Talk:Beetle

Ok, I started to re-write this to say how the Japanese and the IDW books each created a different personality for this guy... when I realized something: Japanese release - Insecticon (japan) a forest warrior who's a master of surprise and US release - Beetle a reclusive interrigator that's only with the Preds cause they let him get his sick jollies. With the IDW release we now have what is basically two seperate characters sharing the same toy, right? This is the same as with Apache and B'Boom or Bighorn and Bonecrusher now so they should be split on to seperate pages. Yes? --ZacWilliam 01:32, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

That seems consistent with our approach this far. The character already had a distinct name in Japan, so... -Derik 02:53, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

I disagree. One of Zac's cited examples, Bighorn, is a redeco of Bonecrusher from a subsequent toyline, which I don't think is a case of "same toy, two characters." As for the other, Apache and B'Boom may be identical, but Apache was also released as part of a different series.

I don't think having a different personality in Japan is enough to create a separate character when it comes to Beast Wars. Don't a lot of characters in Beast Wars have different personalities in Japan, thanks to the wacky dub of the cartoon, and the manga having things like Pikachu-trap? --KilMichaelMcC 12:50, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

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