https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Light-piping 2026-07-23T09:25:44Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.3 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Light-piping&diff=1522805&oldid=prev 2021-07-06T02:16:05Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:16, 6 July 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When used outside of eyes, light-piping is most often used to allow weaponry to light up without storing electronics within the weapon itself; that is, by having a &quot;pipe&quot; starting in the weapon&#039;s handle, and embedding a light in the weapon&#039;s owner&#039;s hand, so that when the weapon is held, lighting the hand-light causes the weapon to light up as well.  For example, &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]&#039;&#039; [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]&#039;&#039; [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] use this trick.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When used outside of eyes, light-piping is most often used to allow weaponry to light up without storing electronics within the weapon itself; that is, by having a &quot;pipe&quot; starting in the weapon&#039;s handle, and embedding a light in the weapon&#039;s owner&#039;s hand, so that when the weapon is held, lighting the hand-light causes the weapon to light up as well.  For example, &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]&#039;&#039; [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]&#039;&#039; [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] use this trick.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Light-piping has waxed and waned over the years, with some lines featuring it in most of their figures and others neglecting it entirely. In general, it tends to be more common when the figure already has translucent plastic incorporated somewhere else (most commonly windows or cockpits), which means not having to cast a new mold for a single small piece. Many instances of "neutered" lightpiping occur due to the eyes being cast in an unfitting color - for instance, [[Soundwave (WFC)/toys#Generations|''War for Cybertron'' Soundwave]]'s pipe is blue, since it shares plastic with his chest window, and was therefore painted in red. </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Gimmicks]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Gimmicks]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Toys]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Toys]]</div></td></tr> </table>

MBG https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Light-piping&diff=933476&oldid=prev 2015-01-21T11:43:09Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:43, 21 January 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Image</del>:Light piping in action.jpg|right|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">300px</del>|thumb|And all done without batteries or photoshop.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">File</ins>:Light piping in action.jpg|right|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">upright=1.67</ins>|thumb|And all done without batteries or photoshop.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Light-piping''' is a low-tech [[gimmick]] used on [[Toy|Transformers toys]] that allows lighting effects (usually for the eyes) without the need for electronics. Light-piping is achieved by using a translucent (often colored) piece of plastic that is inserted into the body part in question (usually the head), leading from one side of the body to the other side. When the other side (usually the rear, sometimes the top or the sides of the head) is held facing an external light source, the light will shine through the clear plastic and cause a lighting effect on the front side. The gimmick was originally introduced with the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Generation 1 </del>(European toyline)|European-exclusive late-G1]] [[Turbomaster<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|Turbomasters</del>]] and [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] toys released in [[1992]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Light-piping''' is a low-tech [[gimmick]] used on [[Toy|Transformers toys]] that allows lighting effects (usually for the eyes) without the need for electronics. Light-piping is achieved by using a translucent (often colored) piece of plastic that is inserted into the body part in question (usually the head), leading from one side of the body to the other side. When the other side (usually the rear, sometimes the top or the sides of the head) is held facing an external light source, the light will shine through the clear plastic and cause a lighting effect on the front side. The gimmick was originally introduced with the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Transformers </ins>(European toyline)|European-exclusive late-G1]] [[Turbomaster]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s </ins>and [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] toys released in [[1992]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some more advanced light-piping techniques allow for less conspicuous windows that don't always even have to be on the back of the head. For example, both ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Shockblast]] and ''[[Transformers: Alternators| Alternators]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockblast]] feature a triangular design facing forwards that manages to pipe light through to their singular eye, meaning they don't have to be held with their backs to a light source.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some more advanced light-piping techniques allow for less conspicuous windows that don't always even have to be on the back of the head. For example, both ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Shockblast]] and ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockblast]] feature a triangular design facing forwards that manages to pipe light through to their singular eye, meaning they don't have to be held with their backs to a light source.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it &quot;neutered&quot; at a later stage — usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the &quot;pipe&quot; with paint.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it &quot;neutered&quot; at a later stage — usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the &quot;pipe&quot; with paint.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When used outside of eyes, light-piping is most often used to allow weaponry to light up without storing electronics within the weapon itself; that is, by having a "pipe" starting in the weapon's handle, and embedding a light in the weapon's owner's hand, so that when the weapon is held, lighting the hand-light causes the weapon to light up as well.  For example, ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece| Masterpiece]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] use this trick.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When used outside of eyes, light-piping is most often used to allow weaponry to light up without storing electronics within the weapon itself; that is, by having a "pipe" starting in the weapon's handle, and embedding a light in the weapon's owner's hand, so that when the weapon is held, lighting the hand-light causes the weapon to light up as well.  For example, ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] use this trick.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Gimmicks]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Gimmicks]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Toys]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Toys]]</div></td></tr> </table>

SanityOrMadness https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Light-piping&diff=910973&oldid=prev 2014-10-19T15:48:22Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:48, 19 October 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Light piping in action.jpg|right|300px|thumb|And all done without batteries or photoshop.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Light piping in action.jpg|right|300px|thumb|And all done without batteries or photoshop.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Light-piping''' is a low-tech [[gimmick]] used on [[Toy|Transformers toys]] that allows lighting effects (usually for the eyes) without the need for electronics. Light-piping is achieved by using a translucent (often colored) piece of plastic that is inserted into the body part in question (usually the head), leading from one side of the body to the other side. When the other side (usually the rear, sometimes the top or the sides) is held <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">against </del>an external light source, the light will shine through the clear plastic and cause a lighting effect on the front side. The gimmick was originally introduced with the [[Generation 1 (European toyline)|European-exclusive late-G1]] [[Turbomaster|Turbomasters]] and [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] toys released in [[1992]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Light-piping''' is a low-tech [[gimmick]] used on [[Toy|Transformers toys]] that allows lighting effects (usually for the eyes) without the need for electronics. Light-piping is achieved by using a translucent (often colored) piece of plastic that is inserted into the body part in question (usually the head), leading from one side of the body to the other side. When the other side (usually the rear, sometimes the top or the sides <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of the head</ins>) is held <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">facing </ins>an external light source, the light will shine through the clear plastic and cause a lighting effect on the front side. The gimmick was originally introduced with the [[Generation 1 (European toyline)|European-exclusive late-G1]] [[Turbomaster|Turbomasters]] and [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] toys released in [[1992]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some more advanced light-piping techniques allow for less conspicuous windows that don&#039;t always even have to be on the back of the head. For example, both &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]&#039;&#039; [[Shockblast]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Alternators| Alternators]]&#039;&#039; [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockblast]] feature a triangular design facing forwards that manages to pipe light through to their singular eye, meaning they don&#039;t have to be held with their backs to a light source.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some more advanced light-piping techniques allow for less conspicuous windows that don&#039;t always even have to be on the back of the head. For example, both &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]&#039;&#039; [[Shockblast]] and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Alternators| Alternators]]&#039;&#039; [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockblast]] feature a triangular design facing forwards that manages to pipe light through to their singular eye, meaning they don&#039;t have to be held with their backs to a light source.</div></td></tr> </table>

Randomus https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Light-piping&diff=718908&oldid=prev 2012-05-26T03:52:41Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:52, 26 May 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Light-piping&#039;&#039;&#039; is a low-tech [[gimmick]] used on [[Toy|Transformers toys]] that allows lighting effects (usually for the eyes) without the need for electronics. Light-piping is achieved by using a translucent (often colored) piece of plastic that is inserted into the body part in question (usually the head), leading from one side of the body to the other side. When the other side (usually the rear, sometimes the top or the sides) is held against an external light source, the light will shine through the clear plastic and cause a lighting effect on the front side. The gimmick was originally introduced with the [[Generation 1 (European toyline)|European-exclusive late-G1]] [[Turbomaster|Turbomasters]] and [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] toys released in [[1992]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Light-piping&#039;&#039;&#039; is a low-tech [[gimmick]] used on [[Toy|Transformers toys]] that allows lighting effects (usually for the eyes) without the need for electronics. Light-piping is achieved by using a translucent (often colored) piece of plastic that is inserted into the body part in question (usually the head), leading from one side of the body to the other side. When the other side (usually the rear, sometimes the top or the sides) is held against an external light source, the light will shine through the clear plastic and cause a lighting effect on the front side. The gimmick was originally introduced with the [[Generation 1 (European toyline)|European-exclusive late-G1]] [[Turbomaster|Turbomasters]] and [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] toys released in [[1992]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some more advanced light-piping techniques allow for less conspicuous windows that don't always even have to be on the back of the head. For example, both ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Shockblast (Energon)|</del>Shockblast]] and ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockblast]] feature a triangular design facing forwards that manages to pipe light through to their singular eye, meaning they don't have to be held with their backs to a light source.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some more advanced light-piping techniques allow for less conspicuous windows that don't always even have to be on the back of the head. For example, both ''[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Transformers: </ins>Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Shockblast]] and ''[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Transformers: Alternators| </ins>Alternators]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockblast]] feature a triangular design facing forwards that manages to pipe light through to their singular eye, meaning they don't have to be held with their backs to a light source.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it &quot;neutered&quot; at a later stage — usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the &quot;pipe&quot; with paint.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it &quot;neutered&quot; at a later stage — usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the &quot;pipe&quot; with paint.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When used outside of eyes, light-piping is most often used to allow weaponry to light up without storing electronics within the weapon itself; that is, by having a "pipe" starting in the weapon's handle, and embedding a light in the weapon's owner's hand, so that when the weapon is held, lighting the hand-light causes the weapon to light up as well.  For example, ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and Masterpiece [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] use this trick.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When used outside of eyes, light-piping is most often used to allow weaponry to light up without storing electronics within the weapon itself; that is, by having a "pipe" starting in the weapon's handle, and embedding a light in the weapon's owner's hand, so that when the weapon is held, lighting the hand-light causes the weapon to light up as well.  For example, ''[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Transformers: </ins>Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece| </ins>Masterpiece<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]'' </ins>[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] use this trick.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Gimmicks]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Gimmicks]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Toys]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Toys]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Abates https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Light-piping&diff=579279&oldid=prev 2011-04-23T05:06:47Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 05:06, 23 April 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some more advanced light-piping techniques allow for less conspicuous windows that don&#039;t always even have to be on the back of the head. For example, both &#039;&#039;[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]&#039;&#039; [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] and &#039;&#039;[[Alternators]]&#039;&#039; [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockblast]] feature a triangular design facing forwards that manages to pipe light through to their singular eye, meaning they don&#039;t have to be held with their backs to a light source.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some more advanced light-piping techniques allow for less conspicuous windows that don&#039;t always even have to be on the back of the head. For example, both &#039;&#039;[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]&#039;&#039; [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] and &#039;&#039;[[Alternators]]&#039;&#039; [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockblast]] feature a triangular design facing forwards that manages to pipe light through to their singular eye, meaning they don&#039;t have to be held with their backs to a light source.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it "neutered" at a later stage<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">--</del>usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the "pipe" with paint.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it "neutered" at a later stage <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">— </ins>usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the "pipe" with paint.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When used outside of eyes, light-piping is most often used to allow weaponry to light up without storing electronics within the weapon itself; that is, by having a &quot;pipe&quot; starting in the weapon&#039;s handle, and embedding a light in the weapon&#039;s owner&#039;s hand, so that when the weapon is held, lighting the hand-light causes the weapon to light up as well.  For example, &#039;&#039;[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]&#039;&#039; [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and Masterpiece [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] use this trick.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When used outside of eyes, light-piping is most often used to allow weaponry to light up without storing electronics within the weapon itself; that is, by having a &quot;pipe&quot; starting in the weapon&#039;s handle, and embedding a light in the weapon&#039;s owner&#039;s hand, so that when the weapon is held, lighting the hand-light causes the weapon to light up as well.  For example, &#039;&#039;[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]&#039;&#039; [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and Masterpiece [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] use this trick.</div></td></tr> </table>

Abates https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Light-piping&diff=512572&oldid=prev 2010-10-24T17:38:27Z

<p>link fix</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:38, 24 October 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it &quot;neutered&quot; at a later stage--usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the &quot;pipe&quot; with paint.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it &quot;neutered&quot; at a later stage--usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the &quot;pipe&quot; with paint.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When used outside of eyes, light-piping is most often used to allow weaponry to light up without storing electronics within the weapon itself; that is, by having a "pipe" starting in the weapon's handle, and embedding a light in the weapon's owner's hand, so that when the weapon is held, lighting the hand-light causes the weapon to light up as well.  For example, ''[[Armada]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and Masterpiece [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] use this trick.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When used outside of eyes, light-piping is most often used to allow weaponry to light up without storing electronics within the weapon itself; that is, by having a "pipe" starting in the weapon's handle, and embedding a light in the weapon's owner's hand, so that when the weapon is held, lighting the hand-light causes the weapon to light up as well.  For example, ''[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Armada (franchise)|</ins>Armada]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and Masterpiece [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] use this trick.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Gimmicks]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Gimmicks]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Toys]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Toys]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Khajidha https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Light-piping&diff=508334&oldid=prev 2010-10-13T12:10:34Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:10, 13 October 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Light-piping&#039;&#039;&#039; is a low-tech [[gimmick]] used on [[Toy|Transformers toys]] that allows lighting effects (usually for the eyes) without the need for electronics. Light-piping is achieved by using a translucent (often colored) piece of plastic that is inserted into the body part in question (usually the head), leading from one side of the body to the other side. When the other side (usually the rear, sometimes the top or the sides) is held against an external light source, the light will shine through the clear plastic and cause a lighting effect on the front side. The gimmick was originally introduced with the [[Generation 1 (European toyline)|European-exclusive late-G1]] [[Turbomaster|Turbomasters]] and [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] toys released in [[1992]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Light-piping&#039;&#039;&#039; is a low-tech [[gimmick]] used on [[Toy|Transformers toys]] that allows lighting effects (usually for the eyes) without the need for electronics. Light-piping is achieved by using a translucent (often colored) piece of plastic that is inserted into the body part in question (usually the head), leading from one side of the body to the other side. When the other side (usually the rear, sometimes the top or the sides) is held against an external light source, the light will shine through the clear plastic and cause a lighting effect on the front side. The gimmick was originally introduced with the [[Generation 1 (European toyline)|European-exclusive late-G1]] [[Turbomaster|Turbomasters]] and [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] toys released in [[1992]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some more advanced light-piping techniques allow for less conspicuous windows that don't always even have to be on the back of the head. For example, both ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] and ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Shockwave</del>]] feature a triangular design facing forwards that manages to pipe light through to their singular eye, meaning they don't have to be held with their backs to a light source.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some more advanced light-piping techniques allow for less conspicuous windows that don't always even have to be on the back of the head. For example, both ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] and ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Shockblast</ins>]] feature a triangular design facing forwards that manages to pipe light through to their singular eye, meaning they don't have to be held with their backs to a light source.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it &quot;neutered&quot; at a later stage--usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the &quot;pipe&quot; with paint.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it &quot;neutered&quot; at a later stage--usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the &quot;pipe&quot; with paint.</div></td></tr> </table>

Nevermore https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Light-piping&diff=493539&oldid=prev 2010-08-25T17:37:46Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:37, 25 August 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it &quot;neutered&quot; at a later stage--usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the &quot;pipe&quot; with paint.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it &quot;neutered&quot; at a later stage--usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the &quot;pipe&quot; with paint.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">When used outside of eyes, light-piping is most often used to allow weaponry to light up without storing electronics within the weapon itself; that is, by having a "pipe" starting in the weapon's handle, and embedding a light in the weapon's owner's hand, so that when the weapon is held, lighting the hand-light causes the weapon to light up as well.  For example, ''[[Armada]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and Masterpiece [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] use this trick.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; 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74.38.159.164 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Light-piping&diff=487669&oldid=prev 2010-08-06T07:12:44Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:12, 6 August 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Light-piping&#039;&#039;&#039; is a low-tech [[gimmick]] used on [[Toy|Transformers toys]] that allows lighting effects (usually for the eyes) without the need for electronics. Light-piping is achieved by using a translucent (often colored) piece of plastic that is inserted into the body part in question (usually the head), leading from one side of the body to the other side. When the other side (usually the rear, sometimes the top or the sides) is held against an external light source, the light will shine through the clear plastic and cause a lighting effect on the front side. The gimmick was originally introduced with the [[Generation 1 (European toyline)|European-exclusive late-G1]] [[Turbomaster|Turbomasters]] and [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] toys released in [[1992]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Light-piping&#039;&#039;&#039; is a low-tech [[gimmick]] used on [[Toy|Transformers toys]] that allows lighting effects (usually for the eyes) without the need for electronics. Light-piping is achieved by using a translucent (often colored) piece of plastic that is inserted into the body part in question (usually the head), leading from one side of the body to the other side. When the other side (usually the rear, sometimes the top or the sides) is held against an external light source, the light will shine through the clear plastic and cause a lighting effect on the front side. The gimmick was originally introduced with the [[Generation 1 (European toyline)|European-exclusive late-G1]] [[Turbomaster|Turbomasters]] and [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] toys released in [[1992]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some more advanced light-piping techniques allow for less conspicuous windows that don't always even have to be on the back of the head. For example, both [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] and ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockwave]] feature a triangular design facing forwards that manages to pipe light through to their singular eye, meaning they don't have to be held with their backs to a light source.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some more advanced light-piping techniques allow for less conspicuous windows that don't always even have to be on the back of the head. For example, both <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' </ins>[[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] and ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockwave]] feature a triangular design facing forwards that manages to pipe light through to their singular eye, meaning they don't have to be held with their backs to a light source.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it &quot;neutered&quot; at a later stage--usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the &quot;pipe&quot; with paint.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it &quot;neutered&quot; at a later stage--usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the &quot;pipe&quot; with paint.</div></td></tr> </table>

Geewunling https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Light-piping&diff=487668&oldid=prev 2010-08-06T07:11:54Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:11, 6 August 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Light piping in action.jpg|right|300px|thumb|And all done without batteries or photoshop.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Light piping in action.jpg|right|300px|thumb|And all done without batteries or photoshop.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Light-piping''' is a low-tech [[gimmick]] used on [[Toy|Transformers toys]] that allows lighting effects (usually for the eyes) without the need for electronics. Light-piping is achieved by using a translucent (often colored) piece of plastic that is inserted into the body part in question (usually the head), leading from one side of the body to the other side. When the other side (usually the rear, sometimes the top or the sides) is held against an external light source, the light will shine through the clear plastic and cause a lighting effect on the front side. The gimmick was originally introduced with the [[Generation 1 (European toyline)|European-exclusive late-G1]] [[Turbomaster|Turbomasters]] and [[Predator|Predators]] toys released in 1992.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Light-piping''' is a low-tech [[gimmick]] used on [[Toy|Transformers toys]] that allows lighting effects (usually for the eyes) without the need for electronics. Light-piping is achieved by using a translucent (often colored) piece of plastic that is inserted into the body part in question (usually the head), leading from one side of the body to the other side. When the other side (usually the rear, sometimes the top or the sides) is held against an external light source, the light will shine through the clear plastic and cause a lighting effect on the front side. The gimmick was originally introduced with the [[Generation 1 (European toyline)|European-exclusive late-G1]] [[Turbomaster|Turbomasters]] and [[Predator <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(subgroup)</ins>|Predators]] toys released in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>1992<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some more advanced light-piping techniques allow for less conspicuous windows that don't always even have to be on the back of the head. For example, both [[Shockblast]] and [[Alternators]] [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] feature a triangular design facing forwards that manages to pipe light through to their singular eye, meaning they don't have to be held with their backs to a light source.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Some more advanced light-piping techniques allow for less conspicuous windows that don't always even have to be on the back of the head. For example, both [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Shockblast (Energon)|</ins>Shockblast]] and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>[[Alternators]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' </ins>[[Shockwave (G1)<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/toys</ins>|Shockwave]] feature a triangular design facing forwards that manages to pipe light through to their singular eye, meaning they don't have to be held with their backs to a light source.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it &quot;neutered&quot; at a later stage--usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the &quot;pipe&quot; with paint.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Being a fairly widespread feature, there are also numerous instances where a toy was initially designed to include light-piping only to have it &quot;neutered&quot; at a later stage--usually by employing opaque plastics instead of translucent, or covering one or both ends of the &quot;pipe&quot; with paint.</div></td></tr> </table>

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