I would say, yes, Transformers are indeed capable of growth. Just because they are "mechanoids, and not organic life shouldn't make a difference. There is enough evidence in various canon sources to support this, from both US and Japanese sources. The affore mentioned Lithonian children is a good example. Wheelie too is a child, and not because of "programming", because you don't "program" a living being. From the Japanese series, there is the children of the Dinoforce. None of these characters are "minibots" or drwafs, they're children, and they are growing. More proof that Transformers can and do have a true childhood, and thus do indeed grwo is the bio of the BotCon exclusive character, Shadow Striker. HEr bio specifically mentions her
childhood Here is the link to her dartabase page:
http://www.seibertron.com/database/character.php?view=hasbro&char_id=1205 Her bio talks not only about her childhood, but also her family including her sisters, one of whom was a younger sister who was killed.
TECH SPEC BIO
Forced to watch her third sister's death at the hands of nomadic invaders, Shadow Striker learned at a very early age the difference between those who held the power and those who were the power. She ran constant jobs for the criminal underworld and was particularly favored by one of the more feared gangsters who dabbled in Spark extraction technologies. The memory of her stolen childhood constantly haunts Shadow Striker as she struggles to come to terms with her past, present, and future. Has a specially outfitted engine that provides a sonic dampening cone, enabling her to employ a temporary stealth mode. In robot form, wields a titanium-reinforced shield and an acid hand blaster.
PROFILE
Forced to watch her younger sister's death at the hands of nomadic invaders, Shadow Striker learned at a very early age the difference between those who held the pwoer and those who were the power. Vowing to never allow anyone, Autobot ro Decepticon, to manipulate her ever again, she found herself gaining a somewhat questionable reputation among her peerrs. Learing to survive, and prosper, on the Cybertronian streets, she quickly became known for her boldness and resourcefulness. Shadow Striker ran constant jobs for the criminal underworld and was particularly favored by one of the more feared gangsters who dabbled in Spark extraction technologies. Needing to slip in and out of dangerous locales without being seen, she adopted one of the planet Earth's fastest forms. Defiant and proud, the memories of her stolen childhood constantly haunt Shadow Striker as she struggles to come to terms with her past, present and future.
ABILITIES
In car mode, she can attain a maximum speed of 400 kph with bursts up to 500 kph. Has a specially outfitted engine that provides a sonic dampening cone, enabiling her to employ a temporary stealth mode. In her robot form, wields a titanium-rienforced shield and an acid hand blaster as her preferred armament. Shoudl the need arise, Shadow Striker can also use her laser-guided rocket launcher.
WEAKNESSES
Shadow Striker's only source of comfort and guidance is her twin siter, Roulette. In battle or delciate negotiations, this can be used against her, as she will do anythign to prevent harm to her remaining family.
The bio of her sister, Roulette, here:
http://www.seibertron.com/database/character.php?view=hasbro&char_id=1204 also supports this.
On top of this, we have several examples of Transformers who can grow and shrink at will through Parts compression and through Mass conversion. Add to that the fact that their bodies are formed from self-replicating nanomachines, there is no reason why they couldn't grow physically.
sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:OptitronPrime wrote:what I want to know is how do they have babies. I mean is it Primus or Vector Sigma or whatever that make the transformers or do the transformers make babies themselves I'm confused
This is a question that can not be answered any one way.In different continuities [G1 toon or Comic book] it was handeled differently.....bot counting any retcons done by the Ulitimate guide[Hasbro's attempt at relineing all continuities].
In the G1 toon they had to be built and then programed for life by some other means,Vector Sigma or some how Grimlock eith his super brain....and Wheeljack and Ratchet gave life to the Dinobots.We never saw any Transformers have any children, however we did see a race very much like the Transformers with children but how they had them is unknowen.
In the Marvel G2 comic book we learn that long ago Primus [TF's God] gave life to the first TF's and gave them the abilaty to reproduce by a form of cell division but still no children.Thes new TF's would kind of grow off other TF's fully grown.....after some time the TF's rase forgot about this form of reproduction and only the CREATION MATRIX [Matrix of leadership] a small part of Primus could give life to new Transformers.
I wont even go into the Japanese stuff.
As sto_vo_kor mentioned, most examples from the G1 cartoon show them primarily being built, which is the primary method of TF creation—factory-built protoforms imbued with a spark. However, there is evidence in the cartoon and other sources, including the Japanese material, DW comics, and Ultimate Guide, that suggest that Transformers can and do reproduce through some sexual means. Be it interfacing, or some other method which does not require building a body and imbuing a spark. Their romantic relationships between males and females, the children and families, and the statements in MtmtE that specifically state that Transformers have other untapped potenial for creating new life aside from building them and imbuing them with sparks, is all evidence of this, contrary to what some people say. Whether you coose to accept this is up to you.
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