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English citations of Bayformers
Proper noun: "(fandom slang) the live-action Transformers film franchise"
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- 2010, review of Transformers: War For Cybertron, NAG, May 2010, page 46:
- Because many fans were “irked by the Michael Bay insectlike versions” (that have been dubbed “Bayformers”) of the Autobots and Decepticons, the design team put a more “modern” polish on the style, hoping to evoke the feel of the Generation 1 cartoon.
- 2011, Gen Con Indy 2011 program book, "Anime Panels & Events", page 138:
- Join us for a complete history of the epic TF franchise: from 80s to Bayformers.
- 2013, Vincent Chiang, "The Most Colossal Movie of the Year", Woroni (Australian National University), 23 July 2003, page 21:
- For a generation of mecha Anime fans, brought up on Mobile Suit Gundam and and Neon Genesis Evangelion, this film succeeds far beyond the league of Bayformers in presenting brilliant, powerful mecha action.
- 2015, Alex Langley, The Geek Handbook 2.0, page 66:
- Common foes of this post-apocalyptic new world: Zerminators, which are terrifying metal exoskeletons with pinpoint-accurate weapons and little understanding of sarcasm. Bayformers, loud, screeching, unintelligible piles of metal which often devolve into explosions for no reason.
- 2019, Thomas Mann, review of Bumblebee, Peacock (Leicester Grammar School, Leicester, UK), February 2019, page 7:
- Unlike the ‘Bayformers’ there is a very small cast of Decepticons (the bad guys) who are extremely well done because they are actually threatening and show they are the bad guys through what they believe in.