Talk:Beta Maxx (RID)

As someone who was forced to use a BetaMAX up until 1997, I find this name to be one of the bestest evuh. I wonder if Beta Maxx's video and sound qualities were superior but nobody noticed and he became obsolete. --DrSpengler 03:19, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Is "High-TECH StarZ Schooner" (or whichever erratic way it's spelled) a past continuity reference? --Thylacine 2000 03:25, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Hell if I know. I think someone was on drugs. --ItsWalky 03:27, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

I want to say it's a reference to SOMETHING, but I'll be damned if I have ANY idea what. --M Sipher 03:47, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

A schooner is a type of beer glass, uh otherwise, I have no clue. --Gouki 11:17, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

I thought the question was about the "StarZ" part (which is now outdated, anyway), but if you're really asking about what a "schooner" is, well, Wikipedia is your friend.--G.B. Blackrock 18:36, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

G1

On the head of the page, there is:
"Beta Maxx is an Autobot... Mini-Con? (maybe?) from the... something-something portion of the Generation 1 continuity family."
Isn't there been said we don't know yet which universe he belong too? shouldn't that be removed?--GUIGUI 14:39, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, there's no Shockwave in either the RiD or UT continuity families, and the FP comic can't touch Animated since IDW's going to be doing Animated stuff. Process of elimination, mostly. But Alpha Trion could still be the previously-featured UT version returning. --ItsWalky 14:42, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Let me get this straight: Beta Maxx is supposed to be in G1 because he is in the same universe than Shockwave, but we can't assume the Alpha Trion mentioned in the same bio (saying he is the gardian of Beta Maxx) is from G1 even if he is in the same universe than Beta Maxx (who is in the same universe than Shocky), is that so? Frankly, I don't understand.--GUIGUI 14:51, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

UT Alpha Trion hung around with all sorts of people not from his continuity family. Even if Beta Maxx is FROM the UT, his stories are clearly going to be set IN the G1 continuity family, which means we keep the continuity note as-is. Then, like Breakaway, we note where he's (likely) originally from. --ItsWalky 14:56, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

We don't know that Beta Maxx's story is going to be in the G1 family. It could be someplace completely unknown at the moment. Even if G1 is most likely, it's still pure speculation.--G.B. Blackrock 18:38, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Shattered Glass

Shouldn't his sigil in the top right corner be the purple Shattered Glass Autobot one? Afterall his partner is from that universe so he most probably is too.Dead Metal 16:19, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

Beta Maxx has never been seen in fiction. For all we know, Shattered Glass Alpha Trion is a repurposing of the BotCon 2007 Alpha Trion toy and Beta Maxx belongs to THAT Alpha Trion. --ItsWalky 16:28, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

OKDead Metal 16:31, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

I'm not familiar enough with TransTech to say this for sure... but it sounds to me like BetaMaxx pretty much has to be from a different universe than Alpha Trion (no Vector Sigma in Shattered Glass) but the rest of the references can, if you squint a bit, fit with Transcendant's status-quo.

Particularly the 'seldom seen' bit. There's really nothing in the bio that seems to rule out he and Alpha Trion falling together after arriving separately in Axion Nexus. -Derik 11:00, 17 August 2009 (EDT)

Actually, in the recent part of Reunification, it's been stated that Alpha Trion has a connection to Omega Terminus somehow the same as other Trions have a connection to Vector Sigma (and the Terminus actually is a part of that whole multiverse computer connection thingy), so... I'm still not sure how Beta Maxx would factor into this unless he's secretly the Terminus Blade, but there's still some potential funky voodoo going on. --Jeysie 11:18, 17 August 2009 (EDT)

...which requires that Beta Maxx's profile, specifically and repeatedly referring to Vector Sigma, be writtent o filter through our perceptions and understanding. "We'll just call Omega Terminus Vector Sigma."

Sometimes I might be willign to entertain this... but BM's profile also contains very specific details about his situation, Shockwave seeking him and the reasons for it, etc.

That makes the whole thing seem a lot more 'fixed' to me. -Derik 11:30, 17 August 2009 (EDT)

Well, to be fair, the bio just says he can interface freely with Vector Sigma. It doesn't say he was designed to interface only with Vector Sigma, or that he even comes from a Vector Sigma universe, just that he can. (And seeing as how Omega Terminus is of the same "family" as the Sigmas, apparently... something that could interface with it might well be able to interface with Sigma too.)

The bio doesn't say which Shockwave, either. We've never met SG Shockwave - it could be that SG Shockwave is a brilliant but crackpot conspiracy theorist who thinks Primus and Unicron are real among his other weird insane theories he wastes his time researching; he just happens to accidentally be right about that particular one.

(Yes, I realize this is stretching and not remotely suitable for actual article writing, but I'm saying... someone could make Beta Maxx SG in some canon fiction and it might not necessarily be a complete contradiction.) --Jeysie 11:47, 17 August 2009 (EDT)

Beta Maxx "heroic"?

What is heroic about Beta Maxx's profile in the least? He seeks ancient information, no different than, for instance, SG Optronix. It's rather vague. Also, hasn't Pete blamed Beta Maxx for typos in club material before?71.238.50.144 09:27, 13 January 2012 (EST)

He was released alongside an Autobot who was later repurposed as an SG guy. That SG guy spent a looooooong time in Axiom Nexus, where Beta Maxx can be damn near anything. Until we're given substantial proof that Beta Maxx is an evil SG Autobot, we're going to stick with the original intent. --ItsWalky 10:22, 13 January 2012 (EST)

Beta (G1)

I put in the article that Beta Maxx's name may reference Beta from the cartoon, but it was removed. I think it's likely that this is meant as a reference. What evidence is there against it? --Flicky1991 10:16, 22 August 2012 (EDT)

What evidence is there for it? --M Sipher 10:24, 22 August 2012 (EDT)

Well, the fact that they're both called Beta and are associated with Alpha Trion seems like a reference to me. Modern Transformers has so many G1 references that it would surprise me if that wasn't an intentional connection. --Flicky1991 13:32, 22 August 2012 (EDT)

It's a reference to the old "betamax" video tapes, it's a joke about how old he is. --Khajidha 14:16, 22 August 2012 (EDT)

Yeah, I know about the tapes. I just thought it was a double reference, that's all. --Flicky1991 16:16, 22 August 2012 (EDT)

i agree with Flicky. --Rhymus (talk) 06:33, 9 January 2014 (EST)

I think you are over thinking things (and not just on this, but on several things you've mentioned lately: black Ironhides, yellow/red Mirages). It is clearly a reference to betamax video cassettes, there is no chance of confusion about that. Your (and Flicky's) contention is that it is ALSO a Beta reference. That is a possibility that would need more evidence to prove. Unless and until the designers say that it IS a reference there is no reason to believe that it is and every reason to believe that it is a reference to something else (the video tapes). --Khajidha (talk) 12:09, 9 January 2014 (EST)

Coalescence

Is the Beta Maxx depicted in Coalescence supposed to be the same Beta Maxx from RID (specifically Viron 704.31 Epsilon), or is he a native of the Shatteredverse? Reading the story itself, it seems more like the latter since his history is tied to the Shattered Glass Underbase, which I'm not sure can be worked into the history of the RID Beta Maxx. I'm not sure if this warrants a "Beta Maxx (SG)" page or just a note suggesting that isn't clear whether they're supposed to be the same dude. Turborun (talk) 15:17, 3 September 2025 (EDT)