The Energon Pub

Why timer no work?!

itscramtastic wrote:Why timer no work?!

If I could embed it, trust me, I would.

*blinks*

I am now hearing the 24 timer sound effect

Hey guys, check the front page!

I see a pink robit.

I'm so sorry I had to do this. I know what Fort Max's favorite song is.

Bee's Girlfriend wrote:I know what Fort Max's favorite song is.

...is this going where I think it's going...?

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BASE 'BOUT THE BASE NO TROUBLE

...okay, I predicted wrong there! I was expecting 'We Built This City'.
Huh?
...We Built This City? By Starship?
Never heard of it.
*scoff* Kids these days...
...dude, you're only five months older than us.
And I'm not a kid, I'm just short!...and depending on how you look at it, I'm taller than both of you!

Yeah, we're not kids! Now I'm gonna go play superheroes like a big girl! Hmph!
Rewind...

Aw man, you had to box him up?
Yeah, sorry. Not enough shelf space right now, unfortunately.
...is he, uh...
...yes?
...is he still alive in there?
Well, he's not dead, if that's what you're asking.
...can he hear us?...or see us?
...don't you remember how this works?
Huh? Not really...
Well, it's pretty simple. When a toy is first unboxed, they come to life and begin to form their personality. When that toy is put back into their packaging, they go into a sleep mode. Once taken out, they wake up again. Of course, you probably don't know about that because we don't have our packaging anymore.
...so how do we work? Are we just awake forever?


Well, say that Sigma puts us in a glass display case for an extended period of time. Since we have to stay in one pose, we can't really walk around and chat like we usually do, right?
Right...
So, we'd go into sleep mode willingly. Except we'd be on timer...say, one year before we woke up again. And if we're still in the case, we go back to sleep. Same if we were in a storage container in the attic or something.
...what if we're taken out before the timer runs out?
Once we're played with, we'd wake up automatically.
...huh...


Any other questions, little buddy?
...just one...what if we're damaged?
Hm?
...like...say we have a less careful owner, that broke and dented us a lot. Would we...would we die?
Well...typically in those situations, we wouldn't come to life at all. Toys only become sentient with caring owners, and even then it's kinda rare. But, if Sigma sold us to someone else and we were sufficiently damaged, but not destroyed, we'd go into sleep mode permanently.
...and if we're destroyed...?
To the Allspark.
...
...you alright...?
...yeah, just...processing...
Well, how about we play some Shovel Knight. Help take your mind off things.
...I'd like that.

... *steals Rewind for half a second for a cuddle then quickly puts him back with Domey*

So, should I keep recording them when they're talking about stuff like that? Or should I drop the exposition and post the funny stuff?

Sigma Magnus wrote:So, should I keep recording them when they're talking about stuff like that? Or should I drop the exposition and post the funny stuff?

In my opinion you should do both. I like both, especially when done with these two.

Bee's Girlfriend wrote:... *steals Rewind for half a second for a cuddle then quickly puts him back with Domey*

Won't Bee get jealous?

WreckerJack wrote:

Bee's Girlfriend wrote:... *steals Rewind for half a second for a cuddle then quickly puts him back with Domey*

Won't Bee get jealous?

Naw, there's too many Bees to notice. If anyone pitches a fit it'll be Domey.

Your explanation is great and all, but I feel that it would be contrary to your nightstrike prime and shockwave being alive, simply due to them being damaged

Ig89ninja wrote:Your explanation is great and all, but I feel that it would be contrary to your nightstrike prime and shockwave being alive, simply due to them being damaged

Sufficiently damaged. A broken smokestack and an arm that was cut off and immediately reattached aren't enough.

Sigma Magnus wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:Your explanation is great and all, but I feel that it would be contrary to your nightstrike prime and shockwave being alive, simply due to them being damaged

Sufficiently damaged. A broken smokestack and an arm that was cut off and immediately reattached aren't enough.

OK, that makes sense

Sigma Magnus wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:Your explanation is great and all, but I feel that it would be contrary to your nightstrike prime and shockwave being alive, simply due to them being damaged

Sufficiently damaged. A broken smokestack and an arm that was cut off and immediately reattached aren't enough.

Yeah remember in the comics even removing their head doesn't kill them sometimes.

Two new toys are to arrive on my doorstep within the week!...no, neither of them are a giant robot dinosaur. That's gonna have to wait until the holidays.

Sigma Magnus wrote:Two new toys are to arrive on my doorstep within the week!...no, neither of them are a giant robot dinosaur. That's gonna have to wait until the holidays.

Cool, can't wait to see them

Also, I finally made a GroundBridge!



...okay, it's more of a Stargate if we're being honest (my dad has been rewatching SG-1, conveniently enough), and it can only comfortably fit up to Legends bots and Voyager vehicles, but it's the best I can do until I get out the old K'NEX sets. And it does work!...somewhat! The best it can do is around the house at the moment, and it still has some bugs...but it's a start.

Interested in seeing the identities of these new toys. TR ,TLK, or something else? I won't be getting a certain giant robo-dino till Dec/Jan either. Hopefully by then all the kinks will be worked out with the figure.

Oh and I liked the little write up a couple of days ago about toy mortality. Very Toy Story like.

And right before I went to post there was a new post. Neat little space-groundbridge. Can we expect it to show up in some TF adventures?