Overcracker wrote:I consider him a combiner, but not a gestalt Like Devastator or Menasor.
3 robots that combine to form a camera, not a larger robot. And in and by themselves the robots don't have alt modes. So its a weird one. but its still a combiner.
DJDrew&ScoobyDoo wrote:I thought Gestalt was Japanese for combiner. So Gestalt is made up word?
Merriam-Webster wrote:Main Entry: ge·stalt
Pronunciation: g&-'stält, -'shtält, -'stolt, -'shtolt
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural ge·stalts also ge·stalt·en /-'stäl-t&n, -'shtäl-, -'stol-, -'shtol-/
Etymology: German, literally, shape, form
: a structure, configuration, or pattern of physical, biological, or psychological phenomena so integrated as to constitute a functional unit with properties not derivable by summation of its parts
Wheeljack35 wrote:I wish they would of released him in stores back in the day
I don't have him
zodconvoy wrote:Reflector is NOT a Combiner in the standard applied definition of Transformers fans. They're semi-conjoined triplets. Is Soundwave a Combiner? Or Trypticon? He has that little purple guy on his chest. Optimus has Roller and the trailer, do they count? Reflector has no individual personalities but are one mind spread out. One of them even got destroyed ina spacebridge test. Do they combine? Yes. Are they a Combiner? No.
Leonardo wrote:Just to throw this in there, but gestalt doesn't have to mean 'a figure' or 'human-like'. It can mean just 'form', 'shape' or 'configuration'. If one takes the latter definition[s] then Reflector could be considered a Gestalt. It just depends on what the Transformers community has taken the word to mean. That is a question I'm not really sure of the answer to.
Bonger wrote:Leonardo wrote:Just to throw this in there, but gestalt doesn't have to mean 'a figure' or 'human-like'. It can mean just 'form', 'shape' or 'configuration'. If one takes the latter definition[s] then Reflector could be considered a Gestalt. It just depends on what the Transformers community has taken the word to mean. That is a question I'm not really sure of the answer to.
In the TF community, I believe the term Gestalt refers to combiners who have their own distinct persnalities and are formed by multiple TFs, each of whom has their own personailty.
In the case of Reflector, this would be a big no. Not only does the camera mode have no personality, the 3 bots, are essentially one unit, speaking in unison and never seen apart.
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