Talk:Blitzwing (TFA)

Considering the way his Angry face talks, might it be worth it to replace the Letterman reference with an Arnold Schwarzenegger reference? --Detour 19:21, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Works either way for me, but Letterman's just who I thought of first. Of course, as you note, with the whole Teutonic accent thing (NB: I haven't seen the episode yet, but that's not a big spoiler for me), Ah-nold might be a closer comparison.  The idea of a feverish Letterman strikes me as funnier, though.--Apcog 20:04, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Good point, but Arnold also has a gap in his teeth. I think the ressemblance to Arnold was intentional, much like that Rainier Wolfcastle fellow. --Detour 20:37, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Point taken, especially now that I've watched the scene myself--Apcog 23:32, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Toy Feet
Okay, whenever we get a pic of his robot mode, I nominate it be captioned: "i hAv FEEEET!11 yAy!"--Apcog 23:32, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey where is his vehicle mode? Do you have any proof that he is a triple changer?(EDD! 01:07, 5 January 2008 (UTC))
 * Yes. --ItsWalky 01:10, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Well where is it then? I will pay you $9999999999 dollars if you can show an image of him in his two vehicle modes.(EDD! 01:12, 5 January 2008 (UTC))
 * They were seen at BotCon, so the pictures aren't publically available. - Chris McFeely 01:13, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
 * http://tformers.com/ig.php?mode=view&album=8194&pic=DSCF1322.JPG&dispsize=800&start=60 I expect payment. --ItsWalky 01:15, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Trivia section
For the sake of wiki integrity (I'll wait while you snicker), I'd recommend establishing a citation ASAP for that interview mentioning the idea for the character who can transform into anything. Also, while it's kind of interesting, I think the whole tie-in to three-faced representations of Buddha/Hindu deities is really tangential at best.--Apcog 15:34, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, citation's in. (Thank you, Walky.)--Apcog 15:45, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * "I think the whole tie-in to three-faced representations of Buddha/Hindu deities is really tangential at best" How do you feel about the Man-E-Faces and Ashuraman stuff?  It's equally relevant.  JW 15:58, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Man-E-Faces is a toy with a three-face switching gimmick. As such, it is just slightly more relevant to another toy with a three-face switching gimmick than, say, Hindu mythology.--RosicrucianTalk 16:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Do we want to open the door for every instance of "this toy has a gimmick like this other non-Transformers toy"?
 * Or, if the three-faces thing is unusual enough to warrant an exception, the fact that it appears in two of the world's oldest religions, with 1.3 billion followers between them, might bear mentioning. Just saying.  JW 16:22, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thing is, the three-face spinning gimmick's not turned up very much in toys--certainly not Stateside. Man-E-Faces and this upcoming Blitzwing are the only ones I know of to use it.  In addition, Man-E-Faces was specifically mentioned at Hasbro's Comic-Con International panel last year as a design inspiration.  While the three-faced deities have been around longer, I'd say their influence on the design of Blitzwing was far more indirect.  Ashuraman earns an honorable mention as one other toy per se with the gimmick.  As a compromise of sorts, Ashuraman WAS more directly influenced by the Hindu deities/three-faced Buddha, as it was produced for a Japanese market, where such influences on toy designs are more common.  (It IS named Ashuraman after all.)--Apcog 16:45, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * My vote's with Apcog on this. A toyline that started in the 80s drawing influence from anther toyline that started in the 80s?  Not too big of a leap.  Toy company designers deciding that their Gestopo commander crazy German guy is going to draw influence from a Hindu god?  Uhhhhhh... I think we'd need a cite on that. -- Repowers 16:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, given all that, let me try a rewrite. JW 16:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

No Toy?
I read somewhere that either blitzwing wasent getting a toy or that he was gonna be a botcon exculsive, i know that would be realy stupid, because not everyone can get to botcon, but it is true that we havet actualy seen any TOY pictures. Pleese tell me its confirmed he is getting a toy Editoroflife 00:30, 7 March 2008 (UTC)