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@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+

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Latest posts by charliebot34.bsky.social on Bluesky

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This guy still coming??

05.08.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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]

30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's time for another thread about
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Mass Shifting isn't a serious concept. Any attempt to justify it is silly. It doesn't make sense. Transforming makes sense. Giving random bots Ant-Man's powers is absurd and humorous. It fits the tone of G1 well
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30.01.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Men hate female Transformers because they hate the idea of women existing outside of sex. There's no sex as an obstacle in Transformers, so men (who hate women) have no reason to tolerate them anymore, and are free to fantasize about the planet just for men they already live in.

12.01.2025 03:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I like the angle you drew the ship flying from

02.12.2024 02:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Given my dragons a bit of a rearrange and I am now once again wondering where Legacy/Selects Cryotek has got to

01.12.2024 23:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 152    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

She's got some nice cannons

02.12.2024 02:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

01.12.2024 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Should I do the Hot Rod post here too so people know who I am

01.12.2024 01:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

seems like rich guys just want to spend their money on stupid shit . if i was rich i would get my dad and all my uncles added to fort nite

30.11.2024 04:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15773    ๐Ÿ” 1346    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 164    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

They are here to rescue you.. from LIFE

28.11.2024 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just some recent selfies. hi Bluesky, this is me! I'm new here so be nice!

27.11.2024 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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They kinda look like rubber ducks in alt mode. The robot modes are cute and they look surprisingly good for something so simple and gimmicky. They're well painted, more paint at least than earthspark and transformers one mainline toys.

I just think they're neat.

27.11.2024 04:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Some of the Rescue Bots toys made Zero sense.
There were one step changers that changed from bots to cars of which smaller versions of the bots themselves were inside driving. Is this like a Headmaster situation? Idk.
Ours is not to reason why, ours is just to simply buy.

27.11.2024 04:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Buddy you can use it to stop the pacemaker of the chief justice in the united states Supreme Court i don't give a damn so long as I can watch movies in peace

21.11.2024 23:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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