User talk:DrSpengler

"Call 1-800-doctorb. The B is for Bargain!"
Voice actor: Maurice LaMarche

There wasn't a "." in "DrSpengler" so it wouldn't technically qualify as a proper "Dr." abbreviation. Just me keeping myname the way it's been for 7 years. ;(

But it's okay.

This isn't gonna change the name I use to log in, is it? --DrSpengler 00:58, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm doesn't look like it will. Alright, no big deal. --DrSpengler 01:01, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

He he he... I'm making mischief! (You can move it back if you like.) -Derik 01:03, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Monzo's thingy
I realize these Japanese entries are basically stubs at this point, Speng, but you may want to copy the base code out of a pre-existing profile and use that... like, the first instance of a name in a profile is always bolded, the divisions for Fiction and Toy, etc. --Monzo 05:32, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Um
...what? --Suki Brits 05:19, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Christ, I didn't think anybody was EVER gonna notice that. Oh, and that's an advertisement at a pizza joint here in Springfield that's been boggling the minds of pizza-lovers since the late 80's. I'm sure if the guys at TV Magazine ever got around to drawing Scrash they would've made him a little black girl. Almost positive, in fact.--DrSpengler 05:25, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Images
Hey, Spengler, I wouldn't give a shit if I couldn't see Derik freaking out over it in Recent changes, but be sure to add to all of the images owned by Takara and Hasbro you upload and the specific company and date (the last part I'm not so sure about, but whatever), like on Image:PredakingTVMag1.jpg. Thanks. Thumbs up to your manga edits. Singularity 06:32, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


 * It doesnt' actually bother me that much. I was bad at it when I first started too.  (the wiki still has a bunch of un-credited images from it's early days before we cracked down on adding copyright info, we fix 'em as we see 'em)


 * Spengler just had a LOT, so I fixed what I could find. I think I hit about 80% of 'em, and I'm willing to call it a day.


 * Go forth and sin no more my son. -Derik 06:37, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah, okay. Not a problem. I was used to uploading pics in the regular Wikipedia, which had a drop-down bar on the uploading screen which allowed you to select specific copyright options. So when I found no such thing on this wiki I figured "Oh, guess it doesn't matter?" But yeah, not a problem. I'll start adjusting all my pics from now on. --DrSpengler 06:55, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you! o ^.^ o  -Derik 07:03, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, just went through my entire "User Contributions" list and added the copyright info to every single picture I've posted on this wiki, so we should be square. Thanks for getting so many of em for me.--DrSpengler 07:16, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Seiyu
I'm happy someone else is interested in seiyu. Most of the Transformers actors were listed individually in the Transformers: Generations book. Some of the Laserdiscs and DVD sets also had cast info. Although sometimes some info condradicts other sources. The First Series Complete lists many of The Rebirth dub actors (which I haven't been putting in here for the most part, so not to confuse people). The Micron Legend Year Book lists virtually every character and voice from the series.

As for dubs of American movies, you might try tora-2.com. I got a few hits for the DVD version of Ghostbusters there.

If you want, I could try posting my giant (Japanese language) seiyu list on one of our talk pages or something. Evan1975 03:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)


 * ...Speng is going voice actors? Sweet.  'cuz I dont' think I'll ever get back to this.


 * (The link at the bottom also contaisn goodness) -Derik 04:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh hey, you read Japanese, dont' you Speng? Which way am I supposed to read Doug's list relative to these pages? The way I'm doing it now makes Rhinox a pretty girl, and that doesn't seem right somehow. -Derik 01:20, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Matrices
Hey, Speng? Did you see this discussion we had on Japanese Matrices? Given that both Lio Convoy and Fire Convoy specifically had an "Energon Matrix", I'm wondering if that's what Primal and Big Convoy were also supposed to have... I don't have any good Neo-specific books, though, and Big Convoy's instructions only call his device a "Matrix" (with no qualifiers). I DO have a book that's basically Cine-Manga of the BW2nd movie... maybe that would specify what Primal's is.

(Also, I continue to doubt the existence of the "Hyper Convoy" thing beyond it being something Star Upper once called himself.)

What do you think about all this? --Monzo 02:25, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Personally, the name "Leadership Matrix" never really sat well with me, as it was just sorta "made-up" as a means to differentiate it from the Matrix of Leadership. I wouldn't object to Leadership Matrix being changed to "Energon Matrix", since that's the name that's most commonly seen.

As for Hyper Convoy, that I really know little on, as I haven't had the pleasure of reading the Neo manga. I wrote the article-itself based on what I was told happened in the Neo manga. I honestly don't recall a single use of the term in any of the BW animation, though my memory of some of that show is a bit sketchy. --DrSpengler 02:39, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

BWII Ships
The Predacon ship in Beast Wars II has the incredibly unfortunate title of "Galvaburg II" - as in Hindenburg, one assumes. Which really makes one wonder what happened to the "Galvaburg I", and why Galvatron would decide to use that name again.

The Maximal ship is the "Yukikaze", which I think literally means "snow wind" - however, since the name is rendered in katakana and not kanji, it doesn't get translated for the article title (a la Majin Zarak not being Demon Zarak). --Monzo 22:04, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Speakin' of translating Manga
I've got a BW2 roleplaying book that has a bunch of BW2 omake (and a short left-to-right manga) in it. woulds you be interested in translating? (I've become more interested in documenting the omake since learning that FMA integrated a bunch of the manga's omake in the anime-- they may be AU-- but they're still cannon.) -Derik 03:36, 3 December 2006 (UTC)


 * ...a ...roleplaying... book? Like a sourcebook for a system or like a gamebook or what?  I'm totally interested in this, as a retired RPG fag.  -hx 03:45, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

If the kanji has furigana, and it's big-enough for me to see, then sure, I can give it a go. You can e-mail me the scans (or put em on photobucket, whichever). --DrSpengler 04:44, 3 December 2006 (UTC)


 * If this is what I think it is, it's not a role-playing book in the sense of being an RPG stats book, but rather the book about how to play with your toys that I bought at BotCon. Like, "LioConvoy is captured under the desk! Pick a Cybertron with high stats to defeat Starscream and BB (assuming you own them)!" --Monzo 23:34, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Good gravy... --DrSpengler 23:35, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Japanese kids aren't expected to be very creative, I guess. --Andrusi 23:51, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

....Wow. I kind of want a copy of it EVEN MORE now. That sounds in-fucking SANE. -hx 02:49, 15 December 2006 (UTC)