From kendrick@io.com Mon Mar 20 18:35:12 1995
Article: 7185 of alt.toys.transformers
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From: kendrick@pentagon.io.com (Kendrick Kerwin Chua)
Newsgroups: alt.toys.transformers
Subject: TF Weekday: Tuesday 27 Sept
Date: 27 Sep 1994 08:21:14 -0500
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The intro of the Constructicons (don't know actual title, help please?)

Megatron creates the Constructicons, who steal more techno goodies to 
buildh his latest EI/AD, a strength transfer machine. Megs challenges 
Prime to a duel of champions, ala Cybertron law, with the loser leaving 
Earth. Prime accepts, and Megs transfers the powers and abilities of all 
other Decepticons into his frame. Meanwhile, the Con-cons tunnel into 
Mount Saint Hilary in an attempt to deactivate Teletran-1, which could 
detect the dishonesty in Megs' combat (Cybertron law prohibits 
enhancement or assistance in a battle of champions...) Megs beats the tar 
out of Prime, but that's OK, the Dinobots beat the tar out of the 
Con-cons until they form Devestator. Prime uncovers Megs' plot and blows 
all of the 'Cons into a lava pit.

All in all, a wierd episode. For those of you who have just joined us, 
this episode is one of three that presents alternate origins for the 
Constructicons and Megatron. Either one created the other, vice versa, or 
they had independent existence. The argument will be presented at another 
time.

Did you notice that Starscream was not the backstabbing miscreant he 
usually is? This episode painted him as a loyal second-in-command, who 
had the interests of all Decepticons in mind. I get the feeling that this 
episode was written by an old-fashioned cartoon writer (from the '60s) 
because all the bad guys die at the end, with the threatening "I'll be 
back" cliche at the end. That would also explain why all the powers were 
so oversold ("Reflector and Thundercracker must be proud...")

Ever wonder why the Dinobots and the Constructicons were allowed to duke 
it out when the war was supposedly ended? Me too.

"You wouldn't want to cheat, would you, Megatron?"

"Me, Sludge, not see these Decepticons before."
"And you not see again either..."

KKC, deep in debt and still hasn't written his papers. Crud.
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