This isn't a crit or anything but what are the Sentrybots?
I'm about 97% sure that they are the remote controlled robots that appear in "The Key to Vector Sigma". It's been a while since I saw that episode, so I might have gotten their name wrong. But they fit the description.--Octopus Prime- King of the Road! 01:09, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
Both Seibertron.com and Transformersforever.com call them Centurion Drones.
Then it looks like I'm wrong about their name. Which is pretty well what I expected. At least I got most of the pronounciation right? High Five!
Not all mini-vehicles are Drones
What this section is for is NON-SENTIENT yet clearly to some degree intelligent "manufactured" machines. Scamper is his own living character, as is Six-Gun, so they do not go in this section. Slammer, however, is not, so in he goes. (And until we see some evidence to suggest otherwise, that holds up for the Metrotitan versions of these characters as well.)
Scrapmetals aren't listed because they're "wildlife", which we should probably make a section for as well... Cybertron has critters, after all. The Production-Type Sidewayses are also debatable, as the cartoon gives every indication they're normal full individuals outside of lazy modelling.
M "I'd Err On The Side Of Caution There And Say They're Not Drones, Myself" Sipher
I'd agrea with you(about the Noismazes) If they wern't called Production-Type the term itself implies that they are "Manufactured" P.S. Does Decepticon air Warrior refer to Seekers, cuse we know for sure that there not drones X-BoB58
In Dreamwave continuity, the Air Warriors are very much non-sentient drones. And again, the Sideways generics, it's not the BODIES that is the issue, it's the MINDS. The story sets up this idea that Planet X is more than just two guys and a ton of unliving drones. - M "Hello, Point" Sipher
Now why arn't the Breastforce's breasts considered "drones" they had the IQs of animals?
P.S. What abotu Dark ligerjack, I doubt he has a spark?
X-BoB58
We have no evidence that the Breast partners are not sentient. We have no evidence Nemesis Breaker is not sentient. And "spark" is not the defining characteristic, as the cartoon Dinobots, Technobots, and the Mini-Cons all lack sparks, yet we're not putting them in here.
User: M Sipher
- Run-Over/Sweep is described as Semi-automonous and as a part of nemsisis Prime, would Run-Over be a canadate? If so what about the darksaber Team?
Droids?
Well, since the Kilster added "Droids" to here, we now have everything in the existing Mechanoids/Drones category mis-listed. And, uh, the only way to fix that is to edit every single page one by one. I don't want to do that. Also, I want to make sure we're decided on this before we do that. Because that's a lot of work. --ItsWalky 02:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
That seems ungainly and, well, ultimately pointless, honestly. I mean, we could come up with general synonyms for the category till the sun goes nova. "Mechanoids/Drones", I beliive, adequately covers the field. If we REALLY want to get picky, we can put in the description or whatever the word "droid", but otherwise... -- M Sipher
Also, SwiftEagle just noted to us that "droid" is a word that George Lucas owns. So, uh. --ItsWalky 02:27, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Hmmm. Well, the Mechanoids/Drones category itself hasn't been altered yet. Since it's my fault, I would gladly made all the needed edits myself if it were. I added Droids to the article title given it's use in "Sea Change", "Key to Vector Sigma," "War Dawn," and Orion Pax's bio. But I can see the argument for removing it from the title, if that decision were to be made. -- KilMichaelMcC
Lucas literally owns it, or figuratively owns it? 'cuz Rolelr is called a droid, not a drone, and he peeps just like artoo... -Derik
Literally owns it. Calling something a droid is up there with calling generic photo-copying "Xeroxing," using a "Band-aid" when it's just an offbrand adhesive strip, naming all gelatin "JELL-O," or dubbing your Marvel Megamorphs a "Transformer." --ItsWalky 16:34, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
I have yet to see a good description, in tf of abot ANYWHERE ELSE of what distingishes a droid from a drone. especially since TF has self-willed drones. -Derik 16:52, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
I argue that Autobot-X should NOT be on this list. Look at Binaltech Prowl. Or the Mini-cons, who came from human souls? (though are now sparks, I gather.) Well, it's something for dicussion.
I added Full_tilt who is ID'd as a humanoid drone Trypticon extends his consciousness through in DW continuity. Interestingly- he's not his own ID in ANY continuity I could find, unless he is int he manga. (which he may be, I don't have it handy.) -Derik 16:59, 3 April 2006 (UTC)