Talk:Skystalker (G1)

Question: If the Thunder Arrow pilot is identical to Skystalker, has no specific name, and has never been used or seen in fiction, why are we assuming it's a different character than Skystalker? Wouldn't Occam's Razor suggest that they're the same guy? This seems like an article just for the sake of having an article. For that matter, why is the Thunder Arrow at a different page than the interstellar shuttle? Aren't they essentially the same thing? We don't have separate pages for, say, Scorponok and Megazarak, and they seem far more different than the Thunder Arrow and the interstellar shuttle. --Joefan 19:18, 13 November 2012 (EST)

I think this is a pretty compelling argument for a couple of merges.--Rosicrucian^Talk 19:55, 13 November 2012 (EST)

I assume the reason is that from Chōjin Masterforce onward, the Japanese characters are given their own character pages as a general rule. Holi is on a different page than Stakeout (G1) for example. I think it makes sense. The Japanese fiction splits pretty far and nobody seems to be the same character in Japan somewhere around the Headmasters era. - Starfield 20:46, 13 November 2012 (EST)

We do sometimes assume that. I get Masterforce, where they have different names, origins, often colors. But with Micromasters, we tend to assume they're the same guy unless the name or faction changes. Wheel Blaze, for instance, isn't split up.--Joefan 12:13, 14 November 2012 (EST)

The two are incompatible with opposing functions. One is a shuttle transport for little Micromasters, the other is a Decepticon-sized mobile base of operations. The Thunder Arrow is a full-sized, specific vessel, while the smaller shuttle is more of a generic craft. The toys are the same because Takara repurposed the Micromaster ship into a Decepticon headquarters. --Sabrblade 13:33, 14 November 2012 (EST)