Category talk:Characters by country of origin

We need a sub-category for Australia and Singapore-original characters (for Airazor (Universe)), any suggestions? - Starfield 11:12, 22 October 2009 (EDT)

Excuse me, I think I might miss something. Why Airazor is a non-US original character? IIRC, 2008 Universe Superion is not only sold in Asian but US (and other region) as well. --TX55^TALK 12:45, 22 October 2009 (EDT)

Let's see... that crosses region-codes... Oceania is ANZCERTA, amd Singapore is ASEAN... so I guess the smallest crossover-group they both fall in is... "AANZFTA?" (ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area)

But I'm guessing that the packaging was Engligh-only, so you could just define it as an OZ-exclusive that Singapote just happened--

...crap, English is the official language of Singapore.

Was the packaging multilingual? What kind of packaging does Singapore usually get TF's in?

I feel like this was probably an OZ exclusive that just also turned up in Singapore due to ANZCERTA. -Derik 11:46, 22 October 2009 (EDT)

Can I get the multi-lingual version of this post? :) - Starfield 11:54, 22 October 2009 (EDT)

Acronyms = Nested versions of "NAFTA." One of OZ/New Zeland, one for a bunch of South Asain countries... which have themselves entered into another "Free Trade Area" agreement.

All of which is irrelevant if it was "really" an Australian exclusive that just turned up in singapre because their Free Trade Area encourages the free-flow of goods across borders-- it's liek crossing a state border instead of a national one.

Ask on the Ozformers board if they know anything, or know who to ask. -Derik 12:10, 22 October 2009 (EDT)

That's all good information on how it may have ended up in Singapore, but do we really need to concern ourselves with all of that? For whatever reason, the toy originated in Australia and Singapore. - Starfield 12:18, 22 October 2009 (EDT)

Why are we wasting this time on one character who doesn't warrant a category all to himself? —Interrobang 12:31, 22 October 2009 (EDT)

It is misleading if Airazor (Universe) doesn't have a category since only US-original characters don't have a category. I thought about using this (the up-level) category, but it doesn't quite make sense. Maybe a miscellaneous category? Are any other characters original to other markets? - Starfield 12:36, 22 October 2009 (EDT)

I think people can figure it out by reading the article. And the character was invented by Americans. He is still of American origin, regardless of where he eventually ended up being sold. —Interrobang 12:54, 22 October 2009 (EDT)