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==Notes==
==Notes==
===Origins===
[[File:G1 Meantime Toy.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Autobot? Vector Prime? Meantime? Forget it, let's just call him Watch Guy.]]
[[File:G1 Meantime Toy.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Autobot? Vector Prime? Meantime? Forget it, let's just call him Watch Guy.]]
 
*This character originated as a nameless background character in [[Dreamwave Productions]]' [[2002]] comic issue [[The War Within issue 2|''The War Within'' #2]], a story featuring many cameos by obscure Takara toys. In particular, line artist [[Don Figueroa]] drew the [[1983]] ''[[Micro Change]]'' toy MC-6 Watch Robo (ウォッチロボ), with colorist [[Elaine To]] giving him a generic colour scheme. As the mold's sole ''Transformers''-branded release came in [[1993]]'s ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', in [[2009]] a TFWiki user would document the comic cameo on the "[[Autobot (G2)]]" page despite the Dreamwave character appearing in an audience of [[Decepticon]] sympathizers, not to mention the ''Generation 2'' release having a distinctive silver deco. In [[2015]], the Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]] would turn all the decoes of Watch Robo into individual ''Transformers'' characters, exploiting the Dreamwave character's incidental resemblance to the [[1983]] black deco which had never been released in ''Transformers''. Conveniently, the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|2007 ''Transformers'' toyline]] had also introduced dark-colored Decepticon watch named [[Meantime (Movie)|Meantime]]. Thus, the Dreamwave character was christened as a Generation 1 incarnation of Meantime.
*No toy of this Meantime has been released in the ''Transformers'' line. However, the black MC-6 Kronoform toy from the ''[[Micro Change]]'' line matches up with him and has been [[retcon|retroactively]] declared to be him by [[Ask Vector Prime]].
*Meantime's name comes from the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]], which decided to make ''all'' the ''Kronoform'' toys into Transformers. Prior to that post, a silver-blue version of the watch had been "Autobot" in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' (which was retconned to be [[Vector Prime]]).


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 05:36, 6 June 2023

This article is about the Generation 1 watch-Decepticon. For the Movieverse Decepticon, see Meantime (Movie).
Meantime is a Decepticon from the Dreamwave portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Hey, that other guy isn't supposed to be a Decepticon either!

Meantime apparently likes to watch gladiatorial matches.

Fiction

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Meantime was there to witness Megatron's execution of Emirate Xeon, amongst a group of Decepticon spectators. The War Within #2

Notes

Origins

Autobot? Vector Prime? Meantime? Forget it, let's just call him Watch Guy.
  • This character originated as a nameless background character in Dreamwave Productions' 2002 comic issue The War Within #2, a story featuring many cameos by obscure Takara toys. In particular, line artist Don Figueroa drew the 1983 Micro Change toy MC-6 Watch Robo (ウォッチロボ), with colorist Elaine To giving him a generic colour scheme. As the mold's sole Transformers-branded release came in 1993's Generation 2, in 2009 a TFWiki user would document the comic cameo on the "Autobot (G2)" page despite the Dreamwave character appearing in an audience of Decepticon sympathizers, not to mention the Generation 2 release having a distinctive silver deco. In 2015, the Facebook edition of Ask Vector Prime would turn all the decoes of Watch Robo into individual Transformers characters, exploiting the Dreamwave character's incidental resemblance to the 1983 black deco which had never been released in Transformers. Conveniently, the 2007 Transformers toyline had also introduced dark-colored Decepticon watch named Meantime. Thus, the Dreamwave character was christened as a Generation 1 incarnation of Meantime.