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I've been wanting to write an article for Powered Masters for a while, but can't figure out how to describe them in a sense of the fiction. I mean, the toy gimmick was that they were battery-powered and could move forward and backward on treads, right? So how do I write that from a fiction standpoint? "Powered Masters are Transformers who can move on their own power without help from giant omniscient hands from the sky"? --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 16:56, 28 September 2007 (UTC) | I've been wanting to write an article for Powered Masters for a while, but can't figure out how to describe them in a sense of the fiction. I mean, the toy gimmick was that they were battery-powered and could move forward and backward on treads, right? So how do I write that from a fiction standpoint? "Powered Masters are Transformers who can move on their own power without help from giant omniscient hands from the sky"? --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 16:56, 28 September 2007 (UTC) | ||
: I would have a real-world paragraph and a in-fiction paragraph. If they had no traits in common ''in the fiction,'' you can say as much. [[User:JW|JW]] 17:01, 28 September 2007 (UTC) | : I would have a real-world paragraph and a in-fiction paragraph. If they had no traits in common ''in the fiction,'' you can say as much. [[User:JW|JW]] 17:01, 28 September 2007 (UTC) | ||
::Yeah, I don't think you have to try and write in-universe if there's no in-universe explanation. See the opening section of [[Throttlebot]], for example. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 17:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC) | ::Yeah, I don't think you have to try and write in-universe if there's no in-universe explanation. See the opening section of [[Throttlebot]], for example. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 17:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC) | ||
:Done and done. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 17:55, 28 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
:Are "Powered Masters" a description of a toy series or a description of a gimmick? Of the three figures mentioned in this article, only Dai Atlas has the motorized treads. Note that Star Convoy has a near-identical feature and was released like a year later, and I've read anecdotally on various sites of him being referred to as a "Powered Master" also. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 18:36, 28 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
:Well, [http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/manwood/484/TF/Zone.html#Dai%20Atlas the translated bios] over at Prime Saber's refer to Sonic Bomber and Road Fire as Powered Masters in addition to Dai Atlas. I looked over all my catalogue scans and story pages of Battlestars but couldn't find any official source referencing Star Convoy as a Powered Master, though. I think that even though some toys may share the motorized gimmick, only the three count as Powered Masters since that's their subgroup. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 18:45, 28 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
==Gimmicks== | |||
Not quite accurate - it's actually friction-drive stuff Sonic Bomber (at least) has, with his jet nose splitting to form his arms automatically. Not sure about Roadfire, although Siph should know, since I think he has him. -[[User:LV|LV]] 23:53, 28 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
Latest revision as of 12:59, 26 March 2009
How do I write this?
[edit]I've been wanting to write an article for Powered Masters for a while, but can't figure out how to describe them in a sense of the fiction. I mean, the toy gimmick was that they were battery-powered and could move forward and backward on treads, right? So how do I write that from a fiction standpoint? "Powered Masters are Transformers who can move on their own power without help from giant omniscient hands from the sky"? --DrSpengler 16:56, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
- I would have a real-world paragraph and a in-fiction paragraph. If they had no traits in common in the fiction, you can say as much. JW 17:01, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, I don't think you have to try and write in-universe if there's no in-universe explanation. See the opening section of Throttlebot, for example. --KilMichaelMcC 17:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done and done. --DrSpengler 17:55, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
- Are "Powered Masters" a description of a toy series or a description of a gimmick? Of the three figures mentioned in this article, only Dai Atlas has the motorized treads. Note that Star Convoy has a near-identical feature and was released like a year later, and I've read anecdotally on various sites of him being referred to as a "Powered Master" also. --Thylacine 2000 18:36, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
- Well, the translated bios over at Prime Saber's refer to Sonic Bomber and Road Fire as Powered Masters in addition to Dai Atlas. I looked over all my catalogue scans and story pages of Battlestars but couldn't find any official source referencing Star Convoy as a Powered Master, though. I think that even though some toys may share the motorized gimmick, only the three count as Powered Masters since that's their subgroup. --DrSpengler 18:45, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Gimmicks
[edit]Not quite accurate - it's actually friction-drive stuff Sonic Bomber (at least) has, with his jet nose splitting to form his arms automatically. Not sure about Roadfire, although Siph should know, since I think he has him. -LV 23:53, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
