Maximal Accelerator?
Peter Mason
Chad Rushing
>
> Where exactly was this device ever mentioned?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximal_%28Transformers%29
If you find out, please, post the answer here. It has piqued my
curiosity, too.
- Chad
Kil - Michael McCarthy
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It's actually already been removed from the article, checking the history
finds this:
>The Maximals are an offshoot of the Autobots created through exposure to a
>device called the Maximal Accelerator. It is unclear if undergoing the
>procedure was privilege for a few or open to all.
Having never heard of such a thing, my initial guess on where this exactly
this device was mentioned would be "nowhere."
-Kil
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Phillip Thorne
>>> Where exactly was this device ever mentioned?
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximal_%28Transformers%29
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, "Kil - Michael McCarthy" <michae...@aol.com>
found:
>>The Maximals are an offshoot of the Autobots created through exposure to a
>>device called the Maximal Accelerator. It is unclear if undergoing the
>>procedure was privilege for a few or open to all.
>
>Having never heard of such a thing, my initial guess on where this exactly
>this device was mentioned would be "nowhere."
Something like that happened in a fanfic, and the article editor may
have mistaken the fanfic for something official -- or not understood
what constitutes "official" for the purposes of that article.
In the fanfic (whose title and author I do not recall, but it was
probably five years ago), some crisis prompts the Autobots to undergo
a process that increases their power, but reduces their size and
lifespan. Among the first volunteers, Optimus Prime becomes
Lioconvoy.
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Onslaught Six
Kil - Michael McCarthy wrote:
> It's actually already been removed from the article, checking the history
> finds this:
>
> >The Maximals are an offshoot of the Autobots created through exposure to a
> >device called the Maximal Accelerator. It is unclear if undergoing the
> >procedure was privilege for a few or open to all.
>
> Having never heard of such a thing, my initial guess on where this exactly
> this device was mentioned would be "nowhere."
This may be a stretch, but IIRC I heard something about how the
Dinobots--in IDW's Shockwave spotlight--were Maximals. They had organic
altmodes and everything....Until Shockwave *burned off their skin.*
This could have something to do with it, maybe?
Kil - Michael McCarthy
news:1169529679.8...@51g2000cwl.googlegroups.com...
I don't see how.
The Dinobots apparently got organic skin in the issue, but that don't make
them Maximals. Having organic components doesn't have anything to do with
being a Maximal, as far as I can tell.
Kil - Michael McCarthy
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Clarification: While Maximals (and Predacons) do appear to have bodies that
are more easily and readily _adaptable_ to organic alt modes than their
ancestors, there is no reason to think organic alt modes are the norm
amongst them, quite the contrary.
Onslaught Six
On Jan 22, 9:44 pm, "Kil - Michael McCarthy" <michaelmc...@aol.com>
wrote:
> Clarification: While Maximals (and Predacons) do appear to have bodies that
> are more easily and readily _adaptable_ to organic alt modes than their
> ancestors, there is no reason to think organic alt modes are the norm
> amongst them, quite the contrary.
Oh, I know that quite well. >.>
Gustavo Wombat
>
> > "Onslaught Six" <Onslaught...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:1169529679.8...@51g2000cwl.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> Kil - Michael McCarthy wrote:
>
> >>> It's actually already been removed from the article, checking the
> >>> history
> >>> finds this:
>
> >>> >The Maximals are an offshoot of the Autobots created through exposure
> >>> >to a
> >>> >device called the Maximal Accelerator. It is unclear if undergoing the
> >>> >procedure was privilege for a few or open to all.
>
> >>> Having never heard of such a thing, my initial guess on where this
> >>> exactly
> >>> this device was mentioned would be "nowhere."
>
> >> This may be a stretch, but IIRC I heard something about how the
> >> Dinobots--in IDW's Shockwave spotlight--were Maximals. They had organic
> >> altmodes and everything....Until Shockwave *burned off their skin.*
>
> >> This could have something to do with it, maybe?
>
> > I don't see how.
>
> > The Dinobots apparently got organic skin in the issue, but that don't make
> > them Maximals. Having organic components doesn't have anything to do with
> are more easily and readily _adaptable_ to organic alt modes than their
> ancestors, there is no reason to think organic alt modes are the norm
> amongst them, quite the contrary.
It really is wacky that all the Maximal toys have beast modes though.
Who knows, perhaps there are lots of female Transformers too, and the
males have simply been over-represented on the cartoons and toys?
--Gustavo