Talk:New body

Move?

I think we can move the article into "New form" or "New appearance" and make a notion about New body (BW Silverbolt and BM Jetstorm) and New appearance(which means the characters still use their old body, such as TM2 Cheetor). --TX55^TALK 06:01, 28 October 2009 (EDT)

This article really does need a better name, though I can't seem to think of one that fits. --KilMichaelMcC 04:06, 29 October 2009 (EDT)

I agree. "Exostructural upgrade", maybe? I don't think there is a consistent official term.... --Thylacine 2000 10:08, 29 October 2009 (EDT)

I never thought "new body" was a good name for the article, but couldn't think of anything better. "Exostructural upgrade" sounds too official and is not really accurate. A lot of times a the new body is more powerful, which would be more than just a exostructural upgrade. Likewise "new appearance" since it would not be just the appearance that is new, they would have new abilities as well. - Starfield 10:46, 29 October 2009 (EDT)

Coverage

So, how much exactly does this article cover? All the examples so far seem to be of characters getting a new toy mould, but what about those that didn't? RiD for example - when the Autobot Brothers got temporary upgrades thanks to the burning angst of Magnus. They were new bodies in that they looked different (in the paint schemes) and were more powerful, but they were the same moulds. Ditto RiD Megatron -> Galvatron. Do they count? How about binary bonding? They were new moulds, but they were meant to be the same bodies, and the upgrade they represented was a lot more significant than Bumblebee -> Goldbug, for example. - Magnus Maximus 13:14, 29 October 2009 (EDT)

Binary bonding and spontaneous recoloration have their own articles, are not really examples of getting a new body I don't think. RID Galvatron went from a six-changer to a ten-changer, and in-fiction he seems to be depicted as getting a new body, so I think he counts. - Starfield 13:34, 29 October 2009 (EDT)

Most of the methods listed have their own articles. Since the title is being disputed anyway, I reckon the page should be expanded to include all this kind of stuff (plus things like Action Masters), where there are major changes to the Transformers' physiology in-fiction, not just their toy mould. - Magnus Maximus 17:17, 29 October 2009 (EDT)

I don't really understand where you are going with this. Getting a Targetmaster partner doesn't involve getting a new body. Even getting a new head doesn't mean getting a new body. Action Masters have basically lost the ability to Transform in their same body. - Starfield 17:33, 29 October 2009 (EDT)

That's why I said "I reckon the page should be expanded to include all this kind of stuff", so it's about "major changes to the Transformers' physiology", not just their bodies, seeing as the "body" part of the title is in dispute anyway. Isn't it really only because the word "body" is in the title that we're having this discussion at all? - Magnus Maximus 17:41, 29 October 2009 (EDT)

Oh. I got you. I personally don't really see the usefulness in tying all of those various things together. But you got me thinking. I do think the scope of the article is wrong somehow. Taking on a different alternate mode with basically the same body doesn't quite seem like the Transformer is getting a "new body" either. Transmetals pretty much have the same body too, just mutated. I might be in favor of scrapping the article except getting a new body is treated as a pretty big deal in fiction, because of toys of course. Hmm... - Starfield 18:14, 29 October 2009 (EDT)

"Transmetals pretty much have the same body too, just mutated." That was my thinking, as well. The only truly "new bodies" anyone gets are through transference, otherwise they're just upgrades of the old bodies, which is why I'm questioning the inclusion of certain upgrades over other, arguably more major ones. - Magnus Maximus 18:41, 29 October 2009 (EDT)

Cybertron

Also, when did anyone in Cybertron ever get a new body by "believing in himself" and "causing a spontaneous upgrade into a new body"? That never happened, it was always something to do with the Cyber Planet Keys/Primus/whatever, but there was still always a reason for it. -Mazenoise 17:02, 29 October 2009 (EDT)

I originally had "Omega lock + burning justice". When I watched the show, I understood it to be the Omega lock that actually did the upgrading, but it didn't do it on its own, it was definitely triggered by the Transformer believing in himself or some such. - Starfield 17:08, 29 October 2009 (EDT)

That part should nevertheless be reformatted because as it is now, it's saying that TFs got new bodies in Cybertron out of nowhere, which never happened. -Mazenoise 17:11, 29 October 2009 (EDT)

Top picture

Given that the Wiki tries to be sensitive about such things, is Wreck-Gar screaming ‘JIM’LL FIX IT!’ the best choice of picture, given the connotations of that series and the man who hosted it? —MissDaria (talk) 09:16, 7 February 2023 (EST)

No, no it wasn't. --Thylacine 2000 (talk) 09:22, 7 February 2023 (EST)