Editing Yamabuki

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:''Yamabuki is an [[Autobot]] [[Trainbot]] from the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]].''
[[File:Proto-Trainbot Doctor.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|]]

'''Yamabuki''' (ヤマブキ), development code '''Yellow''' (イエロー ''Ierō''), is the leader of the prototype [[Trainbot]]s. She is an accomplished medic, being able to weld her own limbs back on in the case of involuntary amputation. She can combine with her fellow prototypes into the mighty [[G Liner]] or with the mainline Trainbots as part of [[Raiden]].

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==Fiction==
===Train Wars===
Yamabuki was one of the prototype Trainbots created by [[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist|Doctor Fujiyama]], initially called "Yellow". After three of the finalized Trainbots were activated, [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] managed to break out (thanks to the rogue AI, [[Shadow]]) and upgrade herself with the technology at Fujiyama's facility. Called into action, Yellow and her Trainbots met with Nightbird before she could run away with the three remaining unactivated Trainbots. After Nightbird escaped her grasp, Yellow combined with her fellow prototypes to form [[G Liner]], but the combiner was taken over by Shadow's [[cerebro-shell]] program. The three remaining Trainbots did a last-ditch effort to literally crash into the combiner, breaking him free of the brainwashing. However, Yellow wasn't too happy about the resulting damage to herself and the other prototype Trainbots. {{storylink|The Train Wars: The Origin}}
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==Toys==
===''Masterpiece G Series''===
[[File:MPGtoy-DoctorYellow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|When Mello Yello gets her doctorate.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Trainbot Yamabuki''' ([[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': 2024 [[October 26]]
:*''ID number'': '''MPG-08'''
:*''Accessories'': weapon, rail A, rail B, [[Raiden|Shiden]] head piece, joint part
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy), [[Dai Ono]] ([[Tomytec]])|[[Yuki Ohshima]] (concept artist)}}

:Retooled from [[Yukikaze (G1)#Masterpiece G Series|Yukikaze]], ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece G Series]]'' Yamabuki is the eighth release in the ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece G Series]]''. Produced in collaboration with [[TOMIX]], the {{w|Rail transport modelling|train department}} of TakaraTomy's {{w|scale model}} oriented subsidiary [[Tomytec]], the figure converts into a fully HO [[scale]] compatible incarnation of her Class 925/0 S1 Shinkansen train mode. Yamabuki's third mode can replace Yukikaze as the left leg of Raiden, forming "Raiden Special Formation Shiden Y" (ライデン特別編成シデンY). In conjunction with [[Ginou#Masterpiece G Series|Ginou]] replacing [[Shouki#Masterpiece G Series|Shouki]], Yamabuki can form "Raiden Special Formation Shiden" (ライデン特別編成シデン) with the remaining Trainbots.

:Yamabuki includes a retool of [[Raiden]]'s head (called "Shiden" in this instance), which she has the ability to stow in her backpack in her individual robot mode. The figure includes two modular railway sections slated to combine with segments included with the other Trainbots a la the team's original ''Diaclone'' plastic tracks. This track can be converted into a base for a stand armature (sold separately), and an adapter is included for a "flying train," a staple of the ''Headmasters'' cartoon.
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==Notes==
[[File:Proto-Trainbot Doctor Diaclone.jpg|thumb|right|]]
*Yamabuki's name is the Japanese term for the yellow ''{{w|Kerria japonica}}'' flower (山吹), known as the Japanese rose (among other names) in English. It is also part of ''yamabukiiro'' (山吹色), a word referring to the amber color.
*Yamabuki is based on the yellow "Dr. Yellow Shinkansen, Combined Rail Inspection" deco of the ''[[Diaclone]]'' mold whose original coloration would later become [[Yukikaze (G1)|Yukikaze]]. Her prototype name comes from the {{w|Doctor Yellow}} trains used to analyze track conditions, as well as the "Yellowliner" (イエローライナー) designation of the ''Diaclone'' Train Robo.
*In actuality, the {{w|0 Series Shinkansen|0 Series}} Doctor Yellow locomotive used for Yellowliner is shaped differently from the {{w|200 Series Shinkansen|200 Series}} locomotive used for Yukikaze. Back in the 1980s, Takara could get away with no retooling because the toys were small and simple enough that the lack of detailing could pass for both. As such, ''Masterpiece'' Yamabuki uses the life-accurate deco for the 200 series. Her original deco was instead given to [[Ginou]].
*Yellow's dialogue in "[[The Train Wars: The Origin]]" can be read as referring to herself using the proper name "Doctor" (ドクター ''Dokutā''), but this is ambiguous.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=大丈夫かイエロー!|name=Mach}}<br>{{citesocial|quote=誰に言ってるの? 私はドクターよ|name=Yellow|title=The Train Wars: The Origin|year=2022|month=07|day=22}}</ref>
*Yamabuki's head for the combined mode is pulled not from Raiden's ''Diaclone'' moldmate (later characterized in ''Transformers'' as [[G Liner]]) but rather from [[:File:Diaclone Raiden art.jpg|Raiden's markedly different preproduction character model as seen in ''Diaclone'' catalog artwork]].
*While it is not yet explicitly confirmed that the ''G Series'' tie-in comic character "Yellow" is a young Yamabuki, their nigh identical character models up to and including a unique head design (give or take aforementioned 80s alt mode fudging) taken with the knowledge that comic author [[Yuki Ohshima]] is the concept artist for the toyline render it fairly obtuse to hedge otherwise.

==References==
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