Army building Transformers Wiki. Army building is a nickname for a toy collecting habit that involves buying multiple identical toys which represent generic or mass produced characters for example, Cobra soldiers or Star Warsstormtroopers, with the intent of displaying them as an imposingly large cohesive unit. Some army builders have hundreds of figures, arranged in elaborate dioramas or military style formations. The practice is somewhat less common in Transformers fandom than in other fandoms, primarily due to the relative lack of mass produced, identical, generic units, but there are notable exceptions. Beast-Wars-Second_01_1313821540.jpg' alt='Buy Transformers: Beast Wars The Movie On Dvd ' title='Buy Transformers: Beast Wars The Movie On Dvd ' />Perhaps due to the relative dearth of toys representing multiple generic characters, some fans amass armies of non generic characters like the Jumpstarters. Generation 1. The Transformers cartoon. Find great deals on eBay for transformers dvd and transformers dark of the moon dvd. Shop with confidence. Cartoon Network is the best place to play free games and watch full episodes of all your favorite kids TV shows with apps and online videosGeneration 1 offers many possibilities for army building, usually by using multiple figures of named characters to represent an army of similarly designed drones. The pilot mini series featured a fleet of nameless Seekers colored differently from theprimarythree. Luke Plunkett. Luke Plunkett is a Contributing Editor based in Canberra, Australia. He has written a book on cosplay, designed a game about airplanes, and also runs. Archive Footage Transformers Prime. Transformers Prime Beast Hunters USA third season title Patch 2012 TV episode, Played by Peter Cullen. Buy Beauty and the Beast Includes Digital Copy BlurayDVD Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV EnglishFrenchSpanish 2017 online and read movie reviews at Best Buy. In the Beast Wars toyline, Snarl was the name of a Maximal who transformed into a Tasmanian devil. This character did not appear in the original Beast Wars cartoon. Two decades later, toys of these Air Warriors were finally made in the form of Heroes of Cybertron. PVC figures. They were sold in multi packs featuring three identical Air Warriors alongside the aforementioned three named Seekers. Biography Movies Watch Big Hero 6. Additionally, generics with identical colors to the original three would sometimes appear within the SAME SCENE as the original three, technically making Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker army builders as well. Hotlink and Bitstream are also a good match for plenty of Air Warriors. The Insecticons can be represented by Bombshell, Shrapnel and Kickback. This is probably the cheaper option than using multiples of the actual drone unit Insecticon toys Salvo, Zaptrap, and Shothole, and more show accurate to boot. Multiple Scourge toys can represent the Sweeps. Similarly, multiple Cyclonus toys can represent his armada. In both cases, the main character and his nameless henchmen may be represented by different releases. Multiples of Gnaw can be used to represent the Sharkticons. This works particularly well with this figure, as Gnaw received very little characterization in most official fiction. The Guardian robotsDark Guardians are potential army builders, though as an e HOBBYexclusive they would be costly ones. Kremzeek could be considered an army builder, albeit a costly one, as he has only been released as a pack in with the large Autorooper and Masterpiece. Megatron toys. Though there are multiple Junkions, each one has a different character model, and thus using multiple Wreck Gar figures to represent them is not common. While Wreck Gars original toy cant really ride himself well, his Reveal the Shield toy can and is designed for it, as are its retools Scrapheap and Junkheap. The Headmasters cartoon. In The Headmasters, Sixshot demonstrated the ability to create temporary duplicates of himself. Super God Masterforce cartoon. Super God Masterforce was good to army builders, as it provided several good opportunities. The Seacons had multiples of all the limb units Turtler was the only non cloned individual of the group. Thankfully, the Takara versions of these toys are identical to the Hasbro versions, reducing the need for costly importing. The Sparkdash. Javil, Guzzle, and Sizzle are all drones with multiple copies. Though Javil and Guzzles toys are colored differently from their Firecon doppelgangers, the Masterforce cartoon gave all three Sparkdash the Hasbro colors, making for cheap army building for those whod rather be show accurate with their hordes. Legions of black Guardminder drones appeared, led by a single golden one. The black drones can be represented by Fasttrack, while the leader can be his upgrade Black Roritchi. However, while collecting a single Black Roritchi wouldnt be too hard, as he comes with Black. Zarak, collecting an army of Fasttrack toys, which were only sold packaged with Scorponok, would be expensive. IDW Generation 1 continuity. During Devastation, the Machination sent multiple Sunstreaker clones after Hot Rod and Wheeljack. However, there is no toy of Sunstreaker in that particular form, let alone as a Headmaster, requiring a substitution. There are also multiple Sunstreaker bodies in black, white and red though there are no Transformers toys of these, if one were so inclined they could track down the Diaclone red and white Sunstreakers Countach LP5. S. Alternatively, the Sideswipeversion of Sunstreakers Universe toy has been produced in thosethreecolors, although the prospect of an army of Bot. Con 2. 01. 0 Sideswipes takes this page to an entirely new level of prohibitively expensive. Cover A of Into the Abyss Dark Cybertron Chapter 4, as well as various other panels, draw the Ammonites as using the designs of the Mini Con Assault Team, making the team an army builder. Earthfall Chapter 5 I Dream of Wires features an army of clones of Ramjet and Thrust. G. I. Joe vs. the Transformers. G. I. Joe vs. the Transformers II3 features a pack of Ravage units. Timelines. Kiss Players. The Earth Defense Commands Kiss Players had 4. Autorooper models in service. In what can only be a move designed to encourage army building, the large Autorooper toy came with a decal sheet with specialized markings for all 4. Ataris Autorooper. AlternatorsBinaltech. With the introduction of the GT System in that series fiction, Smokescreen can inhabit four bodies in unison, so some collectors might take to buying all four Smokescreen variants or, more precisely, both Smokescreen variants and both Smokescreen GT variants to represent him in his four bodies at once. HOBBY toy bios. E HOBBY exclusive Overcharge is a Quintesson military product with multiple units available. This back story, along with the multiple different faction insignias he is packaged with, encourages army building, though like the Guardian Robots he would be costly to collect. Beast Era. Beast Wars Metals manga. The Scorpion Corps could be built with numerous Scorponok toys, if one considers the minor differences between the two characters to be simply due to an artistic interpretation of the character model. Considering how other characters have been. Beast Wars Neo cartoon. Multiple ships in the Cybertron fleet share a design with Fortress Maximus, which would undoubtedly make him the most expensive army builder of them all. Beast Wars Neo manga. The Blentrons. Elphaorpha, Drancron, and Rartorata have many duplicates. Beast Machines. The Vehicons of Beast Machines are undoubtedly the most popular army builders from the Beast Era, possibly from all of Transformers, with virtually every Vehicon representing thousands of identical drones. Megatron was the main exception. The Beast Machines cartoon featured legions of Thrust, Tankor, Jetstorm, Obsidian, and Strika drones, each commanded by a general. Note that the character model for Tankor was much closer to the Tank Drone toy. The Wreckers comic Departure further featured drones of Scavenger, Blastcharge, Spy Streak, and Mirage. Additionally, an on model depiction of the original toy for Tankor was repurposed to represent drones for Quake who had the same bodyform, but in different colors. Universe. The 2. 00. Universe comic Homecoming featured multiple Piranacons, toys which would be eventually released by Transformers Collectors Club as new decos of the original Seacons. Unicron Trilogy. The Unicron Trilogy offers multiple possibilities for army building. Armada. In Armada, Unicrons interior is patrolled by swarms of Dead End Drones, commanded by Dead End General units. This was originally an expensive toy to army build, being a pack in with the 5. Unicron toy though eventually some Target stores clearanced them for as little as 1. In the Galaxy Force toy line though, the fourth Micron Booster assortment featured Bug Drones at a mere 3.