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:''Time Warriors are devices from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | :''Time Warriors are devices from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
[[Image:Timewarrior.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not actually involved in the [[Time Wars]].]] | [[Image:Timewarrior.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not actually involved in the [[Time Wars (issue)|Time Wars]].]] | ||
'''Time Warriors''' are wristwatches used by the [[Autobot]]s and some of their [[human]] allies. | '''Time Warriors''' are wristwatches used by the [[Autobot]]s and some of their [[human]] allies. That's pretty much the long and short of it. One might imagine that they could [[Heinrad|stop time]] or [[Meantime|reverse time]] or tell you the time out loud or ''something.'' But as far as anyone knows... no. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
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The Time Warriors arrived with the [[Reinforcements from Cybertron!|reinforcements from Cybertron]], and the Autobots used them to coordinate their attacks on Decepticon bases. {{storylink|Earthlings: THE S.T.A.R.S. need your help now!}} | The Time Warriors arrived with the [[Reinforcements from Cybertron!|reinforcements from Cybertron]], and the Autobots used them to coordinate their attacks on Decepticon bases. {{storylink|Earthlings: THE S.T.A.R.S. need your help now!}} | ||
The Autobots also made Time Warriors available to human allies, who used them to keep track of the time during their own missions. | The Autobots also made Time Warriors available to human allies, who used them to keep track of the time during their own missions. The nature of those missions is unclear; all that is known is that they were conducted while Decepticons were absent but expected to return. | ||
{{note|The human involvement is inferred from a blurb that conspicuously uses the second person, bringing the reader into the story as a nameless character on a mission. | {{note|The human involvement is inferred from a blurb that conspicuously uses the second person, bringing the reader into the story as a nameless character on a mission. This would become common in [[S.T.A.R.S.]]-related fiction, where the reader is being recruited as a human ally. But this particular bit is more ambiguous because it predates the introduction of S.T.A.R.S. We retroactively apply the S.T.A.R.S. storytelling model here, but it could be interpreted differently.}} | ||
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*'''Time Warrior''' (1985) | *'''Time Warrior''' (1985) | ||
: Time Warriors are watches that look like Autobot symbols. | : Time Warriors are watches that look like Autobot symbols. Pressing the mouth splits the faceplate to reveal the time. That's kind of like transforming? | ||
: They were only available as a mail-away offer, advertised via various [[Pack-in material|pack-in flyers]]. | : They were only available as a mail-away offer, advertised via various [[Pack-in material|pack-in flyers]]. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*The Time Warriors featured an LCD screen which could display a wide range of numerical values, which periodically incremented in a fixed sequence. Although publicity material typically portrayed a value of 6:32, this was merely one of several possible displays, and was no more common or significant than any of the others. | * The Time Warriors featured an LCD screen which could display a wide range of numerical values, which periodically incremented in a fixed sequence. Although publicity material typically portrayed a value of 6:32, this was merely one of several possible displays, and was no more common or significant than any of the others. | ||
[[Category:Autobot subgroups]] | [[Category:Autobot subgroups]] | ||
Revision as of 18:02, 20 February 2011
- Time Warriors are devices from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Time Warriors are wristwatches used by the Autobots and some of their human allies. That's pretty much the long and short of it. One might imagine that they could stop time or reverse time or tell you the time out loud or something. But as far as anyone knows... no.
Fiction
Toy pack-in flyers
The Time Warriors arrived with the reinforcements from Cybertron, and the Autobots used them to coordinate their attacks on Decepticon bases. Earthlings: THE S.T.A.R.S. need your help now!
The Autobots also made Time Warriors available to human allies, who used them to keep track of the time during their own missions. The nature of those missions is unclear; all that is known is that they were conducted while Decepticons were absent but expected to return.
The human involvement is inferred from a blurb that conspicuously uses the second person, bringing the reader into the story as a nameless character on a mission. This would become common in S.T.A.R.S.-related fiction, where the reader is being recruited as a human ally. But this particular bit is more ambiguous because it predates the introduction of S.T.A.R.S. We retroactively apply the S.T.A.R.S. storytelling model here, but it could be interpreted differently.
Toys
Generation 1
- Time Warrior (1985)
- Time Warriors are watches that look like Autobot symbols. Pressing the mouth splits the faceplate to reveal the time. That's kind of like transforming?
- They were only available as a mail-away offer, advertised via various pack-in flyers.
Notes
- The Time Warriors featured an LCD screen which could display a wide range of numerical values, which periodically incremented in a fixed sequence. Although publicity material typically portrayed a value of 6:32, this was merely one of several possible displays, and was no more common or significant than any of the others.
