The
Webmaster
Ah..... so you finally made it here. Welcome to
the webmaster section. This is where you will learn about the
creator and keeper of Hot Rod's Homepage. Protoman would be
glad to share his information with you......... that's it for now......
Till all are one.......
Real Name: Daniel Arseneault
Internet Names: Protoman, Hot Rod,
Unibrawn
DOB: May 27th 1983
Location: Montreal, Canada
First Transformer: Blaster (Close door
type)
Interests: Transformers (Of course),
Dragonball Z, Megaman/Rockman, Gundam (I was into it before Wing
came here and ruined the fandom), Machine Robo, Macross/Robotech,
Mazinger (See a robot trend here?) Earthbound, Japanese anime,
Arcades (mainly fighting games), street racing (Initial D) and
the art of Judo.
Other favorite Transformers: Blaster,
Sideswipe, Bluestreak, Inferno, Starscream, Nightbeat,
Chromedome, God Genrai (Masterforce), Star Saber (Victory),
Braver (Victory), Sonic Bomber (Zone), Cheetor (Beast Wars/Machines)
and Speedbreaker/Sideburn (CR/RID).
If you were a Autobot who would you be?:
Wanna try yourself?
Click.
ICQ #: 6805476 (Tell me who you are when
you add)
Other webpages ran by Protoman:
Protoman's Megaman Site - This is my shrine to Protoman. It's a pretty
big site. But needs a update.
ProtomanWB's RPG Profile - A small page with a profile of a character I
use in RPs I play in on MIRC.
Protoman's Sharks Hangout - I love Earthbound, so I created a character
for it and his own little world with some editing.
Why
Hot Rod and how I got into Transformers
Wow..... it's a long story but here it
goes. The year is 1986 and I was 3 years old. One of my older
friends was going to see a movie and I taged along with my mom (^_^).
This would be a move that would change my life forever. The movie
we saw was Transformers the Movie. Now imagine, this young mind,
innocent to the rest of the world is introduced to the war of the
Autobots and the Decepticons in what most fans say was the most
violent of all TF material. It didn't really fase me although
even if at the time I didn't know who Optimus Prime was, I felt
really bad for him when he died, but he didn't have a impact on
me like another character in the movie... yes... his name is Hot Rod. Hot Rod was
everything, a young brash kid who didn't care for the rules or
the war but he still did his part to help. Maybe it's just a
coincidence but the kid that Hot Rod was protecting and best
buddies with was named... Daniel..... JUST A THOUGHT! ^_^ Anyhow.....
I loved this character and unlike that Optimus Prime fellow I
cared what happened to him in the movie, and I didn't even expect
it when Hot Rod grabbed the Matrix off of Galvatron and became
Rodimus Prime.... that did it for me right there. He was the man.
The chosen one. Ok maybe I didn't think that then but in a 3 year
olds mind it could be sumed up to "Golly that's neato".
Anyhow...
After the movie I wanted everything to
do with Transformers, Atari 2600/Nintendo was one of my pastimes
but I needed a hobby. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were still
going to debut in a year so, it was the world of Transformers at
my feet. My dad got me my first Transformers Blaster, he was no
Hot Rod but just as cool. I really wanted a Hot Rod but he was
hard to find in my area (Also due to that rare targetmaster Hot
Rod being out). Aside from Blaster I got a few other
Transformers, mainly the micromaster sets, like the Sports Car
Patrol, the Rescue Patrol and the Battle Patrol. A few months
later at a flee market I got Optimus Prime (G1 gray cab). But
still no Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime........
1987 came and so did the Ninja Turtles
craze, Transformers was dying at that point and took a bow while
Ninja Turtles raided the toy stores, comics and TV shows. Alas, I
got caught into it by a friend.
During 1991, Generation 2 came out, I
got my chance to see some of the old episodes I missed as a child
(seeing how I was introduced to Transformers with season 3 and
the movie) but alas generation 2 came and left.... with no new
episodes...
In 1992, Power Rangers took the place of
the Turtles, at the time I was hardcore into arcades (It was the
beginning of the Street Fighter 2 era) and didn't care for the
spandex clad fighters with robots that are cheap Transformers
wanna-bes (I am wrong of course but this is then).
The year was 1994 and why sitting down
infront of the TV on a early Saturday morning waiting for the
next episode of Dragonball to come on Fox, a commercial for the
first wave of Beast Wars Transformers toys appeared. I jumped out
of my seat. New characters and a new story. For some reason I
wanted to get the Cheetor toy because it reminded me of Inferno's
toy water gun attack (G2). But alas just like Hot Rod, Cheetor
was never found in the stores (Blue eye edtion at the time) so I
gave up yet again on Transformers.....
In 1995 with the show Reboot under
everyones belt, heard of a show called Beasties that would be
shown on YTV "From the creators of Reboot", when I
heard the name I figured some CG animal kiddie show but was still
curious because I won't think Mainframe would jump from something
as good as Reboot to that....... When the intro started and I saw
these robots left and right flashing on the screen and a fimilar
cheetah I knew what this was on the spot...... it was the Beast
Wars show... oddly called Beasties TRANSFORMERS. (Stupid YTV
censorship confuses me sometimes). I flipped out! Transformers
was back and in the newest form of exclusive animation possible (at
the time). I was a bit confused with Optimus Primal and Megatron
(because I knew them as a Bat and Croc) but alas was still happy.
Cheetor was a interesting character that reminded me of Hot Rod a
bit.... in the brash, young, immature way. From that point on was
my revival and still to this day love of Transformers.
Around the same time I got the internet
(28.8 baby!) and began looking for Transformers stuff. I found
Benson Yee's site and from there learn more about Transformers
and Beast Wars then I ever did before. Me and a close friend who
went under the name Optimus Gold posted at Benson Yee's boards
almost everyday. I needed a nick in order to post so I decided to
create a character. Since Beast Wars was the show at the time, I
invented Unibrawn the Maximal Pretender. Corny but it got the job
done. From there I created a webpage dedicated to my favorite
Transformer ever Hot Rod..... and it was history from there.
...... oh and what of the Hot Rod toy I
never got? Well years later my small TF collection of 14 grew to
over 500+ and I got Hot Rod, and Rodimus Prime and almost every
other TF I ever wanted. I still have my first Blaster to this day
with only a little "war damage" one of his ear/antennas
are broken. It was quite the journey but it's not even over yet.
I would like to thank Benson Yee for
created his site and helping me revive my interest in
Transformers, and Joseph W. aka Optimus Gold for being there
during my newbie days as a web designer and internet/message
board poster.
What are some of my prize TFs to this
day (2002)? Well my 1st Blaster, my Star Saber MIB and my Hot Rod
are some but I would have to say my Canadian Edition Pepsi
Optimus Prime. He is so cool ^_^.
Of course my Rodimus
Prime PVC has to be in it ^_^.
All my nicknames in toy
form. From left to right, Hot Rod, Deep Six and Protoman (Yes
I know Deep Six is a Dirge toy with a seal head put on, I just
never had the time to get to the full kitbash ^_^'')
Montreal, Canada is also
home of Canada's largest Transformers fandom that ain't complete
losers. Here I am with two of the fandoms Pro Black Transformers
Society. It's me in the middle with Hot Rod, to the left Wendel
James (Known as Red Jazz) with Jazz and to the right is Lee-Jay
Robinson (Known as ill_SoNiC) with Blaster. According to them
Jazz, Blaster, Rhinox, Tigatron and Rapid Run (from RID) are all
"black" Transformers. Heheh I ain't one to disagree
with that idea.
Want to see more pictures!?
More to come!!!!!
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