Editing Mindset (G2)

{{disambig2|the ''Generation 2'' Cybertronian|the ''Reveal the Shield'' Autobot|Mindset (TF 2010)}}
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:''Mindset is a second generation [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] [[Decepticon]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel ''Generation 2'' portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Mindsetrobot.jpg|thumb|Shoot it, like some vast predatory bird!]]
'''Mindset''' never does anything by halves. 

A commander of some unspecified rank within the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], Mindset considers organic life to be "puddles of organic matter" incapable of creative thought. He likes to "tricurse" things and may be a [[Xal]] worshipper. Oh, and he's connected to the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] through [[Reproduction|budding]]. He gets eaten.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic===
[[File:Mindsettransform.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|Got to — SPOOM!]]
A commander in charge of pacifying (i.e., obliterating) the planet [[Karn]] to draw the Autobots and Decepticons out of hiding, Mindset proceeded with his mission in a businesslike fashion, though he didn't understand why the plan would work.  How could anyone attach any meaning or value to these "puddles of organic matter"? Neither did he understand why the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] failed to fall before his troops' firepower. He and his [[stormtrooper (Cybertronian)|stormtroopers]] were devoured, despite his protests, and his destruction mystically gave Onslaught, light years away, sharp pains.  {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

===''TransTech''===
Mindset was one of the many "offworlder" beings attending [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]]'s meeting of the numerous gangs that made up [[Axiom Nexus]]'s underworld. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}
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==Toys==
===''Transformers'' (2010)===
[[File:TF2010-toy Mindset.jpg|right|thumb|300px|After learning the name of the subline he was being released in, Mindset hastily switched factions.]]
*'''Mindset''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
{{note|''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]'' Mindset may or may not be intended as a toy of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' Mindset.}}
:''Reveal the Shield'' Mindset is a [[redeco]] and new-head [[retool]] of ''Hunt for the Decepticons'' [[Hailstorm (TF 2010)#Toys|Hailstorm]]. Based on comments made by Hasbro representatives (including brand manager [[Aaron Archer]]) at [[Toy Fair 2010]], Hailstorm either ''is an homage to''<ref>{{citesocial|quote=He's an ROTF character designed in homage to Mindset, a la Sea Spray.|link=https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Talk:Toy_Fair_2010#Hailstorm|name=Matthew Karpowich|site=TFWiki|title=Talk:Toy Fair 2010|year=2010|month=02|day=14}}</ref> or ''literally is''<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The guys at Toy Fair maintain that the Adjectiveless "Transformers" line that has all these movie-esque designs is not just movie. It's supposed to be "everything," a "celebration of all things Transformers." [...] For example, after they got done saying this, I asked if this meant that Sea Spray was, you know, the "same exact guy as G1 Sea Spray" and not just an homage. They said it was G1 Sea Spray, and that's why he was blockier than the other designs. (Even though he fights a Movie-esque guy in his bio.) [...] But the one Hasbro rep was very adamant that Sea Spray was actually Sea Spray. So it COULD actually be Mindset.|link=https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Talk:Toy_Fair_2010#Hailstorm|name=David Willis|site=TFWiki|title=Talk:Toy Fair 2010|year=2010|month=02|day=14}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=Yes, he's completely supposed to be -or be an homage to- Mindset. got this from several different Hasbro people, including Archer.|link=https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Talk:Toy_Fair_2010#Hailstorm|name=Greg Sepelak|site=TFWiki|title=Talk:Toy Fair 2010|year=2010|month=02|day=16}}</ref> ''Generation 2'' Mindset—if this sounds weirdly ambiguous, it's basically because Hasbro at the time conceptualised ''Transformers'' characters differently than we do here, in a more continuity-agnostic way. With the Mindset redeco using colors directly based on the ''Generation 2'' toy, and being released in the ''Reveal the Shield'' portion of the line where the vast majority toys were unambiguously updated versions of classic characters, it seems that from Hasbro's perspective, this toy was intended to be ''Generation 2'' Mindset on some level—even if the toy's hidden rubsign reveals his Autobot allegiance, rather than Decepticon as originally depicted in the comic.

{{see|Mindset (TF 2010)#Transformers (2010)}}

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==Notes==
* Mindset's relationship with Onslaught is curious. Onslaught is implicitly presented as Mindset's ancestor through budding, but Onslaught was likely built on Earth in 1986. (The Combaticons appeared in the US comics without explicit explanation, but it's implied that they were produced similarly to the other combiner teams. The UK comics elaborate further, claiming the designs for all the [[Combiner|Scramble City]]-type combiners came from [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s mind.) Considering this, it seems impossible for Mindset to have been created from Onslaught millions of years ago.  Oops.

==References==
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[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 2 Cybertronians]]
[[Category:TransTech characters]]