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Talk:Morphcore

2013-06-09T22:51:23Z

Smith:

Is this somehow related to [[transformation cog]]s? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 17:52, 28 December 2011 (EST)

"Morphcore" was a term James Roberts used in Eugenesis and basically means the same thing. A much more elegant phrase than "transformation cog", I must say. [[User:Smith|Smith]] 10:17, 9 June 2013 (EDT)
:So, should we merge? And add a note about the canonization of the fan fiction term?--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 11:29, 9 June 2013 (EDT)
:: Yeah, I'd say so. With luck it might even lead to a resurgence of the term! [[User:Smith|Smith]] 18:51, 9 June 2013 (EDT)

Talk:Morphcore

2013-06-09T14:17:00Z

Smith:

Talk:Cyberforming

2011-03-26T13:11:58Z

Smith:

Is there a source for the Quintessons cyberforming Cybertron? Not that I don't find it plausible, but I would like something to back it up. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 21:16, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
:In retrospect, I might have been accidentally mixing it with the Botcon stuff about the Quintessons. I'll have to double-check.--[[User:76.1.36.210|76.1.36.210]] 17:45, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

What is the source for this word? I certainly don't recall it being used in ''Beast Machines'', which is the only fiction section in the article. Did it come from Alignment or something? Or perhaps somewhere in the G2 comics? If it's not a real word, we need to make that abundantly clear and/or move the article. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 04:32, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

:I think it's used in the G2 comics, but I'm not sure. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:34, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
::After a brief readthrough of some G2 issues, I note they seem to consistently call it [[eco-structuring]]. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:39, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

:::If that is the case, eco-structuring could certainly warrant an article, but I wouldn't want to cover the Beast Machines process in the same article since we have no idea if the processes are similar. I am inclined to say this article should be deleted unless somebody provides a citation for the term. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 04:34, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

::::I believe the word cyberforming came from Andy Dornan's fanfic "The Cyberformers", an excellent tale and part of the TMUK continuity. It might have been used before then in a different TMUK fic and has probably seen use on various message boards over the years, explaining why it seems to have entered the collective consciousness. [[User:Smith|Smith]] 09:11, 26 March 2011 (EDT)

Talk:Size changing

2011-03-25T21:12:20Z

Smith: /* Possible explanation? */

Subspace is canon now thanks to Binaltech... [[User:69.14.158.214|69.14.158.214]] 23:07, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
:Before we incorporate it, could we have a link to the specific citation? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:30, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
::"The "life force" that is the source of a TF's life is propagated through its entire body by a "laser core," which is at the center of a force field. The GT System separately contains this laser core outside the body in subspace storage"
::http://bwtf.com/binaltech/smokescreengt/booklet.shtml
::: But that doesn't have anything to do with size changing. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:53, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
::::Yes, but the wording makes it seem that every thing about Subspace is un-official, when we know that some aspects of it are indeed official.

Also, what about when Transformers materialize things in their hands from thin air with a flash of light? Like in "Plague of Insecticons", Kickback makes a gun appear in his hand with a bright flash of energy. In the season 3 bumpers, Blurr does the same thing with his gun. I'm sure there are other examples. Anyway to explain that away? "Subspace" or thereabouts seems to be the best explanation. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 00:24, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
: Those are already addressed in the Fandom explanations section, at the bottom. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:30, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

==Scale==
Scale is linked to multiple times in this article. Is this a mistake, or intentional, meant to hammer in a point? --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 10:39, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

==Possible explanation?==

I have no reference to back it up, but I am very sure that I read an explanation for the size changing in the Marvel Comics waaay back when. It was in the letters page and someone had asked how Soundwave could be both small enough to be a cassette player and also big enough to hold Megatron as a gun and fire him. The "explanation" given was that they released a "sort of gas" which shrank their molecular structure - totally impossible, obviously. Can anyone back this up? I used to get the comics in the late eighties. [[User:216.239.212.187|216.239.212.187]] 07:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

:: On a similar note, Shockwave's A-Z bio notes that since he was not granted an Earthen form by the Ark he 'remains in a size consistent with his robot mode', implying that size-changing is exclusive to the Auntie-modified Decepticons such as Megatron et al. [[User:Smith|Smith]] 17:12, 25 March 2011 (EDT)

==Did you mean==
Did you mean in the sense of overall or all-encompassing when writing the following: " ill-defined holistic transformations" ?[[User:ChoHIlqoq|ChoHIlqoq]] 21:17, 10 November 2007 (UTC)