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L.W. Barricade
@charliebot34.bsky.social
Hubcap completionist. My onions are my own. This is a Loudpedal stan account. if you do not like Loudpedal, get out. 18+
This guy still coming??
August 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Tank Megatron and satellite soundwave work fine.

Alternatively, imagine how much funnier G1 would be if everyone was the same, but there was no mass shifting, like Megatron was just 7 inches tall in robot mode talking to massive plane and truck mechs. And just as strong.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
No Mass Shifting. Plain and simple. Like Bayverse tried to be with size consistency initially. We can debate it's plot later. Megatron can be so much more than a gun. And Soundwave- he can be any number of surveillance vehicles or technologies. There's MORE options now.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I'll share screenshots of the Mirage Dump Truck thread because it goes into some of what I talked about. Once I started asking questions, I was taken out of the film. Just one editing choice caused this headache.
Anyways, say you want to avoid this, okay? [14/16]
January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If you Want to make a Transformers story with a different tone that doesn't oneshot the audience by injecting the insanity of mass shifting (seriously why did they cut the hologram explanation for the mirage dump truck scene in RotB. In the final cut he just mass shifts)
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January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If there's even one bot with mass shifting, they're powerful enough to end the war singlehandedly. If this isn't a serious story and people aren't meant to think about it, that's fine, it adds to the weirdness that stuff like that just exists and no one questions it.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Transforming made them cool, but without constraints (like "stay the same size") it's overpowered. One bot could kamikaze shrink to the size of atoms and turn into a black hole, or grow until they become an iron fusion star. Or just.. triple in height and stomp everyone.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
How much mass can they shift? Can they go subatomic? How much mass can they gain? Can they achieve fusion? Transformers could fit armies in bullets to transport them instantly with the fire of a gun, massive space stations could transform into insects to vanish instantly.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
larger to cross this ocean fast, smaller to enter this human's home, smaller still to ask a colony of ants if they've smelled decepticons nearby. Why don't they all just grow to be as large as possible in combat? Having mass shifting at all adds unnecessary questions.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
What are the rules?? Why grow to one fixed size? Why shrink to one fixed size? What's stopping a 3-inch robot from turning into a truck the size of Manhattan? Why don't bots shrink and grow constantly to suit their needs? Taller for this enemy, shorter for this overpass,
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January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Why limit Mass Shifting to big guys with tiny alt modes, or triple changers with different sized alts? Why can't a small bot turn into a city, or an army of Titans fit in a shoebox, or a mammoth turn into a USB to sneak into an enemy base, or micromasters turn into titans?
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January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In All Hail Megatron most of the Decepticons openly use mass shifting just to be bigger and stronger. Cool. Devastator is like 400 feet tall and the cassette bots are like 50 feet tall. Why don't they do this more often? Why not use mass shifting more creatively?
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January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In early IDW1 the constraint is fuel, it takes a lot of power to mass shift. Okay? Why don't you use it for something more effective than turning your leader into a gun then? Why aren't they making the most of it? Or saving it all for one all-out attack? They save Some,
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January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Want to take Mass Shifting seriously? Let's take it seriously. "Serious" adaptations either don't talk about it or leave too many aspects of the ability a mystery, like why they only use it for stupid reasons. It is world-breakingly powerful magic.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Here's an A-10 warthog on a merry-go-round. The gun in his head should be larger than Bumblebee. He should be crushing the ride beneath him. Is this one even mass shifting or just a poorly scaled character? It's G1, It's all ridiculous. Intentionally, in many cases.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Shockwave is a laser gun that can grow to straddle a jet. That's a micro cassette driving that race car. They're putting a van inside another van. They're the same type of van. The noble leader of the Decepticons? He likes to have his lackey finger his trigger.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I like the angle you drew the ship flying from
December 2, 2024 at 2:53 AM
She's got some nice cannons
December 2, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Hmmm idk how to gain followers first. I need it to make a splash. I feel like it'll get me banned here so I want it to be worth it
December 1, 2024 at 9:05 PM
They are here to rescue you.. from LIFE
November 28, 2024 at 8:58 PM