Talk:Autosanrin (G1) - Revision history

Saix: /* So, uh, what is he? */clean up, replaced: Big Bang → Big Bang

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So, uh, what is he?: clean up, replaced: Big Bang → Big Bang

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	The closest we have are those letters-page-exclusive characters... but we consider those fiction since they're written as part of the fiction they represent. This is like... "profile-exclusive" tied to no particular body of fiction. (Japan ''might'' say he was tied to cartoon continuity... or maybe not, they tend to be awfully literal about that sort of thing.) Any ideas what to call this? -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 20:42, 14 December 2009 (EST)		The closest we have are those letters-page-exclusive characters... but we consider those fiction since they're written as part of the fiction they represent. This is like... "profile-exclusive" tied to no particular body of fiction. (Japan ''might'' say he was tied to cartoon continuity... or maybe not, they tend to be awfully literal about that sort of thing.) Any ideas what to call this? -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 20:42, 14 December 2009 (EST)
	:So would this as yet undetermined category also apply to characters who never made it past early production art and conceptualization, like [[Big Bang]] and [[Hyperdrive (Turbomaster)]]? They exist, but at the same time, they do not. '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''		:So would this as yet undetermined category also apply to characters who never made it past early production art and conceptualization, like [[Big Bang (G1)\|Big Bang]] and [[Hyperdrive (Turbomaster)]]? They exist, but at the same time, they do not. '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''
	::Hyperdrive has a toy appearance!		::Hyperdrive has a toy appearance!
	::And... I'm not sure? I feel like it would be useful if this category did NOT apply to scuttled-concept characters. The listing will be thin... but there HAVE to be more actual-official-characters that have no fiction, toy or merchandise. And I think lumping them in with the concept-art guys like Big Bang would be a disservice to both. -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 21:18, 14 December 2009 (EST)		::And... I'm not sure? I feel like it would be useful if this category did NOT apply to scuttled-concept characters. The listing will be thin... but there HAVE to be more actual-official-characters that have no fiction, toy or merchandise. And I think lumping them in with the concept-art guys like Big Bang would be a disservice to both. -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 21:18, 14 December 2009 (EST)

	:Autosanrin could be put under Fiction-only characters (maybe for a while before anyone figures a better solution), which contains all characters who have no toys — but Autosanrin doesn't seem to have a fiction nor profile appearance as far as I know, unless "who created him" counts for profile. --'''[[User:TX55\|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55\|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small>　01:01, 15 December 2009 (EST)		:Autosanrin could be put under Fiction-only characters (maybe for a while before anyone figures a better solution), which contains all characters who have no toys — but Autosanrin doesn't seem to have a fiction nor profile appearance as far as I know, unless "who created him" counts for profile. --'''[[User:TX55\|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55\|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small>　01:01, 15 December 2009 (EST)

Interrobang: Talk:Autosanrin moved to Talk:Autosanrin (G1)

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Talk:Autosanrin moved to Talk:Autosanrin (G1)

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	::And... I'm not sure? I feel like it would be useful if this category did NOT apply to scuttled-concept characters. The listing will be thin... but there HAVE to be more actual-official-characters that have no fiction, toy or merchandise. And I think lumping them in with the concept-art guys like Big Bang would be a disservice to both. -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 21:18, 14 December 2009 (EST)		::And... I'm not sure? I feel like it would be useful if this category did NOT apply to scuttled-concept characters. The listing will be thin... but there HAVE to be more actual-official-characters that have no fiction, toy or merchandise. And I think lumping them in with the concept-art guys like Big Bang would be a disservice to both. -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 21:18, 14 December 2009 (EST)

	:Autosanrin could be put under Fiction-only characters (maybe for a while before anyone figures a better solution), which contains all characters who have no toys ~~{{m-}}~~ but Autosanrin doesn't seem to have a fiction nor profile appearance as far as I know, unless "who created him" counts for profile. --'''[[User:TX55\|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55\|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small>　01:01, 15 December 2009 (EST)		:Autosanrin could be put under Fiction-only characters (maybe for a while before anyone figures a better solution), which contains all characters who have no toys — but Autosanrin doesn't seem to have a fiction nor profile appearance as far as I know, unless "who created him" counts for profile. --'''[[User:TX55\|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55\|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small>　01:01, 15 December 2009 (EST)

TX55 at 06:18, 15 December 2009

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	::And... I'm not sure? I feel like it would be useful if this category did NOT apply to scuttled-concept characters. The listing will be thin... but there HAVE to be more actual-official-characters that have no fiction, toy or merchandise. And I think lumping them in with the concept-art guys like Big Bang would be a disservice to both. -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 21:18, 14 December 2009 (EST)		::And... I'm not sure? I feel like it would be useful if this category did NOT apply to scuttled-concept characters. The listing will be thin... but there HAVE to be more actual-official-characters that have no fiction, toy or merchandise. And I think lumping them in with the concept-art guys like Big Bang would be a disservice to both. -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 21:18, 14 December 2009 (EST)

	:Autosanrin could be put under Fiction-only characters (maybe for a while before anyone figures a better solution), which contains all characters who have no toys {{m-}} but Autosanrin doesn't seem to have a fiction nor profile appearance, unless "who created him" counts for profile. --'''[[User:TX55\|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55\|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small>　01:01, 15 December 2009 (EST)		:Autosanrin could be put under Fiction-only characters (maybe for a while before anyone figures a better solution), which contains all characters who have no toys {{m-}} but Autosanrin doesn't seem to have a fiction nor profile appearance as far as I know, unless "who created him" counts for profile. --'''[[User:TX55\|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55\|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small>　01:01, 15 December 2009 (EST)

TX55 at 06:04, 15 December 2009

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	::And... I'm not sure? I feel like it would be useful if this category did NOT apply to scuttled-concept characters. The listing will be thin... but there HAVE to be more actual-official-characters that have no fiction, toy or merchandise. And I think lumping them in with the concept-art guys like Big Bang would be a disservice to both. -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 21:18, 14 December 2009 (EST)		::And... I'm not sure? I feel like it would be useful if this category did NOT apply to scuttled-concept characters. The listing will be thin... but there HAVE to be more actual-official-characters that have no fiction, toy or merchandise. And I think lumping them in with the concept-art guys like Big Bang would be a disservice to both. -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 21:18, 14 December 2009 (EST)

	:Autosanrin could be put under Fiction-only characters (maybe for a while before anyone figures a better solution), which contains all characters who have no toys {{m-}} but Autosanrin doesn't seem to have a fiction nor profile appearance, unless "who created him" counts for profile. --01:01, 15 December 2009 (EST)		:Autosanrin could be put under Fiction-only characters (maybe for a while before anyone figures a better solution), which contains all characters who have no toys {{m-}} but Autosanrin doesn't seem to have a fiction nor profile appearance, unless "who created him" counts for profile. --'''[[User:TX55\|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55\|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small>　01:01, 15 December 2009 (EST)

TX55 at 06:01, 15 December 2009

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	::Hyperdrive has a toy appearance!		::Hyperdrive has a toy appearance!
	::And... I'm not sure? I feel like it would be useful if this category did NOT apply to scuttled-concept characters. The listing will be thin... but there HAVE to be more actual-official-characters that have no fiction, toy or merchandise. And I think lumping them in with the concept-art guys like Big Bang would be a disservice to both. -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 21:18, 14 December 2009 (EST)		::And... I'm not sure? I feel like it would be useful if this category did NOT apply to scuttled-concept characters. The listing will be thin... but there HAVE to be more actual-official-characters that have no fiction, toy or merchandise. And I think lumping them in with the concept-art guys like Big Bang would be a disservice to both. -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 21:18, 14 December 2009 (EST)

			:Autosanrin could be put under Fiction-only characters (maybe for a while before anyone figures a better solution), which contains all characters who have no toys {{m-}} but Autosanrin doesn't seem to have a fiction nor profile appearance, unless "who created him" counts for profile. --01:01, 15 December 2009 (EST)

Derik at 02:18, 15 December 2009

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	The closest we have are those letters-page-exclusive characters... but we consider those fiction since they're written as part of the fiction they represent. This is like... "profile-exclusive" tied to no particular body of fiction. (Japan ''might'' say he was tied to cartoon continuity... or maybe not, they tend to be awfully literal about that sort of thing.) Any ideas what to call this? -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 20:42, 14 December 2009 (EST)		The closest we have are those letters-page-exclusive characters... but we consider those fiction since they're written as part of the fiction they represent. This is like... "profile-exclusive" tied to no particular body of fiction. (Japan ''might'' say he was tied to cartoon continuity... or maybe not, they tend to be awfully literal about that sort of thing.) Any ideas what to call this? -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 20:42, 14 December 2009 (EST)
	:So would this as yet undetermined category also apply to characters who never made it past early production art and conceptualization, like [[Big Bang]] and [[Hyperdrive (Turbomaster)]]? They exist, but at the same time, they do not. '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''		:So would this as yet undetermined category also apply to characters who never made it past early production art and conceptualization, like [[Big Bang]] and [[Hyperdrive (Turbomaster)]]? They exist, but at the same time, they do not. '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''
			::Hyperdrive has a toy appearance!
			::And... I'm not sure? I feel like it would be useful if this category did NOT apply to scuttled-concept characters. The listing will be thin... but there HAVE to be more actual-official-characters that have no fiction, toy or merchandise. And I think lumping them in with the concept-art guys like Big Bang would be a disservice to both. -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 21:18, 14 December 2009 (EST)

198.22.122.4 at 01:47, 15 December 2009

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	The closest we have are those letters-page-exclusive characters... but we consider those fiction since they're written as part of the fiction they represent. This is like... "profile-exclusive" tied to no particular body of fiction. (Japan ''might'' say he was tied to cartoon continuity... or maybe not, they tend to be awfully literal about that sort of thing.) Any ideas what to call this? -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 20:42, 14 December 2009 (EST)		The closest we have are those letters-page-exclusive characters... but we consider those fiction since they're written as part of the fiction they represent. This is like... "profile-exclusive" tied to no particular body of fiction. (Japan ''might'' say he was tied to cartoon continuity... or maybe not, they tend to be awfully literal about that sort of thing.) Any ideas what to call this? -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 20:42, 14 December 2009 (EST)
			:So would this as yet undetermined category also apply to characters who never made it past early production art and conceptualization, like [[Big Bang]] and [[Hyperdrive (Turbomaster)]]? They exist, but at the same time, they do not. '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''

Derik at 01:42, 15 December 2009

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	::The scan Jim sent me was for a Decepticon design contest, but was also announcing the winner of the previous Autobot design contest. It lists the rules for the Decepticon contest as well as the prizes, but I don't know if those also pertain to the Autobot contest. At the very least, if Jim knows what issue those scans came from, we can get a month and year on when the results for the Autobot contest (and thus Autosanrin's reveal) were announced. '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''		::The scan Jim sent me was for a Decepticon design contest, but was also announcing the winner of the previous Autobot design contest. It lists the rules for the Decepticon contest as well as the prizes, but I don't know if those also pertain to the Autobot contest. At the very least, if Jim knows what issue those scans came from, we can get a month and year on when the results for the Autobot contest (and thus Autosanrin's reveal) were announced. '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''
	:::That was from the November 1985 issue of Bom Bom. The contest, I believe, was announced in the October 1985 issue. I've uploaded the primary source for all to see, since my Japanese doesn't extend beyond Katakana and the simplest of Kanji.--[[User:Jimsorenson\|Jimsorenson]] 19:23, 14 December 2009 (EST)		:::That was from the November 1985 issue of Bom Bom. The contest, I believe, was announced in the October 1985 issue. I've uploaded the primary source for all to see, since my Japanese doesn't extend beyond Katakana and the simplest of Kanji.--[[User:Jimsorenson\|Jimsorenson]] 19:23, 14 December 2009 (EST)

			Regardless translation and whatnot issues... I want a category for this. Non-fiction non-toy, non-merchandise. Basically- "This character exists. Possibly here's a profile for him."

			The closest we have are those letters-page-exclusive characters... but we consider those fiction since they're written as part of the fiction they represent. This is like... "profile-exclusive" tied to no particular body of fiction. (Japan ''might'' say he was tied to cartoon continuity... or maybe not, they tend to be awfully literal about that sort of thing.) Any ideas what to call this? -[[User:Derik\|Derik]] 20:42, 14 December 2009 (EST)

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	==So, uh, what is he?==		==So, uh, what is he?==
			[[Image:Bom bom October 85 contest.jpg\|thumb\|300px]]
			[[Image:Bom bom November 85 design contest.jpg\|thumb\|300px]]
	One of those meter-reader carts or what? [[User:Hooper X\|-hx]] 17:09, 14 December 2009 (EST)		One of those meter-reader carts or what? [[User:Hooper X\|-hx]] 17:09, 14 December 2009 (EST)

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	:For what it's worth, all of that info is missing from Escargon's page too, except the alt-mode. From what I remember from Speng's translation, he turns into a three-wheeled thing.--[[User:Jimsorenson\|Jimsorenson]] 18:47, 14 December 2009 (EST)		:For what it's worth, all of that info is missing from Escargon's page too, except the alt-mode. From what I remember from Speng's translation, he turns into a three-wheeled thing.--[[User:Jimsorenson\|Jimsorenson]] 18:47, 14 December 2009 (EST)
	::The scan Jim sent me was for a Decepticon design contest, but was also announcing the winner of the previous Autobot design contest. It lists the rules for the Decepticon contest as well as the prizes, but I don't know if those also pertain to the Autobot contest. At the very least, if Jim knows what issue those scans came from, we can get a month and year on when the results for the Autobot contest (and thus Autosanrin's reveal) were announced. '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''		::The scan Jim sent me was for a Decepticon design contest, but was also announcing the winner of the previous Autobot design contest. It lists the rules for the Decepticon contest as well as the prizes, but I don't know if those also pertain to the Autobot contest. At the very least, if Jim knows what issue those scans came from, we can get a month and year on when the results for the Autobot contest (and thus Autosanrin's reveal) were announced. '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''
	:::That was from the November 1985 issue of Bom Bom. The contest, I believe, was announced in the October 1985 issue.--[[User:Jimsorenson\|Jimsorenson]] 19:23, 14 December 2009 (EST)		:::That was from the November 1985 issue of Bom Bom. The contest, I believe, was announced in the October 1985 issue. I've uploaded the primary source for all to see, since my Japanese doesn't extend beyond Katakana and the simplest of Kanji.--[[User:Jimsorenson\|Jimsorenson]] 19:23, 14 December 2009 (EST)