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Encyclopedia Cybertronia

Postby Bill9000 » Sat Jul 25, 2015 3:09 pm

As I've said in the introductory thread when I signed up here at Seibertron, I've sort of taken it upon myself in what little spare time I have to start compiling what I like to call the Encyclopedia Cybertronia. This is kind of my own take on Marvel's Transformers Universe and Dreamwave's More Than Meets the Eye series. I'm trying to use images of the box art for each character just like in the original tech specs, plus their stats and write-ups that are sort of a melding of information from Marvel, Dreamwave, and the the original text from the tech specs themselves. The original focus of this project is on Generation 1. However, I've structured the entries so that it can include material from Generation 2, Beast Wars, Beast Wars II, and Beast Wars Neo at some future date.

As for the Geteration 1 material, I'm planning to include references to events from the original North American animated series and the various Japanese series: Headmasters, Masterforce, Victory, Zone, Return of Convoy, and Operation Combination. Now, I'm trying to write this as if the North American G1 series didn't stop with "The Rebirth", which introduced the Headmasters and Targetmasters. So I've taken some artistic license in giving some of the Japanese-exclusive characters North American names like Marvel did when the Transformers concept was originally developed (for example, Autobot leader Optimus Prime is called Convoy in Japan). A better example of this is Ginrai, who is a completely separate character from Convoy in the Masterforce series. But for the purposes of this compilation, Ginrai is simply Powermaster Optimus Prime.

Eventually, I'd like to make this PDF accessible to everyone here. Here's a sample of the original Optimus Prime's entry for everyone to look at. I'd appreciate any feedback that you folks might have to offer
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Re: Encyclopedia Cybertronia

Postby Bill9000 » Sat Aug 01, 2015 6:09 pm

Another sample for everyone's perusal. This is the entry for Powermaster Optimus Prime (or Super-Ginrai if you prefer). I'm also planning to include the God Ginrai and Star Convoy versions of Optimus Prime, which were never part of the original North American G1 continuity.
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Re: Encyclopedia Cybertronia

Postby sol magnus » Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:39 am

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Re: Encyclopedia Cybertronia

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Re: Encyclopedia Cybertronia

Postby Bill9000 » Wed Aug 05, 2015 5:47 am

Thanks for the votes of confidence. I've been doing some considering lately about the images to be used. Specifically, I've been considering using cleaned up and colourized versions of the character model sheets for each character rather than the box art, since the model sheets for Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo are a lot more readily available than the box art. As for Beast Wars and Genration 2, I could probably make up my own model sheets, as well as for anything missing from Generation 1. Anyone have any opinions on that?
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Re: Encyclopedia Cybertronia

Postby Bill9000 » Sat Aug 08, 2015 2:58 pm

Here's the entry on the God Ginrai version of Optimus Prime, which I simply call his apex robot mode. You'll notice that I refer to Godbomber as Powerbomber in the text. I took that from the reference of the North American "Powermaster" being equated to the Japanese "Godmaster".

As of right now, I've completed entries on Abominus, Aferburner, Air Raid, Airwave, Apeface, Astrotitan (my North American name for Galaxy Shuttle), Astrotrain, Backstreet, Black Zarak, Blades, Blaster, Bluestreak, Breakdown, Bruticus, Bumblebee (original), Bumblebee (Pretender), Computron, Cyclonus, Dai Atlas, Dead End, Deathsaurus, Defensor, Devastator, Drag Strip, Fireflight, First Aid, Fortress Maximus, Galvatron, Goldbug, Grandus, Grimlock (original), Grimlock (Pretender), Groove, Hot Spot, Hun-Grrr, Jazz (original), Jazz (Pretender), Jetfire, Lightspeed, Liokaiser, Megatron, Menasor, Metalhawk, Metroplex, Monstructor, Motormaster, Nosecone, Omega Supreme, Onslaught, Optimus Prime (original), Optimus Prime (Super-Ginrai), Optimus Prime (God Ginrai), Optimus Prime (Star Convoy), Overlord, Perceptor, Piranacon, Pointblank, Predaking, Protectron (my North American name for Landcross), Prowl, Raiden, Razorclaw, Road Caesar, Roadfire, Rodimus Prime, Scattershot, Scorponok, Scrapper, Shockwave, Silverbolt, Sky Lynx, Skydive, Skywarp, Slag, Slingshot, Sludge, Snaptrap, Snarl, Soundwave, Star Saber, Starscream (original), Starscream (Pretender), Strafe, Streetwise, Superion, Swoop, Trailblazer (my North American name for Blacker), Trypticon, Ultra Magnus, Victory Saber, Wildrider, and Wreck-Gar.

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Re: Encyclopedia Cybertronia

Postby Bill9000 » Sun Aug 16, 2015 6:32 am

And to round out the Optimus Prime entry, here's the page for his Star Convoy incarnation.
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Re: Encyclopedia Cybertronia

Postby X3ROhour » Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:26 pm

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Re: Encyclopedia Cybertronia

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