[40k] Has anyone every tried to bring/convert Transformers..

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"Scooter" <stad13@canada.com> wrote in message
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> Since each tranformer has a stats sheet similar to the normal stats,
> has anyone tried a conversion to have autobots and decepticons fight
> against Chaos or Imperials?

I remember a kid doing this with transformers and a bunch of other toys way
back in my youth, but I don't really recall the details except that I played
the plastic dinosaurs...

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Doctor Rock wrote:
> "Scooter" <stad13@canada.com> wrote in message
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>
>
>>Since each tranformer has a stats sheet similar to the normal stats,
>>has anyone tried a conversion to have autobots and decepticons fight
>>against Chaos or Imperials?
>
>
> I remember a kid doing this with transformers and a bunch of other toys way
> back in my youth, but I don't really recall the details except that I played
> the plastic dinosaurs...
>
>

I use plastic dinosaurs for my 'warp beasts'

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In article <7t30v01c1i1j8nrrstcn6hjb9c8hnqqies@4ax.com>, Scooter
<stad13@canada.com> writes:

>>Well I figure Transformers are about the same scale as 40k vehicles,
>>so I though would be cool for a 1 time battle, having a bunch of
>>robots tear through a few squads...

Not to state the obvious, but GW's already tried this. They call Transformers
"Crisis Battlesuits".

Philip Bowles

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"Robert Williams" <mail@rscc.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "P Bowles" <pbowles@aol.com> wrote in message
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>> In article <7t30v01c1i1j8nrrstcn6hjb9c8hnqqies@4ax.com>, Scooter
>> <stad13@canada.com> writes:
>>
>>>>Well I figure Transformers are about the same scale as 40k vehicles,
>>>>so I though would be cool for a 1 time battle, having a bunch of
>>>>robots tear through a few squads...
>>
>> Not to state the obvious, but GW's already tried this. They call
>> Transformers
>> "Crisis Battlesuits".
>
> There is a difference though, the Transformers looked good.
>
Not the recent transformers. They are shite.

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In article <csrmdh$o3o$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>, "Robert Williams"
<mail@rscc.freeserve.co.uk> writes:

>"P Bowles" <pbowles@aol.com> wrote in message
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>> In article <7t30v01c1i1j8nrrstcn6hjb9c8hnqqies@4ax.com>, Scooter
>> <stad13@canada.com> writes:
>>
>>>>Well I figure Transformers are about the same scale as 40k vehicles,
>>>>so I though would be cool for a 1 time battle, having a bunch of
>>>>robots tear through a few squads...
>>
>> Not to state the obvious, but GW's already tried this. They call
>> Transformers
>> "Crisis Battlesuits".
>
>There is a difference though, the Transformers looked good.

Well I must admit to collecting them myself, once, I have to admit - but I
stopped before turning 12. I think my sense of aesthetics must have matured
since then...

Philip Bowles

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"elfbard" <elfbard@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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>>>>>>Well I figure Transformers are about the same scale as 40k vehicles,
>>>>>>so I though would be cool for a 1 time battle, having a bunch of
>>>>>>robots tear through a few squads...
>>>>
>>>> Not to state the obvious, but GW's already tried this. They call
>>>> Transformers
>>>> "Crisis Battlesuits".
>>>
>>> There is a difference though, the Transformers looked good.
>>>
>> Not the recent transformers. They are shite.
>
> *wishes her father hadn't given away her Gen1 Optimus Prime when she was
> 12*
>

Hah I still have mine!