Unpaintable plastic

2011-12-19T00:34:36Z

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[[Image:Unpaintableplasticsticker.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Due to Prowl's mold layout, changing the outer shell of the car while leaving the limbs white for Sideswipe left a white part on the roof that had to be covered by a sticker. All of Sideswipe's white plastic (and the corresponding parts on other versions of the mold) cannot hold paint.]]

Just what its name implies, '''unpaintable plastic''' is [[plastic]] to which the type of [[Paint operation|paint]] [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy]] use will not properly adhere, due to the chemical compositions of said plastic. This plastic is sometimes used on Transformers toys for structural reasons, due to its durability, flexibility, or resiliency.

The two most common plastics that are unpaintable and often used in Transformers are '''Polyoxymethylene (POM)''' and '''Polyamide (PA)'''. The vast majority of Transformers toys have at least one mold that is unpaintable.

==Examples==
* ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)#Toys|Dinobot]]'s beast forelegs, the piece at the back of his beast mode neck, his robot shoulders, and his robot thighs are unpaintable plastic.

* ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker's]] silver plastic is unpaintable, which is why his eyes are silver and indirectly why his face is painted red. (Thundercracker's face is usually silver, but since his eyes and face would have been the same color, [[Joe Kyde|his deco artist]] changed Thundercracker's face color.)

* ''The Ultimate Battle'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] — Much of his red plastic, especially the upper arms, is made of unpaintable plastic. This is why the [[Autobot]] symbol [[tampograph]] was moved to his forearm.

* [[OTFCC 2003]] [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] — See photo and caption to right.

* [[Prime]] [[Starscream (Prime)]] - Starscreams head spike is made of a very flimsy, rubbery plastic therefore that part can,t be painted

==Notes==
* Yes, you can probably get commercially available hobbyist paints to stick to this plastic. You are not a multi-million dollar toy corporation and you are beholden to different budget constraints, not to mention your alterations do not have to hold up to the same [[for safety reasons|testing and durability standard]]s their mass-retail toys do. This fundamental disconnect is pretty much the entire driving force behind [[customizing]].

[[Category:Toys]]

Egypt

2011-11-24T19:59:39Z

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[[Image:ROTF Optimus sphinx.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Damn tourists.]]
Ah, '''Egypt''', cradle of human civilization, birthplace of culture, writing and art!

It is home to the [[pyramid]]s! 2,500 years ago, these structures were the most ancient of the [[Wikipedia:Wonders of the World|Seven Wonders of the World]], and they are the only one of the Seven that still exist today.

(They attract craziness like you wouldn't believe.)

==Fiction==
===''Condor-Verlag Transformers Comic-Magazin''===
[[Stealth]] and Goldbug flew to Egypt to investigate the mystery of the pyramids, discovering that there was Cybertronian influence in their construction. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 18|The Curse of the Pyramids}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====

As part of a grand plan to destroy the Earth, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] placed a mighty "[[Death Tower]]" of [[crysmagnetal]] in [[Cairo]]. (Spoiler: <span style="background-color:#000;">Earth wasn't destroyed.</span>) There was a clash with Scorponok and his forces there. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''Masterforce'' cartoon====
Decepticon [[Pretender]] [[Blood]] was sealed away in Ancient Egypt, but would later escape. {{storylink|Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt}}

====''Masterforce'' comic====
[[Grand]] implied that the [[Pyramid]] has connection to the [[Pretender]]s. {{storylink|Great Turn-Around! Autobots}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
The last of the [[O-Part]]s was found in Egypt. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Following that, it was worked out the [[Orb of Sigma]] was located in Egypt's deserts, and the Autobots rapidly high-tailed it there, eventually finding it in a pyramid. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
In the peaceful inter-war period, the Autobots built [[Desert City]] in Egypt. {{storylink|Unicron Trilogy guidebooks}}

===Revenge of the Fallen===
Around 17,000 BC, [[The Fallen]] was in Egypt (which was then a green, fertile valley) organizing the building of a [[star harvester]]. The other [[Seven Primes|Primes]] took pity on the primitive [[human]]s and stole the [[Matrix of Leadership]] that powered the harvester, thereby rendering it useless and saving the planet. Many years later, the humans built the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] over the harvester. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2}}

In 2009 AD, [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] took [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Mikaela Banes]], [[Seymour Simmons]], [[Leo Spitz]], [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] to <s>[[Wikipedia:Wadi Rum|Wadi Rum]]</s> Egypt (which had assumed its more familiar desert appearance by that point) via a [[space bridge]]. The group stayed at the [[pyramid]]s, where Sam figured out the [[Tomb of the Primes]] and the Matrix was hidden in [[Petra]], [[Jordan]]. Simmons got past the border authorities, who were ordered to arrest Sam after The Fallen put the price of humanity's existence on his head, by passing them off as his family: it also turned out the border guard had visited [[New York City]], where Simmons noted he was from, and liked the place.

[[Image:Rotf t2 egyptpyramids.jpg|thumb|250px|Too big for [[United Kingdom|England]] to steal.]]
After finding the Matrix, the group returned to the pyramids, where [[NEST]] and the Decepticons had landed in a nearby town, readying for [[Operation: Firestorm|battle]]. [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] emerged in a quarry and climbed up the pyramid to excavate the harvester, while [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] and [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] clones attempted to claim the Matrix from Sam. [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] had jammed NEST's phone signals, but Simmons retrieved a radio from a downed Jordanian helicopter which he used to order the [[United States Navy#U.S.S. Kidd (DDG-100)|USS ''Kidd'']] to fire her experimental [[Wikipedia:railgun|railgun]] on Devastator, and to get reinforcements. Sam was able to resurrect Optimus with the Matrix before The Fallen snatched it and powered his machine. Optimus and Jetfire combined and blew up the harvester before finally killing The Fallen. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] crash landed near the pyramids. {{storylink|Con Job}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Egypt''' (エジプト ''Ejiputo'')

==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:Egypt|Egypt]] at Wikipedia

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