Talk:Tech Spec

On the few packages I could find that had the term (some G1 and MW boxes), it was conspicuously capitalized. So I've used "Tech Specs" when talking about the actual technical-specifications chart, and I've used "tech specs" for the casual definition of the whole bio/art/TS group.

Also, I heartily encourage fact-checking, especially in the Armada part. I have confidence in everything I wrote, but not much evidence to back it up (especially the Hasbro-misunderstanding rumor). And my knowledge only becomes shakier after that, so I stopped myself for good measure.

If I had more time, I'd do some more digging with regards to the quirks of G1 Tech-Speckery, like the different categories for the Micromaster teams, or the specific ratings on the Headmaster toys. But I don't, so I invite anybody who's interested to go for it. - Jackpot 18:43, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

When in doubt, mark a section with {{fact}} (a request for a supporting citation) indicating you think this is right, but you're unsure enough that you'd appreciate a concrete example. -Derik 20:04, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

I think the article has things backwards. Most of the RID toys had full writeups and quotes. It was in Armada that we got nothing at all. The stickers had no numbers on them. We didn't get even the numbers back until Energon.--Thylacine 2000 21:40, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

There were Energon Bio trading cards with some of the toys. Oddly, my Jetfire had a tech spec card and a bio card. Just mentioning. --Chiasaur11

That was actually something that seemed to vary from shipment to shipment. Some had one, some had the other, some had both. I've seen different pack-ins even for the same toy.--Rosicrucian 20:33, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

I really stopped paying attention to Tech Spec stuff around that time, so if you want to throw Energon info in there, be my guest. Also, I don't know when they started printing 'em on the packaging again, but if anyone else knows, that'd be good to have in there too. - Jackpot 20:42, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Believe they started ending up on the packaging again as of Cybertron. I remember amassing a nice little stack of tech spec cards from Energon, then being disappointed that Cybertron lacked them.--Rosicrucian 21:21, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Weren't there bios for the Armada characters online from pretty much the outset of the line? - Chris McFeely 22:13, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

When did they switch from Firepower to Fireblast?

RID, wasn't it? It was present in BM, definitely, and all. 71.60.159.181 00:25, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

You bastards. You went and made this page when I was already working on one. Suck. Oh well, yours is better. Just nobody start one on Box art in the next week or so, 'kay? Onslaught Six 01:30, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Should we have something on how Beast Wars tech spec bios were so different from the show's characterizations? -- SFH 23:06, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Plural/singular?

Switching the title to the singular form seems irrationally pedantic to me. No one ever talks about - or will ever search for - a single "Tech Spec." (As an adjective, "tech spec" is sometimes used to modify "bio" or "ratings," but the title is a noun.) To my mind, it would be like changing a "Pants" article to "Pant." Seriously, why should this rule be THAT unbending? - Jackpot 23:16, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

...I use Tech Spec in the singular all the time! --ItsWalky 23:42, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Example. - Jackpot 23:59, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Only one article links to "Tech Specs". Interrobang 00:05, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Most uses of the term that I've seen have been unlinked, since the article is so new. That having been said, though, I'll agree that most links will tend to be from the adjective form "tech spec," modifying a noun. But as a title, it seems to me that it's the noun form, which has a different common usage. - Jackpot 00:30, 25 August 2007 (UTC)