Talk:Ironfist (G1)

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I know the rule is first fictional appearance, but since we've got a shot of it, would using the profile image from LSOTW be an idea. Same question for Rotorstorm User:Eire 24 April 2010 (UTC)

The rule is actually "First (Earth) body." Ironfist in LSotW is still in a Cybertronian form. We *also* like variety. So every image on Rotorstorm's page should not be from one miniseries if we have a perfectly good box art image of him.

Now, what we should talk about is Pyro, since nobody has a usable image of his packaging art other than that headshot from his tech-specs. However, similar problems here -- he was redesigned for Wreckers and BotCon 2010's version of course is a different toy entirely. The best possible solution is to somehow hunt down a usable scan of his original packaging art, but if we can't, that headshot is kinda crappy and we might have to choose between one of his other bodies, probably his eventual LSotW profile art since it'd be closer to his first toy. --ItsWalky 10:14, 24 April 2010 (EDT)

I wish us Euro market TF fans weren't so bad at documenting Transformers toys, their art and documents. Stuff from this era is so difficult to find on the internet. --FFN 10:20, 24 April 2010 (EDT)

Really? First earth mode? Shouldn't we then swap out Shockwave's main pic for his Alternator form then? Wasp isn't using his first Earth form, either.--Jimsorenson 10:53, 24 April 2010 (EDT)

*sigh* There's a statute of limitations if the first Earth toy came years and years after the first appearance. I wish I could respond to queries such as this quickly without being jumped on for not typing out a dissertation so that I cover all the Main Image selection quirks. --ItsWalky 11:10, 24 April 2010 (EDT)

I'm not trying to jump down your throat for your reply - I'd just never heard the policy articulated as 'first Earth mode' before. I've heard 'first fictional appearance,' which isn't really what we do but seems pretty close. Is there a help or an about section with this info? --Jimsorenson 11:29, 24 April 2010 (EDT)

The "(Earth)" was only disambiguating Ironfist's toy body from this Wreckers body, for the purposes of my explanation. It wasn't actually a part of the "policy." --ItsWalky 11:42, 24 April 2010 (EDT)

Ah, my apologies then. I misunderstood. First body it is, as I've always though. Of course, that leads to the situation of the first-episode bodies before characters take on their 'proper' alternate modes, but I'm willing to turn a blind eye if everyone else is.--Jimsorenson 11:58, 24 April 2010 (EDT)