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...commonly getting the original Bluestreak and Smokescreen names mixed up since the Alternators and Silverstreak appeared?

Any similar situations with other characters?
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I have 'em both but I couldn't tell you which one's Clamp Down and which one's Deep Cover...

Other than that...:eyebrow:
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Jetstorm and Runway...
and don't ask me to tell you which micromaster's which from a combiner set - like SixLiner
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I screwed up the title of the thread for the alternator Smokescreen. I was thinking since he was all blue that it had to be Bluestreak and I didn't realize my mistake until I tried to find the toy online.
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I get MiniCons muddled (probably because a lot of mine are the Japanese versions, so I don't see the names), along with MicroMasters and ActionMasters. I can't tell you which Pretender Monster is which, nor their DinoForce counterparts.

Names reused across generations I tend to be quite good at, though.
Originally posted by StoneCold Skywarp
I have 'em both but I couldn't tell you which one's Clamp Down and which one's Deep Cover...


Clampdown's the police one. He clamps down on crime.

Deepcover's the all black one. Because being black means he's deep undercover. Or something. It's twenty past three tomorrow, I need to wake. Or something...
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I can never remember which Firecon is which. Not that I actually care mind you. But still...Nor do I know, or care, what the names of the micromaster combiner vehicles are. They get refered to by squad name, or not at all.
Also, I've started calling the RiD Car Bros. by their Japanese names without realizing it. Really confuses the hell out of my younger cousins.
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I keep calling RiD Grimlock "Scavenger". Also, no clue on some Mini-con names....
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Re: [name re-use] Am I the only person...

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Originally posted by Denyer

Am I the only person...


Yes.
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Very convincing Claypool impression...
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I'm getting used to it, and already associate the name Wheeljack with the black & white club wielding Slipknot fan over a monkey-armed plot-device producing tit.
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Originally posted by Shrapnel Clone
I keep calling RiD Grimlock "Scavenger". Also, no clue on some Mini-con names....


ditto with the mincons altho i call my RiD Grimlock Gridlock
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