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:''Meantime is a [[Decepticon]] [[Real Gear Robot]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Transformers]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].'' | :''Meantime is a [[Decepticon]] [[Real Gear Robot]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Transformers]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
[[ | [[File:Mov-toy RGR Meantime.jpg|upright=2|thumb|He hates the all, the all of you. The plants of green and the skies of blue.]] | ||
'''Meantime''' is one of many small robots who was once a normal machine brought to life by the power of the [[AllSpark]]. Gifted with incredible time-based powers, and cursed with the petty humor to never use them to their fullest. Not only can he slow time around him, but also speed it up and even stop it... and selectively use this on other things too! He'd be almost invaluable to the Decepticons... if he chose to use his powers for something OTHER than making humans get into accidents, then "rewinding" time to watch them do it again. | '''Meantime''' is one of many small robots who was once a normal machine brought to life by the power of the [[AllSpark]]. Gifted with incredible time-based powers, and cursed with the petty humor to never use them to their fullest. Not only can he slow time around him, but also speed it up and even stop it... and selectively use this on other things too! He'd be almost invaluable to the Decepticons... if he chose to use his powers for something OTHER than making humans get into accidents, then "rewinding" time to watch them do it again. | ||
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While he admits that Meantime has some power, [[Vector Prime]] felt that his ambitions are so small that he nor (to his knowledge) any other temporal guardians felt it necessary to stop his antics. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} | While he admits that Meantime has some power, [[Vector Prime]] felt that his ambitions are so small that he nor (to his knowledge) any other temporal guardians felt it necessary to stop his antics. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} | ||
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==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===Transformers (2007)=== | ===Transformers (2007)=== | ||
*'''Meantime''' (Real Gear Robots, 2007) | *'''Meantime''' (Real Gear Robots, 2007) | ||
**'' | **''Takara ID number:'' '''MD-16''' | ||
:Meantime transforms into a (non-functional) digital wristwatch of a made-up model | : Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Real Gear Robot]]s, Meantime transforms into a (non-functional) digital wristwatch of a made-up model at a roughly 1:1 [[scale]], though you'll need tiny wrists to pull off wearing him in watch mode without cutting off all the circulation to your hand. The display face flips around to display the time properly as a watch, and then again to align for robot mode. He has an [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]] feature as well: pulling his legs down makes his head and shoulders rise as part of the transformation. | ||
:On his left wrist, Meantime features sculpted details intended to look as if he's wearing a wristwatch himself - specifically, a miniature version of his own [[alternate mode]]. Bizarrely, the [[stock photography|stock photos]] printed on the back of his [[packaging]] that depict a hand-painted [[prototype]] include this detail, whereas the other set of stock photos that depicts a pre-production sample (currently shown on this page) features wrists that are mirrored versions of each other, without the sculpted mini-version of his wristwatch mode on either side. (It can't be a [[misassembly|misassembled]] sample because the wrists sport pegs on opposing sides.) | :On his left wrist, Meantime features sculpted details intended to look as if he's wearing a wristwatch himself - specifically, a miniature version of his own [[alternate mode]]. Bizarrely, the [[stock photography|stock photos]] printed on the back of his [[packaging]] that depict a hand-painted [[prototype]] include this detail, whereas the other set of stock photos that depicts a pre-production sample (currently shown on this page) features wrists that are mirrored versions of each other, without the sculpted mini-version of his wristwatch mode on either side. (It can't be a [[misassembly|misassembled]] sample because the wrists sport pegs on opposing sides.) | ||
:Despite being a digital watch, Meantime's back has strangely accurate analog watch gears sculpted into it. | : Despite being a digital watch, Meantime's back has strangely accurate analog watch gears sculpted into it. | ||
:This sculpt was also used to make [[Midnighter XR-4]] and was | : This sculpt was also used to make [[Midnighter XR-4]] and was [[retool]]ed into the Brazilian exclusive [[Grendene Transformers watch]]. | ||
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Meantime/meantime.htm More information on Meantime at TFU.info]'' | ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Meantime/meantime.htm More information on Meantime at TFU.info]'' | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*The time of 5:17 refers to [[May 17]], the date when the second [[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'']] theatrical trailer was released on the internet. | * The time of 5:17 on his watch face refers to [[May 17]], the date when the second [[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'']] theatrical trailer was released on the internet. | ||
*The next time [[January 2]] falls on a Wednesday is 2030. Your Meantime figure acts as a functional watch for one second, roughly every six years. | * The next time [[January 2]] falls on a Wednesday is 2030. Your Meantime figure acts as a functional watch for one second, roughly every six years. | ||
*Meantime and [[Longview (Movie)|Longview]] are the only Real Gear Robots not to have | * Meantime and [[Longview (Movie)|Longview]] are the only Real Gear Robots not to have "serial numbers" after their names. | ||
===Foreign names=== | ===Foreign names=== | ||
Revision as of 12:14, 25 July 2020
| This article is about the movie Decepticon. For the Generation 1 Decepticon, see Meantime (G1). |
- Meantime is a Decepticon Real Gear Robot from the Transformers portion of the live-action film series continuity family.
Meantime is one of many small robots who was once a normal machine brought to life by the power of the AllSpark. Gifted with incredible time-based powers, and cursed with the petty humor to never use them to their fullest. Not only can he slow time around him, but also speed it up and even stop it... and selectively use this on other things too! He'd be almost invaluable to the Decepticons... if he chose to use his powers for something OTHER than making humans get into accidents, then "rewinding" time to watch them do it again.
| “ | Time to waste. | ” |
—Meantime | ||
Fiction
Ask Vector Prime
While he admits that Meantime has some power, Vector Prime felt that his ambitions are so small that he nor (to his knowledge) any other temporal guardians felt it necessary to stop his antics. Ask Vector Prime
Toys
Transformers (2007)
- Meantime (Real Gear Robots, 2007)
- Takara ID number: MD-16
- Part of the third wave of Transformers Real Gear Robots, Meantime transforms into a (non-functional) digital wristwatch of a made-up model at a roughly 1:1 scale, though you'll need tiny wrists to pull off wearing him in watch mode without cutting off all the circulation to your hand. The display face flips around to display the time properly as a watch, and then again to align for robot mode. He has an Automorph feature as well: pulling his legs down makes his head and shoulders rise as part of the transformation.
- On his left wrist, Meantime features sculpted details intended to look as if he's wearing a wristwatch himself - specifically, a miniature version of his own alternate mode. Bizarrely, the stock photos printed on the back of his packaging that depict a hand-painted prototype include this detail, whereas the other set of stock photos that depicts a pre-production sample (currently shown on this page) features wrists that are mirrored versions of each other, without the sculpted mini-version of his wristwatch mode on either side. (It can't be a misassembled sample because the wrists sport pegs on opposing sides.)
- Despite being a digital watch, Meantime's back has strangely accurate analog watch gears sculpted into it.
- This sculpt was also used to make Midnighter XR-4 and was retooled into the Brazilian exclusive Grendene Transformers watch.
Notes
- The time of 5:17 on his watch face refers to May 17, the date when the second Transformers theatrical trailer was released on the internet.
- The next time January 2 falls on a Wednesday is 2030. Your Meantime figure acts as a functional watch for one second, roughly every six years.
- Meantime and Longview are the only Real Gear Robots not to have "serial numbers" after their names.
Foreign names
- French: Transfo-Temps (Canada)
- Spanish: Transfo-Tiempo (Latin America)
