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Talk:Artifacts of the Primes

2025-08-04T19:34:04Z

TheUnknown135:

== List ==

Could the list perhaps be replaced with a gallery? There doesn't seem to be an obvious order to the list, and I feel it would be helped by at least images to help readers distinguish between them.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] ([[User talk:KrytenKoro|talk]]) 16:54, 20 June 2016 (EDT)
:Some of them don't have visual representations. I'm not sure how we could get around that. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 17:56, 20 June 2016 (EDT)

== Toys Section for Artifacts: How extensive should it be? ==

With ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes]]'' releasing toys of all [[Thirteen]] Primes and their artifacts, I added a Toys section for this page that's just a list linking to each Artifact's Toy section. That said, how extensive should we get with listing / showing all Toy versions of the Artifacts? The Matrix has its own ''extensive'' [[Matrix of Leadership/toys|page]] and the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] has had a few toys created for it from ''Prime''. I think it's safer to only put toys that are 100% confirmed (like the Forge Hammer and Star Saber from AOTP) so there's less speculative content on the page, but again I'm not sure how we should develop a Toys section for these Artifacts. Treat it like the Toys section for the Primes' character pages? Do we use a gallery showing the most prominent version of each Artifact as a toy, linking to that Artifact's own Toy Section? --[[User:Daytonjhammon|Daytonjhammon]] ([[User talk:Daytonjhammon|talk]]) 20:05, 7 December 2024 (EST)

Talk:Artifacts of the Primes

2025-08-04T19:31:40Z

TheUnknown135:

Transformers: BotBots (franchise)

2025-01-30T03:58:34Z

TheUnknown135: /* Merchandise */

{{Nav-botbots}}
[[File:BotBotsPromoArt.jpg|upright=3|thumb|Collect the mall!]]
'''''Transformers: BotBots''''' is a [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'']] [[franchises|franchise]] that began in [[2018]], involving small, cartoony, [[super deformed]] robot characters who transform into mundane items.

In the universe of the BotBots, a [[Energon radiation|mysterious cloud]] of [[energon]] gas drifted through a [[Mall (BotBots)|shopping mall]], turning tools, electronics, furniture, food, toys, sports equipment, and just about anything else into tiny transforming robots. By day they hide, and by night, mischief is aplenty.

Starting off originally as a toyline, the running success helped grow the franchise enough for it to gain books, a mini-comic, a pack of [[San Diego Comic-Con|convention]] [[Exclusive#Convention and club exclusives|exclusives]] and a bunch of other merchandise. A [[Netflix]]-original [[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|cartoon]] premiered in [[March]] [[2022]].

''BotBots'' takes place within its own [[continuity]], and—for the most part—ignores any of the factions or concepts that had previously been used in ''Transformers''. Instead, the line gave birth to a wide variety of "squads" based on the stores or places they were brought to life inside. On ''very'' rare occasions, references would be made to extant ''Transformers'' universes or incarnations of existing characters; which indicate those to exist as mass-market fiction within the ''BotBots'' universe.

{{Quote|One stormy night at a mall nearby, Energon power fell from the sky. It hit the mall with its powerful might, and gave everyday objects robot life!|official synopsis}}

==Franchise elements==
The ''BotBots'' franchise features the following components:

* [[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|A toyline]] — ([[2018]] – [[2022]])
* [[Transformers BotBots Official Sticker Book|A sticker book]] — ([[2019]])
* [[Transformers BotBots Adventure|A promotional mini-comic]] — ([[2019]])
* [[Lost Bots! (book)|A 3-step reading book]] — ([[2020]])
* [[Transformers BotBots Mad Libs|A ''Mad Libs'' book]] — ([[2021]])
* [[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|A cartoon series]] — ([[2022]])
* And several pieces of merchandise ([[#Merchandise|see below]])

==Squads==
As the story goes, every single BotBot gathered together, forming their own squads inside the respective stores or environments of the mall that they were brought to life in.

The squads are as follows:
{{collist|3|
*[[Arcade Renegades]] ([[Game Palace]] arcade)
*[[Backpack Bunch]] ([[school supply store]])
*[[Bakery Bytes]] ([[bakery]])
*[[Caffeine Collective]] (coffee shop)
*[[Cardio Clique]] ([[gym]])
*[[Frequent Flyers]] ([[travel goods store]])
*[[Fresh Squeezes]] ([[health-food store|juice bar and health food]])
*[[Gamer Geeks]] (tech department)
*[[Gifted Guild]] (??)
*[[Goo-Goo Groopies]] ([[baby store]])
*[[Greaser Gang]] ([[food court]])
*[[Hibotchi Heats]] ([[Asian restaurant]])
*[[Home Rangers]] ([[department store]])
*[[Jock Squad]] ([[sports store]])
*[[Lawn League]] ([[gardening store]])
*[[Los Deliciosos]] ([[Mexican restaurant]])
*[[Lost Bots]] ([[Lost and Found (BotBots)|Lost and Found]])
*[[Magic Tricksters]] ([[magic store]])
*[[Movie Moguls]] ([[movie theater]])
*[[Music Mob]] ([[musical instrument store]])
*[[Oil Slicks (BotBots)|Oil Slicks]] (auto parts store?)
*[[Party Favors]] ([[party store]])
*[[Pet Mob]] (pet shop)
*[[Play Plexers]] (play area)
*[[Playroom Posse]] ([[toy store]])
*[[Retro Replays]] (vintage electronics)
*[[Science Alliance]] ([[science store]])
*[[Seasons Greeters]] ([[holiday decoration store]])
*[[Shed Heads]] ([[home-and-garden store]])
*[[Spoiled Rottens]] ([[trash can]])
*[[Sugar Shocks]] ([[Sprinkles|Sprinkles, the sweets shop]])
*[[Swag Stylers]] ([[fashion store]])
*[[Techie Team]] ([[Tech Store]] electronics)
*[[Toilet Troop]] ([[bathroom]])
*[[Wilderness Troop]] ([[camping supply store]])
*[[Winner's Circle]] (trophy store)
}}

Additionally, there was a "bonus" squad released as a [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-exclusive. However, this pack of BotBots was made with the intention of being completely [[ComicCon (BotBots)|convention-related]] and thus has very little (if any) connection to the mall and the other BotBots that exist in this universe.

The "[[Con Crew]]", is separated into three miniature "sub-squads" that specialize in different tasks relating to a convention.

These "sub-squads" include:
*[[Fantastic Fuelers]] (food and drinks)
*[[Line League]] (tools for waiting in line)
*[[Meet N' Greets]] (tools for meeting idols)

==Merchandise==
[[File:Botbots-shirt-stock-image.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"No! I want two!"]]
* '''''BotBots'' apparel''' ([[2019]])

: Available through Amazon.com, ''BotBots'' has a number of t-shirts, long-sleeve tees, and hoodies for kids and adults:

:* Botbots group shot
:* "#Brobots" (group shot)
:* "At First I Was Like..." (group shot)
:* "I (Donut) Care ([[Sprinkleberry D'uhnut]])
:* "I'm About To Do Something Awesome!" (group shot)
:* "Nacho Business" ([[Shredder Jack]])
:* "Power Player" ([[Game Over]])
:* "That's How I Roll" ([[King Toots]] & [[Rootwing]])
:* "To Do List:" (group shot)
:* "Today I Am:" (group shot)
:* "Whatever Happened, It Wasn't Me!" (King Toots)
:* "You Want A Pizza Me?" ([[Duderoni]])
{{--}}

==Notes==
* All of the characters introduced thus far are entirely new, separate from any traditional Generation 1 characters: a rarity in today's ''Transformers'' market.
* ''BotBots'' easily has the highest percentage of [[female Transformer]]s in its cast of any ''Transformers'' toyline, and by a stunningly wide margin. In the first two series alone, ''39'' of the 121 characters are female. In fact, it took ''Transformers'' as a whole ''thirty years'' to approach that number of female toy characters, and that's including [[BotCon|convention]]-exclusive offerings! (And ''not'' counting toys that had no [[bio]] upon release and were later [[retcon]]ned as female.) As of Series 5, roughly a third of the cast is female, with a few bio-less 'bots and some with no gendered pronouns in their bio at all.
* The premise of sudden exposure to Energon radiation bringing random objects to "robot life" is similar to the [[Energon mutation|AllSpark Mutation]]s of the [[live-action film series]].
* The BotBots' various groups were referred to as "tribes" in most fiction until around [[2021]], when all media began using the term "squad" instead, likely to avoid potential cultural insensitivity issues. As such, for consistency's sake, {{SITENAME_SHORT}} has opted to use "squad" in all instances except for fiction that explicitly refers to these groups as "tribes".
* Storyboards for a pitched but unmade ''BotBots'' commercial done by [[Sahle Robinson]] can be found on the [[Sahl'good Studios]] YouTube channel, humorously featuring sound effects performed vocally by Sahle to help sell the concept.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqPehlg9vw8&t</ref>

==External links==
* [https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/botbots Page on the ''Transformers'' website]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:BotBots| ]]
[[Category:Franchises]]

Rails

2025-01-28T21:47:16Z

TheUnknown135:

{{factions|autobot}}

{{faceless}}

:''Rails is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Roleplaying Game]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Rails''' is a [[Titan (group)|Titan]], and a cut character from [[The Transformers: The Movie]].

==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
After the introduction of [[combiner]] technology at the height of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobots were forced to protect their few Titans, including Rails and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], from Decepticon aggression. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

==Notes==
* Rails originated from [[Ron Friedman]]'s [[The Transformers: The Movie (first draft)|early draft]] of what would become ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', a train who transformed into a gigantic, snake-like monster. Ultimately, Friedman's original script was heavily revised into the film as we know it today; Rails and many other characters were dropped from the film and went undiscovered until [[2022]], when Friedman's early draft was uncovered and presented at TFNation 2022. It's probably not a coincidence that [[Jim Sorenson]], who helped dig up and present this early draft to the wider public, had a hand in writing ''The Enigma of Combination''...

[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Titans]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Autobots]]