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Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:09 pm

So, the movie kind of implied that the three motorcycles are three separate beings, all sharing the same Arcee mind. Now, if there are other transformers cartoon and comic book fans, I think we'd all associate Arcee as being the pink motorcycle and from what I've heard, the action figure of the blue motorcycle has been named Chromia, who is another female autobot. So, I was wondering who everyone thought the purple motorcycle was. I, myself, think she might be Elita One.

News Credits: 6 · Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:03 pm

Sorry, try again.
Elita 1 died in The Reign of Starscream.

According to Blurrz, her name is Moonracer.

News Credits: 462 · Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:30 am

Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:According to Blurrz, her name is Moonracer.

If Blurrz got that name from the Transformers Wikia, then it's wrong. Otherwise, we'd need to know the source before knowing if "Moonracer" really is her name.

And I doubt it is becuase Hasbro had previously tried to get that name before and failed to because some other company owns that name.

News Credits: 6 · Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:47 am

I dunno. Maybe we should ask him?

I'm not really up to speed on female Autobot names, so i have no guesses myself.

News Credits: 1452 · Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:28 am

It was off a RotF Movie Review/Get-to-know. I can't recall the site, and either way it's far from official. Just wait till the toy comes out and we'll know who the Purple one is.

Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:40 am

Paradron Medic. ;>___>

Had to throw it out there.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:50 pm

When is that damn purple bike gonna make it onto the shelves, anyway?

News Credits: 1 · Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:56 pm

I was actually really happy with the bikes in the movie. They looked pretty cool rollin' around in their robot mode. But I was disappointed that there was no interaction between them and Mikaela, since she builds bike and all I figured it could have been a cool scene.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:24 am

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:When is that damn purple bike gonna make it onto the shelves, anyway?

They gotta make the toy before they can sell it.

News Credits: 6 · Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:54 am

Sabrblade wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:When is that damn purple bike gonna make it onto the shelves, anyway?
They gotta make the toy before they can sell it.

I don't even think they made it yet.
I dunno why, I just have a feeling.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:33 pm

Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:When is that damn purple bike gonna make it onto the shelves, anyway?
They gotta make the toy before they can sell it.

I don't even think they made it yet.
I dunno why, I just have a feeling.

To be honest, I guess I'm more curious to see what it looks like and IF it combines with the other two, rather than looking forward to buying it. I was hoping the movie would've at least gave it a name or something.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:13 pm

I thought I heard the group referred to collectively as 'the Arcees'. Yeah, I've seen the blue bike labelled as Chromia, too. But it makes me think that "Arcee" in the Bayverse is a collective term for the identical fembikes. You know like...the Bimbos. The Ronettes. The Supremes. Don't know what that makes the pink bike or if we should feel confident that her name is "Arcee". The Arcees all had exactly the same holographic driver.... That doesn't mean that they combine into one--they could just be, y'know, like the anonymous bimbos in rap music videos. They all look alike, too.

As for trying to follow a continuity between the comics and ROTF, yeah, good luck with that. They can't even keep continuity between movies. If you manage to do that, could you explain to me the sudden reappearance (with no fanfare) of a gray-repaint of Blackout?

HK, oh, look, anonymous fembots. Yippee.

News Credits: 462 · Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:52 am

hellkitty wrote:I thought I heard the group referred to collectively as 'the Arcees'. Yeah, I've seen the blue bike labelled as Chromia, too. But it makes me think that "Arcee" in the Bayverse is a collective term for the identical fembikes. You know like...the Bimbos. The Ronettes. The Supremes. Don't know what that makes the pink bike or if we should feel confident that her name is "Arcee". The Arcees all had exactly the same holographic driver.... That doesn't mean that they combine into one--they could just be, y'know, like the anonymous bimbos in rap music videos. They all look alike, too.

Think more along the lines of G1 Reflector.

hellkitty wrote:As for trying to follow a continuity between the comics and ROTF, yeah, good luck with that. They can't even keep continuity between movies. If you manage to do that, could you explain to me the sudden reappearance (with no fanfare) of a gray-repaint of Blackout?

That would be Grindor.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:32 am

3 individuals sharing the same mind? Wth? Then why give them different names?

News Credits: 462 · Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:42 am

vectorA3 wrote:3 individuals sharing the same mind? Wth? Then why give them different names?

Only the toys have different names. In all fiction, all three are "Arcee".

G1 Reflector was the same way. His toys were "Spectro", Spyglass", and "Viewfinder", yet all his media appearances refer to the three collectively as "Reflector".

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:27 pm

ok. thx. I've known about Reflector since I was little. Just curious -where were those named revealed? From the toys back then? Comics?

News Credits: 462 · Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:41 pm

vectorA3 wrote:ok. thx. I've known about Reflector since I was little. Just curious -where were those named revealed? From the toys back then? Comics?

The toys.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:56 pm

no kidding? Did the catalogs have those names? or just in the box??

Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:17 pm

I got a question about the bike girls.

Did they really ALL get killed?
Cause I only saw the blue one get clobbered, and that was just one shot.

Did all three die? Or did just one die? Or did none of them die, but they still got the scrap beaten out of them?

I really want more movie-verse fembot action.
I was hoping they'd get more screen time, or at least more then ONE line.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:44 am

Siren Prime wrote:I got a question about the bike girls.

Did they really ALL get killed?
Cause I only saw the blue one get clobbered, and that was just one shot.

Did all three die? Or did just one die? Or did none of them die, but they still got the scrap beaten out of them?

I really want more movie-verse fembot action.
I was hoping they'd get more screen time, or at least more then ONE line.

This is complicated to answer. A long while back, Michael Bay said that he didn't like Arcee and so stated that he wanted her killed off in the movie and had doen so.

Then the movie comes out and here's what we see: the purple bike gets shot and screams in pain, the pink/red bike gets shot and screams in pain, and the blue bike just takes cover by a wall and avoiods gettign shot.

Some say she's dead, others say she's not.

The exact fate of Arcee (components and all) is currently unknown.

vectorA3 wrote:no kidding? Did the catalogs have those names? or just in the box??

Well...

News Credits: 1 · Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:02 am

ah --cool Sabr. Easy to miss if you read and just think it's just describing parts.

Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:37 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Siren Prime wrote:I got a question about the bike girls.

Did they really ALL get killed?
Cause I only saw the blue one get clobbered, and that was just one shot.

Did all three die? Or did just one die? Or did none of them die, but they still got the scrap beaten out of them?

I really want more movie-verse fembot action.
I was hoping they'd get more screen time, or at least more then ONE line.
This is complicated to answer. A long while back, Michael Bay said that he didn't like Arcee and so stated that he wanted her killed off in the movie and had doen so.

Then the movie comes out and here's what we see: the purple bike gets shot and screams in pain, the pink/red bike gets shot and screams in pain, and the blue bike just takes cover by a wall and avoiods gettign shot.

Some say she's dead, others say she's not.

The exact fate of Arcee (components and all) is currently unknown.

vectorA3 wrote:no kidding? Did the catalogs have those names? or just in the box??
Well...

To add more confusion, on the website of the guy who built the bikes (though from all signs, he merely shipped them out to be painted), he says that the pink bike was a ducati 848, the blue bike was a Suzuki BKing, and the purple bike gets... and leaves it at that, suggesting to me that, as it was explained to him on set, only the purple bike was blown up.
In reality, it's an MV Agust F4, btw.

I'm holding out hope that none of them died, since it wasn't expressly stated, but I haven't gotten far enough in the novel to see whether the script spelled out if they died or not.

Either way, I'm hoping to see more bike fembots.

Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:40 pm

hpfabe wrote:Either way, I'm hoping to see more bike fembots.

You and me both!!

Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:25 pm

Siren Prime wrote:
hpfabe wrote:Either way, I'm hoping to see more bike fembots.

You and me both!!

Glad I'm not the only one.
Motorcycles... fembots... how can you go wrong?
Well, other than not really giving them (or Sideswipe) practically any lines...

Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:46 pm

hpfabe wrote:
Siren Prime wrote:
hpfabe wrote:Either way, I'm hoping to see more bike fembots.

You and me both!!

Glad I'm not the only one.
Motorcycles... fembots... how can you go wrong?
Well, other than not really giving them (or Sideswipe) practically any lines...

Yeah, that too...