Talk:Drift (AOE)

So, he's a toy-only character who had all of his toys canceled... should he be placed in the "Things that don't exist" category, then, or does his inclusion as a cross-sell negate this? Inkblot 00:43, 19 December 2011 (EST)

Disambig

Since his only ROTF appearances were cancelled, is he now Drift (AOE)? Or are we gonna be really strict about this? --flicky1991 04:16, 3 May 2014 (EDT)

I'm more curious if there are any good promotional renders of him out there yet to replace that mainpic (and caption). --Detour (talk) 05:23, 3 May 2014 (EDT)

As far as precedents go, Reverb (Movie) and Gunbarrel (Movie) had their 2007 film toys canceled and first came to officially exist in an ROTF comic and they still have the "(Movie)" disambiguation. But they might not be the best example, since it appears their original toys were actually sold by BBTS as "Exclusive Unreleased" toys, whatever that means and however official that is. - Gimmick (talk) 12:33, 21 May 2014 (EDT)

Either way you do it leaves confusion. Whichever way is decided upon, we should make sure that the other exists as a redirect. --Khajidha (talk) 13:46, 21 May 2014 (EDT)

Separate characters?

His ROTF and AoE selves are obviously 2 separate characters, so they should be given their own pages rather than being included together. KirbyForce1,23:38, 4th of May 2014

No. There's nothing stating that they aren't. And besides, they're both ninja Autobot dudes. Pretty much the same. Escargon (talk) 18:40, 4 May 2014 (EDT)

I'm struggling to understand what makes them "obviously" two separate characters.... when one never got characterization to begin with, let alone proper toys released. --Detour (talk) 19:02, 4 May 2014 (EDT)

Classification switch?

Regardless of if the characters are different or the same, should we rename the page to Drift (Movie) rather than (ROTF) because not only is the AoE version more prominent, but it also means that he is not exclusive to ROTF? --MrGameAndToy (talk) 16:50, 26 May 2014 (EDT)

No. The disambig noted the franchise the character originated from. In this case, ROTF. --M Sipher (talk) 17:19, 26 May 2014 (EDT)

Not the same character

If Bonecrusher (ROTF Constructicon) and Bonecrusher (Movie) are considered to be 2 separate characters in the same continuity, why can't the RPM Drift and AoE Drift be considered 2 separate characters also? They're obviously not the same character, and it doesn't make sense as to how you can think otherwise. Same with Lockdown, Crosshairs, and Hound. Kirby-Force (talk) 00:43, 19 June 2014

How exactly are the Drifts "obviously not the same"? The RotF guy never got a bio, so you can't point to that. The strongest point I can think of is their different looks, but something like that can be highly variable for a Transformer. (See, for instance, Unicron Trilogy Hot Shot. Looks pretty dang different in all three shows, but no one's claiming we should split that page.) -Ookalf (talk) 20:00, 18 June 2014 (EDT)

Personally I think that the cancelled toys should be considered as a separate entity, the way, oh, say, that unreleased G2 Light Speed is considered a separate entity from the other two Lightspeeds in G1. Or, hell, move the toys to the G1 Drift page because IIRC (and I may be wrong) isn't our stance on Speed Stars is that they are kind of part of a bunch of other continuities? If anything, it certainly would look odd that Drift's disambiguation is 'ROTF' when all he ever did is as part of the Age of Extinction franchise. Or even put the Speed Stars as a footnote. 'First franchise he appeared in', not 'first franchise where he has a cancelled toy in', no? Personally speaking I think it is stupid that we're disambiguating Drift into the ROTF franchise based on a couple of cancelled, peripheral toys... While Crosshairs and Lockdown all have toys that actually exist and have shown up in fiction, Hound and Sideswipe have a prior fictional appearances in an obscure game no one gives a shit about and Sentinel Prime was mentioned by name in ROTF, this is kind of taking it over the line just to satisfy someone's personal giggles for putting on-screen characters with disambiguations that don't match their first appearance. Blackjack (talk) 11:11, 30 July 2014 (EDT)

We don't ignore stuff just to make ourselves feel better unless it causes an actual categorization problem. --ItsWalky (talk) 11:25, 30 July 2014 (EDT)

Thunderstrike57

Placing bet as to his being Noerk/KirbyForce under yet another identity. --Khajidha (talk) 11:53, 20 June 2014 (EDT)

Triple changer

Umm correct me if I am wrong but peeps at tfw2005 who have seen the movie keep saying that he is a triple changer that he transform into Bugatti and Some fancy helicopter I think u might wanna add that when u can...

Page title disambiguation

I support Saix's motion to move this page to "Drift (AOE)". S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 16:42, 11 July 2016 (EDT)

Studio series drift

Drift has all new parts other than the wings and feet

Here is dropkick's knee

Here is drift"s

I think studio series drift's text should say extensively retooled —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Optimusprimerotfrocks (talk • contribs){{#if:| {{{2}}}|}}.

I think you should sign your posts.--Fritz (talk) 22:39, 5 March 2019 (EST)

Ok Optimusprimerotfrocks (talk) 15:49, 7 March 2019 (EST)