[Pravus Prime]

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Originally Posted by MESH

My problem with transformers is that I am having hard time relating to the characters, because im not a robot myself, I can relate to Spike witwicky being the human element in the hero's tale, however after speaking to many TF fans, they told me that human element is not essential, this creates a problem for me because I honestly dont know how to relate with the TF anymore.

You see when you look at major heroes such as (Superman, Batman) they usually have a human element, which is the dual identity, the element that creates suspense and add prespectives to the hero instead of being hero the whole time. The problem with TFs is they are robots doing nothing in their tale except being robots, if you look at Gundam for example, it has a human pilot, which gives a human element.

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I was hoping someone can add perspective into this matter.

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Originally Posted by MESH

The problem is if I have to go through this concept - it means I have to find an Orion pax figure - since Optimus is the leader - and Orion is the origin of this crazed war between two faction - I have to push myself to buy an Orion pax if I will continue loving TF.

Having the basic bots without the characters from their origin is incomplete experience.

I really thought I could help when I clicked on this thread, but it seems I cannot. I don't get it, the problem that you have or even why you somehow made the jump to requiring an Orion Pax.

The closest it seems I can get to is that you seem to have a very superficial understanding of the characters and the dynamics that Transformers can bring. Try reading the full original profiles for the characters, the very first idea of them as fictional beings that was used to write the comics and the cartoon as an original guide and their truncated biographies on the back of the box as part of the character profiles. These aren't unfeeling robots going beep boop, they're aliens who are mechanical instead of biological, but still have some very human behaviors. Can you not relate to The Terminator or Data from Star Trek either? Or even a smaller step, how about Robocop? To not be able to understand them at all?

I would also suggest reading the IDW comic series More Than Meets the Eye. If you still can't find any bot to be relatable, I think the problem is something you'll need to find on your own.