Blue Carbuncle - Revision history

M Sipher: /* The Transformers */

2026-04-19T00:59:56Z

The Transformers

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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===''The Transformers''===		===''The Transformers''===
	[[File:G1-toy Mini-spy Jeep.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.66]]		[[File:G1-toy Mini-spy Jeep.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.66\|"Blue Jeepbuncle" would have been silly.<br>(''Rounded-casing variant in inset has blank tires.'') ]]
	<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1\|'''Huffer''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1985)}}</ul>		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1\|'''Huffer''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1985)}}</ul>
	<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1\|'''Windcharger''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1985)}}</ul>		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1\|'''Windcharger''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1985)}}</ul>

Saix at 23:03, 18 April 2026

2026-04-18T23:03:10Z

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	When alarms went off and [[Deerstalker]] asked Blue Carbuncle what was wrong, the laborer just attempted to reassure the detective. {{storylink\|Metrowars: Spy}}		When alarms went off and [[Deerstalker]] asked Blue Carbuncle what was wrong, the laborer just attempted to reassure the detective. {{storylink\|Metrowars: Spy}}

	==~~Toy~~==		==Toys==
	===''The Transformers''===		===''The Transformers''===
	{{~~charstubtoys~~}}		[[File:G1-toy Mini-spy Jeep.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.66]]
			<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1\|'''Huffer''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1985)}}</ul>
			<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1\|'''Windcharger''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1985)}}</ul>

			:Blue Carbunble is based on the blue variant of the "4WD Type" [[Mini-spy#Toys\|Motorized Transformer]]. Released in the early part of the second year of the [[The Transformers (toyline)\|original ''The Transformers'' toyline]], the "Motorized Transformers" (see [[Mini-spy#Notes]]) were packed in with the re-releases of the six first-year [[Mini-Vehicle\|Mini-Cars]] (now dubbed "Mini-Vehicles"). These were the first toys to debut with heat-sensitive [[rubsign]]s, and the only way to determine whether a given Motorized Transformer toy was an [[Autobot]] or [[Decepticon]] was by rubbing said rubsign. They also use a [[pull-back motor]] to zip along smooth surfaces. They're just packed with [[gimmick]]y goodness, especially considering that they were freebie pack-ins.

			: Sealed specimens that have survived to the modern day suggest that the color apparently depended on the figure they were packed with (it's possible that the faction ''also'' depended on the Mini-Car figure, but that's almost impossible to tell at this point); blue came with [[Huffer (G1)#Toys\|Huffer]] and [[Windcharger (G1)#Toys\|Windcharger]].

			: On top of that, each model has ''three'' multi-part variations centered around the pull-back assembly:
			:* The seemingly most common version of each toy has an angled motor casing with 8-spoke rear hubcaps and "DUNLOP"-branded tires.
			:* Rarer variants have rounded casing with a shallower, more complicated hubcap pattern and "GOODYEAR"-branded tires. This matches the pre-''Transformers'' versions of the toys previously released by Takara.
			:* Rounded-casing versions may also have blank tires with no branding whatsoever. It is uncertain at this point which is the rarer round-casing version.

			:These toys seem especially susceptible to [[photodegradation\|yellowing]]. Why is unclear, but there is an undeniable difference in the feel of the plastic they're made out of. Thus it's very possible they used a less durable/chemically-stable plastic than the normal ''Transformers'' toys were made out of, what with being fairly complex freebies added to already-not-expensive offerings, likely produced at different factories than normal ''Transformers'' toys by the "Koma" company.

			::*[https://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/4wdType/4wdtype.htm More information on blue 4WD Type Motorized Transformer at TFU.info]

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Saix: Somebody else do the toy writeup; I'm too tired to figure it out.

2026-04-12T17:02:27Z

Somebody else do the toy writeup; I'm too tired to figure it out.

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{{Faction|autobot}}
:''Blue Carbuncle is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Metrowars Spy Blue Carbuncle.jpg|thumb|]]

'''Blue Carbuncle''' (ブルーカーバンクル ''Burū Kābankuru'') is a pretty chill fellow.

{{quote|Now, now~|Blue Carbuncle|"[[Metrowars: Spy]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Wars comics===
Blue Carbuncle was a migrant worker who was sent from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to [[Earth]] to work on the [[Scramble City]] Project. When [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] caused a furor over the lesser status of his fellow crew on the freighter they were travelling on, Blue Carbuncle tried to calm everybody's tempers.

When alarms went off and [[Deerstalker]] asked Blue Carbuncle what was wrong, the laborer just attempted to reassure the detective. {{storylink|Metrowars: Spy}}

==Toy==
===''The Transformers''===
{{charstubtoys}}

==Notes==
*Following [[Deerstalker]]'s {{w|Sherlock Holmes}} theming, Blue Carbuncle is named after the story "{{w|The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle}}".

[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]