Talk:Multi-component Transformer

I realize everything about this article is questionable: the title, the definition, the list of things that should be included, and even whether the article should exist or not. But it seems like a valid concept to Transformerdom, even if it has been vaguely defined. I thought I'd give it a first draft knowing it might need major revisions. (Starfield logged out) - 69.14.126.15 23:44, 2 June 2009 (EDT)

It's not a bad topic to cover, if only to examine how incredibly little has been done with the concept in fiction, despite its recurrence over the years. I think "Multi-component Transformers" might be a bit less awkward as a title. -- Repowers 12:36, 3 June 2009 (EDT)

Multilocational is odd-enough sounding I think it comes off like a real term until you read the article. (At least I assumed the term had been used somewhere until I actually looked.)

Agree on a need to move to a better title, but ti seems like a decent concept for an article. -Derik 12:45, 3 June 2009 (EDT)

"Multi-component Transformers" sounds pretty good, except in one sense, all Transformers have multiple components, if you count gears and servos, and all the normal components that make up a Transformer. - Starfield 14:45, 3 June 2009 (EDT)

n robot mode, Optimus Prime actually splits into three components. The Optimus module is the robotic sentient being that is the storehouse of his vast knowledge and strength. He can lift 4000,000 lbs. and a blow from his fist exerts a force of 12,000 lbs. per sq. inch. He carries a laser rifle and can burn a hole in the nosecone of a Decepticon jet fighter at a distance of 30 miles, aided by his outstanding visual acuity. His Prime module, also known as Roller, is a small cart-shaped device that he uses to unobtrusively slip behind enemy lines. He can maintain radio control over it at distances up to 1200 miles. Having Roller present somewhere is like being there himself. He can operate by remote-control his Combat Deck module up to a distance of 1500 feet. The Auto-Launcher mounted on the Deck can use a variety of artillery and radiation beam weapons, including most of those used by his fellow Autobots. The Launcher also includes a highly dexterous grapple-arm which allows it to load itself and change its weaponry. The communications disk antenna mounted on the launcher provides a link between Optimus and all his fellow Autobots within a radius of 50 miles. It can be adapted to a satellite hook-up that increases its effective range 10-fold.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:Transformers Universe Optimus Prime Profile, 1985|Transformers Universe Optimus Prime Profile, 1985{{#if:|, {{{3}}}|}}|}}

"Module" or "component" seems to be the oldest formal term. His 1984 tech-spec terms it "Splits into three autonomous modules." (I'm not advocating for this term, merely throwing it out as one with some seniority.) -Derik 14:55, 3 June 2009 (EDT)

It is also "component" in the concept art for Magmatron in The Gathering TPB. Should we go with Multi-component Transformers? - Starfield 19:25, 3 June 2009 (EDT)

Use component-- Magmatron's the only TF to ever kinda-sorta deal with how this works... (mitotic spark,) so matching his terminology would be a bonus.

(Besides "multi-component" reads easier than "multi-module.") -Derik 21:27, 3 June 2009 (EDT)

Arcee (Movie) is described as a "tripartite Cybertronian" in the ROTF novel, which is kinda neat. (No explanation as to how she got that way.) I guess the guys with two parts would be "bipartite Cybertronians." If I could make up a word, generally all of them would be "polypartite Cybertronians." - Starfield 00:07, 7 June 2009 (EDT)

I don't think making up words is a particularly good idea here. I'd suggest moving this article back to where it was. --KilMichaelMcC 09:56, 27 June 2009 (EDT)

Polypartite

I feel like (aside from the fact polypartite hasn't actually been used in fiction) this page is about multi-component transformers in general, and Tripartite Transformers are a specific kind of that-- a kidn whose exact definition we don't know, and won't know until IDW gets its spotlights out. -Derik 16:03, 26 June 2009 (EDT)

Tripartite was a perfectly descriptive word for the concept as we know it. I couldn't resist. - Starfield 09:45, 27 June 2009 (EDT)

So is mitotic spark, but that's not applicable to all of them either.--Rosicrucian^Talk 10:44, 27 June 2009 (EDT)

ROTF Devastator

It is not 100% clear, I admit, but I think even the toy is a combiner. The package says he is part of the "combiner class," and all of the components have names. I think a straightforward reading of Hasbro's battle bio (which is toy related) also implies the components are individuals. There is still a little bit of wiggle-room if someone wanted to think of Devastator as a multi-component Transformer, but I think the intention was for him to be made of individual Constructicons. - Starfield 10:29, 26 July 2009 (EDT)

Metrosquad?

Are the other members of the Metrosquad really considered to be just "components" of Metrotitan? Because it always seemed to that the story pages were treating them as individual Transformers.. -Mazenoise 17:19, 9 August 2009 (EDT)