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Talk:Crack (G1)

2011-08-21T13:30:37Z

AmazingSpiderGuy: New page: ==Seriously?== Nobody's gonna say it? Alright, then: He is Wack. --AmazingSpiderGuy 9:29, 21 August 2011 (EST)

==Seriously?==
Nobody's gonna say it? Alright, then: He is Wack. --[[User:AmazingSpiderGuy|AmazingSpiderGuy]] 9:29, 21 August 2011 (EST)

Talk:Mold

2011-07-27T16:05:49Z

AmazingSpiderGuy:

I have no idea where we could FIND this, but man, an image of the actual steel-cut molds used for a TF toy would be pretty awesome. This article should probaly go into detail on the process and expense involved. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 22:04, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
:Seconded.
:I like how this article is shaping up, particularly the links to related articles. There's a whole network of toy-related articles that are kinda hard to find outside of digging through the Toys category (see [[Brick (term)|Brick]], [[Articulation]]... I'd like to see more of a hierarchy for them so they can all be grouped and cross-linked. Most of our content is organized by [[franchise]]. What kind of home should there be for stuff like this that isn't bound to one particular franchise? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 22:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
::The movie DVD's "Their War" featurette has a brief sequence of the Leader Prime mold being filled with liquid plastic. Screencaps of that will probably be the best we can do. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 23:23, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

:::*somewhere* I have a picture of the mold for a GIJoe rifle - would that work? [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 02:38, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
::::Too small, I think. Ideally, we'd have the "small car" variety mentioned at BC. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 02:49, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

== Possible disambiguation humor ==

{{disambig2|the metal forms used to create toys|the Transformer toys that actually sprout mold|Pretender Monster}}

== Blurry ==

From what I can gather, this article is blurry with regard to the distinction between ''plastic inhection mold'', the technical device used to create parts for toys, and "mold" as in "sculpt", a basic build for a toy that can be redecoed or retooled.

After my massive overhaul of the [[Retool]] article, I guess I should get started on improving this article next.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 07:01, 5 July 2009 (EDT)
:Wrote a new section explaining how exactly plastic injection molds work. Does anyone know more about die-cast molds? How do they differ from plastic injection molds? Is the metal also injected? Are the parts still connected on trees? Are diecast molds smaller than plastic molds (such as in the case of Alternators/Binaltech, where both die-cast and plastic molds exist for the same parts of the toy sculpts)?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 07:47, 6 July 2009 (EDT)

== Plastic, diecast and... rubber? ==

What about rubber parts, such as tires? Are they also cast from molds?--[[Special:Contributions/132.252.185.42|132.252.185.42]] 09:13, 7 July 2009 (EDT)
:If I'm not mistaken, the "rubber" tires on TFs are actually plastic, just a very pliable form - not real rubber. That's why they crack and break and split in ways that actual rubber doesn't. [[User:Hooper X|Hooper_X]] 16:55, 7 July 2009 (EDT)

== Optimus Prime Speculation ==
In the lost molds section, there's some speculation about the G1 Prime mold being lost: "It is also speculated that the original ''Generation 1'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] mold is long gone, as most reissues share the toolings of the ''Generation 2'' mold." Is that really speculated? I would've thought Hasbro/Takara went with the G2 mold because of the improvements made to the joints and because it was used more recently, thus requiring less restoration. Why go through more trouble with the G1 mold if the superior G2 mold is available? I'm also puzzled by the phrasing "most reissues". This sounds like there would be some that do not share the G2 tooling, thereby contradicting this speculation. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 18:38, 11 January 2011 (EST)

== Question ==
If the Constructicon molds are lost, then how is TakaraTomy able to release Devastator in the Encore line? --[[User:AmazingSpiderGuy|AmazingSpiderGuy]] 11:17, 13 July 2011 (EST)
:They were rumored to be lost, apparently the rumor was wrong. Or maybe Takara was able to get ahold of the molds the bootleggers have been using for years. Or they may have been recut based on existing toys (this is unlikely, due to costs). --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 11:30, 13 July 2011 (EDT)

:I suppose that would explain it. I'd be weary of the molds if they came from bootleggers. We might wind up with an official G1 Devastator that's even worse than the crappy bootlegs! --[[User:AmazingSpiderGuy|AmazingSpiderGuy]] 12:04, 27 July 2011 (EST)

Talk:Mold

2011-07-13T15:17:58Z

AmazingSpiderGuy:

User:AmazingSpiderGuy

2011-06-16T22:08:46Z

AmazingSpiderGuy:

Freedom Is The Right of All Sentient Beings. Unless you're a Decepticon; ''then you're aft is mine!''

Evil can bite my shiny metal aft!

User:Monzo

2010-12-23T03:13:45Z

AmazingSpiderGuy:

I must succeed!

Hey, didn't you have a screen cap of Fred riding on Spiral's vehicle mode? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 05:42, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/Fred_Spiral01.jpg

Indeed! --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 06:12, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I'm not sure if you got the message, but I suppose you could try either my other AOL address autobotx747 @ aol.com or my Yahoo! address highlander45657 @ yahoo.com. (Remember to remove the spaces.) Hope the helps. -- [[User:AmazingSpiderGuy|AmazingSpiderGuy]] 10:13, 22 December 2010

User talk:AmazingSpiderGuy

2010-12-23T03:06:45Z

AmazingSpiderGuy:

==Sweep-Stakes==
First, congratulations on winning third place in the TFWiki Sweep-Stakes! We apologize for the delay in following up on your winning.

Please send an e-mail to obscuretf at yahoogroups.com to discuss this matter further. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 23:12, 19 April 2010 (EDT)
:AmazingSpiderGuy, I have attempted to respond to your e-mail message to me, but received the following error:
::''"Your mail to the following recipients could not be delivered because they are not accepting mail from [my address]".''
:I, uh, am not sure what to do now? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 00:23, 24 April 2010 (EDT)

::I've tried writing to you again, but I still received an error message stating that "your mail to the following recipients could not be delivered because they are not accepting mail" from me. Do you have a gmail account or something else that's more open to emails? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 16:10, 27 October 2010 (EDT)

I'm not sure if it'll work, but you could try my other AOL address autobotx747@aol.com or you could try my Yahoo! E-mail address highlander45657@yahoo.com

MediaWiki talk:TFWiki.net Sweep-Stakes

2010-04-12T18:08:38Z

AmazingSpiderGuy:

Walky and I haven't specifically discussed whether or not anonymous users can enter the contest, so that may be something we'll be revising later. At the moment, I simply don't know.

If someone could add this contest to the front page of the Wiki, I would greatly appreciate it. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 01:42, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
:Added to the front page.
:While I like the idea of anonymous users entering, wouldn't that make it hard to determine the winner's identity? We'd need something extra from them like an e-mail address or URL, I would think.
:And... what was the third prize going to consist of? Something donated by us wiki users? (If so, I have a couple ideas...) --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 01:55, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
:What's the third place prize gonna be, anyway? --[[User:AmazingSpiderGuy|AmazingSpiderGuy] 2:07, 12 April 2010 (EDT)

User:AmazingSpiderGuy

2010-04-11T03:00:23Z

AmazingSpiderGuy: New page: Freedom Is The Right of All Sentient Beings. Unless you're a Decepticon; ''then you're aft is mine!''

Freedom Is The Right of All Sentient Beings. Unless you're a Decepticon; ''then you're aft is mine!''

MediaWiki:TFWiki.net Sweep-Stakes/Entries

2010-03-31T18:45:00Z

AmazingSpiderGuy:

This is the page for the '''TFWiki.Net Sweep-Stakes''' contest entries. Please put your article of choice and user name below in the following manner:

*[[Small Foot]] --(four tildes)

Contest entry period ends '''April 5th, 2010'''. Good luck, everyone! --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 01:41, 23 March 2010 (EDT)

==Contest Entries==
*[[Estrela]] -- [[User:TVsGrady|TVsGrady]] 18:56, 27 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Generation 1 cartoon timeline]] -- [[User:Chocobo prime|Chocobo prime]] 14:08, 27 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)]] -- [[User:Zakor1138|Zakor1138]] 14:40, 27 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Raiden]] -- [[User:AngryRaiden|AngryRaiden]] 17:18, 26 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)]] -- [[User:hupla|hupla]] 23:41, 25 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[The Invisibility Factor]] -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] 19:38, 25 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[FREE! Blaster!]] --[[User:Bioniclepluslotr|Bioniclepluslotr]] 18:58, 25 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Dalek]] --[[User:DocWho|DocWho]] 2:55 25 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Michigan]] --[[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 11:51, 25 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Blitzwing Bop]] -- [[User:TrentTroop|TrentTroop]]
*[[Antilian bumble-puppy]] [[User:Star Saber|Star Saber]] 02:12, 23 March 2010 (EDT) SS
*[[Bud Hansen]] --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 02:20, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Path Finder]] --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 02:57, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Roy Harker]] --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 03:17, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Slogism]] -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 06:11, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Particle cannon]] --[[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 06:25, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Axiom Nexus]] --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 07:52, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Jetstorm (Armada)]] --[[User:G1MarvelBlaster|G1MarvelBlaster]] 08:12, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Fred_(Armada)]] [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 08:48, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Cybertron (planet)]] --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 08:59, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Clone Trooper]] -- [[User:Darth Shadow 91|Darth Shadow 91]] 9:22, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)]] -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 09:15, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Shattered Glass (fiction)]] --[[User:Bzero|Bzero]] 09:17, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Transformers Animated: How to Draw]] --[[User:Namiinana|Namiinana]]
*[[Topspin (G1)]] --[[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 10:30, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)]] --[[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 10:34, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Dinobots vs. Constructicons]] --[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 11:32, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Canonizing]] --[[User:Cliffjumper prime|Cliffjumper prime]] 11:46, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Subgroup]] --[[User:Eire|Eire]] 16.20 Mar 23 2010 (GMT)
*[[Paradron]] --[[User:Ayellowbirds|Ayellowbirds]] 12:26, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Inferno (Energon)]] --[[User:SamuraiMarmoset|SamuraiMarmoset]] 1:32 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)]] --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 13:44, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Force of Habit]] --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 14:22, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Mirage (G1)]] --[[User:Apoc|Apoc]] 14:31, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)]] --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 14:47, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Transformers Tapestry]] --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 14:48, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic]] --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 14:52, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 1]] --[[User:Abates|abates]] 15:20, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)]] ----[[User:ACIDSTORM92|ACIDSTORM92]] 19:01, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)]] --[[User:SuzyP|SuzyP]] 23:05, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Red Alert (G1)]] --[[User:Kookaburra|Kookaburra]] 23:09, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)]] --[[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 00:03, 24 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Ratchet (SG)]] ----[[user:HunterCham|HunterCham]] 06:20, 24 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Pay phone refugee]] --[[User:Rideonshootingstarxx|Rideonshootingstarxx]] 10:44, 24 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)]] -- [[User:Skyshock Thunderblast|Skyshock Thunderblast]] 18:09, 24 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)]] -- [[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 23:03, 25 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Cypher]] -- [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 18:40, 28 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Tantrum]] -- [[User:Stevo|Stevo]] 19:07, 28 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/toys]] ---- [[User:Jiggles97|Jiggles97]] 19:07, 28 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Headmaster Junior]] -- [[User:Fortress Minimus|Fortress Minimus]] 12:44, 29 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Chris Ho]] -- [[User:Echnalaid|Echnalaid]] 6:51, 29 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[DreamMix TV World Fighters]] [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 18:53, 29 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[High Wire (Armada)]]--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 14:45, 30 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Circuit Breaker]] -- --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 23:53, 30 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[World of Transformers]] -- [[User:Tindalos|Tindalos]] 00:28, 31 March 2010 (EDT)
*[[Chromedome (G1)]] -- [[User:AmazingSpiderGuy]] 00:28, 31 March 2010 (EDT)