onto get a job making games, good for him!

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 7:14 pm

bumblemusprime wrote:I think OPR beat me for newbie of the year. Bastard!!!

Dont be jealous of my swank sig (still think this is my favorite Prime shot ever.. aside from the Best Pat Lee rendition)

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 7:18 pm

Professor Smooth wrote:
spiderfrommars wrote: Emailing back and forth with some of my childhood heroes when sorting interviews
That was awesome. Is there anybody from the old Marvel (US or UK) run who we didn't interview? Come to think of it, we must have had pretty much everyone from DW drop by for interviews, too.

We never asked Bryan Hitch. We should have.

Yaya wrote:
Snarlz. I don't understand a word that dude says, but he's cool as ****. Who would have thought swearing could rival the greatest poetry.

So true.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:56 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:
Professor Smooth wrote:
spiderfrommars wrote: Emailing back and forth with some of my childhood heroes when sorting interviews
That was awesome. Is there anybody from the old Marvel (US or UK) run who we didn't interview? Come to think of it, we must have had pretty much everyone from DW drop by for interviews, too.
We never asked Bryan Hitch. We should have.

Still think we should have tried to track down Ian Rimmer too - he might've had some interesting insights into the early days of the UK comic.

That's the royal 'we' of course

And judging by the past tense used in these reminisces i'm assuming the Transfans interviewing days are behind 'us'?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:01 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:
Karl wrote:I recall the substandard mode had a leg formed of a piece of drainpipe terminating in a stuffed moose's head?
I think it was a girder...the moose's head went "Eh!" in a Canadian accent after everything he said, and I think the other leg was a mop and bucket on wheels...

Which leg was Computron? And who were the other three limbs?

Professor Smooth wrote:Come to think of it, we must have had pretty much everyone from DW drop by for interviews, too

I can think of at least one who didn't.

Legion wrote:And judging by the past tense used in these reminisces i'm assuming the Transfans interviewing days are behind 'us'?

The last ones seem to be 3 years old, at least.

Highs and Lows: Aside from ones already mentioned, all I can think of off the top of my head are:

Highs:
The Dilfirst strips.
The 8-bit strips by LROP & Tired Tracks.

Lows:
The randoms who did self-insertion wish-fulfilments into said strips.

Yeah, obviously, meeting various TransFans past and present has been a high. Karly, I'm sure that we will meet some day.

Post by **Kaylee** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 4:39 pm

I'd like that

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:06 pm

Do I sense the want for a Transfans meet up growing again?

Post by **Kaylee** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:32 pm

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:34 pm

Legion wrote:Do I sense the want for a Transfans meet up growing again?

Japan!

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 5:35 pm

I had this really weird dream a while ago that I flew to England to meet up with the transfans crowd and our designated spot was a cow field out in the middle of nowhere. I realized that I had left Chrissy and the kids at Heathrow, but I didn't want to leave, even though all we were doing was standing around kicking cowpats.